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Poster Session II


POSTER-WALKS

We would like to invite you to the EHA Poster sessions

Poster walks have been introduced in order to gain a maximum benefit from the scientific work presented and to create a lively interaction and discussion between poster authors, moderators and interested delegates. Poster-walks will be organized during poster sessions on Friday, June 5 (17:45 – 19:00) and Saturday, June 6 (18:00 – 19:15). The poster area is located in Hall 12 and Hall 14.1. Poster-walk moderators can be recognized by their cap. We kindly ask you to be in time at the first poster in the poster session of your interest. Drinks and snacks will be served.

POSTER SESSION II

Poster presentation during Poster-walks from 18:00 – 19:15. Poster Area (Hall 12 and Hall 14.1)

 

  • GROWTH FACTORS, RECEPTORS AND SIGNALING
    Poster-walk Moderator: S Constantinescu (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Brussels, Belgium)
  • DRUG RESISTANCE AND PHARMACOLOGY
    Poster-walk Moderator: P Sonneveld (Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
  • ANEMIA, APLASTIC ANEMIA - PNH
    Poster-walk Moderator: A Taher (American University of Beirut Medical Center, Achrafieh, Lebanon)
  • GRANULOCYTES
    Poster-walk Moderator: I Touw (Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
  • ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA - BIOLOGY
    Poster-walk Moderator: G Martinelli (Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milan, Italy)
  • CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA - CLINICAL
    Poster-walk Moderator: A Hochhaus (Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Mannheim, Germany)
  • MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS - CLINICAL
    Poster-walk Moderator: A Reiter (Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Mannheim, Germany)
  • NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA - BIOLOGY
    Poster-walk Moderator: G Gaidano (Università del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro, Novara, Italy)
  • TRANSFUSION MEDICINE
    Poster-walk Moderator: J A Moulds (LifeShare Blood Centers, Shreveport, USA)
  • STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION – DISEASE RELATED
    Poster-walk Moderator: A Gratwohl (University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland)
  • STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION – MISCELLANEOUS
    Poster-walk Moderator: H Greinix (Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Vienna, Austria)
  • NOVEL THERAPEUTICS, TARGETED THERAPIES AND GENE THERAPY - PRECLINICAL
    Poster-walk Moderator: K Ozawa (Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke-Shi, Japan)
  • RED BLOOD CELLS AND IRON III
    Poster-walk Moderator: J Porter (University College, London, United Kingdom)
  • PLATELETS AND THROMBOCYTOPENIA II
    Poster-walk Moderator: C Balduini (IRCCS San Matteo-University, Pavia, Italy)
  • MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES II
    Poster-walk Moderator: W-K Hofmann (Unversity Hospital, Mannheim, Germany)
  • ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA - BIOLOGY III
    Poster-walk Moderator: G Martinelli (Institute of Hematology "Seràgnoli", Bologna, Italy)
  • ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA – CLINICAL II
    Poster-walk Moderator: B Löwenberg (Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
  • CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA - BIOLOGY & CLINICAL
    Poster-walk Moderator: J Goldman (Health Interactions, Atlanta, USA)
  • MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS - BIOLOGY
    Poster-walk Moderator: H Pahl (Center for Clinical Research, Freiburg, Germany)
  • MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS - BIOLOGY & CLINICAL
    Poster-walk Moderator: T Green (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom)
  • CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA AND RELATED DISORDERS - BIOLOGY II
    Poster-walk Moderator: P Ghia (Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy)
  • CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA AND RELATED DISORDERS - CLINICAL II
    Poster-walk Moderator: T Robak (Medical University, Lodz, Poland)
  • MYELOMA AND OTHER MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHIES - BIOLOGY II
    Poster-walk Moderator: E Terpos (251 General Airforce Hospital, Athens, Greece)
  • MYELOMA AND OTHER MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHIES - CLINICAL II
    Poster-walk Moderator: J Bladé (Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain)
  • NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA - CLINICAL III
    Poster-walk Moderator: G Salles (Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Pierre-Benite, France)
  • NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA - CLINICAL IV
    Poster-walk Moderator: M Dreyling (University of München-Großhadern, München, Germany)
  • THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY II
    Poster-walk Moderator: P Mannucci (A. Bianchi Bonomi Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, Milan, Italy)
  • INFECTIOUS DISEASES, SUPPORTIVE CARE II
    Poster-walk Moderator: H Einsele (University Hospital, Würzburg, Germany)

GROWTH FACTORS, RECEPTORS AND SIGNALING

0556

THE SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR 2 INDUCES A REVERSIBLE NEUTROPHILIC DIFFERENTIATION BLOCK
M.L. Solernó, M.A. Jordà, I.M.A. Louwers, L.J. Hofland, H.R. Delwel (Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

0558

SUSTAINED INCREASE OF CD69 ON ACTIVATED LYMPHOCYTES MEDIATED BY MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS AND ITS POTENTIAL IMMUNOMODULATORY ROLE
F. Araujo, R.A. Panepucci, K.M. Farias, A.G. Araujo, M.D. Orellana, F.P. Careta, C.C.B. Menezes, P.B.V. Palma, S.K. Haddad, D.T. Covas, M.A. Zago (Universidade de São Paulo, Riberao Preto, Brazil)

0559

MACROPHAGES AS NOVEL TARGETS FOR ERYTHROPOIETIN
L. Lifshitz, M. Gassmann, M. Mittelman, D. Neumann (Tel-Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv, Israel)

0560

MEMBRANE AND SOLUBLE CD40 LIGAND HAVE DIFFERENT EFFECTS ON BCL-6 EXPRESSION AND PRODUCE DIFFERENT PROTEIN/DNA COMPLEXES AT A SITE IN EXON 1 OF THE BCL-6 GENE
A. Batlle, V. Papadopoulou, A.R. Gomes, S. Willimott, J.V. Melo, K. Naresh, E.W. Lam, S.D. Wagner (IFIMAV, Santander, Spain)

0561 ALTERNATIVE USE OF EXON 1 AND DIFFERENTIAL REGULATION OF EXPRESSION OF DOCK10 ISOFORMS BY INTERLEUKIN-4
A. Parrado, M.J. Alcaraz-García, M.V. Bernardo, M.J. Majado (Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain)
0562 BIOEQUIVALENCE OF A NEW BIOSIMILAR FILGRASTIM AND NEUPOGEN: PHARMACOKINETIC, PHARMACODYNAMIC AND SAFETY DATA FROM TWO RANDOMISED, PHASE I, HEALTHYVOLUNTEER STUDIES
C.F. Waller, M.H. Bronchud, S.J. Mair (Freiburg University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany)
0563 AKT AND PKC AS REGULATORS OF DIFFERENTIATION AND TELOMERASE ACTIVITY IN LEUKEMIC CELLS
O. Yamada, K. Ozaki, M. Nakadake, M. Akiyama, K. Kawauchi, R. Matsuoka (Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan)
0564 A PHASE II RANDOMIZED STUDY COMPARING PEGFILGRASTIM (PEG) VS FILGRASTIM (FIL) AFTER HIGH-DOSE CHEMOTHERAPY (HDC) AND AUTOLOGOUS PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL SUPPORT (PBSC)
L. Castagna, S. Bramanti, A. Levis, M.G. Michieli, A. Anastasia, B. Sarina, L. Giordano, E. Todisco, R. Mazza, A. Santoro (Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano (Milan), Italy)
0565 COMPARATIVE EFFECT OF FILGRASTIM VS. PEGFILGRASTIM AFTER CHEMOTHERAPY ON HIGH GRADE NON HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
E. Magro Mazo, J.J. Gil-Fernandez, J. Garcia Suarez, M. Callejas Charavia, Y. Martin Guerrero, T. Pascual Garcia, M. Lopez-Rubio (Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Madrid, Spain)
0566 AN ERYTHROPOIETIN AND CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE COMBINATION ADDITIVELY ENHANCES IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION IN MICE
A. Berger, L. Lifshitz, M. Mittelman, D. Neumann (Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel)
0567 ATYPICAL WHIM SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH GRANULOMATOSIS: REPORT OF TWO CASES
A.-V. Doncker, K. Balabanian, C. Bellanne-Chantelot, S. de Guibert, F. Bachelerie, T. Lamy (Pontchaillou Hospital, Rennes, France)
0568 THE PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF A BIOSIMILAR FILGRASTIM ARE COMPARABLE TO THOSE OF NEUPOGEN
A. Skrlin, I. Radic, M. Vuletic, D. Schwinke, D. Runac (PLIVA Croatia Ltd, Zagreb, Croatia)


DRUG RESISTANCE AND PHARMACOLOGY

0569

THE PROTEASOME INHIBITOR BORTEZOMIB MODULATES THE EFFECT OF GLUCOCORTICOID TREATMENT IN PREDNISONERESISTANT CHILDHOOD ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA CELLS
S. Junk, M. Lauten, G. Cario, N. Wittner, B. Schlegelberger, M. Schrappe, N. von Neuhoff (Hannover Medical School/ Institute of Cell and Molecular Pathology, Hannover, Germany)

0570

IMATINIB INDUCES AUTOPHAGY THROUGH INCREASING THE EXPRESSION LEVELS OF BECLIN-1 AND ATG-5 GENES IN BOTH PARENTAL SENSITIVE AND IMATINIB-RESISTANT K562 CELLS
Y. Baran, G. Can, H.A. Ekiz, S.G. Genc (Izmir Institute of Technolology, Izmir, Turkey)

0571

DEVELOPMENT OF A PERSONALIZED MEDICINE TEST FOR HAEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES
T. Bennett, D. Primo, L. Suarez, S. Lago, M. Matoses Osborne, C. Tudela, E. Arroyo, A. Espinosa, W. Jackson, A. Okun, A. Orfao, J. Ballesteros (Vivia Biotech, Málaga, Spain)

