2019
Getting personal with myelodysplastic syndromes: is now the right time?
Chokr N, Pine AB, Bewersdorf JP, Shallis RM, Stahl M, Zeidan AM. Getting personal with myelodysplastic syndromes: is now the right time? Expert Review Of Hematology 2019, 12: 215-224. PMID: 30977414, PMCID: PMC6540985, DOI: 10.1080/17474086.2019.1592673.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsMyelodysplastic syndromeNext-generation sequencingTherapy selectionPrognosis of MDSRole of NGSPrognosis of patientsRoutine clinical practiceMinimal residual diseaseRecurrent genetic abnormalitiesResidual diseaseBlood countDisease stagePeripheral bloodHematologic malignanciesPrognostic evaluationMDS pathogenesisRoutine managementTherapy decisionsHealthy individualsBone marrowClinical practiceCytological examinationPatientsScoring systemDiagnostic accuracyEpigenetic therapy combinations in acute myeloid leukemia: what are the options?
Bewersdorf JP, Shallis R, Stahl M, Zeidan AM. Epigenetic therapy combinations in acute myeloid leukemia: what are the options? Therapeutic Advances In Hematology 2019, 10: 2040620718816698. PMID: 30719265, PMCID: PMC6348528, DOI: 10.1177/2040620718816698.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsAcute myeloid leukemiaCombination therapyTherapy combinationsMyeloid leukemiaEpigenetic therapyAdvanced clinical testingTherapeutic optionsClinical trialsConventional chemotherapyClinical dataPreclinical studiesAML pathogenesisClinical practiceSingle agentClinical testingTherapyLeukemic pathogenesisDriver mutationsDNA methylationHistone methylation inhibitorPathogenesisLeukemiaDehydrogenase inhibitorEpigenetic alterationsActual DNA sequence
2018
Be careful of the masquerades: differentiating secondary myelodysplasia from myelodysplastic syndromes in clinical practice
Shallis RM, Xu ML, Podoltsev NA, Curtis SA, Considine BT, Khanna SR, Siddon AJ, Zeidan AM. Be careful of the masquerades: differentiating secondary myelodysplasia from myelodysplastic syndromes in clinical practice. Annals Of Hematology 2018, 97: 2333-2343. PMID: 30109425, DOI: 10.1007/s00277-018-3474-7.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsMyelodysplastic syndromeSecondary myelodysplasiaSecondary causesAllogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantationDiagnosis of MDSRepresentative case seriesUnderlying myelodysplastic syndromeHematopoietic cell transplantationLack of efficacyHematologists/oncologistsMeticulous exclusionResultant cytopeniasIntensive chemotherapyCase seriesMorphologic reviewCell transplantationDiagnostic dilemmaSuch therapyMalignant processExpert hematopathologistsClinical practiceMyelodysplasiaCytogenetic abnormalitiesPatientsSpecialized physicians