Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

Traipsing Through Muddy Waters: A Critical Review of the Myelodysplastic Syndrome/Myeloproliferative Neoplasm (MDS/MPN) Overlap Syndromes

Myelodysplastic syndrome/Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MDS/MPNs) are molecularly complex, clinically heterogeneous diseases that exhibit proliferative and dysplastic features. Diagnostic criteria use clinical, pathologic, and genomic features to distinguish between disease entities, though considerable clinical and genetic overlap persists. MDS/MPNs are associated with a poor prognosis, save for MDS/MPN with ring sideroblasts and thrombocytosis, which can behave more indolently.

Palliative Medicine in Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Patients and Caregivers - A Qualitative Study

Objectives: Evidence-based guidelines call for integration of palliative care within oncology from diagnosis. Misperceptions about palliative care have impeded implementation. Prior research has not examined perceptions about 'palliative care' versus 'supportive care' among patients and caregivers to whom this care is introduced routinely as part of comprehensive cancer care.

Haploidentical Transplant for MDS

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Topic(s)
Bone Marrow Transplant
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Presenter(s)
Brian Shaffer, MD
Dr. Shaffer provides an overview of the haploidentical transplant process and discusses how this treatment option might be right for some MDS patients. Dr. Brian Shaffer is a board certified hematologist specializing in bone marrow transplantation for leukemia, myelodysplastic…

Nathan Punwani, MD, MPH

Institution
Cedars-Sinai
Physician Status
accepting new patients
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Aplastic Anemia
Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
About
Dr. Punwani is a hematologist/oncologist with the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai. He earned his BA from Lehigh University, an MPH in Health Care Management & Policy from Harvard School of Public Health and his MD from Drexel University College of Medicine. He did his Internal Medicine Residency at George Washington Unviersity Hospital and his Fellowships in Hematology and Oncology at the University of Southern California. Dr. Punwani is board certified in Internal Medicine and is both researcher and clinician with more
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