Treatment approaches for elderly/unfit patients with AML in the Nordic countries
CCBIO and the Nordic AML Groups’ educational working group is pleased to invite you to this CCBIO Special Seminar / webinar. The outcomes for elderly/unfit patients with acute myeloid leukemia remain dismal due to limited treatment options. The aim of this webinar is to highlight the emerging treatment options and discuss Nordic practices for this challenging population.
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Welcome to a CCBIO Special Seminar in collaboration with the Nordic AML Groups’ educational working group, on the topic Treatment approaches for elderly/unfit patients with AML in the Nordic countries.
Join us in Storsalen at AHH, Wednesday November 9 at 15:15
We are showing the webinar in the auditorium Storsalen at Armauer Hansens Hus, where you can enjoy some light refreshments, social interactions and discussions. No need for registration. Come around 15:15 so you'll get time to grab some refreshments before the webinar starts on the screen.
If you would like to see the webinar in your office, you can register for the webinar link on this page.
Meeting facilitator for the webinar: Pia Ettala, Specialist in internal medicine and clinical hematology, Turku University Hospital, Chairman for the Educational working group
Local introduction: Irini Ktoridou-Valen
Local chairpersons: Pål Tore Bentsen and Anette Lodvir Hemsing
Program:
15:30-15:35 Welcome and introduction to the webinar by Pia Ettala, Meeting facilitator
15:35-15:50 Treatment of the unfit AML patient in Finland by Mika Kontro, MD, PhD., consultant at Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
15:50-16:05 Treatment of the elderly/unfit AML patient in Sweden by Gunnar Juliusson, Professor and consultant at Skaane University Hospital, Sweden
16:05-16:55 Case presentations and panel discussion
Panellists:
- Mika Kontro, MD, PhD., consultant at Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
- Anders Dahm, MD, PhD, consultant and associate professor, Akershus University Hospital, Norway
- Hans B. Ommen, MD, PhD, consultant and associate professor, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
- Martin Jädersten, MD, PhD, consultant, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
16:55-17:00: Closing remarks by Pia Ettala, Meeting faciitator
Participation is free of charge for doctors and other healthcare professionals and students. The recording will subsequently be sent to all registrants.
Medicinske Tidsskrifter has applied for and obtained sponsorship support to complete the webinar from Astellas Pharma and Jazz Pharmaceutical.
