letters to the editor A Return to Common Sense in Clinical Research
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VOLUME 03 | NUMBER 09 JULY 2017 BONUS MID-YEAR EDITION
Around the Network
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY ( ASH ) HEADQUARTERS 2021 L Street NW , Suite 900 Washington , DC 20036 www . hematology . org Tel : 202-776-0544
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Mikkael Sekeres , MD , MS
Vice-Chair for Clinical Research Director , Leukemia Program Cleveland Clinic , Taussig Cancer Institute Cleveland , OH
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Beth Faiman , CNP , PhD Cleveland Clinic Cleveland , OH
Alice Ma , MD University of North Carolina School of Medicine Chapel Hill , NC
David Steensma , MD Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston , MA
Keith Stewart , MBChB , MBA Mayo Clinic Scottsdale , AZ
IN THIS ISSUE
It Runs in the Blood
The term “ family business ” may conjure images of stores , restaurants , and other commercial enterprises , but it turns out to apply to the business of hematology , too . We spoke with members of four hematology dynasties to learn how these relatives came to their respective career choices and how they navigate being bound by blood !
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letters to the editor A Return to Common Sense in Clinical Research
Steven Le Gouill , MD , PhD , Simon Rule , MD , and more than 80 European researchers respond to Mikkael Sekeres ’ s June 2017 Editor ’ s Corner (“ Contract Research Agonizations ”), calling to “ bring back some bon sens ” in clinical research .
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24 Clonal Hematopoiesis Almost “ Inevitable ” in Older Adults
29 Pembrolizumab Safe and Effective in Heavily Pretreated Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma
30 On Location : Highlights from Recent Hematology Meetings
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This month we ’ re continuing our coverage of the malignant hematology news presented at the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting , and taking a look at the highlights reported at the 22nd Congress of the European Hematology Association .
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