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Oncology Best Practices: Advances in Hematologic Malignancies

McCormick & Schmick’s
Bethesda, MD
July 14, 2009

Tuesday, Jul 14, 2009

6:00 pm Registration, Dinner, and Networking
6:25 pm Welcome, Introductions, and Presession Survey
Bruce D. Cheson
6:30 pm What’s New in the Management of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Aggressive and T-Cell Lymphomas (including current and emerging treatment options for the optimal management of diffuse large B-cell, mantle cell, and T-cell lymphomas)
Bruce D. Cheson
6:55 pm Question-and-Answer Session
7:00 pm Interactive Case Scenarios: Treatment of Patients With Diffuse Large B-Cell, Mantle Cell, and T-Cell Lymphomas
7:30 pm Update in the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma (including current therapeutic approaches to newly diagnosed myeloma, the use of novel agents to improve outcomes in transplantation-eligible and -ineligible patients, and treatment options for relapsed/refractory myeloma)
Steven Treon
7:55 pm Question-and-Answer Session
8:00 pm Interactive Case Scenarios: Treatment of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Myeloma (Transplantation Eligible and Ineligible) and Relapsed/Refractory Myeloma
8:30 pm Closing Remarks and Adjourn
Bruce D. Cheson

Educational Grants

An educational grant for this activity was provided by:


  1. Celgene Corporation
  2. Millennium Pharmaceuticals