Multiple myeloma is a haematological malignancy predominantly affecting older people and has a median age of onset of 70 years.

β-thalassaemias are a clinically heterogenous group of inherited disorders caused by >200 described mutations in the β-globin gene, leading to a decreased or absent production of the β-globin chain.

Polycythaemia vera (PV) is a condition characterised by an increasing number of the red blood cells in the blood.

Eduard Glanzmann first reported Glanzmann thrombasthenia (GT) in 1918 after he identified a functional abnormality of platelets with defective clot retraction.

Recent evidence has shown that cancer patients lack seropositivity following a single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. This urges the need for patients undergoing cancer treatment to be prioritised in the vaccine scheme, as their protection against the virus is delayed, relative to a healthy population.

SURPRISING new evidence has emerged suggesting a strong link between alcohol consumption and an increased risk of developing certain cancers.