Happy marrows are all alike; every unhappy marrow is unhappy in its own way.  When haematopoiesis behaves itself, it’s frankly quite boring. When it goes rogue, it can get very creative. Join Cale, Bash and Nick as they attempt to walk through how this process goes off the rails, how MDS and AML are best understood and how dysplasia, cytopenias, blasts and clones all fit together.

TIMESTAMPS

0:55 - Our serious introduction to counterbalance last week 
1:58 - Episode overview 
2:50 - Introducing MDS 
7:12 - Risk factors for MDS 
8:53 - MDS progression 
11:13 - Complications of MDS 
13:10 - Leukaemic transformation 
15:37 - MDS epidemiology 
16:27 - Diagnosing MDS 
21:19 - What is dysplasia? 
26:44 - What we test on marrow 
35:13 - Clonality assessment in MDS 
42:29 - Caveats in diagnosing MDS 
43:18 - MDS summary (finally) 
44:09 - MDS treatment in brief 
45:37 - Intro to AML 
51:32 - Episode summary 

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