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Gene Therapy For Fanconi Anaemia: A Report on Outcomes in Nine Patients

Fanconi anaemia (FA) is a rare, inherited bone marrow failure syndrome, for which the only available curative treatment is haematopoietic cell transplant…

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Outcomes for Patients with High-Risk Acute Myeloid Leukaemia: Can We Move from Months to Years?

This symposium focussed on the recognition of, and treatment options for, high-risk AML. Prof Cluzeau considered universal or targeted treatment…

AGILE: Phase III, Double-Blind, Randomised, Placebo-Controlled Study

AGILE: Phase III, Double-Blind, Randomised, Placebo-Controlled Study of Ivosidenib in Combination with Azacitidine in Adults with Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukaemia and an IDH1 Mutation

Isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) is a metabolic enzyme which catalyses the oxidative decarboxylation of isocitrate to α-ketoglutarate…

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Implementation of Haematological Malignancies Patient-Reported Outcome Measure in Clinical Practice: Haematologists’ Experience

Patients with haematological malignancies (HM) may experience significantly compromised quality of life (QoL) as a result of the disease and its…

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Integrative Analysis of the Genomic Landscape of Hodgkin Lymphoma Using Liquid Biopsies

The genomic landscape of Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is not well understood because of the scarcity of Hodgkin-Reed–Sternberg cells, which makes conventional…

Phase Ib/II Study of the IDH1-Mutant Inhibitor Ivosidenib

Phase Ib/II Study of the IDH1-Mutant Inhibitor Ivosidenib, with the BCL2-Inhibitor Venetoclax +/-Azacitidine in IDH1-Mutated Myeloid Malignancies

Venetoclax is a potent, selective, oral inhibitor of B-cell lymphoma-2. It is approved in the USA in combination with azacitidine, decitabine…

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Mechanistic Insights into the Inhibition of Regulatory T Cells by Dasatinib in Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia Patients with Clonal Lymphocytosis

Dasatinib is a potent inhibitor of lymphocyte-specific protein tyrosine kinase (Lck), which plays a pivotal role in T-cell receptor (TCR) signalling…

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Pregnancy-Related Thromboembolism in Sickle Cell Disease

Haematological disorders are predominant in the tropical and subtropical countries where major problems of sickle-cell disease (SCD) and thalassaemias…

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Identification of HIF2α as a Novel Determinant of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia Block of Differentiation Poses its Inhibition as a Potential Therapeutic Opportunity for Acute Myeloid Leukaemia Patients

Signalling via hypoxia inducible factors (HIF)1α and HIF2α is importantly implicated in cancer,1 although it has been predominantly studied in solid…

Initial Anticoagulant Management of Deep Vein Thrombosis

Anticoagulant Management of Deep Vein Thrombosis: Review of Current Approaches

The initial management of deep vein thrombosis is starting to happen in general practice.