On Monday, Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts announced to viewers that she has been diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, a blood and bone marrow disease once known as preleukemia. Roberts, ...
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are blood cancers caused by an insufficient production of healthy blood cells. Production of irregular cells leads to anemia, where the body’s organs and tissues don’t ...
Dr. Shah was compensated by BMS for his participation. Photo Credit: Shutterstock As you age, feeling tired or short of breath may be dismissed as a part of getting older, but it’s important to talk ...
If you have myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and are feeling healthy, your doctor will likely take a “watch and wait” approach. You may feel anxiety and fear toward this approach, but there are ways to ...
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a group of blood cancers that affect the bone marrow and can result in a low levels of blood cells. When MDS affects red blood cells, it can lead to anemia in some ...
Approximately half of the patients with MDS who responded to treatment with Rytelo went a year without needing a blood transfusion, one expert explained. The approval by the Food and Drug ...
There are more treatments today than ever before to help people with ongoing conditions manage their physical symptoms. But even with these medical advances, a diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndromes ...
—In a recent study, investigators in Spain sought to discover which gene mutations were responsible for the transformation of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) to secondary acute myeloid leukemia (sAML).