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Jesus San Miguel presents the Ham-Wasserman Lecture at the 2014 ASH Annual Meeting
Professor San Miguel is a member of the Advisory board of the International Myeloma Foundation and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.
Read moreIbrutinib improves survival in CLL and SLL patients: Results From the RESONATE Study.
Patients with chronic lymphoid leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) who experience short response duration or adverse cytogenetics have poor outcomes.
Mutiple Myeloma at the 19th Congress of the European Hematology Association: What is new?
During the meeting, recently developed approaches for diagnosis and monitoring will be presented. Gene-expression-profiling to detect molecular subgroups with a different prognosis and high-throughput-sequencing to identify new genetic lesions will be discussed.
Read moreHarnessing new developments in genomics to improve outcome for children with poor prognosis leukemia
At the 19th Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA), we will learn about the state-of-the-art in management of childhood AML.
Read moreLeading Medical Organizations Join Forces Globally to Launch First-Ever World Thrombosis Day
“We must reduce the burden from thrombosis if we are to achieve the World Health Assembly’s global target of reducing mortality from premature non-communicable disease by 25 percent by 2025,” said Gary Raskob, Ph. D.
Read moreMeeting Report: European School of Haematology International Conference of Haematological Disorders in the Elderly
The meeting started by reviewing demographic aspects, physiological changes encountered in the elderly, as well as the definition of older and elderly people, frailty and comorbidity.
Read moreMajor research funding calls are out now
First, the Innovative Medicines Initiative published its final call under the EU Seventh Framework Programme. Interestingly for hematologists, the call includes a project called ‘Blood-based biomarker assays for personalized tumour therapy: value of circulating biomarkers’.
Read morePosition of EHA on Clinical Trials
The challenge
In Europe, the number of clinical trials is steadily decreasing. From 2007 to 2010, their number has decreased by some 20 percent from 5,028 to 4,193.
Position of EHA on Personalized Medicine
The challenge
Despite its apparent complexity, personalized medicine could transform healthcare, by tailoring healthcare solutions to the individual patient, delivering ‘the right treatment to the right patient at the right time’ – and helping to get more value from healthcare spending.…
TARGETING THE JAK-STAT PATHWAY IN MALIGNANT AND NON-MALIGNANT CELLS IN MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASMS
Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) are clonal blood disorders characterized by excessive production of mature blood cells. Patients present with large spleens, systemic symptoms, and high levels of circulating inflammatory cytokines.
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