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Sixth Annual Symposium on Controversies and Clinical Challenges In Lymphoma, Myeloma, and Leukemia

Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs
Phoenix, AZ
September 11-12, 2009

Friday, Sep 11, 2009

7:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:55 am Welcome and Introductions
8:00 am Presession Survey
8:05 am Keynote Presentation: From Bench to Bedside in Hematologic Malignancies
Thomas P. Miller
Clinical Challenges in Lymphoma
Moderator: Thomas P. Miller
8:35 am Clinical Challenges in Low-Grade Lymphoma
John Sweetenham
8:55 am Clinical Challenges in DLBCL
Thomas P. Miller
9:15 am Clinical Challenges in MCL
André Goy
9:35 am Clinical Challenges in TCLs
Barbara Pro
9:55 am Panel Discussion
10:15 am Break
Controversies in Lymphoma
Moderator: Thomas P. Miller
  Debate: Intensive Versus Nonintensive Therapies in Mantle Cell Lymphoma
10:30 am Intensive
Michele Fanale
10:50 am Nonintensive
André Goy
11:10 am Clinical Challenges in Treating Elderly Patients With DLBCL
John Sweetenham
11:30 am Lymphoma Therapy: The Next Decade
Wyndham H. Wilson
11:50 am Postsession Survey and Panel Discussion
12:10 pm Break to Serve Lunch
1:05 pm Keynote Presentation: Targeting Cancer Stem Cells in Hematologic Malignancies
Farhad Ravandi
Clinical Challenges in CLL
Moderator: Stefan Faderl
1:40 pm Presession Survey
1:45 pm Pathologic Subtypes of CLL: Clinical Implications
Parameswaran Venugopal
2:10 pm Challenges in Frontline Therapy for CLL
Nicole Lamanna
2:35 pm Challenges in Salvage Treatment in CLL
Stefan Faderl
3:00 pm New Agents on the Horizon for CLL
Jeffrey Jones
3:25 pm Postsession Survey and Case-Based Panel Discussion: Applying Principle to Practice
Stefan Faderl
4:00 pm Tumor Board: Curbside Consultations 
5:00 pm Adjourn

Educational Grants

An educational grant for this activity was provided by:


  1. Cephalon Oncology
  2. Merck Oncology
  3. Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  4. Novartis Oncology
  5. Celgene Corporation