0572

EFFECTS OF THALIDOMIDE, ROFECOXIB AND CAPTOPRIL ON VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR IN EHRLICH ASCITES CARCINOMA
M.F. El-Azab, E. El-Awady, M. Moustafa, S. Abd-El-Hamid (Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt)

0573 A VERY SENSITIVE AND RAPID METHOD FOR BCR-ABL T315I MUTATION DETECTION BY PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID DIRECTED PCR CLAMPING
E. Bracco, M. Spagna, R. Pedrola, V. Rosso, F. Arruga, M. Lo Iacono, S. Carturan, F. Messa, C. Panuzzo, P. Nicoli, E. Messa, A. Rotolo, A. Morotti, S. Mussino, A. Balbo, D. Cilloni, S.G. Saglio (University of Turin, Orbassano, Italy)
0574 DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL METHOD TO EVALUATE THEEFFICACY OF MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY IN CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA BY BIO-IMAGING SYSTEM
T. Kondo, T. Mizutani, S. Darmanin, M. Tsuda, J. Tanaka, M. Imamura, H.K. Kawaguchi, M.A. Asaka, Y.O. Ohba (Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan)
0575 MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE TESTING WITH ABC TRANSPORTER ASSAY
K. Tauber Jakab, J. Marki-Zay, E. Kis, K. Herédi-Szabó, Z. Hollo, P. Krajcsi (Solvo Biotechnology, Budaörs, Hungary)
0576 ABCB1 SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS IN DE NOVO AML WITH NORMAL KARYOTYPE - IMPLICATIONS ON DRUG RESISTANCE AND SURVIVAL
E. Paul, K. Lotfi, I. Jakobsen Falk, R. Rosenquist, C. Paul, H Nahi, H. Green (Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden)
0577 ANALYSIS, PHARMACOKINETICS AND BIODISTRIBUTION OF THE NEW CDK INHIBITOR-CR8
H. Sallam, L. Meijer, M. Hassan (Karolinska Institutet, STOCKHOLM, Sweden)
0578 EXPRESSION OF PHOSPHORYLATED HISTONE H2AX AND ITS POTENTIAL TO MODULATE ADRIAMYCIN RESISTANCE IN K562/A02 CELL LINE
F. Zhou, H. Mei, Q. Wu, R. Jin (Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China)

 

ANEMIA, APLASTIC ANEMIA - PNH

0579

GENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE SHELTERIN COMPLEX COMPONENTS (POT, RAP, TPP, TRF1 AND TRF2) IN DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA
J. Walne, T. Vulliamy, R. Beswick, M. Kirwan, I. Dokal (Institute of Cell and Molecular Sciences, London, United Kingdom)

0580

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE THERAPY WITH RABBIT ANTITHYMOCYTE GLOBULIN (R-ATG) MIGHT BE COMPARABLE TO HORSE ANTILYMPHOCYTE GLOBULIN (H-AG) IN CHILDHOOD SEVERE APLASTIC ANEMIA WITHOUT HLA-IDENTICAL SIBLING DONOR
D.C. Jeong, B. Cho, N.G. Chung, P.S. Jang, Y.J. Kwon, D.H. Lee, S.Y. Kim, Y.S. Park, H.K. Kim (College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon, South-Korea)

0581

EFFICACY OF THE COMPLEMENT INHIBITOR ECULIZUMAB IN PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA PATIENTS NEVER TRANSFUSED
A. Risitano, F. Alfinito, E. Seneca, L. Marando, C. Boschetti, S. Bonfigli, S. Fenu, F. Re, G. Gosetti, G. Khursigara, R. Rother, A. Zanella, B. Rotoli (Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy)

0582

HOME INFUSION OF ECULIZUMAB: A UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE MODEL OF DRUG DELIVERY TO REDUCE TREATMENT-ASSOCIATED BURDEN AND ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PATIENTS WITH PNH
L. Arnold, J. Stephenson, R. Kelly, D. Buchanan, A. Hill, F.P. Stichler, J. Bagabag, G. Jones, C. Bilbrough, P. Hillmen (Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom)

0583 USE OF FLAER-BASED ASSAY OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS (MONOCYTES AND GRANULOCYTES) IN THE PRIMARY SCREENING OF PNH CLONES
D.R. Sutherland, M. Keeney, N. Kuek, J. Azcona-Olivera, E. Acton, T. Anderson, D. Barth, M. Reis (Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada)
0584 EFFECT OF ECULIZIMAB THERAPY ON THROMBOCYTOPENIA IN PATIENTS WITH PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA (PNH)
I. Weitz, L. Rochanda, H. Liebman (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA)
0585 EFFICACY OF THE TERMINAL COMPLEMENT INHIBITOR ECULIZUMAB USED CHRONICALLY IN A PATIENT WITH COLD AGGLUTININ DISEASE (CAD)
A. Röth, A. Hüttmann, C. Hock, R. Rother, U. Dührsen, T. Philipp (University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany)
0586 ANEMIA DURING PEGYLATED INTERFERON-RIBAVIRIN THERAPY RESULTS FROM BOTH INCREASE SUPPRESSION OFERYTHROID DIFFERENTIATION AND HEMOLYSIS
L. Ronzoni, A. Aghemo, M.G. Rumi, A. Colancecco, S. Monico, P. Grillo, M. Colombo, M.D. Cappellini (Fondazione Policlinico, Mangiagalli, Regina Elena IRCCS, University of Milan, Milan, Italy)
0587 MODIFICATION OF THE STANDARD ECULIZUMAB DOSE TO SUCCESSFULLY MANAGE INTRAVASCULAR HAEMOLYSIS BREAKTHROUGH IN PATIENTS WITH PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HAEMOGLOBINURIA
R.J. Kelly, L.M. Arnold, S.J. Richards, A. Hill, S. van Bijnen, P. Muus, D. Dorr, R. Brodsky, J. Beauchamp, G. Khursigara, R.P. Rother, P. Hillmen (St James's University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom)
0588 DIAGNOSING IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
E.C. van Dongen-Lases, A.M. Linssen, F. de Vegt, P.L.C.M. van Riel, D.W. Swinkels, A.E. van Ede (UMC St. Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
0589 IN VITRO EFFECT OF RIBAVIRIN AND PEGYLATED INTERFERON ON ERYTHROPOIESIS
L. Ronzoni, A. Colancecco, A. Cattaneo, A. Aghemo, M.G. Rumi, M. Colombo, M.D. Cappellini (Fondazione Policlinico, Mangiagalli, Regina Elena IRCCS, University of Milan, Milan, Italy)
0591 LONG-TERM OUTCOME OF ACQUIRED APLASTIC ANEMIA: COMPARATION BETWEEN IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE THERAPY AND BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION
Lj. Tukic, D. Stamatovic, O. Tarabar, M. Elez, Z. Tatomirovic, O. Radic-Tasic, B. Balint, N. Kuljic-Kapulica (Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia)
0592 THALASSEMIA INTERMEDIA: AN EGYPTIAN EXPERIENCE
G. Mokhtar, A. A.G.Tantawy, A. A.Abdel Moneim, M. Waheed (Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt)
0593 SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF COMPLEMENT MEDIATEDREFRACTORY HAEMOLYSIS ASSOCIATED WITH COLD AND WARM AUTOANTIBODIES USING ECULIZUMAB
M. Bommer, B. Höchsmann, W.A. Flegel, H. Doehner, H. Schrezenmeier (University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany)
0594 EFFECT OF DIHYDROARTEMISININ (DHA) ON HUMAN ERYTHROID CELL DIFFERENTIATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR MALARIA TREATMENT IN PREGNANCY
S. Finaurini, L. Ronzoni, A. Colancecco, M.D. Cappellini, D. Taramelli (University of Milan, Milan, Italy)
0595 OSTEOPROTEGERIN AND RECEPTOR ACTIVATOR OF THE NF-KB LIGAND (RANKL) IN EGYPTIAN PATIENTS WITH THALASSEMIAINDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS
A.E.D.S. Abd El Hamid, M. Attia, A. Saad, M. El Nesr, M. Hassan Saleh (Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt)
0596 A CHILD WITH DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA AND RECENTLY DESCRIBED TINF2 MUTATION
N. Sarper, E. Zengin (Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey)
0597 HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS IN ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS. UNDERESTIMATED PROBLEM?
W. Jedrzejczak, M. Jablonska, E. Dwilewicz-Trojaczek, G. Ziarkiewicz- Wroblewska, J. Dzieciatkowski, P. Boguradzki, R. Charlinski, M. Wiater, J. Witkowska, T. Waszczuk-Gajda, W. Hensler, M. Tormanowska (Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland)
0598 TAFI (THROMBIN ACTIVATABLE FIBRINOLYSIS INHIBITOR) AS A MARKER OF HEMOSTATIC ALTERATION IN PATIENTS WITH BETATHALASSEMIA
R.M. Matter, G.M. Mokhtar, M.M. Abdel Aziz, H.S. Mortagi (Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt)


GRANULOCYTES

0599

NAMPT IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE G-CSF-INDUCED MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION
D. Lan (Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany)

0600

REGULATION OF GRANULOPOIESIS BY NAMPT / NAD+ / SIRT1 DEPENDENT ACTIVATION OF C/EBP_ IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM SEVERE CONGENITAL NEUTROPENIA (CN)
B.K. Thakur, D. Lan, K. Gupta, Y. Lippka, J. Skokowa, K. Welte (Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany)

0601

IS THE RISK OF DEVELOPING AML OR MDS INCREASED IN X-LINKED NEUTROPENIA
K. Beel, K. Beel, M. Cotter, J. Blatny, C. Chatelain, A. Uyttebroeck, B. De Moerloose, N. Van Roy, G. Verhoef, H. Demuynck, P. Vandenberghe (KU/UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium)

