EHA Pediatric Hemato-Oncology Course programme

April 10, 2024

14:00–17:30: Red Cell and Consultative

Welcome and presentation of the course. Aims, expectations, and a brief look back.

Presenters and topics

  • M. de Montalembert: Difficult management problems in sickle cell disease
  • M. D. Cappellini: Management of iron overload in multiply transfused children
  • J. Grainger: Coagulation and thrombosis cases
  • I. Roberts: Neonatal Haematology

18:00–19:00: Evening lecture

Presenter and topic

  • A. Borkhardt: Immune dysregulation leading to hematological phenotypes

April 11, 2024

08:30–12:30: Bone Marrow Failure and Cytopenia

Chair

  • Irene Roberts

Presenters and topics

  • J. Grainger: Childhood immune thrombocytopenia
  • T. Leblanc: Congenital thrombocytopenias
  • C. Dufour: Congenital neutropenias
  • T. Leblanc: Fanconi Anemia: a pleiotropicdisease

14:00–17:30: Lymphomas and histiocytosis

Chair

  • Andrea Biondi

Presenters and topics

  • A. Biondi: Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
  • J. Donadieu: Langherans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)
  • A. Attarbaschi: NHL: diagnosis and treatment (including challenging cases)

18:00–19:00: Evening lecture

  • A. Vora: Chemo-free cure of childhood ALL — where do we stand now and where are we going?

April 12, 2024

08:30–12:30: Leukaemia: ALL

Chair

  • Andrea Biondi

Presenters and topics

  • J. Vormoor: How leukemic cells reprogram their bone marrow micro-environment
  • S. Izraeli: Molecular pathogenesis of childhood ALL
  • J. Stutterheim: Infant leukaemia
  • A. Baruchel: Difficult management questions

14:00–17:30: Leukaemia: AML and MDS

Chair

  • André Baruchel

Presenters and topics

  • J. Schwaller: Molecular pathogenesis of AML
  • C. Niemeyer: MDS/JMML diagnosis and treatment
  • B. Gibson: Clinical management problems in AML
  • K. Schmiegelow: Acute and chronic toxicity, late sequelae

18:00–19:00: Evening lecture

  • K-M. Debatin: ‘perspective talk’, title to be announced

April 13, 2024

08:30–12:30: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Chair

  • Arndt Borkhardt

Presenters and topics

  • C. Peters: Everything you wanted to know about transplantation in leukaemia
  • F. Locatelli: Stem cells and gene addiction therapy/genome editing for hemoglobin disorders

Round table discussion

  • F. Locatelli, A. Baruchel, A. Balduzzi: ‘CAR-T Where are we?’

12:30: Conclusions of the course

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