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Murray Shaw: Cancer is my Hobby
Murray Shaw (1945-2023) Ed note: It is with great sadness that we note the death of Murray Shaw, one of the Support Group co-leaders for Ottawa. Murray has been [...]
Ron Ternoway: 15 Years a Wallie
Besides being a Support Group Leader for the Atlantic Support Group, Ron Ternoway has led the way in multiple clinical trials. In 2021, he recorded this 15-minute podcast about WM [...]
August 2020: Dr. Treon discusses “Next Gen BTK Inhibitors”
The Toronto support group invited Dr. Treon to join them. He led them through a discussion of how the research on BTK inhibitors is progressing towards new drug offerings. [...]
May 2020: Dr. Castillo’s “Ask the Doctor” session
Dr. Jorge Castillo participated in a Zoom meeting with the Philadelphia support group. They recorded the session and kindly shared it with all of us. The link and password [...]
April 2020: Ibrutinib and Covid-19
As a follow up to the article that appeared in Forbes magazine, Blood, the world’s leading haematology magazine, has published an article by Dr. Steve Treon. In the article, [...]
Dec. 2020: Dr. Castillo Discusses Covid-19 Vaccines
On Dec. 2, 2020, the Support Group leaders from across the US and Canada got together over Zoom. There are three sections to the video. The most important is [...]
August 2020: Treatment Guidance during Covid-19
Consensus Statement Published August, 2020 In the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Workshop on Waldenström Macroglobulinemia (IWWM) Treatment Recommendations Panel has published a consensus statement for the [...]
International research
Much of the cutting-edge research into WM takes place internationally. Centres such as Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, USA, in its association with the Bing Centre for [...]