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ASCAT 2024 | Morbidities and malignancy in patients with thalassemia

In this video, Ali Taher, MD, PhD, FRCP, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, outlines the differences in morbidities observed in patients with transfusion-dependent and non-transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT and NTDT, respectively). Prof. Taher also briefly discusses malignancy in aging patients with thalassemia. This interview took place at the 19th Annual Scientific Conference of the Academy for Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia (ASCAT 2024) in London, UK.

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Consultancy: Novo Nordisk, Bristol-Myers Squibb (Celgene), Vifor, Pharmacosmos, Agios; Research funding: Bristol-Myers Squibb (Celgene), Vifor, Pharmacosmos, Agios.