0602

STUDY OF THE QUANTITATIVE AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF T REGULATORY CELLS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC NEUTROPENIA
A. Antoniou, P. Verginis, M. Kavousanaki, H. Koutala, S. Mastrodimou, I. Mavroudi, K. Pyrovolaki, M. Psyllaki, C. Kalpadakis, H.A. Papadaki (University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece)

0603 ABNORMALITIES OF SERUM IMMUNOGLOBULIN LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC NEUTROPENIA: RESULTS FROM A COHORT OF 295 PATIENTS
I. Mavroudi, V. Papadaki, K. Pyrovolaki, M. Velegraki, M. Spanoudakis, M. Kaparou, P. Kanellou, G. Gvazava, G.D. Eliopoulos, H.A. Papadaki (University of Crete School of Medicine, Heraklion, Greece)
0604 NOVEL G6PC3 MUTATIONS IDENTIFIED IN AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE SCN PATIENTS WITH AND WITHOUT CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES
N. Smith, B. Hayee, C. Evans, P. Ancliff, G. Hall, A. Segal, D. Linch, R. Gale (UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom)
0605 DIFERENTIAL STIMULATION OF MONOCYTIC CELLS RESULTS IN DISTINCT POPULATIONS OF MICROPARTICLES
M.P. Bernimoulin, E.K. Waters, M. Foy, B.M. Steele, M. Sullivan, H. Falet, M.T. Walsh, N. Barteneva, J.-G. Geng, J.H. Hartwig, P.B. Maguire, D.D. Wagner (Hopital Necker, Paris, France)
0606 LEUKOPENIA AND WAS GENE MUTATION IN AN INFANT. A CASE REPORT
A. Catala, S. Rives, T. Toll, M. Camos, R. Berrueco, N. Conde, A. Quintero, J.I. Arostegui, J. Estella (Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain)
0607 GLUCOCORTICOIDS REVERT THE DASATINIB-MEDIATED ENHANCEMENT OF HISTAMINE RELEASE IN IGE-R CROSSLINKED BASOPHILS
H. Herrmann, K. Blatt, M. Klauser, M. Kneidinger, K. Marth, R. Valenta, P. Valent (Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria)
0608 CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND TREATMENT OUTCOME OF LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS: LARGE STUDY OF SINGLE INSTITUTE
H.J. Kang, J.W. Lee, H. Kim, H.Y. Shin, H.S. Ahn (Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South-Korea)

 

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA - BIOLOGY

0609

NK-LIKE HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS ACTIVATE NOTCH3- SIGNALING IN LEUKEMIC T-CELLS
S. Nagel, L. Venturini, G.K. Przybylski, P. Grabarczyk, C. Meyer, M. Kaufmann, K. Battmer, C.A. Schmidt, H.G. Drexler, M. Scherr, R.A.F. MacLeod (DSMZ, Braunschweig, Germany)

0610

PROGNOSTIC SUBGROUPS DEFINED IN A NOD/SCID/HUALLXENOGRAFT MODEL FOR PAEDIATRIC B CELL PRECURSOR ALL ARE CHARACTERISED BY A GENE SIGNATURE INVOLVING SURVIVAL PATHWAYS AND IDENTIFY POTENTIAL NEW THERAPEUTIC TARGETS
H. Meyer, S.M. Eckhoff, M. Queudeville, A. Zangrando, E. Vendramini, A. Moericke, M. Zimmermann, A. Schrauder, G. Lahr, K. Holzmann, M. Schrappe, G. Basso, K. Stahnke, G. te Kronnie, K.-M. Debatin (University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany)

0611

APOPTOSIS DEFICIENCY DEFINES PROGNOSTIC SUBGROUPS AND THERAPY RESISTANCE IN A XENOGRAFT MODEL OF PEDIATRIC BCP- ALL
M. Queudeville, S.M. Eckhoff, K.-M. Debatin, L.H. Meyer (University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany)

0612

METHADONE IMPROVES THERAPEUTIC SUCCESS IN LEUKEMIA CELLS IN VITRO AND EX VIVO
C. Friesen, M. Roscher, I. Hormann, M. Queudeville, L.-H. Meyer, K.-M. Debatin, E. Miltner (Institute for Legal Medicine, University Ulm, Ulm, Germany)

0613 PERIPHERAL BLOOD INVOLVEMENT PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT PROGNOSTIC INFORMATION DURING EARLY TIME POINTS OF CHILDHOOD ALL TREATMENT
J. Volejnikova, E. Fronkova, E. Mejstrikova, K. Muzikova, L. Reznickova, D. Pospisilova, V. Mihal, J. Sterba, Y. Jabali, D. Prochazkova, B. Blazek, J. Hak, Z. Cerna, J. Stary, J. Trka (2nd Medical School, Charles University Prague, Prague, Czech Republic)
0614 AID EXPRESSION IN BCR/ABL POSITIVE ALL IS ASSOCIATED WITH A PECULIAR GENE EXPRESSION PROFILE AND DEREGULATION OF DNA REPAIR AND REPLICATION GENES
M. Messina, S. Chiaretti, I. Iacobucci, S. Tavolaro, A. Vitale, I. Della Starza, A. Lonetti, C. Papayannidis, A.D. Negulici, S. Soverini, D. Cilloni, A. Guarini, G. Martinelli, R. Foà (Sapienza University, Rome, Italy)
0615 THE IMMUNOMODULATORY AGENT FTY720 INDUCES APOPTOSIS AND INHIBITS GROWTH OF BCR-ABL POSITIVE ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA CELLS AND OVERCOMES IMATINIB RESISTANCE IN VITRO
A. Schmidt-Tanguy, S. Badura, B.A. Nijmeijer, S. Wystub, A. Romanski, O.G. Ottmann (University, Frankfurt, Germany)
0616 PROGNOSTIC INTEREST OF BIPARAMETRIC CD45-DNA ANALYSIS OF MEDULLAR LYMPHOBLASTS AT DIAGNOSIS IN CHILDHOOD ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA
P. Rachieru-Sourisseau, E. De Carli, L. Baranger, F. Génèvieve,J. Rakotonjanahary, S. Proust, F. Mechinaud, N. Robillard, O. Minckes,V. Salaun, A. Robert, N. Dastugue, F. Millot, F. Brizard, A. Chassevent (C.H.U. Angers, Angers, France)
0617 ECTOPIC CDX2 EXPRESSION IS A FREQUENT AND PROGNOSTICALLY RELEVANT EVENT IN HUMAN ALL
S. Thöne, V.P.S. Rawat, B. Heilmeier, E. Hoster, K. Metzeler, T. Herold, W. Hiddemann, N. Gökbuget, D. Hoelzer, S. Bohlander, M. Feuring-Buske, Ch. Buske (Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany)
0618 MIRNA EXPRESSION PROFILE OF T-CELL ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA EXPRESSING OR NOT CD56
H.L. Gimenes Teixeira, G.A. Dos Santos, P.S. Scheucher, D.L. Zanette, L.F. Dalmazzo, A.G. Araújo, W.A. Silva-Jr, R.P. Falcão (FMRP, Ribeiro Preto, Brazil)
0620 VALIDATION OF MX (MXA) AS A GENETIC MARKER FORGLUCOCORTICOID-INDUCED APOPTOSIS IN ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA CELLS?
S. Junk, G. Cario, M. Lauten, N. Wittner, M. Schrappe, B. Schlegelberger, N. von Neuhoff (Hannover Medical School/ Institute of Cell and Molecular Pathology, Hannover, Germany)
0621 THE MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN INHIBITOR RAD001 INHIBTS PROLIFERATION OF T- AND B-LYMPHOBLASTIC CELLS VIA CELL CYCLE ARREST
C. Schult, F. Amoroso, M. Dahlhaus, S. Ruck, S. Lange, F. Buljubasic, M. Freund, L. Neri, C. Junghanss (University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany)
0622 IMMUNOPHENOTYPIC MODULATION IN ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA WITH POSTIVE MRD AFTER INDUCTION TREATMENT
P. Barba, A. Aventin, J. Úbeda, M. Carricondo, R. Martino, I. Badell, A. Parente, E. Bussaglia, C. Estivill, J. Sierra, J. Nomdedéu (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain)
0623 ONCOGENIC PIK3CA MUTATIONS ARE ABSENT IN BCR-ABL POSITIVE ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA (PH+ ALL)
S. Wystub, H. Pfeifer, S. Badura, B. Nijmeijer, O.G. Ottmann (University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany)
0624 PROLIFERATIVE EFFECT OF HUMAN HEMOKININ-1 ON HUMAN PRE-B LYMPHOCYTE CELL LINE REH
S. Grassin Delyle, E. Naline, A. Buenestado, L. Vallat, F. Remy, O.A. Bernard, P. Debré, C. Advenier, P. Devillier, H. Merle Béral (UPRES EA220, Suresnes, France)


CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA - CLINICAL

0625

THERAPY WITH IMATINIB IN ELDERLY CML PATIENTS (=65 YEARS) IS WELL TOLERATED BUT CYTOGENETIC AND MOLECULAR REMISSIONS SEEM TO BE ACHIEVED LATER COMPARED TO YOUNGER PATIENTS
N. Pletsch, M. Lauseker, S. Saussele, A. Leitner, S. Jung-Munkwitz, M.C. Müller, C. Haferlach, B. Schlegelberger, G. Ehninger, T. Fischer, D.K. Hossfeld, H.J. Kolb, S.W. Krause, C. Nerl, H. Pralle, A. Gratwohl, A. Tobler, H. Heimpel, L. Balleisen, H. Einsele, A.D. Ho, C. Falge, M. Hänel, M. Pfreundschuh, L. Kanz, F. Stegelmann, C. Köhne, S. Kremers, K. Spiekermann, W. Berdel, C.F.Waller(Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany)

