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May 2025
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Measurable residual disease and maintena...

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY
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In this week's episode, we’ll learn more about how measurable residual disease might help guide decisions about post-transplant gilteritinib maintenance in FLT3-ITD acute myeloid leukemia, or AML; how stemness contributes to chemotherapy resistance in AML; and effects of babesiosis on red blood cells from individuals with sickle cell disease, sickle cell trait, and wild-type hemoglobin. 

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