Hematology

This article summarises the occurrence of very unusual and rare steroid-related toxicity. It is a cautionary tale of modern medicine where the treatment-related adverse events are more atrocious than the primary disease.

Janis Abkowitz | Head, Division of Hematology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA; Adjunct Professor of Genome Sciences, University of…

Cynthia Dunbar – Secretary, American Society of Hematology (ASH); Chief, Translational Stem Cell Biology Branch, and Head, Molecular…

Gene therapy for haemophilia A and B was discussed during several sessions at the 64th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, held 10th–13th December 2022.

This year’s European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Cutaneous Lymphoma Tumours Group (CLTG) Annual Meeting was held in Madrid, Spain. Presentations covered a broad range of topics in the field of cutaneous lymphomas, from molecular mechanisms, through diagnostics and prediction of prognosis, to skin-directed and targeted therapies, combination therapies, and patient-reported outcomes.

Kakkar opened the symposium by highlighting the burden of thrombotic disease in patients with cancer with a discussion of data from the Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD – Venous Thromboembolism (GARFIELD-VTE) registry.

At the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) 2022 Congress, held 9th–13th July, multiple oral and poster presentations were dedicated to gene therapy as a treatment for haemophilia A or B.

Three posters presented at the European Hematology Association (EHA) 2022 Hybrid Congress focused on the role of mitapivat in the…