BSH 2017: Myeloma XI
Maintenance therapy with lenalidomide can improve PFS in patients with newly-diagnosed MM by almost two years compared with observation alone, in patients of all ages and all risk… read more.
Maintenance therapy with lenalidomide can improve PFS in patients with newly-diagnosed MM by almost two years compared with observation alone, in patients of all ages and all risk… read more.
Dr Peter Irving (London) talks about one of the hot topics for the future -Maximising the bang for your buck in IBD. He highlights the possible benefits of treating… read more.
Commentary and insights from Dr Filip Baert, (Roeselare, Belgium) and Usha Chauhan (McMaster University, Canada)
High-risk multiple myeloma (MM) continues to pose a challenge to haematologists both in terms of diagnostics and therapy. Opening the UK Myeloma Forum at the 2017 BSH annual… read more.
Studies show that MM patients who achieve minimal residual disease on treatment have longer PFS and OS than those who do not…
If you missed ECCO this year, or if you attended, but didn’t get to see everything you’d hoped to, listen to the key highlights from Professor Séverine Vermeire… read more.
An interesting session at ECCO dealt with the patients for whom there is sparce data to guide their treatment – experts in the field gave their guidance to… read more.
Never before in the history of IBD have there been so many promising compounds in the pipeline. In a scientific session dedicated to new compounds, leading investigators discussed… read more.
Dr Filip Baert (Roeselare, Belgium) gives a summary of his session on trial endpoints vs therapeutic objectives. he also discusses the role of ECCO in improving the data generated in… read more.
Predicting disease years before diagnosis is a passion for Professor Jean-Frederic Colombel (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, USA). Here he discusses 2 studies presented at… read more.
Scientists in Sweden are studying whether web-based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is ineffective in some people, potentially making patients worse. The psychologist behind the research say that while… read more.
Researchers who conducted a retrospective analysis of data from over 100,000 surgical cases in one university health system have reported that patients’ pain scores improved when physicians administered… read more.