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  IMV 2015 Debate: Professors Faith Davies, Gareth Morgan (both UAMS) and Sagar Lonial (Atlanta) discuss the importance of combination therapy. Professor Faith Davies from UAMS and Professor Shaji Kumar from Mayo Clinic faced one another in a debate over the respective benefits of combination therapy and sequential therapy in MM…

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 13 Nov 2015

  Specialists in the MM field are in the enviable position of having lots of different treatment options available – the challenge is how to integrate these into the… read more.

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  IMV 2015: New diagnostic criteria for multiple myeloma

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 13 Nov 2015

  Multiple myeloma is unique amongst cancers in that the diagnosis is made by the clinician, not the pathologist. The pathologist merely states that the patient has a clonal… read more.

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  IMV 2015: Highlights of the International Myeloma Workshop, 23-26 September, Rome.

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 13 Nov 2015

  IMW President, Professor Antonio Palumbo (Torino, Italy) gives his highlights, along with Dr Noopar Raje  (Boston, USA) , Professor Faith Davies, (Little Rock, USA) and Professor Paul Richardson (Boston, USA).

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  ICML 2015 Poster Session: Healthcare utilisation in the AETHERA trial: phase 3 study of brentuximab vedotin in patients at increased risk of residual Hodgkin lymphoma post-ASCT

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 28 Jul 2015

  Vijayveer Bonthapally et al, Cambridge, MA, USA  / by Maria Dalby.  AETHERA is a randomised, placebo-controlled phase III study to evaluate whether consolidation treatment with brentuximab vedotin can… read more.

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  ICML 2015 Poster Session: Hodgkin lymphoma: PET-CT or bone marrow biopsy?

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 28 Jul 2015

  Zeinab Ali Abou Yehia et al, Houston, TX, USA / by Maria Dalby.  PET-CT scans appear to be more sensitive than bone marrow biopsies for detecting bone marrow… read more.

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  ICML 2015 Report: Thirty years of progress in cutaneous lymphoma research

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 28 Jul 2015

  John Ultmann Memorial Lecture / by Maria Dalby.  Cutaneous lymphomas are rare conditions that require careful linking of clinical features with pathological findings for accurate diagnoses and effective… read more.

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  ICML 2015 Report: Update on the revision of the WHO lymphoma classification

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 28 Jul 2015

  Steven H Swerdlow, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, USA, / by Maria Dalby.  Knowledge is evolving fast in the field of lymphoma and the 2008 World Health Organization… read more.

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  ICML 2015 Video Interview: Thought leaders in lymphoma discuss highlights of ICML

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 28 Jul 2015

  Dr Andrew Davies, Southampton, UK, Professor John Radford, The University of Manchester, UK, Professor Peter Johnson, Southampton University, UK, Dr Karl Peggs, University College Hospital, London, Professor Stephen… read more.

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  Video Interview ICML 2015 with Professor Joseph Connors: Interim PET-based therapy should be considered routine clinical practice in early stage HL

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 28 Jul 2015

  Interview with Professor Joseph Connors, Vancouver, BC, Canada, who spoke for the motion in this key debate at ICML 2015.   Interview by Esther Drain.

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  BSH 2015: COSD and SACT Cancer Data: How do you perform/conform nationally? Robin Ireland, Kings College Hospital, London.

  Written by Christine Clark | 3 Jun 2015

  by Christine Clark: The National Cancer Information Network (NCIN) was established to drive change and improve cancer outcomes. Analyses show large variations in practices and outcomes some of… read more.

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  Video Interview from the BSH 2015: Dr Graham Collins: Autologous vs Allogenic transplantation in Hodgkin lymphoma – where do they fit in?

  Written by Lorraine Carolan | 2 Jun 2015

  Dr Graham Collins from the Oxford Cancer and Haematology Centre, Oxford, UK.

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  Video Interview and editorial from the BSH 2015: Professor Graham Jackson discusses the journey from despair to hope in multiple myeloma. Click on the image for interview and editorial.

  Written by Christine Clark | 1 Jun 2015

  Graham Jackson, Professor of Clinical haematology, Newcastle upon Tyne and former president of the British Society for Haematology (BSH). Article by Christine Clark: In the 1970s the prospect… read more.