Hematology News

An AI-based cancer prediction system is designed to ensure a higher percentage of cancers are diagnosed at earlier, more treatable stages.

As Jeff Yoshimi, PhD, wrote his book about how video games could improve scientific literacy on cancer and generate ideas that could eventually lead to treatments, he proposed this title to his mother: “Curing Disease Using Video Games.”

The underutilization of disease-modifying therapy by people with sickle cell disease is “persistent and alarming,” according to an analysis of real-world data.

A woman’s risk for blood clots varied by the type of hormonal contraception used, according to a nationwide cohort study conducted in Denmark.

Aplastic anemia is a bone marrow failure process that presents with pancytopenia and bone marrow hypoplasia/aplasia.

In a systematic review and meta-analysis of trials of non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants vs. single antiplatelet therapy, rivaroxaban was associated with higher rates of major bleeding compared with low-dose aspirin, researchers reported.

Reduced dosing of direct oral anticoagulants may offer comparable efficacy as full dosing for adults with venous thromboembolism history while decreasing bleeding risk and reducing health care utilization, according to study results.

SAN DIEGO — Lauren E. Merz, MD, MSc, can still feel both the relief and anger two parents expressed during her first year of medical school at University of Michigan.

Long-term exposure to certain air pollutants significantly increased risk for venous thromboembolism, according to results of an observational study.