Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

James Cook, MD, PhD

Institution
Cleveland Clinic, Learner School of Medicine
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)
Pure Red Cell Aplasia (PRCA)
Pediatric
About
James R. Cook, M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor of Pathology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. He serves as Section Head of Hematopathology in the Department of Laboratory Medicine. Dr. Cook's clinical interests focus on diagnostic hematopathology and molecular diagnostics. His research interests include diagnostic and prognostic markers in non-Hodgkin lymphoma and plasma cell disorders, and molecular diagnosis of leukemia and lymphoma. He participates in numerous multi-institutional research efforts including the Lymphoma and Leukemia Molecular Profiling Project (LLMPP) and the

Secondary MDS/AML in Women After Chemotherapy

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Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Kathleen Moore, MD is Director, Oklahoma TSET Phase I Program; Associate Professor, Section of Gynecologic Oncology and is an associate professor in the section of gynecologic oncology and serves as the director of the Oklahoma TSET Phase I Clinical Trials Program, the state’s…

Short Telomere Syndrome: Implications for MDS and AML Patients

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Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Aplastic Anemia
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Related Bone Marrow Failure Diseases and Malignancies
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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…

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…

Precision Medicine Approach Deemed Safe, Feasible for Older Patients With Untreated AML

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A precision medicine treatment approach that incorporates genomic data into treatment decisions appears to be feasible in older patients with untreated acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to a study published in Nature Medicine. Investigators also found that delaying…

Overcoming Clinical Challenges Associated With TP53-Mutant MDS, AML

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TP53-mutant myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) represent a molecularly distinct, poor-risk patient subgroup frequently associated with complex karyotypes, high propensity for relapse, and inferior overall survival. Across TP53-altered MDS and AML…

Martha L. Arellano, MD

Institution
Emory University
Physician Status
accepting new patients
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Aplastic Anemia
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
About
Martha L. Arellano, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology at the Emory University School of Medicine where she serves as Associate Director of the Division of Hematology. Board certified in hematology, medical oncology and internal medicine, Dr. Arellano specializes in the treatment of leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes. She started practicing with Emory Healthcare in 2006. Dr. Arellano is a clinical member of the Discovery and Developmental Therapeutics Research Program at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. She currently leads the

Guadecitabine Maintenance Therapy Shows Promise in High Risk MDS/AML Patients

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Guadecitabine (SGI-110), when given as maintenance therapy following allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT), showed promising relapse-free survival rates (RFS) with manageable safety in high-risk patients with myelodysplastic syndromes/acute myeloid leukemia (MDS/AML)…

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