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EHA-SWG meetingsAn EMSCO meeting was held in October 2023 (Nice, France).

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May 21, 2021

Privacy Statement European Hematology Association

Personal Data is processed in the context of the services provided by European Hematology Association (hereinafter also; “EHA”).

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‘Rare Cancers in all EU policies’: Prof Elizabeth Macintyre expresses strong EHA support for the Rare Cancers Europe agenda

On September 28, EHA President Elizabeth Macintyre addressed an audience that included Members of the European Parliament, and officials of the European Commission and the European Medicines Agency, as well as members of the Rare Cancers Europe (RCE) partnership.

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The root of evil: pre-leukemic clones that survive chemotherapy are linked to a higher risk of leukemia recurrence

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive form of blood cancer. Treatment with intensive chemotherapy often leads to a period of freedom from overt disease called a remission. However, recurrence of the disease is common.

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EHA-SWG Scientific Meeting on From Aging Hematopoietic Stem Cells to Age-related Diseases: Opportunities for Intervention

Dates: November 13-15, 2025
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Chairs: M Essers, E Laurenti, S Valletta, K Kirschner
Collaborating SWG: EHA Specialized Working Group (SWG) on Stem Cells and SWG on Aging

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Join leading experts in hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) biology and aging, and…

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Publications

The 5th edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Haematolymphoid Tumours: Myeloid and Histiocytic/Dendritic Neoplasms.

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Stopping tyrosine kinase inhibitors in a very large cohort of European chronic myeloid leukemia patients: results of the EURO-SKI trial

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) have substantially improved survival in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase. However, treatment is in clinical practice considered life-long.

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Adding elotuzumab to standard treatment for multiple myeloma significantly reduced the risk of disease progression, with benefits sustained at two years

ELOQUENT-2, which evaluated elotuzumab in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone, is the first Phase III study to demonstrate the benefit of directly activating the immune system in the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

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Selected EMA news

March 2025New medicines recommended for approval
Lynozyfic (linvoseltamab) 
Treatment of refractory multiple myeloma (a cancer of the bone marrow)
New information on approved medicines 
Calquence (acalabrutinib) - new indication
Treatment of blood cancer

Columvi (glofitamab) - new indication
Treatment of blood cancer

Darzalex (daratumumab) - change of indication
Treatment…

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