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Sweet Syndrome and MDS

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Topic(s)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Related Bone Marrow Failure Diseases and Malignancies
Presenter(s)
Aditi Shastri, M.B.B.S.
Dr. Aditi Shastri, M.B.B.S. is a Hematologist/Oncologist at Montefiore Medical Center and is an Assistant Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Shastri earned her medical degree from Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and is an experienced clinical…

"I'm So Tired" Dealing with Fatigue and Other Symptoms with Bone Marrow Failure Disease

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Topic(s)
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Aplastic Anemia
Bone Marrow Transplant
Living Well with Bone Marrow Failure
Managing Your Treatment
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
Pediatric Bone Marrow Failure Diseases
Related Bone Marrow Failure Diseases and Malignancies
Presenter(s)
Carmelita P. Escalante, M.D.
Carmelita Escalante, MD, is Professor and Department Chair in the Department of General Internal Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Escalante is an active researcher, serving as Principal Investigator on numerous…

Short Telomere Syndrome: Implications for MDS and AML Patients

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Topic(s)
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Aplastic Anemia
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Related Bone Marrow Failure Diseases and Malignancies
Presenter(s)
Mary Armanios, MD
Short telomere syndrome is a genetic mutation that has significant implications for MDS and AML patients. This webinar provides an overview of the subject and will address the specific impact for bone marrow failure disease patients. Our speaker, Mary Armanios, M.D., is the…

Chronic Kidney Disease and PNH

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Topic(s)
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
Presenter(s)
Ramy M. Hanna, MD, FASN, FACP
Dr. Ramy Hanna is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine and Nephrology at the University of California Irvine UCI-Health. He is a clinician-educator who works at the intersection of patient education and research, participating in ongoing research into diseases of the…

Living with PNH: A Patient Panel Discussion

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Topic(s)
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
Join AAMDSIF's Leigh Clark for a panel discussion with two longer-term PNH patients, Marlena Connor and Jessi Hackney. Marlena and Jessi talk about their experiences as patients, what they wish they'd knowns when they were being diagnosed, what resources are important to them and…

A Candid Conversation with Caregivers

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Topic(s)
Living Well with Bone Marrow Failure
Managing Your Treatment
Presenter(s)
Leigh Clark
This webinar focuses on the experience of caregivers who have been with their loved ones through the diagnosis, treatment and survivorship stages of bone marrow failure disease. We are grateful to our caregivers for sharing their time with us.

Real-World Treatment Patterns, FLT3 Testing, and Outcomes in AML

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Amer Zeidan, MBBS, MHS, Yale University School of Medicine and Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, Connecticut, discusses updated results from an ongoing retrospective study examining FLT3 testing trends, treatment patterns, and overall survival in patients with relapsed/refractory…

Outcomes of Adding a Fourth Chemotherapy Course in AML

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Administering 2 additional courses of chemotherapy with high-dose cytarabine (Ara-C) after 2 courses of induction therapy improved relapse rates but did not improve overall survival for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to research in the Journal of Clinical…

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