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24 Jul 2025

​​CLL Highlights from EHA 2025​

This review article explores key research highlights and new data on CLL presented at EHA 2025, considering how the latest clinical…
5 Mins
24 Jul 2025

Gene Therapy: Living With(out) Haemophilia?

Since research on human gene therapy began, the expectations regarding its potential in treating haemophilia have been high. Haemophilia…
3 Mins
24 Jul 2025

Re-evaluating European Haemophilia Standards

TEST In this feature, the authors critically analyse the European standards for Haemophilia Treatment Centres (HTC), examining their…
8 Mins
24 Jul 2025

Rituximab in Adults with Autoimmune Haematological Disorders

Rituximab, a monoclonal anti-CD20 antibody, has proven to be an excellent therapeutic agent for haematological diseases. Low-dose…
11 Mins
24 Jul 2025

100 Years of von Willebrand Disease

von Willebrand disease (VWD) is considered the most common inherited bleeding disorder, even surpassing haemophilia A. Nevertheless, VWD…
5 Mins
24 Jul 2025

Synchronous Twin Malignancies in a Young Female: A Case Report

Synchronous twin malignancies, defined as the simultaneous occurrence of two distinct primary cancers in the same patient, represent a…
4 Mins
24 Jul 2025

Vitamin K-Dependent Bleeding Linked to Topiramate

Topiramate is a well-known medication used for migraine and epilepsy. Bleeding is a rare and less documented side-effect of this treatment…
4 Mins
17 Jul 2025

New Horizons in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia : An Interview with Lydia Scarfò

This year, the EHA Congress provided us with long-term follow-up of some very interesting study, including the GAIA/CLL13 trial…
5 Mins
9 Jul 2025

A New Era in Myeloma: An Interview with Elena Zamagni

In the beginning, when I was very young, I was more interested in acute leukaemia and the suffering of young people. When I got to…
5 Mins
25 Jun 2025

From Bench to Bedside and Back: An Interview with Joshua Richter

Joshua Richter – Associate Professor, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA. What initially…
4 Mins
20 May 2025

Update on Tabelecleucel▼ Trial

Latest data from the global ALLELE study confirms the benefits of tabelecleucel cell therapy for transplant recipients who go on to develop a rare but often fatal blood cancer.
24 Apr 2025

Case Report of a Patient Presenting with Acute Flank Pain

A female in her 40s, with a history of heavy smoking presented to the emergency department with a 6-hour history of paraesthesia and…
6 Mins
1 Apr 2025

Entering a New Era in Protection in Haemophilia A

Haemophilia A (HA), defined by factor VIII (FVIII) levels ≤40 IU/dL, is a chronic condition with consequences beyond bleeding…
31 Oct 2024

Tackling Infectious Diseases

This interactive article summarises key discussions from GSK sponsored symposia that took place during the ESCMID Global Congress 2024, held from 27–30th April 2024 in Barcelona, Spain.
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11 Sep 2024

The ITP Treatment Landscape

The limitations of currently available therapies for immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) mean that long-term responses are difficult to maintain…
9 Mins
14 Aug 2024

Recent Advancements in wAIHA

AIHA is an acquired, heterogeneous group of rare diseases with a prevalence of 17 per 100,000.1 This group includes wAIHA…
7 Mins
25 Jul 2024

Normalisation of Haemostasis in Haemophilia A

Haemophilia A is an inherited deficiency in coagulation FVIII. Based on their residual FVIII activity levels, PwHA are considered to have…
3 Mins
25 Jul 2024

Filgrastim Prophylaxis for Neutropenia in Myelodysplasia Pre-Surgery: Case Report

Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders that affect the bone marrow, subsequently affecting the growth and relative…
5 Mins
25 Jul 2024

Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of Spleen: A Key Differential of Nodular Splenomegaly

Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common histological subtype of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. However, splenic DLBCL is a…
3 Mins
25 Jul 2024

The Impact of ‘Pre-conception’ on Conception: An Inadvertent Form of Infertility

Infertility post stem cell allograft is a common event, with the frequency uncertain because the wish for pregnancy is not commonly…
6 Mins
22 Jul 2024

Patient Blood Management and Haemovigilance: Pillars of Safe Blood Transfusion

One-fourth of the global population is anaemic, and as the population is gradually increasing day by day, so does the number of anaemia…
4 Mins
15 Jul 2024

Acute Flank Pain from May-Thurner Syndrome: A Case Report

May-Thurner syndrome (MTS) is defined as symptomatic compression of the left common iliac vein by the overlying right common iliac artery…
7 Mins
15 Jul 2024

‘IMROZ’ Study – Clinical Implications

Despite what Mohty described as “progressive advances in the field” over recent years, significant unmet needs remain in the front-line…
5 Mins
25 Apr 2024

Interview: Niamh O'Connell

When I was a medical student in the small university city of Cork, in Ireland, there was one female consultant, and she was a haematologist…
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