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    Uptake of sickle cell screening among sexually active unmarried young adults in Gulu City, northern Uganda: a community-based cross-sectional study

    • Daniel Kitamirike Bwamiki
    • James Nelson Okema
    • Francesca Akello

    Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a major public health challenge in Uganda, where up to 20% of the population in northern regions carry the sickle cell trait (SCT). We conducted a community-based cross-sectional study among 321 sexually active unmarried...

    01 October 2026 Open access
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    ZNF292 mutations impair RNA and protein biosynthesis defining an adverse prognostic subset in early-stage chronic lymphocytic leukemia

    • Alberto Rodríguez-Sánchez
    • María Alonso-Gago
    • Miguel Quijada-Álamo

    Background ZNF292alterations are recurrently detected in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), occurring in 3%-6% of patients as mutations and in 2% as 6q deletions. Although preliminary evidence suggested an independent prognostic role...

    01 October 2026 Open access
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    Early post-transplant molecular residual disease predicts outcomes in myelodysplastic neoplasms/syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia undergoing allogeneic transplantation

    • Wan-Hsuan Lee
    • Xavier Cheng-Hong Tsai
    • Wen-Chien Chou

    Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) remains the only curative therapy for myelodysplastic neoplasms/syndromes (MDS), but post-transplant relapse continues to limit long-term survival. Reliable identification of patients at...

    01 October 2026 Open access
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    Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for myelodysplastic syndrome in young adults: A retrospective study on behalf of the EBMT Chronic Malignancies Working Party

    • Antonio Martin Jimenez Jimenez
    • Diderik-Jan Eikema
    • Donal P. McLornan

    Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) in young adults are uncommon and underrepresented in transplant cohorts. We evaluated 697 patients aged 18–40 years who underwent first allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) reported to the EBMT...

    30 September 2026 Open access
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    Haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation compared to immunosuppressive therapy plus eltrombopag as first-line treatment for severe aplastic anemia patients aged 40–65: a multicenter retrospective study

    • Xiaohui Xiao
    • Guiping Chen
    • Shunqing Wang

    Immunosuppressive therapy (IST) plus eltrombopag (EPAG) (IST+EPAG) is the preferred first-line treatment for severe aplastic anemia (SAA) patients over 40 years. However, direct comparison between IST+EPAG and upfront haploidentical hematopoietic...

    29 September 2026 Open access
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