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VOLUME 03 | NUMBER 07 | JUNE 2017 Around the Network IN THIS ISSUE pulling back the curtain Eduardo M. Sotomayor, MD Dr. Sotomayor recounts his early life and medical training in Peru, and discusses the progress that has been made in the field of immunotherapy thanks to “the three Ps”: Passion, positivity, and persistence. 12 clinical news ASSOCIATE EDITORS Down Syndrome and AML or MDS The National Institutes of Health issued new requirements for registering and publicly reporting results from clinical trials it funds in an effort “to maximize the value of [its] investment.” Many in the research community have praised the new policy, but how will adhering to the requirements add to the administrative burden already facing investigators? EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS Vice-Chair for Clinical Research Director, Leukemia Program Cleveland Clinic, Taussig Cancer Institute Cleveland, OH 19  Predicting Survival in Pediatric Patients With Show Us the Data! AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY (ASH) HEADQUARTERS 2021 L Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20036 www.hematology.org Tel: [phone]  Long-Term Study Highlights Limitations of Current TTP Diagnostic Methods 24  Deep Response With Venetoclax Plus Rituximab in Relapsed/Refractory CLL Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH Alice Ma, MD University of North Carolina School of Medicine Chapel Hill, NC David Steensma, MD Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA Keith Stewart, MBChB, MBA Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, AZ 30 ASHCLINICALNEWS.ORG @ASHCLINICALNEWS With the new redesign of ASHClinicalNews.org, we want to highlight the feedback we receive from readers — guest commentaries, letters to the editor, and more. Or maybe you’d rather keep your comments to a 140-character limit. If that’s the case, tweet us at @ASHClinicalNews. So, do you have an opinion about something you read in the pages of ASH Clinical News or on the website? Want to suggest a bloody good hematology-related book for us to cover in a book review? (See page 11 for our first review.) Beth Faiman, CNP, PhD And don’t forget to sign up to receive our e-newsletters to have the latest updates from ASH Clinical News delivered to your inbox: ashclinicalnews.org/ enewsletter-sign-up. We want to know! Email us at [email protected] or [email protected]. PUBLISHER American Medical Communications (AMC) EDITORIAL MANAGING EDITORS Kristin Hubing, ASH Ariel Jones-DeMaio, AMC ASSOCIATE MANAGING EDITOR Kerri Fitzgerald, AMC EDITORIAL ASSOCIATE Laurie Adamson, ASH ART DIRECTOR Ari Mihos ASSISTANT ART DIRECTORS Charlene DePrizio John Salesi DIGITAL PROJECTS MANAGER Chris Gedikli ADVERTISING ACCOUNT MANAGER Nick Luciano [email protected] YOU MADE THE CALL WINNER Announcing last month’s “You Make the Call” winner: Randy L. Levine, MD Hope you enjoy your prize! For your chance to win, be sure to send in your response to each month's You Make the Call question! 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