Saturday Program

Simultaneous Sessions | Clinical Trial Update | Science in progress | Hematology-in-focus Session | Lunch Debates | Meet-the-Expert | 5th EHA / ASH Joint Symposium | EHA Business Meeting | Jean Bernard Lifetime Achievement Award | Presidential Symposium | Plenary Session 1 | Poster Session II

LUNCH DEBATE
12:00 – 13:00, Hall A1

IS THERE STILL A ROLE FOR AUTOLOGOUS TRANSPLANTATION IN THE PRIMARY TREATMENT OF MULTIPLE MYELOMA?
Chair: M Boccadoro (Università di Torino, Turin, Italy)

YES
J-L Harousseau (Hôtel Dieu, Nantes, France)
NO
J Bladé (Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain)

LUNCH DEBATE
12:00 – 13:00, Hall A2

STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN THE ELDERLY ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA PATIENT
Chair: C Craddock (Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom)

YES
A Gratwohl (University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland)
NO
R Schlenk (University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany)

LUNCH DEBATE
12:00 – 13:00, Auditorium 1

IS IT IMPORTANT TO DIAGNOSE ISOLATED CALF VEIN THROMBOSIS?
Chair: H Büller (Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

YES
S Schellong (Krankenhaus Friedrichstadt, Dresden, Germany)
NO
P Prandoni (University of Padua, Padua, Italy)