SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME 2020
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This edition of the GAM, will feature scientific sessions of:
- Belgian Society for Advancement of Cytometry (BSAC)
- Belgian Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (BSTH)
- www.moleculardiagnostics.be (MB.be)
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION CLOSED
Deadline extended to Monday 23 December 2019, 23:00hrs. CET
REGISTRATION
Registration is open CLICK HERE
Deadline early bird fee 20 December 2019
PLEASE NOTE
Only approved 2019 BHS members are entitled to register for the GAM at the discounted member registration fee. Payment of your 2019 membership fee should be settled before December 31st, 2019!
HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
Please kindly note that the organizing committee does not provide nor cover the cost of hotel accommodation. Therefore, you are welcome to arrange the accommodation yourself.
CLICK HERE to book a hotel room in Dolce La Hulpe.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
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Friday 14 February 2020
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08.45
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Welcome & introduction
Ann Janssens, BHS President
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09.00
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2020 Modern radiotherapy for hematological malignancies
Tom Boterberg, UZ Gent |
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09.30
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Survivorship Children & AYA’s to adults Maëlle Deville & Xavier Poiré, UC Louvain |
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10.00
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Coffee break |
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10.30
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How to assess MRD in hematological malignancies? Marleen Bakkus, UZ Brussel |
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11.00
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Can MRD results affect treatment decisions and outcome in CLL?
Arnon Kater, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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11.30-12.00
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Sponsored Satellite 1 - sponsored by Amgen
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How to preserve Bone & Heart in patients with hematological malignancies
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Preserving & restoring bone Prof. dr. Evangelos Terpos (Greece) |
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Optimizing cardiovascular health Dr. Christopher Plummer (UK) |
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12.30
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Lunch & commented poster walk |
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14.00
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Oral abstracts |
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15.30
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Recent advances in haplo-identical transplantation Christoph Schmid, Augsburg, Germany |
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16.00
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Coffee break |
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16.30
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Pierre Stryckmans Lecture Follicular Lymphoma: Is the puzzle laid? Gilles Salles, Lyon, France |
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17.30
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Session on Ethics and Economy: Cancer statistics: more than incidence and prevalence! Liesbeth Van Eycken, Stichting Kankerregister-Fondation Registre du Cancer-Stiftung Krebsregister |
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18.30
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Best oral and poster awards |
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19.00
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Reception |
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20.00
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Dinner |
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Saturday 15 February 2020
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09.00-10.00
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Sponsored Satellite 2 - sponsored by Sanofi Genzyme |
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New Paradigm for the management of acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura Marie Scully (UK) |
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10.00
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Highlights on T-cell lymphoma’s Non-cutaneous T-cell lymphoma: a diagnostic challenge Laurence Leval, Lausanne, Switzerland |
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10.30
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Non-cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma: a therapeutic challenge
Ghandi Damaj, Caen, France |
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11.00
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Coffee break |
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11.30-12.30
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Sponsored Satellite 3 - sponsored by Celgene
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IMiD + PI: Love actually Prof. Richardson |
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R²: Ready to Rumble Marc André (CHU UCL Namur) |
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12.30
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PACE & Safyhr award |
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13.00
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Closure & Sandwich lunch
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PROGRAMME LABORATORY PARALLEL SESSIONS |
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Friday 14 February 2020 |
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MolecularDiagnostics.be |
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9.00
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Clinical value of somatic NGS variants: towards harmonization of their classification Guy Froyen, Jessa Ziekenhuis, Hasselt |
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9.30 |
FLT3 mutation detection: new challenges for an old test Marie Le Mercier, UZ Antwerpen |
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Belgian Society for Advancement of Cytometry (BSAC) |
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11.30 |
Leukemic Stem cells in AML
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12.00 |
The use of CAR-T cells in multiple myeloma
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Saturday 15 February 2020 |
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Belgian Society on thrombosis and haemostasis (BSTH)
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11.30 |
Overview on the use of D-dimer in 2020 François Mullier (UCL) |
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12.00 |
Update on VWD diagnostics Marie-Berthe Maes (UZA) |