Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukaemia (CMML)

Genetic Testing for Bone Marrow Failure Diseases

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Topic(s)
Living Well with Bone Marrow Failure
Managing Your Treatment
Presenter(s)
Jadee Neff, M.D., Ph.D., FCAP
In this webinar, Dr. Jadee Neff discusses how genetic testing used in the diagnostic process, how it can help identify possible causes of disease that inform decisions regarding appropriate therapies, identify potential donors for bone marrow transplant, and potential risk for…

Clinical Trials and Children

Until recently, children were rarely included in studies of medical treatments. As a result, much is still unknown about how children respond to drugs, some biologics (such as gene therapy) and medical devices. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), only 20-30% of approved drugs have actually been labeled for use in children.

mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination Sparks Strong Antibody Response in Patients With AML and MDS

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The mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Are Safe and Effective for Most Patients with Cancer For most patients with cancer, the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. This article explains the results of the first study that evaluated the safety and effectiveness of the mRNA vaccines…

ASTEX PHARMACEUTICALS PRESENTS OVERALL SURVIVAL DATA FROM ASCERTAIN PHASE 3 STUDY OF ORAL HYPOMETHYLATING AGENT INQOVI® (DECITABINE AND CEDAZURIDINE) IN MDS AND CMML AT INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES

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Study achieved median overall survival of 31.7 months Updated efficacy data demonstrated an overall response rate of 62%, with 22% of patients achieving a complete response INQOVI is the only oral hypomethylating agent with equivalent exposure to its intravenous (IV) form…

Adrienne Phillips, MD, MPH

Institution
Weill Cornell Medical College
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)

Dr. Jason Mendler

Institution
Wilmot Cancer Center
Physician Status
available for consultation
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukaemia (CMML)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
About
Jason Harold Mendler, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Oncology, received his bachelor's degree, Summa Cum Laude, from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He then went on to earn his PhD in Genetics and his medical degree at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, New York. Prior to joining Wilmot Cancer Center, Dr. Mendler completed his residency at and served as chief resident of the University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Medicine. Most recently, he completed a clinical fellowship in oncology at Ohio State University Medical Center

Eunice Wang, MD

Institution
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Physician Status
accepting new patients
Primary Disease Area of Focus
Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukaemia (CMML)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
About
Dr. Eunice Wang is the Chief of the Leukemia Service at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Wang joined the Roswell Park faculty in 2003 and was appointed to the Leukemia Service of the Department of Medicine. She earned her medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California and completed residency training in Internal Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale University, New Haven, CT in 1999. From 1999 to 2003, she completed a clinical hematology-oncology and research fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, NY. She is

This is Your Brain on (Chemo) Drugs - Summer 2021 Conference

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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)
Jorg Dietrich, MD, PhD
Dr. Jorg Dietrich will help patients and their loved ones understand the chemistry and biology behind what happens to patient brains when chemotherapy and other treatments are introduced. This is a great session for caregivers, family members and patients.

Dr. Amy Duffield

Institution
Mount Sinai Medical 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)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH)
Pure Red Cell Aplasia (PRCA)
About
Dr. Duffield is a board-certified hematopathologist, specializing in the diagnosis of cancers that arise in the bone marrow and lymphoid tissues. She completed a pathology residency and hematopathology fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and joined the faculty of Johns Hopkins in 2010. In 2020, she joined Memorial-Sloan Kettering to become a member of the Hematopathology Service.

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