Presented by the South West Myeloma Group
Selected Myeloma ASH Updates
Wednesday 20th January 2021
Virtual Event

This meeting will provide an overview of the data presented at the December 2020 ASH virtual meeting which is clinically relevant to myeloma clinics

Registration

Anyone wishing to attend this virtual meeting will need to register in advance.

Registration for this meeting is free of charge for HCPs working within the NHS

Register Online


Instructions for joining the virtual meeting on 20th January will be available on the Meeting Room page of this website. The instructions will also be provided by email so please keep an eye out for updates.

 

Link for the meeting website - https://hartleytaylor.co.uk/pam0-home/

IPSS-R MDS Risk Assessment Calculator

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

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MDS Fact Sheet

MDS Factsheet for GPs General Practicioners

MDS Fact Sheet

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Varicella Vaccine in MDS

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.
This is an external link to the British Society for Haematology  Click here

NICE Guideline

Lenalidomide for treating myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) associated with an isolated deletion 5q cytogenetic abnormality.

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BSH Guidelines

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

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Links

External links to another websites

British Society of Haematology

UK MDS Patient Support Group

MDS Foundation

European Leukemia Net