3rd EBMT Patient & Family Day
Saturday, 28 March 2009

 

 

Programme

 

09.00 – 09.10 Welcome & Introduction
M. Brune (Göteborg, Sweden), C. Bergdahl (Skara, Sweden),
D. Niederwieser (Leipzig, Germany)
09.10 – 09.20 Overview of transplant activity and scientific trends
Speaker: D. Niederwieser (Leipzig, Germany)
09.20 – 09.30 Nurses role in care and science
Speaker: E. Aerts (Zurich, Switzerland)
09.30 – 10.45 Plenary Session 1: Protecting the interest of donors and patients
Chair: A. Gratwohl (Basel, Switzerland)
09.35 – 10.00 Protecting the integrity of the adult sibling donor
Speaker: A. Kisch (Lund, Sweden)
10.00 – 10.10 Questions and discussion
10.10 – 10.35 The purpose and importance of patients’ associations
Speakers: A. Waldmann (Ruesselsheim, Germany), C. Bergdahl (Skara, Sweden)
10.35 – 10.45 Questions and discussion
10.45 – 11.15 Coffee break
11.15 – 12.30 Plenary Session 2: Effects of cancer diagnosis and treatment
Chair: J. Apperley (London, United Kingdom)
11.20 – 11.45 Cancer diagnosis, body image and intimacy
Speaker: K. Bergmark (Stockholm, Sweden)
11.45 – 11.55 Questions and discussion
11.55 – 12.20 Sexual problems and chronic GvHD after allo-transplant
Speaker: E. Smith Knutsson (Trollhättan, Sweden)
12.20 – 12.30 Questions and discussion
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch break
13.30 – 14.15 Plenary Session 3: What my family and I wish we had known beforehand
Chair: E. Wallhult (Göteborg, Sweden)
  Patients and families’ experiences, commented by transplant doctors
Speakers: Two patients (to be selected), and two transplant doctors
(S. Lenhoff, Lund, Sweden and T. Kiss, Montreal, Canada)
  Questions and discussion
14.15 – 15.15 Workshop 1
Acute leukaemias
Chair: P.-O. Andersson (Göteborg, Sweden)
Speaker: J. Finke (Freiburg, Germany)
14.15 – 15.15 Workshop 2
Myeloma
Chair: S. Lenhoff (Lund, Sweden)
Speaker: U-H. Mellqvist (Göteborg, Sweden)
15.15 – 15.30 Coffee break
15.30 – 16.30 Workshop 3
Lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
Chair: E. Kimby (Huddinge, Sweden)
Speaker: H. Hägglund (Huddinge, Sweden)
15.30 – 16.30 Workshop 4
Chronic myelogenous leukaemia
Chair: H. Wadenvik (Göteborg, Sweden)
Speaker: J. Apperley (London, United Kingdom)
16.30 – 16.45 Conclusions and Comments
Chairs: A. Waldmann (Ruesselsheim, Germany), S. Lenhoff (Lund, Sweden), I. Andersson (Göteborg, Sweden), C. Bergdahl (Skara, Sweden)
16.45 Networking Get-Together between European patients’ associations
 
All presentationswill be provided in English and Swedish (simultaneous translation).