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			Information about Project 8: Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)
			
			
ELN Recommendations for managing MDS
Malcovati, L., Hellström-Lindberg, E., Bowen, D., Ades, L., Cermak, J., Del Cañizo, C., ... & Cazzola, M. (2013). Diagnosis and treatment of primary myelodysplastic syndromes in adults: recommendations from the ...
		 
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			Contact Persons in Project 8: Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)
			
			
The different platforms are grouped into workpackages (WP). Here you can find a list of participants of the WP and WP-leaders as contact persons.
		 
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			Study Groups of Project 8: Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)
			
			
MDS trial groups willing to cooperate within framework of LeukemiaNet
Budapest MDS group
EBMT MDS subcommittee, Prof. de Witte (http://www.ebmt.org/)
EORTC, Prof. de Witte (http://www.eortc.be/)
German MDS study group, Prof. Aul, Prof. Ganser
GFM gro ...
		 
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			EU MDS Registry
			
			
A prospective, multicenter European Registry for newly diagnosed patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes of IPSS low and intermediate-1 subtypes.
		 
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			Research activities of Project 8 MDS
			
			
		
 
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			Recommendations for the management of MDS
			
			
The European LeukemiaNet WP8 has promoted a program aiming at developing and continuously updating evidence- and consensus-based guidelines to provide clinical practice recommendations for standardized diagnostic and prognostic procedures and for an appropriate choice of therapeutic interventions in adult patients with primary MDS.
		 
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			Publications
			
			
Aggarwal S, van de Loosdrecht AA, Alhan C, Ossenkoppele GJ, Westers TM, Bontkes HJ: 
    Role of immune responses in the pathogenesis of low-risk MDS and high-risk MDS: implications for immunotherapy. 
    Br J Haematol. 
    2011 Jun;153(5):568-81. ...
		 
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			Minutes and programs of past meetings
			
			
Minutes 2014
     WP8 meeting at the 11th Annual Symposium of the European LeukemiaNet
    (377KB)
February 4 2014, Mannheim
Minutes 2013
     WP8 meeting at the 10th Annual Symposium of the European LeukemiaNet
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February 5 2013, M ...
		 
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			Links
			
			
The Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation:
http://www.mds-foundation.org
Work Packages: WP08, Patients, Physicians
National Cancer Institute - Myelodysplastic syndromes:
http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/myelodysplastic/healthprofessiona ...