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Fifth Annual Symposium on Controversies and Clinical Challenges in Myeloma, Lymphoma, and Leukemia

Arizona Biltmore Resort
Phoenix, AZ
September 19-20, 2008

Friday, Sep 19, 2008

7:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:55 am Welcome and Introductions
8:00 am Presession Survey
8:05 am Keynote Presentation: Challenges in New Drug Development in Lymphoma and Other Hematologic Malignancies
Thomas Miller
Clinical Challenges in Lymphoma
Moderator: Thomas Miller
8:35 am Clinical Challenges in Low-Grade Lymphoma
Wen-Kai Weng
8:55 am Clinical Challenges in DLBCL
Thomas Miller
9:15 am Clinical Challenges in MCL
André Goy
9:35 am Clinical Challenges in TCLs
Daniel O. Persky
9:55 am Panel Discussion
10:15 am Break
Controversies in Lymphoma
Moderator: Thomas Miller
  Debate: Interim PET Scans Should Be Used to Guide Treatment Decisions in DLBCL
10:30 am PRO
Wen-Kai Weng
10:50 am CON
Craig Reeder
11:10 am Controversies in Maintenance Therapy for Follicular Lymphoma in First Remission
Daniel O. Persky
11:30 am Emerging Agents in Lymphoma
André Goy
11:50 am Postsession Survey and Panel Discussion
12:10 pm Break to Serve Lunch
1:05 pm Keynote Presentation: Evolving Treatment Options for Immune Thrombocytopenias
Ilene Weitz
Clinical Challenges in Myeloid Malignancies
Moderator: Dan Douer
1:40 pm Presession Survey
1:45 pm Clinical Challenges in AML
Dan Douer
2:05 pm Clinical Challenges in Newly Diagnosed CML
Michael J. Mauro
2:25 pm Clinical Challenges in CML Resistant to TKIs
Meir Wetzler
2:45 pm Clinical Challenges in MDS
Raoul Tibes
3:05 pm Molecular Tests in Myeloid Malignancies: When, Who, and How
Michael J. Mauro
3:25 pm Postsession Survey and Panel Discussion
4:00 pm Tumor Board: Curbside Consultations
5:00 pm Adjourn

Educational Grants

An educational grant for this activity was provided by:


  1. Celgene Corporation
  2. Novartis Oncology
  3. Merck Oncology
    Millennium Pharmaceuticals, The Takeda Oncology Group
  4. GlaxoSmithKline
  5. Bristol-Myers Squibb