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Physicians: Physicians' Education Resource is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

Physician Assistants: AAPA accepts category 1 credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA Category 1 CME credit for the PRA from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Current Trends in Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Myeloma

The Fairmont San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
January 10, 2009

Saturday, Jan 10, 2009

7:30 am Continental Breakfast
7:50 am Introductions and Presession Survey
Neil Shah
Lymphoma
8:05 am Management of Aggressive Lymphoma
Wen-Kai Weng
8:35 am New Insights on Low-Grade and T-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
C. Babis Andreadis
9:05 am Panel/Case-Based Discussion
9:35 am Break
Myeloma
9:50 am Progress in Multiple Myeloma
Jeffrey Wolf
10:20 am Question-and-Answer Session/Case-Based Discussion
Myeloid Malignancies
10:50 am Updates on Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Neil Shah
11:20 am Emerging Agents for Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Peter Greenberg
11:50 am Postsession Survey and Panel/Case-Based Discussion
12:20 pm Lunch
Benign Hematologic Disorders
12:50 pm Presession Survey
1:00 pm Updates on Novel Therapies for Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Other Benign Hematologic Disorders
Patrick Fogarty
1:30 pm Question-and-Answer Session/Case-Based Discussion
Leukemia
2:00 pm What’s New in the Management of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia?
Steven E. Coutré
2:30 pm Treatment Options for the Acute Leukemias
Lloyd E. Damon
3:00 pm Postsession Survey and Panel/Case-Based Discussion
3:30 pm Adjourn

Educational Grants

An educational grant for this activity was provided by:


  1. GlaxoSmithKline
  3. Celgene Corporation
  4. Genentech BioOncology/
    Biogen Idec
  5. Millennium Pharmaceuticals
  7. Eisai, Inc.