Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

Constandina Herbert, MN, RN, BMTCN

Institution
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Physician Status
available for consultation
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Aplastic Anemia
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukaemia (CMML)
Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
Pure Red Cell Aplasia (PRCA)
About
Constandina Herbert, MN, RN, BMTCN is the Nursing Supervisor, Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinic at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Ms. Herbert works with patients, families, and caregivers as they navigate the transplant process.

MDS and Agent Orange with Dr. David Steensma

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Topic(s)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Related Bone Marrow Failure Diseases and Malignancies
Presenter(s)
David Steensma, MD, FACP
Dr. Steensma explains the relationship between Agent Orange and Myelodysplastic Syndromes in this webinar. Recorded on October 16, 2018

Anna Halpern, MD

Institution
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Physician Status
accepting new patients
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Aplastic Anemia
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukaemia (CMML)
Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
About
I am both a hematologist-oncologist and a clinical researcher. Along with caring for you, I conduct research focused on hematologic (blood-based) malignancies — specifically, acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia and myelofibrosis. My overarching research aim is to help adults with these diseases have better outcomes by developing and testing evidence-based therapies that are tailored to your unique needs as a patient. I design and conduct clinical trials testing novel care concepts for people with AML and MDS, and I use

Kanwaldeep Mallhi, MD

Institution
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Physician Status
accepting new patients
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Aplastic Anemia
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukaemia (CMML)
Graft Versus Host Disease (GVHD)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
Pediatric
About
Dr. Kanwaldeep Mallhi is a pediatric oncologist and hematologist who specializes in nonmalignant blood disorders in children. These disorders include immunodeficiencies, bone marrow failure and metabolic errors. She is an expert in pediatric blood stem cell transplants, and her research focuses on alternative donor sources and the development of reduced-intensity conditioning regimens, which use radiation, chemotherapy or other procedures to remove diseased or failing cells prior to transplant.

Azacitidine Improves RBC-TI Rates in Patients with Lower-Risk MDS

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CC-486—the oral formulation of azacitidine—significantly improved RBC transfusion independence (RBC-TI) rates and induced durable bilineage improvements in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (LR-MDS) and high-risk disease features, according to a phase 3 clinical…

Traipsing Through Muddy Waters: A Critical Review of the Myelodysplastic Syndrome/Myeloproliferative Neoplasm (MDS/MPN) Overlap Syndromes

Myelodysplastic syndrome/Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MDS/MPNs) are molecularly complex, clinically heterogeneous diseases that exhibit proliferative and dysplastic features. Diagnostic criteria use clinical, pathologic, and genomic features to distinguish between disease entities, though considerable clinical and genetic overlap persists. MDS/MPNs are associated with a poor prognosis, save for MDS/MPN with ring sideroblasts and thrombocytosis, which can behave more indolently.

Palliative Medicine in Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Patients and Caregivers - A Qualitative Study

Objectives: Evidence-based guidelines call for integration of palliative care within oncology from diagnosis. Misperceptions about palliative care have impeded implementation. Prior research has not examined perceptions about 'palliative care' versus 'supportive care' among patients and caregivers to whom this care is introduced routinely as part of comprehensive cancer care.

Haploidentical Transplant for MDS

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Topic(s)
Bone Marrow Transplant
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Presenter(s)
Brian Shaffer, MD
Dr. Shaffer provides an overview of the haploidentical transplant process and discusses how this treatment option might be right for some MDS patients. Dr. Brian Shaffer is a board certified hematologist specializing in bone marrow transplantation for leukemia, myelodysplastic…
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