ASH Clinical News December 2015

Palliative Care: Time for Hematology to Step Up ... p. 104 Your source for worldwide news and perspectives on hematology/oncology december 2015 volume 01 | number 12 CONTENTS 11… Editor's Corner Mikkael Sekeres: Take My Leftover Tissue, Please! 19… Pulling Back the Curtain David Williams on Hard Work and Mentorship Are IVC Filters DOA? 22… Advanced Practice Perspectives Research Nurses: The Glue That Holds Everything Together 29… Guest Column Time for a Precision Approach in Follicular Lymphoma 72… On Location ASH Annual Meeting Preview with the Program Co-Chairs DEPARTMENTS 12 UP FRONT 34 CLINICAL NEWS 76 TRAINING AND EDUCATION 92 FEATURES 112 BACK OF THE BOOK The risks of inferior vena cava filters may outweigh the benefits, so why are we still using them? www.ASHClinicalNews.org Data Stream: ASH Annual Meeting Edition ... 42 Written in Blood ... 44 Patient Education: Understanding Childhood Cancer... 85