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Volume 07 | Number 09 July 2021 Bonus Mid-Year Edition
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AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY ( ASH ) HEADQUARTERS 2021 L Street NW , Suite 900 Washington , DC 20036 www . hematology . org Tel : 202-776-0544
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Aaron Gerds , MD Cleveland Clinic Cleveland , OH
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Elizabeth Brém , MD UC Irvine Medical Center Orange , CA
Aristoteles Giagounidis , MD Marien Hospital Düsseldorf , Germany
Sandra Kurtin , PhD The University of Arizona Tucson , AZ
Joseph Mikhael , MD , MEd City of Hope Cancer Center Phoenix , AZ
Bethany Samuelson Bannow , MD Oregon Health & Science University Portland , OR
Alexandra Wolanskyj-Spinner , MD Mayo Clinic Rochester , MN
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On Location
13 Highlights From the ASCO and EHA Annual Meetings
The 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting and the European Hematology Association 2021 Virtual Congress featured practice-changing research in hematologic malignancies and blood disorders .
Online
Check out our daily updates from the world of hematology and health care in our “ Online Exclusives ,” with recent stories like :
• FDA Revives Unapproved Drugs Initiative
• Third Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine May Boost Protection for Transplant Recipients
• Sickle Cell Trait Cited in Police Custody Deaths
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From Ideas to Research Reality
Participants come to the ASH Clinical Research Training Institute with ideas and enthusiasm , and leave with new skills to conduct patient-oriented research .
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8 Avapritinib Approved for Advanced Systemic Mastocytosis
9 Gene Therapy Shows Promising Efficacy in Pediatric Patients With ADA SCID
11 Reduced R-CHOP Intensity Does Not Compromise Survival in Older Patients With DLBCL
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