0626

SOKAL SCORE AND RESPONSE TO IMATINIB IN EARLY CHRONIC PHASE CML: THE GIMEMA CML WORKING PARTY EXPERIENCE ON 559 PATIENTS
M. Baccarani, G. Rosti, F. Castagnetti, F. Palandri, G. Gugliotta, F. Ferrara, A. Gozzini, S. Pulini, E. Montefusco, S. Sica, D. Turri, D. Ferrero, C.M. Musolino, M.B. Bocchia, F.R. Radaelli, G.M. Martinelli, M.B. Breccia, F.P. Pane, G.S. Saglio (Dept. of Hematology and Oncological Sciences, Bologna, Italy)

0627

NILOTINIB IN CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA PATIENTS IN CHRONIC PHASE (CML-CP) WITH IMATINIB RESISTANCE OR INTOLERANCE: 24-MONTH FOLLOW-UP RESULTS OF A PHASE 2 STUDY
H. Kantarjian, F.G. Giles, K.N.P. Bhalla, J. Pinilla, R.A. Larson, N. Gattermann, O.G. Ottmann, J. Wang, N.J. Gallagher, M. Baccarani, P.D. Le Coutre (MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA)

0628

SUBOPTIMAL RESPONSE TO IMATINIB 400 MG DAILY FOR CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA IN EARLY CHRONIC PHASE: A GIMEMA CML WP ANALYSIS OF 423 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS
F. Castagnetti, G. Gugliotta, M. Breccia, D. Sartor, F. Cavazzini, S. Rupoli, P. Pregno, M. Bruno, F. Palandri, M. Amabile, N. Testoni, G. Marzocchi, A. Poerio, I. Iacobucci, G. Martinelli, G. Saglio, F. Pane, M. Baccarani, G. Rosti (Dept. of Hematology and Oncological Sciences, Bologna, Italy

0629 THE ORALLY ACTIVE AURORA KINASE A INHIBITOR MLN8237 HAS POTENT ACTIVITY IN PRECLINICAL MODELS OF RESISTANT CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA AND SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES THE EFFICACY OF NILOTINIB
R. Kelly, R. Swords, S. Nawrocki, D. Mahalingam, E. Medina, S. Smith, S. Padmanabhan, J. Ecsedy, F. Giles, J. Carew (Institute for Drug Development, San Antonio, USA)
0630 FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS OF 1,793 CML PATIENTS FROM ENACT (EXPANDING NILOTINIB ACCESS IN CLINICAL TRIALS) STUDY IN ADULT PATIENTS WITH IMATINIB-RESISTANT OR -INTOLERANT CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA (CML)
F.E. Nicolini, G. Alimena, H.K. Al-Ali, A.T. Turkina, Z. Shen, S. Jootar, G. Smith, C. De Souza, J. Wang, M. Berton, T. Szczudlo, D.A. Rizzieri (Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France)
0631 NILOTINIB IN CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA PATIENTS IN ACCELERATED PHASE (CML-AP) WITH IMATINIB RESISTANCE OR INTOLERANCE: 24-MONTH FOLLOW-UP RESULTS OF A PHASE 2 STUDY
A. Hochhaus, F. Giles, J. Apperely, G. Ossenkoppele, J. Wang, N.J. Gallagher, M. Baccarani, J. Cortes, H. Kantarjian, P.D. Le Coutre (Med. Fakultät Mannheim der Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany)
0632 AGE HAS NO IMPACT ON OUTCOME OF EARLY CHRONIC PHASE, PH-POS CML, IMATINIB TREATED PATIENTS: A NATIONWIDE ANALYSIS ON 559 CASES OF THE GIMEMA CML WP
G.G. Gugliotta, F. Castagnetti, M. Amabile, N. Testoni, F. Palandri, I. Iacobucci, S. Soverini, S. Luatti, M. Breccia, G. Specchia, T. Intermesoli, F. Radaelli, E. Abbruzzese, E. Usala, G. Saglio, G. Martinelli, F. Pane, M. Baccarani, G. Rosti (Dept. of Hematology and Oncological Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy)
0633 EXPANDING NILOTINIB ACCESS IN CLINICAL TRIALS (ENACT) STUDY IN ADULT PATIENTS (PTS) WITH IMATINIB-RESISTANT OR -INTOLERANT CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA (CML): SUBGROUP ANALYSIS OF PATIENTS WHO FAILED PRIOR DASATINIB THERAPY
F.E. Nicolini, G. Alimena, H.K. Al-Ali, A.T. Turkina, Z. Shen, S. Jootar, G. Smith, M. Conchon, J. Wang, M. Berton, T. Szczudlo, D.A. Rizzieri (Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France)
0634 RELEASE OF INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM PRIMES CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKAEMIA CELLS FOR TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR (TKI)-INDUCED APOPTOSIS
S.L. Forchap, M. Pirmohamed, R.E. Clark (Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom)
0635 A SHORT (2M) IFNA/IMATINIB COMBINED THERAPY CAN SECURE LONG TERM MAINTENANCE OF IMATINIB INDUCED CYTOGENETIC REMISSION AFTER DISCONTINUATION OF IMATINIB IN CML PATIENTS WITHOUT MOLECULAR REMISSION
I. Hardan, S.M. Stemmer, N. Amariglio, M. Koren-Michowitz, I. Levi, A. Shimoni, Y. Binenbaum, D. Ben-Yehuda, M. Bennett, G. Rechavi, A. Nagler (Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel)
0636 RESPONSE TO NILOTINIB IS SIMILAR IN IMATINIB-RESISTANTCHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA PATIENTS IN ACCELERATED PHASE (CML-AP) WITH AND WITHOUT BCR-ABL MUTATIONS EXCEPT E255K/V, Y253H, AND F359C/V
G. Martinelli, D.W. Kim, G. Saglio, S. Branford, P. Erben, E. Gottardi, L. Beppu, A. Haque, Y. Shou, R. Woodman, S. Soverini, H. Kantarjian,T. Hughes, A. Hochhaus, J. Radich (Institute of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Bologna, Italy)
0637 A STUDY OF PLASMA LEVELS OF IMATINIB AND ITS BIOACTIVE METABOLITE CGP-74588 REVEALS NO CORRELATION WITH SUBSEQUENT CLINICAL OUTCOME IN IMATINIB-TREATED CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKAEMIA
A. Davies, A.K. Hayes, A. Giannoudis, C.M. Lucas, K. Knight, S.J. Watmough, M. Pirmohamed, R.E. Clark (Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom)
0638 DASATINIB IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC PHASE CML PATIENTS AGED > 60 YEARS RESISTANT/INTOLERANT TO IMATINIB
R. Latagliata, M. Breccia, F. Stagno, L. Luciano, A. Gozzini, M. Annunziata, S. De Matteis, F. Albano, S. Ulisciani, P. Pregno, M. Pacilli, E. Abruzzese, B. Martino, M. Tiribelli, A. Russo Rossi, S. Sica, U. Vitolo, E. Montefusco, G. Rege Cambrin, F. Ferrara, V. Santini, F. Pane, F. Di Raimondo, G. Alimena (Ematologia - Università “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy)
0639 EFFICACY OF NILOTINIB AFTER IMATINIB FAILURE IN PH-POSITIVE CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA: IMPACT OF ADDITIONAL CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS AND FREQUENCY OF BCR-ABL POINT MUTATIONS
T.D.K. Kim, S. Türkmen, M. Schwarz, P. Daniel, B. Dörken, P. Le Coutre (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany)
0640 THE ONCOGENIC KINASE BCR-ABL DIRECTLY REGULATES SPLICING EVENTS OF BCLX THROUGH A QUATERNARY COMPLEX COORDINATED BY NCK-BETA AND SAM-68 ADAPTER PROTEINS
E. Bracco, V. Rosso, S. Mussino, F. Arruga, S. Carturan, F. Messa, C. Panuzzo, M. Lo Iacono, P. Nicoli, E. Messa, A. Rotolo, M. Spagna, A. Morotti, A. Balbo, I.I. Iacobucci I., M.G. Martinelli, D. Cilloni, S.G. Saglio (University of Turin, Orbassano, Italy)
0641 COMPARATIVE IN VITRO CELLULAR DATA ALONE IS INSUFFICIENT TO GUIDE CHOICE OF BCR-ABL INHIBITOR TO TREAT IMATINIBRESISTANT CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA (CML)
P. Laneuville, C. DiLea, J. Mestan, O. Yin, P.W. Manley (McGill University, quebec, Canada)
0642 DYNAMICS OF CYTOGENETIC AND MOLECULAR RESPONSE TO NILOTINIB IS SIMILAR IN IMATINIB-RESISTANT CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA PATIENTS IN CHRONIC PHASE (CML-CP) WITH AND WITHOUT BCR-ABL MUTATIONS EXCEPT E255K/V, Y253H, AND F359C/V
G. Saglio, A. Hochhaus, G. Martinelli, E. Gottardi, S. Soverini, S. Branford,M. Müller, L. Beppu, A. Haque, Y. Shou, R. Woodman, H. Kantarjian, J. Radich, T. Hughes, D.W. Kim (University of Turin San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, Orbassano, Italy)
0643 LONG-TERM SURVIVAL OF PATIENTS WITH LATE CHRONIC PHASE PH-POSITIVE CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA RECEIVING TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR THERAPY AFTER INTERFERON FAILURE
A.G. Turkina, O.V. Stakhina, G.A. Gusarova, E.S. Zakharova, E.Yu. Chelysheva, O.Yu. Vinogradova, T.I. Kolosheinova, C.R. Goryacheva, L.Yu. Kolosova, E.V. Domracheva, A.V. Zakharova, E.M. Abakumov, S.M. Kulikov, N.D. Khoroshko (Hematology Research Center, RAMS, Moscow, Russian Federation)
0644 PREGNANCY AMONG THE PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA ON IMATINIB THERAPY
E.Y. Chelysheva, A.G. Turkina, G.A. Gusarova, T.I. Kolosheinova, M.A. Sokolova, N.D. Khoroshko, V.M. Pepelyaeva, L.V. Gavrilova (Hematology Research Center, Moscow, Russia, Moscow, Russian Federation)

