Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

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…

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…

Very long-term remission with azacitidine in VEXAS syndrome

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VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic) syndrome is a newly identified monogenic disorder with symptoms including recurrent fever, skin involvement, pulmonary infiltrates, systemic vasculitis, and chondritis. 1 Notably, 25-50% of patients also have…

Nutrition for Patients with Aplastic Anemia, MDS, or PNH

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Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
Aplastic Anemia
Living Well with Bone Marrow Failure
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
In this webinar, Kylie Chen, Registered Dietitian, discusses common nutrition challenges and evidence-based strategies to improve nutritional status and learn easy nutrition swaps.

Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant for Myelofibrosis and Myelodysplastic Syndromes: A Contemporary Review

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HCT) remains the only potentially curative therapy for patients with myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS) and myelofibrosis (MF) and is the standard care for eligible patients with higher-risk disease. Despite significant advancements, both diseases pose unique challenges due to their clinical and molecular heterogeneity, necessitating personalized approaches to patient selection, timing, and transplant management. For MDS, genomic profiling has revolutionized prognostic frameworks such as IPSS-M, enabling tailored therapeutic decisions.

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