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VOLUME 02 | NUMBER 06 | JUNE 2016 Around the Network IN THIS ISSUE pulling back the curtain Robert P. Gale, MD, PhD, offers an honest appraisal of how medicine and research have changed in recent years and talks about his varied career in hematology. 12 clinical news AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY HEADQUARTERS 2021 L Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20036 www.hematology.org Tel: [phone] EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS Vice-Chair for Clinical Research Director, Leukemia Program Cleveland Clinic, Taussig Cancer Institute Cleveland, OH 20 What To Call What We Treat, Part II: WHO’s Updated Classification of Myeloid Neoplasms and Acute Leukemia Shooting for the Moon President Obama’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative is a $1 billion program with a bold goal: the elimination of cancer as we know it. The government has taken the initial steps to accelerate cancer research efforts and foster collaboration among researchers, but much more work needs to be done. ASH Clinical News asked hematologists, “Is the Cancer Moonshot a long shot?” 30 A  rsenic Trioxide Plus ATRA: A Better Option for Patients With Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia? 31 On Location: Highlights from the American Association for Cancer Research’s Annual Meeting Correction: In the May issue's "Society Pages" ASHCLINICALNEWS.ORG @ASHCLINICALNEWS Readers have been flooding our inbox with responses to each month’s “You Make the Call” dilemmas — thanks to all who send in their answers! We couldn’t fit them all in this issue, so visit ashclinicalnews.org/category/ training-education/you-make-thecall to read more responses, and to submit your answer to next month’s challenging case. Stay up-to-date on the latest news and views from the magazine. Follow us at @ASHClinicalNews. ASH Clinical News will be on site reporting from the ASCO Annual Meeting. Be sure to check our “On Location” section for daily updates: ashclinicalnews.org/category/ on-location. 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