Agenda at-a-Glance:
Tuesday, October 24: 8:45 am – 4:20 pm
8:45 a.m. Registration – Continental breakfast available
Welcome/Opening remarks
Introduction / Overview
Review – Hemopoiesis
terminology and concepts
control of hemopoiesis
+ve and –ve regulators
Classification and epidemiology of liquid tumors
pre-leukemias
chronic leukemias
CLL
CML
acute leukemias
AML
ALL
Myeloma
Chemotherapy overview
Flow cytometry
immunohistochemistry
Discussion
Tea/coffee break
Stem Cell Transplantation
Autologous / allogenic
conditioning regimes
indications
complications (e.g. graft versus host disease)
Stem Cell Transplantation Discussion
Lunch
CMLClinical presentation
Diagnosis and staging
Treatment options
Disease course and progression
CML Case Studies and Discussion
4:20 p.m. Close
Wednesday, October 25: 8:30 am – 3:45 pm
8:30 a.m. Tea/coffee available upon arrival
The Lymphomas
Hodgkin’s disease /Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
epidemiology / genetics
clinical presentation
Treatment and prognosis
The Lymphomas Case Studies and Discussion
Tea/coffee break
Acute Leukemias
AML and ALL
Clinical presentations
Diagnosis
Chromosomal abnormalities
Treatment options
Prognosis
Acute Leukemias Case Studies and Discussion
Lunch
Myelodysplasia and Myeloproliferation
Clinical presentation
Diagnosis and staging
Treatment options
Disease course and progression
Myelodysplasia and Myeloproliferation Case Studies and Discussion
Tea/coffee break
Myeloma
Clinical presentation
Diagnosis and staging
Treatment options
Myeloma Case Studies and Discussion
3:45 p.m. End of Course