Myelodysplastic syndromes: 2021 update on diagnosis, risk stratification and management
Disease overview: The myelodysplastic syndromes myelodysplastic syndromes: (my-eh-lo-diss-PLASS-tik SIN
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
NCCN Grants Category 2A Recommendation to Decitabine/Cedazuridine Combo for MDS
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The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has updated its Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) to include the combination of decitabine and cedazuridine (Inqovi) as a category 2a recommendation for the treatment of adult patients with…
New Strategies Improve Outcomes for Lower-Risk MDS
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Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a challenging and complicated disease with median outcomes ranging from 5.3 years in patients with lower-risk disease to just 8.4 months in the very high-risk population. 1,2 However, newly approved agents entering the armamentarium are providing…
Human and artificial intelligence to illuminate MDS
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In this issue of Blood, Nagata et al show for the first time that machine learning (ML) algorithms can discern patterns and identify diagnostically and prognostically relevant associations between genetic variants and cytomorphological changes in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)…
Silver lining: reduced relapse with chronic GVHD after transplant for MDS
Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) graft-versus-host disease (GVHD): Also called GVHD, it is a
Following in the footsteps of acute myeloid leukemia: are we witnessing the start of a therapeutic revolution for higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes?
For most patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes myelodysplastic syndromes: (my-eh-lo-diss-PLASS-tik SIN-dromez)
Imetelstat Achieves Meaningful and Durable Transfusion Independence in High Transfusion-Burden Patients With Lower-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes in a Phase II Study
Purpose: Patients with lower-risk (LR) myelodysplastic syndromes myelodysplastic syndromes: (my-eh-lo-d