Revised International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS-R) for Myelodysplastic Syndromes Risk Assessment Calculator

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MDS Factsheet for GPs General Practicioners

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Urgent Clarification on varicella vaccine policy

Current advice from the UK MDS Forum is not to give the Live Varicella Vaccine to patients with MDS.

Please read below correspondence between Professor Salisbury and Dr George Follows, the latter on behalf of the CLL Forum, on the varicella vaccine policy.
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Lenalidomide for treating myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) associated with an isolated deletion 5q cytogenetic abnormality.

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This is an external  link to the home of the British Society for Haematology (BSH). 

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External links to another websites

British Society of Haematology

UK MDS Patient Support Group

MDS Foundation

European Leukemia Net