Aplastic anemia is not a type of cancer, but it can increase the risk of developing leukemia. Aplastic anemia occurs when the bone marrow no longer produces blood cells. Anything that damages stem ...

Severe aplastic anemia is a rare blood disorder where an autoimmune reaction leads to your bone marrow not producing enough blood cells. Depending on the severity of aplastic anemia symptoms, doctors ...

Aplastic anemia is when your bone marrow can’t make enough healthy blood cells, including red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. A CBC measures blood cell levels and is used to diagnose ...

At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, we surround you with experts who focus completely on aplastic anemia, day in and day out. A handful of people form the core of your care team. You have an physician ...

Eltrombopag combined with immunosuppressive therapy in pediatric patients with severe aplastic anemia achieved a 54.9% overall response rate at 26 weeks, with a 71.4% response in relapsed/refractory ...

Hematology refers to the study of blood and bone marrow conditions. A person may be referred to a hematologist to find out what the cause of anemia is and to determine a treatment plan. Anemia occurs ...

For first-line treatment of severe aplastic anemia, adding eltrombopag (Promacta) to standard immunosuppressive therapy improved the rate, speed, and depth of hematologic response in the phase III ...

A single-group, phase 1–2 study indicated that eltrombopag improved the efficacy of standard immunosuppressive therapy that entailed horse antithymocyte globulin (ATG) plus cyclosporine in patients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Outcomes after haploidentical transplant for severe aplastic anemia have improved significantly with use of post ...

Tia Szczepanski, 29, is a pediatric nurse in the ICU at Albany Medical Center and has not been able to go to work recently. That’s because she has been diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia and now ...