FOCUS ON ANEMIA AND MYELODYSPLASIA

ESH - EHA
ANNUAL DIAGNOSTIC WORK-UP OF HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES
Focus on Anemia and Myelodysplasia
Chairpersons: R. Foà (Rome), B. Bain (London), G. Zini (Rome)
February 29 - March 2, 2008, Paris, France

Programme
Friday, February 29
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:15 Welcome D. Jasmin (Paris, France)
09:15-10:00 Innovative trends in blood diseases diagnosis + 10\' question time R. Foà (Rome, Italy)
10:00-10:45 Red bood cell morphology + 10\' question time G. Zini (Rome, Italy)
10:45-11:30 2 Tutored clinical cases + 10\' question time G. Zini (Rome, Italy)
11:30-11:45 Cofffee break
11:45-12:30 Genetics and anemia + 10\' question time D. Loukopoulos (Athens, Greece)
12:30-13:15 2 Tutored clinical cases + 10\' question time D. Loukopoulos (Athens, Greece)
13:15-14:15 Lunch
14:15-15:15 1st self-evaluation session and discussion G. Zini & D. Loukopoulos
15:15-16:00 Normal and reactive bone marrow morphorlogy + 10\' question time G. Zini (Rome, Italy)
16:00-16:15 Coffee break
16:15-17:00 2 Tutored clinical cases + 10\' question time G. Zini (Rome, Italy)
17:00-17:45 Normal bone marrow flow-cytometry + 10\' question time M.C.Béné (Nancy, France)

Saturday, March 1
09:00-09:45 2 Tutored clinical cases + 10\' question time M.C.Béné (Nancy, France)
09:45-10:45 2nd self-evaluation session and discussion G. Zini & M.C. Béné
10:45-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:45 Anemia management + 10\' question time P. Beris (Geneva, Switzerland)
11:45-12:30 2 Tutored clinical cases + 10\' question time P. Beris (Geneva, Switzerland)
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:15 Dysplastic blood cell morphology + 10\' question time B. Bain (London, UK)
14:15-15:00 2 Tutored clinical cases + 10\' question time B. Bain (London, UK)
15:00-16:00 3rd self-evaluation session and discussion P. Beris & B. Bain
16:00-16:15 Coffee break
16:15-17:00 Bone marrow flow-cytometry in MDS + 10\' question time M.C.Béné (Nancy, France)
17:00-17:45 2 Tutored clinical cases + 10\' question time M.C.Béné (Nancy, France)

Sunday, March 2
09:00-09:45 Genetics and molecular genetics in MDS + 10\' question time P. Fenaux (Paris, France)
09:45-10:30 Clinics/therapeutics in MDS + 10\' question time D. Bowen (Leeds, UK)
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-11:30 2 Tutored clinical cases + 10\' question time D. Bowen (Leeds, UK)
11:30-12:30 4th self-evaluation session and discussion M.C. Béné & D. Bowen
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:15 Dysplasia and non clonal diseases + 10\' question time B. Bain (London, UK)
14:15-15:00 2 Tutored clinical cases + 10\' question time B. Bain (London, UK)
15:00-15:15 Coffee break
15:15-16:15 5th self-evaluation session and discussion B. Bain & G. Zini
16:15 Final remarks R. Foà (Rome, Italy)
End of the meeting