Life Interrupted – Nick’s Fight Against Aplastic Anemia
Here is Nick's story, as told by his mom, Pamela Karavite
Here is Nick's story, as told by his mom, Pamela Karavite
Dr. Ivana Gojo is a Hematologist/Oncologist in Baltimore.
Tamibarotene (brand name: Amnolake), also called retinobenzoic acid, is orally active, synthetic retinoid, developed to overcome all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) resistance, with potential antineoplastic activity against acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL) .
Key Points
In patients with RR-AML, venetoclax combination therapy resulted in responses in 31% of patients and a median OS of 6.1 months.
NPM1 mutations predicted higher response rates; adverse cytogenetics and mutations in TP53, KRAS/NRAS, and SF3B1 predicted worse OS.
Dr. Hasserjian's clinical work and research focus on myeloid neoplasia. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Society for Hematopathology and on the Education Committee of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology. Dr. Hasserjian is a member of the Pathology Advisory Committee for the World Health Organization Classification of Myeloid Neoplasms. Dr. Hasserjian is a dedicated medical educator, and director of the Hematopathology Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.
A drug that targets a common mutation in