Elderly have poor prognosis after recovery in long-term acute care hospitals
Most patients die within 5 years and spend two-thirds of remaining life as an inpatient.
Most patients die within 5 years and spend two-thirds of remaining life as an inpatient.
Professor Graham Jackson (Newcastle, UK) gives an overview of his presentation on real world management of myeloma patients in the UK, with comments from Professor Sagar Lonial (Atlanta, USA). Professor Jackson… read more.
IBD is still mainly a phenomenon of the Western world, but the incidence is increasing steeply in newly industrialised countries where the population is undergoing rapid urbanisation…
Peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) is a heterogeneous group of lymphoid malignancies that often fails to respond to standard of care treatment,1-3 and the need for new therapies is… read more.
In addition to clinical segmentation of MM patients as young or elderly and fit or frail, genetic factors convey important prognostic information and should be taken into account… read more.
The pathophysiology of MM is characterised by a state of profound immunosuppression through multiple mechanisms which provides a strong rationale for immunotherapeutic approaches including antibodies, immunomodulators, vaccines and… read more.
When treating patients with MM frail patients are less able to tolerate aggressive treatment and therefore have poorer OS. In the era of novel agents there is a… read more.
The growing number of novel treatments for multiple myeloma (MM) means that more patients can achieve the therapeutic goal of a deep and prolonged first remission – in… read more.
Managing Hodgkin lymphoma in elderly patients can be challenging, given that trial data do not reflect the picture in elderly patients and performance status can vary widely. The… read more.
Professor Anas Younes (MSKCC, New York), Professor John Radford (Manchester) and Dr Graham Collins (Oxford). Interviews by Esther Drain. Once again ASH provided much food for thought and above leading experts discuss their… read more.
Author: Gary Finnegan A ‘brain training’ game developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge, UK, could help improve the memory of patients in the very earliest stages… read more.
Author: Gary Finnegan A ‘brain training’ game developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge, UK, could help improve the memory of patients in the very earliest stages… read more.