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     Asking and Answering the Critical Questions in Hematologic Malignancies

A PRIME Oncology Satellite Symposium at EHA 2009


4 June 2009 | Berlin, Germany

Faculty

Co-Chairs:
Andreas Hochhaus, MD
Medizinische Fakultaet Mannheim
Heidelberg University
Mannheim, Germany

Hagop Kantarjian, MD
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States
Faculty: Anders Österborg, MD, PhD
Karolinska Hospital
Stockholm, Sweden

Adrian Newland, MD
Barts and the London NHS Trust
The Royal London Hospital
London, United Kingdom

Jesús F. San Miguel, MD, PhD   
University Hospital of Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain    

Aristoteles Giagounidis, MD, PhD
St. Johannes Hospital
Duisburg, Germany 


Agenda

8:00   Welcome and Introduction
Co-chairs: Andreas Hochhaus, MD & Hagop Kantarjian, MD
8:00   Clinical Opinion Poll
8:05   Emerging Role of Novel Antibody Therapy in Refractory Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Anders Österborg, MD, PhD
8:20   Clinical Opinion Poll
8:25   Treatment of Patients With Relapsed Myeloma: Current and Emerging Therapies
Jesús F. San Miguel, MD, PhD
8:40   Clinical Opinion Poll
8:45   Imatinib-Resistant/Intolerant Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia: Optimizing the Efficacy of Second Generation Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors
Andreas Hochhaus, MD
9:00   Clinical Opinion Poll
9:05   Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: New Therapies for Relapsing Disease
Adrian Newland, MD
9:20   Clinical Opinion Poll

9:25

  Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Risk-Based Choice of Therapy
Hagop Kantarjian, MD
9:40   Clinical Opinion Poll
9:45   Transfusion-Dependent Myelodysplastic Syndrome: Managing Iron Overload
Aristoteles Giagounidis, MD, PhD
10:00    Concluding Remarks/Adjourn
Andreas Hochhaus, MD & Hagop Kantarjian, MD

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Support

Financial support has been provided by GlaxoSmithKline.