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VOLUME 05 | NUMBER 03 | FEBRUARY 2019
Around the Network
IN THIS ISSUE
pulling back the curtain
Peter Marks, MD, PhD
Dr. Marks, director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, talks about
career hopping and landing his dream job.
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clinical news
24 Genetic Markers Predict Radiation-Induced
Breast Cancer After Hodgkin Lymphoma
Rare Diseases
in the Spotlight
Clinicians and researchers talk about the unique challenges
of developing treatments for orphan diseases – many of
which find their homes in hematology.
25 Apixaban AVERTs Cancer-Associated Venous
Thromboembolism
31 On Location: More Highlights from the
2018 ASH Annual Meeting
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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS
Vice-Chair for Clinical Research
Director, Leukemia Program
Cleveland Clinic, Taussig Cancer Institute
Cleveland, OH
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Elizabeth Brém, MD
UC Irvine Medical Center
Orange, CA
Beth Faiman, CNP, PhD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Alice Ma, MD
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC
David Steensma, MD
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
Keith Stewart, MBChB, MBA
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