ESH Conference
CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA:
An update on biology, prognosis and treatment
Chairs: E. Montserrat, C. Moreno, F. Bosch
November 7 - 9, 2008, Barcelona, Spain (formerly announced as Albufeira, Portugal)


 Preliminary Programme

 

Friday, November 7
Session 1 Biology of cll  
14:00-14:30 An overview of CLL Biology Speaker pending
14:30-15:00 IgV usage in CLL K. Stamatopoulos (Asvestahori)
15:00-15:30 Micro-RNAs in CLL G. Adrian-Calin (Houston)
15:30-16:00 Coffee break and poster viewing  
Session 2 DIAGNOSIS OF CLL  
16:00-16:30 SLL/CLL in the new WHO classification A. Martinez (Barcelona)
16:30-17:00 Gene expression profile in CLL R. Foà (Rome)
17:00-17:30 The boundaries of CLL (MBL) A. Rawstron (Leeds)
17:30-18:00 CLL Transformation (Richter's syndrome and beyond) S. Molica (Catanzaro, Italy)
18:00-19:00 Interactive poster session with conference faculty  
20:00 Welcome cocktail  
Saturday, November 8
Session 3 PROGNOSIS MARKERS  
09:00-09:30 Prognosis markers vs. response predictors: A time for a change has come E. Montserrat (Barcelona)
09:30-10:00 CLL Prognosis: ZAP-70, IgV mutations, both of them or none of them? L. Rassenti (San Diego)
10:00-10:30 What does CD38 tell us about CLL? S. Deaglio (Torino)
10:30-11:00 Coffee break and poster viewing  
11:00-11:30 Genomic abnormalities in CLL: Impact on prognosis and response to therapy S. Stilgenbauer (Ulm)
Session 4 TREATMENT  
11:30-12:00 How to envisage therapy of a patient with CLL in 2008? P. Hillmen (Leeds)
12:00-12:30 Front-line therapy in CLL: Which type of evidence do we need? M. Keating (Houston)
12:30-13:30 Lunch  
13:30-14:00 Second-line therapy in CLL: Opportunities anf Pitfalls F. Bosch (Barcelona)
14:00-14:30 CLL Therapy in elderly patients: How to make progress? B. Eichhorst (Cologne)
14:30-15:00 New Agents for CLL Therapy: Which are ready for prime time? A. Chanan-Khan (Buffalo)
15:00-15:30 Coffee break and poster viewing  
15:30-17:30 Short communications  
18:00-19:00 Interactive poster session with conference faculty  
20:30 Gala Dinner  
Sunday, November 9
09:00-09:30 Are stem-cell transplants necessary to achieve MRD - negativity in CLL? C. Moreno (Barcelona)
09:30-10:00 New trends in CLL Therapy: How to use normal cells to kill neoplastic CLL cells J. Gribben (London)
Special Session    
10:00-10:30 The new IWCLL Guidelines for CLL: What is for clinical practice and what is for trials? M. Hallek (Cologne)
10:30-11:00 Coffee break  
Session 5 JOINING EFFORTS IN CLL INVESTIGATION  
THE USA PERSPECTIVE    
11:00-11:30 The CLL Research Consortium (CRC) and the CLL Global Foundation M. Keating (Houston)
THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE    
11:30-12:00 The European Research Initiative for CLL P. Ghia (Milan)