Scientific program
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2018
13:30 - 14:00 Opening ceremony
- About EHA & its activities / State of the art
D Bron (Belgium)
14:00 - 15:30 SCIENTIFIC SESSION
Unanswered questions in older patients
Chair: R Stauder (Austria)
- Vaccination in older patients
G Pawelec (Germany) - Objectives of Randomized CT
P Soubeyran (France) - Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
D Bron (Belgium)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break & poster viewing
16:00 - 17:30 "SCIENTIFIC" ROUND TABLE
Chairs: G Pawelec (Germany) & M Goodhardt (France)
- Impact of age and chronic inflammation on the heterochromatin structure of haematopoietic stem cells
M Goodhardt (France) - Inflammaging
T Fülop (Canada)
Selected abstract from the abstract submission: - AGE-ASSOCIATED BACH2 AND PRDM1 GENE EXPRESSION CHANGES
IN MAJOR - LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS FROM CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC
LEUKEMIA PATIENTS AND AGE-MATCHED HEALTHY DONORS
P Da Silsa (Belgium)
18:00 - 19:00 Welcome reception & Poster Session
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2018
09:00 - 10:30 "CLINICAL" ROUND TABLE
Chair: T Fülop (Canada) & T Pepersack (Belgium)
Selected abstracts from the abstract submission:
- UNEXPLAINED ANEMIA HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON SURVIVAL IN THE ELDERLY
S Michalak (Poland) - WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNTS IN A GERIATRIC HOSPITALISED POPULATION: A POOR DIAGNOSTIC MARKER OF INFECTION
L Dumont (Belgium) - COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT, HYPOALBUMINEMIA, HIGH CRP LEVEL AND PAST HISTORY OF GASTRO-INTESTINAL ULCER: 4 MARKERS OF FRAILTY WHICH IDENTIFY OLDER PATIENTS WITH MALIGNANT HEMOPATHIES WHO SHOULDN'T BENEFIT FROM CHEMOTHERAPY
V Thibaud (Belgium) - AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN ELDERLY PATIENTS IS SAFE AND IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGHER FREQUENCY OF READMISSION COMPARED TO YOUNGER PATIENTS. A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
M Farina (Italy) - MANAGEMENT OF DIFFUSE LARGE B CELL LYMPHOMA IN THE OLDEST OLD - UNDERSTANDING THE MANAGEMENT PROCESS
A Lacerte (Canada)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break & poster viewing
11:00 - 11:40 DEBATE
PRO & CON: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)
Chair: A Almeida (Portugal)
- Pro
T Fülop (Canada) - Con
R Cordoba (Spain)
11:40 - 13:00 DEBATE
Interactive session on socio-ethical issues
Chair: T Fülop (Canada)
- Quality of life
F Efficace (Italy) - Cost/Benefit of treatment
T Pepersack (Belgium) - Palliative Care and Ethical issues
U Wedding (Germany)
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch & poster viewing
14:30 - 16:00 SCIENTIFIC SESSION
Treatment of myeloid malignancies
Chair: S Storti (Italy)
- AML/APL in elderly patients
L Adès (France) - Older MDS patients
R Stauder (Austria) - CML in older patients
V Garcia Gutierrez (Spain) - Myeloproliferative neoplasms
A Almeida (Portugal)
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break & poster viewing
16:30 - 17:15 DEBATE
PRO & CON: Transplantation in older patients
Chair: D Bron (Belgium)
- Pro
S Wittnebel (Belgium) - Con
Z Gulbas (Turkey)
17:15 - 18:15 ABSTRACT SESSION
- Selected abstracts from the abstract submission
18:15 - 18:30 DAY CONCLUSION
Chair: D Bron (Belgium)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2018
09:00 - 11:00 SCIENTIFIC SESSION
Lymphoproliferative diseases in "unfit" patients
Chair: V Goede (Germany)
- Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma / Mantle cell lymphoma
P Soubeyran (France) - Approaches to the frail patients with follicular lymphoma
G Rossi (Italy) - Hodgkin lymphoma in the elderly
I Aurer (Croatia) - Multiple myeloma
S Zweegman (The Netherlands) - Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
V Goede (Germany)
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break & poster viewing
11:30 - 12:30 SCIENTIFIC SESSION
Future protocols for the SWG "Aging" network
Chairs: R Cordoba (Spain) & I Aurer (Croatia)
12:30 - 13:00 Closing remarks
- Take home messages
D Bron (Belgium)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
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