 

MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS – CLINICAL

0645

INCREASED RISK OF LYMPHOID MALIGNANCIES IN PATIENTS WITH PHILADELPHIA CHROMOSOME-NEGATIVE MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASMS
E. Antonioli, M.C. Susini, G. Masala, P. Guglielmelli, L. Pieri, S. Caini, D. Palli, C. Bogani, A. Pancrazzi, G. Longo, A. Bosi, A.M. Vannucchi (University of Florence, Florence, Italy)

0646

THE LONG-TERM DURABILITY OF MOLECULAR RESPONSES IN PATIENTS WITH FIP1L1-PDGFRA CHRONIC HEOSINOPHILIC LEUKEMIA TREATED WITH IMATINIB: THE ITALIAN HES0203 EXPERIENCE AFTER A 4-YEAR FOLLOW-UP
M. Rondoni, D. Cilloni, S. Paolini, E. Ottaviani, F. Messa, P.P. Piccaluga, S. Merante, F. Buccisano, M. Titibelli, E. Vigna, A. Spadea, E. Messa, F. Pane, G. Saglio, F. Lauria, M. Baccarani, G. Martinelli (Ematologia e Trapianti Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy)

0647

REDUCED SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY MYELOFIBROSIS IS PREDICTED BY A LOW BURDEN OF JAK2V617 MUTATED ALLELE
P. Guglielmelli, G. Barosi, G. Specchia, A. Rambaldi, F. Lo-Coco, E. Antonioli, L. Pieri, A. Pancrazzi, V. Ponziani, F. Delaini, E. Ammatuna, V. Liso, A. Bosi, T. Barbui, A.M. Vannucchi (Univeristy of Florence, Florence, Italy)

0648

POMALIDOMIDE IN MYELOFIBROSIS: RESULTS OF A PHASE-1 DOSE-SEEKING TRIAL
R.A. Mesa, A. Pardanani, K. Hussein, R. Gale, S. Schwager, M.R. Litzow, W. Hogan, A. Tefferi (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)

0649 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY RESISTANCE TO IMATINIB IS VERY RARE IN CHRONIC AND BLAST PHASE OF MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASMS WITH REARRANGEMENTS OF PDGFRA AND PDGFRB
G. Metzgeroth, P. Erben, C. Walz, D. Gosenca, J. Mix, C. Haferlach, S. Schnittger, N. C. P. Cross, A. Hochhaus, A. Reiter (III. Medizinische Klinik, Mannheim, Germany)
0651 THE EVALUATION OF XAGRID EFFICACY AND LONG-TERM SAFETY STUDY: MONITORING SAFETY OUTCOMES IN AT-RISK ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTHAEMIA (ET) PATIENTS TREATED WITH ANAGRELIDE VS OTHER CYTOREDUCTIVE THERAPIES
G. Birgegård, C. Besses, R. Coll, C. Freitag, M. Griesshammer, L. Gugliotta, C. Harrison, J.-J. Kiladjian (Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
0652 LIVING WITH ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTHEMIA IN FRANCE: PROSPECTIVE SURVEY ASSESSING DAILY LIFE DISEASE IMPACT IN 245 PATIENTS
J. Rey, T. De Revel, P. Lenain, E. Raffoux, J.-J. Kiladjian (Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France)
0653 APLIDIN IMPROVES MEGAKARYOCYTOPOIESIS AND HALTS NEO-ANGIOGENESIS IN THE GATA1(LOW) MURINE MODEL OF MYELOFIBROSIS
M. Verrucci, A. Pancrazzi, M. Paz, F. Martelli, P. Guglielmelli, M. Aracil, M. Zingariello, E. D'Amore, J. Jimeno, A.M. Vannucchi, A.R. Migliaccio (Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy)
0654 EFFICACY OF LENALIDOMIDE IN PATIENTS WITH MYELOFIBROSIS: SPANISH COMPASSIONATE USE PROGRAM. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS
I. Castillo, A.M. Ojeda, C. Boqué, A. Asensio, M. Hermosilla, M. Blanes, J. Busto, V. Carrasco, I. Cuesta, A. Echeveste, C. Fernández-Miñano, P. García-Sánchez, J. Gil, F. Hernández, A. Ibañez, A. Lemes, A. Ramírez, D. Silvana, N. Somolinos, M.D. Monteagudo, C. Ulibarrena, D. Borrego (General Hospital of Elda, ELDA - Alicante, Spain)
0655 JAK2 V617F-POSITIVE CHRONIC EOSINOPHILIC LEUKEMIA: CLINICAL, LABORATORY AND MOLECULAR DEFINITION OF A DISTINCT DISEASE SUBTYPE
K. Zoi, I.J. Dahabreh, C. Zoi, G. Helbig, S. Krzemien, V. Gota, M. Speletas, S. Giannouli, A. Palliou, K. Stefanoudaki, N. Harhalakis, G. Vassilopoulos, M. Kotsopoulou, P. Tsirigotis, H.M. Moutsopoulos, D. Loukopoulos, M. Voulgarelis (Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece)
0656 UK SYSTEMIC MASTOCYTOSIS REGISTRY: ANALYSIS OF DATA ON 71 CASES
B. Myers, S. Marks, J. Thomson, C. Poynton, P. Shepherd, J. Cullis, D. Radia (NHS, Nottingham, United Kingdom)
0657 POLYCYTHEMIA VERA AS A PREDISPOSING FACTOR FOR AORTIC STENOSIS: INCIDENCE AND CORRELATION WITH BLOOD CELLS COUNT AND MUTATIONAL STATUS
S. Siragusa, R. Barone, C. Caracciolo, R. Di Maggio, G. Fazio, L. D'Angelo, M. Montana, D. Caramazza, A. Malato, G. Saccullo, G. Pizzo, A. Casuccio, S. Novo, V. Abbadessa (University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy)
0658 DASATINIB FOR THE TREATMENT OF TREATMENT-REFRACTORY HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME AND CHRONIC EOSINOPHILIC LEUKEMIA
I.J. Dahabreh, S. Giannouli, C. Zoi, V. Gota, G. Leondaritis, C. Sambani, D. Loukopoulos, M. Voulgarelis, K. Zoi (Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece)
0659 HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING CURVE ANALYSIS: A SIMPLE, RELIABLE AND SENSITIVE METHOD OF DETECTION OF JAK2 EXON 12 MUTATIONS
T. Lavabre-Bertrand, S. Carillo, L. Henry, E. Lippert, F. Girodon, I. Guiraud, C. Richard, C. Cleyrat, E. Jourdan, R. Kravlovics, S. Hermouet (Université Montpellier I - CHU Nîmes, Nimes, France)
0660 EXPRESSION OF A SET OF CELL-STROMA INTERACTING GENES IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY MYELOFIBROSIS
A.L. Livun, T.M. Manshouri, R.K. Kusec, Y.Z. Zhang, H.M.K. Kantarjian, S.V. Verstovsek (MD Anderson, Houton, USA)
0661 THE IMPACT OF AZACITIDINE AND DECITABINE (HYPOMETHYLATING- AGENTS) IN MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
A. Kumar, F. List, I. Hozo, B. Djulbegovic (Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, USA)
0662 PRESENCE OF JAK2 V617F MUTATION IS A SINGLE STRONG PREDICTOR OF VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH MPD
M. Quitt, L. Gedzun, E. Shabad, A. Kotler, O. Valkovsky, M. Ballan, T. Shusterman, E. Mishchenko, N. Lindenfeld, A. Cassel (Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel)
0663 JAK2 V617F MUTATION IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA SECONDARY TO PH NEGATIVE CHRONIC MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS
C.R. Rinaldi, P. Rinaldi, V. Martinelli, R. Ciancia, A.M. Vannucchi, L. Gugliotta, T. Barbui, B. Rotoli, F. Pane (Federico II University, Naples, Italy)
0664 STUDY OF THE RELATION BETWEEN THE TIME COURSE OF THE JAK2V617F ALLELE BURDEN AND THE CLINICAL OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASMS (MPNS); A SINGLE CENTER STUDY
M.S. Sobas, M.M. Perez-Encinas, C. Quinteiro, T. Gonzalez, S. Suarez, D. Vilariño, N. Alonso, J. Diaz, A. Bendaña, S. Gonzalez, J.L. Bello-Lopez (Servicio de Hematologia, Hospital Clinico Universitario, Santiago de Comppostela, Spain)
0665 CRYPTIC 9P24 MICRODELETIONS COVERING HSA-MIR-101-2 ARE RECURRENT IN HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES
K. van Roosbroeck, I. Lahortiga, J. Finalet Ferreiro, J. van der Meulen, P. Vandenberghe, J. Cools, F. Speleman, P. Marynen, I. Wlodarska (Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium)
0666 NOVEL T(X;14)(P11.4;Q32.33) RESULTING IN UPREGULATION OF GPR34 AND ACTIVATION OF THE NFKB PATHWAY IS RECURRENT IN MALT LYMPHOMAS
M. Wlodarska, T. Tousseyn, L. De Leval, J. Finalet Ferreiro, H. Urbankova, L. Michaux, D. Dierickx, P. Wolter, P. Vandenberghe, P. Marynen, C. De Wolf- Peeters, M. Baens (Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
0667 DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF MICRORNAS IN PRIMARYCENTRAL NERVOUS (CNS) AND NODAL DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMAS
L. Fischer, M. Hummel, A. Korfel, D. Lenze, E. Thiel (Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany)
0668 CAL-, A SPECIFIC INHIBITOR OF THE P110DELTA ISOFORM OF PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITIDE 3-KINASE, FOR THE TREATMENT OF NON-HODGKINS LYMPHOMAS
J. Lannutti, S.A. Meadows, A. Kashishian, B. Steiner, K.D. Puri, N.A. Giese(Calistoga Pharmaceuticals, Seattle USA)
0669 AMPLIFICATION AT 11Q23 TARGETS PROTEIN KINASE SIK2 IN DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA
S. Nagel, C. Meyer, H. Quentmeier, M. Zaborski, M. Kaufmann, H.G. Drexler, R.A.F. MacLeod (DSMZ, Braunschweig, Germany)
0670 IMPROVED DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS BETWEEN WHO-DEFINED MATURE B-CELL MALIGNANCIES USING INTEGRATED 8-COLOR FLOW CYTOMETRY AND NOVEL SOFTWARE FOR MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF IMMUNOPHENOTYPIC DATA
S. Böttcher, A. Rawstron, J. Flores, P. Lucio, R. de Tute, A. Mendonça, Q. Lecrevisse, T. Kalina, M. Kneba, J.J.M. van Dongen, A. Orfao, EuroFlow Onbehalf of the (University of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany)
0671 ALTERATIONS OF CHEK2 GENE IN NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA PATIENTS
O. Havranek, Z. Kleibl, P. Soucek, M. Trneny (Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic)
0672 DISTINGUISHING OF PRIMARY MEDIASTINAL B-CELL LYMPHOMAAND DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA USING REAL-TIME QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION
H. Votavova, K. Forsterova, V. Campr, J. Stritesky, Z. Velenska, R. Pytlik, K. Kubackova, B. Prochazka, R. Kodet, M. Trneny (General Teaching Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic)
0673 BIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF P53 ACTIVATION BY NUTLIN-3A IN ALK+ALCL WITH UNMUTATED, MUTATED / PARTIALLY FUNCTIONAL AND MUTATED / NONFUNCTIONAL P53 GENE
G. Rassidakis, E. Drakos, V. Atsaves, J. Li, I. Papanastasi, E. Schlette, L.J. Medeiros (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece)
0674 THE HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR ITF235 (GIVINOSTAT) PROMOTES BURKITT'S LYMPHOMA CELL LINE DEATH MODULATINGMICRO-RNA AND TISSUE TRANSGLUTAMINASE 2 EXPRESSION
R. Zappasodi, M. Di Nicola, C. Carlo-Stella, F. Baldan, M.V. Iorio, M. Magni, E. Tagliabue, C.M. Croce, A.M. Gianni (Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy)
0675 DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF SIN1 GENE PRODUCT IN NONHODGKIN AND HODGKIN LYMPHOMA CELL LINES AND TUMORS
G. Rassidakis, P. Tsioli, P. Panayiotidis, T. Vassilakopoulos, E. Patsouris (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece)
0676 SELECTION OF MARKERS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF DISEASESPECIFIC PHENOTYPES FOR DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OFB-LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS BY FLOW CYTOMETRY
C. Rawstron, R.M. De Tute, J. Shingles, F.L. Bennett, S. Böttcher, P. Lucio, T. Kalina, E.A. MacIntyre, J.J.M. van Dongen, A. Orfao, A.S. Jack (Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, United Kingdom)
0677 MUTATION AND SINGLE NUCLEOTID POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS IN HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8-ASSOCIATED PRIMARY EFFUSION LYMPHOMA
E. Boulanger, A. Marchio, S.S. Hong, P. Pineau (Oswaldo Cruz Institute (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
0678 FOCUSED MICROARRAY FOR LYMPHOMA DIAGNOSTICS
B. Tichy, K. Stano-Kozubik, J. Supikova, A. Janikova, I. Vasova, L. Smardova, J. Mayer, S. Pospisilova (University Hospital Brno and Faculty of medicine Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic)
0679 DETECTION OF HYPERMETHYLATION OF TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENES IN OCULAR ADNEXAL LYMPHOMA USING MULTIPLEX LIGATION-DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION (MLPA)
E. Coupland, H. Ma, A. Lo, D. Wong, H. Stein, E. Bertil (University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom)
0680 DETECTION OF PLASMACYTOID (PLASMACYTIC) DIFFERENTIATION IN MARGINAL ZONE B CELL LYMPHOMAS (MZL) BY CD138 EXPRESSION
C. Kalpadakis, G.A. Pangalis, P. Korkolopoulou, T.P. Vassilakopoulos, G. Levidou, M.C. Kyrtsonis, S. Sachanas, X. Yiakoumis, E.M. Dimitriadou, F.N. Kontopidou, M.P. Siakantaris, E. Patsouris, P. Panayiotidis, H. Papadaki, M.K. Angelopoulou (Department of Haematology, University of Crete, Athens, Greece)
0682 EXPRESSION OF CD66ABCE ON TUMOR CELLS IN NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMAS AND MULTIPLE MYELOMA
H. Mocikova, J. Karban, R. Pytlik, P. Klener, M. Trneny (First Faculty of Medicine and General Teaching Hospital, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)
0683 SURVIVIN EXPRESSION IN AGGRESSIVE B-CELL LYMPHOMA
M.K. Angelopoulou, P. Korkolopoulou, V. Salpeas, Z. Galani, T.P. Vassilakopoulos, G. Levidou, A. Anastasopoulou, K. Lilakos, S. Sachanas, M.P. Siakantaris, M.-C. Kyrtsonis, P. Panayiotidis, A. Androulaki, T. Papadaki, E. Patsouris, G.A. Pangalis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece)
0684 BCL-, BCL-6 AND MYC REARRANGEMENTS AND CLINICAL OUTCOME OF DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA
M.S. Sobas, M. Tojo, M. Tubio, M. Fraga, J.L. Bello, J. Forteza (Servicio de Hematologia, Hospital Clinico Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain)


