News and Treatment Updates

Here's where you'll find a regularly updated, broad range of articles written by the AAMDSIF team, allied health organizations and news organizations. By staying well-informed, patients and families are practicing a form of self-support that will help them be more effective self-advocates when engaging with health care providers.

Combo eprenetapopt plus azacitidine is well-tolerated in TP53-mutated MDS and AML

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A phase 2 study found that eprenetapopt plus azacitidine induced responses in patients with TP53-mutated myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). This combination may be an opportune bridge to transplantation, according to David A. Sallman, MD, of the…

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is effective in achieving long-term survival for post-aplastic anemia myeloid neoplasms: the EBMT Severe Aplastic Anemia Report

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Abstract Aplastic anemia (AA) transformation into myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) or acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is associated with a dismal prognosis. Hematopoietic stem cell transplant offers the sole possibility of cure, but data on long-term survival are scarce. We…

SRSF2-mutated MDS: bortezomib STAT?

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In this issue of Blood, Takashima et al show that reduced STAT1 abundance in SRSF2-mutant myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) cells confers protection against interferon (IFN)-driven cell suppression relative to normal wild-type (WT) cells.1 Importantly, the authors demonstrate that…

BEXMAB Study: Dr. Amer Zeidan Remarks on the Results’ Meaning for MDS Care

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Amer Zeidan, MBBS, MHS, is professor of internal medicine at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. He is also the chief of the Division of Hematologic Malignancies at Yale Cancer Center, New Haven. Dr. Zeidan spoke with Blood Cancers Today about the phase 1/2 BEXMAB…

Treatment patterns and blood count control in 10,112 patients with polycythemia vera

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ABSTRACT Background Elevated blood counts in polycythemia vera (PV) are associated with increased thrombotic risk, which contributes to morbidity and mortality. Research design and methods This retrospective study describes treatment patterns and blood count control in patients…

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