TRANSFUSION MEDICINE

0685

RHD GENE POLYMORPHISMS IN ALLOIMMUNIZED D-NEGATIVE INDIVIDUALS WITH HIGH RATE OF RACIAL ADMIXTURE
F. Martin, S. Menezes, A. Chiba, D. Langhi Jr, L. Nardozza, C. Chiattone, J. Bordin (Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)

0686

ACTIVE HEMOVIGILANCE OF PEDIATRIC PATIENTS SUPPORTED WITH PLASMA COMPONENTS PREPARED WITH PHOTOCHEMICAL TREATMENT
J.P. Cazenave, I. Mendel, C. Waller, J.C. Osselaer, M. Jaquet, M. Propst, L. Lin, L. Corash (EFS Alsace, Strasbourg, France)

0687

TRANSFUSION OF PLATELET COMPONENTS PREPARED WITH PHOTOCHEMICAL PATHOGEN INACTIVATION FOR SUPPORT OF SEVERE GLANZMANN THROMBASTHENIA DURING SURGICAL PROCEDURES
J.P. Cazenave, M.L. Wiesel, I. Mendel, A. Faradji, S. Mangin, B. Perricard, D. Kientz (EFS-Alsace, Strasbourg, France)

0688

LOSS OF THE RED CELL B ANTIGEN AND BLOOD GROUP CHANGE IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH METHYLATION OF THE ABO GENE PROMOTER REGION IN A PATIENT WITH 5Q-MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME
A. Martinez, A.M. Kuniyoshi, M.L.L.F. Chauffaille, M. Yamamoto, A.K. Chiba, E.Y.S. Kimura, J.O.B. Bordin (Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)

0689 A 10-YEAR LOOK-BACK ON USE OF CRYOPRECIPITATE IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
G. Zakout, M.A. Greiss (Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
0690 THERAPEUTIC PLASMA EXCHANGE (TPE) FOR THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA (TTP) AND HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME (HUS) USING PLASMA PREPARED WITH PHOTOCHEMICAL PATHOGEN INACTIVATION: A ONE YEAR EXPERIENCE IN ROUTINE PRACTICE IN A REGIONAL BLOOD CENTER
D. Kientz, M.L. Wiesel, I. Lanois, T. Krummel, B. Moulin, R. Herbrecht, J.P. Cazenave (EFS-Alace, Strasbourg, France)
0691 UNDERSTANDING TRANSFUSION OUTCOMES THROUGH CLINICAL REGISTRIES: VALIDATION OF A LINKAGE TECHNIQUE
L. Phillips (Monash University, Melbourne, Australia)
0692 PLASMA EXCHANGE IN PATIENTS WITH TTP/HUS IN A BLOOD TRANSFUSION CENTRE: RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 46 CASES
T.-M. Alemayehu, S. Theodoridou, T. Karafoulidou, P. Papadopoulou, S. Kiritsi, B. Duka, E. Ambatzoglou, G. Papaioannou (Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece)
0693 ALLOIMMUNIZATION TO ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGENS IN TRANSFUSION- DEPENDENT PATIENTS WITH HAEMOGLOBINOPATHIES: AN EXPERIENCE FROM A GREEK BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE
V. Kyriazi, L. Evliati, P. Koutsogianni, D. Kalantzis, E. Gerovaggeli, S. Saridakis, A. Megalou, M. Parara (Evaggelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece)
0694 PLATELET TRANSFUSION THRESHOLD FOR CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER INSERTION IN ACUTE LEUKEMIAS
K. Arn, K. Zeidler, O. Senn, U. Schanz, G. Stussi (University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland)
0695 RED CELL ALLOIMMUNIZATION IN MULTITRANSFUSED CANCER PATIENTS
A. Bilalis, E. Papadaki, E. Papoulia, L. Matou (Saint Savvas Oncology Hospital, Athens, Greece)
0696 CORD BLOOD BANKING: THE CONTRIBUTE OF BLOOD GROUP MOLECULAR GENOTYPING IN UNITS' VALIDATION
P. Bergamaschi, I. Sbarsi, P. Isernia, A. Pasi, A. Marchesi, C. Badulli, B. Romano, V. Genovese, F. Garlaschelli, M. Guarene, C. Pizzochero, C. Monti, A. Livraghi, M. Martinetti, C. Perotti, L. Salvaneschi (Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy)
0697 HAEMOLYTIC DISEASE OF THE FETUS/NEWBORN SECONDARY TO ANTI-N/'N'
W.C. Gordon, R.L. Soutar, K. Douglas, D. Frame, R. Green (Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, Glasgow, United Kingdom)
0698 TREATMENT OF ORBISAC DERIVED BUFFY COAT PLATELETS WITH THE MIRASOL_ PATHOGEN REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND STORAGE IN ADDITIVE SOLUTION
H. Reikvam, T. Hervig, S. Marschner, R. Goodrich (Institute of Internal Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway)
0699 INTRAUTERINE TRANSFUSION RESULTS IN PRENATAL ANEMIA
C Sanchez Ramos, A. Montoya, M. Jurado, S. Oyonarte, F. Molina (Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain)
0700 PREDEPOSIT AUTOLOGOUS DONATION IN RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY: APHERESIS VS WHOLE BLOOD
J.A. García-Erce, A. Borque, A. García-Jalón, B. Soria, M. Guillén, M.J. Gil, P. Gil, D. Rubio, M. Muñoz (Salud, Zaragoza, Spain)
0701 CONTRIBUTION OF HAEMATOTHERAPY TO THE TREATMENT OF MICROCIRCULATORY DISORDERS
M. Blaha, E. Rencova, V. Blaha, R. Maly, M. Blazek, R. Prochazkova, C. Andrys, R. Zimova, H. Langrova (IInd Internal Clinic, Charles University, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)
0702 ROLE OF RITUXIMAB FOR TREATING PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC TTP/HUS WITH OR WITHOUT ADAMTS-13 ANTIBODIES
C. Caramazza, S. Siragusa, I. Abbene, L. Lo Coco, R. Di Trapani, G. Mazzola, S. Rizzo, R. Palazzolo, R. Barone, A. Malato, P. Ragonese, P. Aridon, V. Abbadessa, G. Quintini (Policlinico Universitario di Palermo, Palermo, Italy)
0703 THE EFFICACY AND EFFICIENCY PLATELET TRANSFUSION IN BUFFY COAT PLATELET COMPONENTS TREATED OR NOT BY INTERCEPT BLOOD SYSTEM
M.I. Belkaid, N. Bakiri, M. Tsaramaro, G. Brochier, E. Chirpaz, F. Schooneman, T. Henni (CHR Nord Reunion, Saint Denis, Reunion)
0704 DATA REVIEW FROM THE PAVIA CORD BLOOD BANK: CORRELATION BETWEEN CORD BLOOD NUCLEATED AND HAEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL COUNT AND BIRTHWEIGHT
P. Bergamaschi, C. Capittini, M.P. Mercati, A. Marchesi, G. Viarengo, C. Del Fante, B. Romano, V. Genovese, A. Pasi, M. Guarene, C. Monti, C. Badulli, I. Sbarsi, F. Garlaschelli, C. Pizzochero, M. Cuccia, M. Martinetti, C. Perotti, L. Salvaneschi (Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy)
0705 HIGHER IRON SUCROSE DOSE IN A AMBULATORY ANAEMIA TREATMENT PROGRAM
J.A. García-Erce, B. Soria, J. Cuenca, A. Borque, M. Guillén, P. Mayayo, A. García-Jalón, D. Rubio, M. Muñoz (Salud, Zarazoga, Spain)

 

STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION – DISEASE RELATED

0706

TARGETED INTRAVENOUS BUSULFAN IN CHILDREN PRIOR STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION FOR THALASSEMIA: PHARMACOKINETICS, TOXICITY AND TRANSPLANT OUTCOMES
J. Gaziev, L. Spitaleri, G. Lucarelli, A.F. Mozzi, L. Nguyen, C. Puozzo, M.P. Donnorso, P. Sodani, M. Andreani, P. Polchi, A. Isgrò, M. Marziali, M.D. Simone (Mediterranean Institute of Hematology, Rome, Italy)

0707

ADEQUATE MOBILIZATION OF CD34 IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS RECEIVING LENALIDOMIDE INDUCTION THERAPY
A. Palumbo, D. Ben Yehuda, F. Cavallo, S. Bringhen, C. Di Bello, F. Di Raimondo, I. Hardan, M.T. Petrucci, A. Siniscalchi, F. Rossini, V. Montefusco, N. Pescosta, J. Peccatori, P. Tacchetti, A. Baraldi, F. Patriarca, G. Benevolo, C. Crippa, A.M. Carella, M. Boccadoro (A.O.U. San Giovanni Battista, Turin, Italy)

0708

STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN DIAMOND-BLACKFAN ANEMIA: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS
M. Kartal, J.J. Meerpohl, B. Strahm, M.E. Bernardo, P. Lang, S. Matthes- Martin, A. Schulz, M. Schmugge, A. Fischer, F. Locatelli, C.M. Niemeyer (University Children's Hospital, Freiburg, Germany)

0709

HLA-E UP-REGULATION ON IFN-G-ACTIVATED AML BLASTS IMPAIRED CD94/NKG2A-DEPENDENT NK CYTOLYSIS FOLLOWING HAPLO-IDENTICAL HAEMATOPOIETIC STEM-CELL TRANSPLANTATION (SCT)
S. Nguyen, V. Beziat, N. Dhedin, M. Kuentz, P. Sujobert, M. Uzunov, J.P. Vernant, P. Debré, V. Vieillard (Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris, France)

0710 PLERIXAFOR CAN PREDICTABLY MOBILIZE HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS IN PATIENTS WITH NON-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA PREVIOUSLY TREATED WITH FLUDARABINE AND UNDERGOING AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION
J.R. Schriber, J. McCarty, J. McGuirk, G. Spitzer, J.P. Uberti, G. Calandra (Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix USA
0711 COMPARABLE OUTCOMES AFTER REDUCED-INTENSITY AND MYELOABLATIVE ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN ADULTS WITH ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA IN FIRST OR SECOND REMISSION: A MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS
S. Lee, J. Kwak, J. Kim, S. Park, B. Cho, K. Eom, Y. Kim, H. Kim, C. Min, S. Cho, D. Kim, J. Lee, W. Min, C. Kim (Catholic BMT Center, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South-Korea)
0712 UNRELATED STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION FOLLOWING TOTALBODY IRRADIATION-BASED MYELOABLATIVE CONDITIONING INADULTS WITH PHILADELPHIA-NEGATIVE HIGH-RISK ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA
S. Lee, J. Kwak, J. Kim, S. Park, B. Cho, K. Eom, Y. Kim, H. Kim, C. Min, S. Cho, D. Kim, J. Lee, W. Min, C. Kim (Catholic BMT Center, The CatholicUniversity of Korea, Seoul, South-Korea)
0713 ALLOGENEIC VERSUS AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN PATIENTS WITH RELAPSING FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA: USE OF THE PROPENSITY SCORE TO REDUCE RECRUITMENT BIAS IN A RETROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY
F. De Fontbrune, D. Sibon, M. Resche-Rigon, S. Chevret, J. Brière, C. Gisselbrecht, C. Thiéblemont, G. Socié (Hopital Saint Louis, Paris, France)
0714 TREATMENT OF MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA (MCL) BY ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION - A PRELIMINARY REPORT FROM THE TRIALS #060 AND #074 OF THE EAST GERMAN STUDY GROUP FOR HAEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY (OSHO)
W.H. Krüger, N. Basara, F. Schüler, D. Niederwieser, G. Behre, N. Grobe, H. Sayer, G. Maschmeyer, A. Haas, T. Kiefer, T. Neumann, G. Dölken (University-Hospital Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany)
0715 PRE-TRANSPLANT RISK ASSESSMENT FOR AML PATIENTS:COMBINED RISK FACTOR ANALYSIS MAY BE USED TO PREDICT OUTCOME AFTER ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION FOLLOWING REDUCED INTENSITY CONDITIONING
P. Hemmati, T. Terwey, G. Massenkeil, P. Le Coutre, S. Neuburger, L. Lam, B. Dörken, R. Arnold (Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Virchow Klinikum (CVK), Berlin, Germany)
0716 REDUCED INTENSITY CONDITIONING ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION DURING APLASIA IN PRIMARY HIGH-RISK AND RELAPSED ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA
F. Stölzel, J. Schetelig, U. Platzbecker, C. Thiede, T. Illmer, M. Schaich, M. Füssel, C. Theuser, M. Hänel, R. Mahlberg, G. Ehninger, M. Bornhäuser (Medizinische Klinik I, Dresden, Germany)
0717 IMPROVED SURVIVAL AFTER STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION WITH KILLER-CELL-IMMUNOGLOBULIN-LIKE RECEPTOR (KIR) / HLA MISMATCHED ALLOGRAFTS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYELOID LEUKAEMIA.
H. Martin, R. Richter, G. Bug, H. Serve, E. Seifried, C. Seidl (Goethe University, Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany)
0718 PLERIXAFOR CAN PREDICTABLY MOBILIZE HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE MYELOMA PREVIOUSLY TREATED WITH LENALIDOMIDE
I.N.N. Micallef, S.R. Tarantolo, P.A. McSweeney, L.M. Klein, G. Calandra, D. Huebner (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)
0719 INTRAVENOUS BUSULFAN IN AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION
CONDITIONING REGIMEN FOR ADULT PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA. MULTICENTRE RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS

C. Grande, P.J. García Sánchez, J. de la Rubia, D. Serrano, M. López Duarte, R. García Boyero, P. Rosique, I. Heras, R. Martínez, J.J. Lahuerta (Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain)
0720 HIGHER INFUSED CD34+ HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL DOSE CORRELATES WITH EARLIER LYMPHOCYTE RECOVERY ANDBETTER CLINICAL OUTCOME AFTER AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELLTRANSPLANTATION IN NON-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA
C. Suh, D.H. Yoon, B.S. Sohn, J.E. Kim, C.H. Yoo, S. Kim, D.H. Lee, C.J. Park, J.R. Huh (Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South-Korea)
0721 SEARCH OF AN UNRELATED DONOR FOR PATIENTS WITH HIGH RISK ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA: RESULTS OF A PROSPECTIVE, UNICENTRIC STUDY
A.P. Iori, V. Valle, A. Piciocchi, G.F. Torelli, L. Malandruccolo, G. Meloni, A.M. Testi, W. Barberi, A. Vitale, F. Milano, B. Lucarelli, E. Iannella, F. Natalino, M. Perrone, L. Laurenti, R. Ricci, C. Minotti, W. Arcese, R. Foà (Hematology, Rome, Italy)
0722 SINGLE CENTER COMPARATIVE STUDY OF UNRELATED UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTATION VERSUS HLA MATCHED FAMILY DONOR TRANSPLANTATION IN ADULTS WITH ACUTE LEUKEMIA AND HIGH RISK MYELODISPLASTIC SYNDROME
A. de Laiglesia, I. Vicuña, A. Sebrango, G. Bautista, C. Regidor, R. Forés, E. Ojeda, J.A. García-Marco, S. Gil, I. Krsnik, B. Navarro, I. Sanjuan, J.R. Cabrera, M.N. Fernández (Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain)
0723 SECOND ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION AS SALVAGE TREATMENT IN RELAPSED HAEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES: FEASIBILITY AND OUTCOME IN 26 PATIENTS
M.T. Lupo Stanghellini, A.A. Assanelli, R. Crocchiolo, D. Clerici, M. Tassara, V. Calbi, M. Bernardi, M. Marcatti, C. Corti, M.G. Carrabba, F. Lunghi, E. Guggiari, L. Camba, C. Bonini, J. Peccatori, F. Ciceri (San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy)
0724 OUTCOME OF ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN 30 ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA PATIENTS AGED 60 YEARS OR OLDER
A. Candoni, E. Simeone, A. Sperotto, M. Tiribelli, A. Geromin, M. Cerno, F. Patriarca, M. Battista, R. Fanin (Division of Hematology, Udine, Italy)
0725 TANDEM AUTO-SCT AND REDUCED-INTENSITY CONDITIONING (RIC) ALLO-SCT FOR RELAPSED OR TRANSFORMED AGGRESSIVE B CELL NON-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA (NHL)
M.D. Clavert (Hotel Dieu CHU, Nantes, France)
0726 COMPLETE HEMATOLOGIC REMISSION BUT NOT MOLECULAR REMISSION IS ASSOCIATED WITH PROLONGED SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE LEUKEMIA BEFORE HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION
F. Folber, M. Doubek, I. Palasek, D. Dvorakova, J. Mayer (University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic)


STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION – MISCELLANEOUS

0727

SMALL HUMAN ß-DEFENSIN-3 DERIVED PEPTIDE INDUCES RAPID AND PREFERENTIAL MOBILIZATION OF MOUSE HEMATOPOIETIC PROGENITOR CELLS VIA SDF-1 SECRETION
A. Kalinkovich, A. Schajnovitz, S. Shivtiel, A. Ludin, O. Kollet, M. Fridkin, T. Lapidot (Weizmann Insitiute of Science, Rehovot, Israel)

0728

HEMATOPOIETIC CELLS RECEIVE A STRONG IMPRINTING WHEN PASSING THROUGH BONE MARROW: RESULTS OF A COMPARISON BETWEEN INTRABONE VERSUS INTRAVENOUS TRANSPLANTATION
M. Massello, F. Frassoni, V. Pinto, C. Marini, S. Morbelli, G.L. Ubezio, A. Ibatici, R. Varaldo, G. Curti, M. Podesta, F. Frassoni, G.M. Sambuceti (Nuclear Medicine University of Genova, Genova, Italy)

0729

HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS CAN AMELIORATE HEMATOPOIETIC FUNCTION AFTER CHEMO-RADIOTHERAPY INDUCED STROMAL DAMAGE
S.C. Carrancio, F.M. Sanchez-Gujo, N. Lopez-Holgado, P. Hernandez-Campo, S. Olave, B. Blanco, L.I. Sanchez-Abarca, O. Lopez, M. Diez-Campelo, J.A. Perez-Simon, J.F. San Miguel, M.C. Cañizo (Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain)

0730

CXCL12 RS1801157 POLIMORPHISM IS ASSOCIATED WITH DECREASED MRNA CXCL12 EXPRESSION AND HIGHER HEMOPOIETIC PROGENITOR CELL (HPC) MOBILIZATION
B. Martín Antonio, M. Carmona, P. Trujillo, J. Alcántara, A. Freire, J. Falantes, I. Espigado, A. Urbano Ispizua (Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Seville, Spain)

0731 REPORT OF 15-YEAR EXPERIENCE OF THE MILANO CORD BLOOD BANK: CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF SINGLE UNRELATED CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANTS
A. Ruggeri, L. Lecchi, I. Ionescu, D. Purtill, K. Boudjedir, E. Gluckman, V. Rocha, P. Rebulla (Eurocord-Saint Louis, Paris, France)
0732 IRON OVERLOAD AFTER ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION (HSCT) EVALUATED BY SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE (SQUID)
A. Busca, M. Falda, P. Manzini, S. D'Antico, F. Longo, F. Locatelli, A. Chiappella, S. D'Ardia, R. Calabrese, A. Piga (Hematology , AOU San Giovanni Battista, Turin, Italy)
0733 FREEZE-DRYING OF HUMAN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELLS
Y. Natan, A. Nagler, M. Binyamini, R. Mayerov, A. Arav (Core Dynamics, Ness Ziona, Israel)
0734 IMPACT OF VITAMIN D RECEPTOR GENE POLYMORPHISMS ON CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF SIBLING HLA-MATCHED HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION
H.J. Cho, J.H. Kim, N. Kim, E.K. Ra, S.S. Yoon, Y.C Hong, H.K. Kim, S.S. Park, D.S. Lee, S. Park, M.H. Park, B.K. Kim, I. Kim (Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South-Korea)
0735 IMMUNOBIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF NKT CELLS FROM ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA PATIENTS IN A PRE-CLINICAL ANTILEUKEMIC TRIAL
H.J. Kim, J.B. Choi, J.H. Moon, T.H. Lee, H.S. Kang, W.S. Min (Catholic HSCT Center, Seoul, South-Korea)
0736 THE EFFECT OF HUMAN UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD CD34+ PROGENITOR CELLS TRANSPLANTATION ON DIABETIC MICE
M. Attia, A. Husein, M. Awad, A. Abdelal, M. Elbarbary (Faculty of Medicine - Ismailia University, Ismailia, Egypt)
0737 A COCKTAIL TO BYPASS FETAL BOVINE SERUM LIMITATIONS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF UMBILICAL CORD DERIVED MESENCHYMAL STROMAL STEM CELLS FOR CLINICAL USE
K. Chieregato, S. Castegnaro, D. Madeo, F. Rodeghiero (San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy)
0738 POLYMORPHISMS OF MTHFR AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION
S. Giammarco, P. Chiusolo, S. Bellesi, S. Marietti, D.G. De Ritis, E. Metafuni, S. De Matteis, G. Leone, S. Sica (Università Cattolica S. Cuore, Rome, Italy)
0739 PROGNOSTIC FACTORS FOR SUCCESSFUL MOBILIZATION AND COLLECTION OF PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELLS (PBSC) IN PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES. A STUDY OF 209 PATIENTS
M.K. Angelopoulou, T.P. Vassilakopoulos, S. Masouridis, M. Moschogiannis, P. Tsirkinidis, V. Pappi, Z. Galani, V. Kalotychou, K. Konstantoudakis, E. Dimitriadou, C. Kalpadaki, M. Dimopoulou, S. Kokoris, N.-A. Vyniou, E. Variamis, M.P. Siakantaris, Y. Rombos, M.-C. Kyrtsonis, P. Panayiotidis, G.A. Pangalis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece)
0740 AXP IN ROUTINE CORD BLOOD BANKING: CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENT VOLUME REDUCTION METHODOLOGIES
P. Solves, V. Mirabet, A. Blanquer, F. Delgado, L. Larrea, A. Torres, A. Andres, I. Aznar, M. Guillen, R.J. Roig (Transfusion Center, Valencia, Spain
0741 PLATELET ENGRAFTMENT IN PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES FOLLOWING UNMANIPULATED HAPLOIDENTICALBLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION: EFFECTS OF CD34+CELL DOSE AND DISEASE STATUS
H. Xiao-Jun, Y.J. Chang, L.P. Xu, D.H. Liu, K.Y. Liu, W. Han, Y.H. Chen, Y. Wang, H. Chen, J.Z. Wang, X.H. Zhang, X.Y. Zhao (Peking University People's Hospital & Peking University Institute of Hematology, Beijing, China)

 

NOVEL THERAPEUTICS, TARGETED THERAPIES AND GENE
THERAPY - PRECLINICAL

0742

A VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR INHIBITORY ANTIBODY EFFECTIVELY INHIBITS ARTERIAL THROMBOSIS IN A HIGH SHEAR RATE MODEL IN BABOONS
W.J. Janse van Rensburg, J.P. Roodt, S. Lamprecht, P.N. Badenhorst, S.M. Meiring, S. Hou, H. Mottl (Universirty of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa)

0743

LEUKEMIA INDUCED BY ALTERED TRK-SIGNALING IS SENSITIVE TO TREATMENT WITH MTOR INHIBITORS IN A PRECLINICAL MODEL
Z. Li, M. Rhein, A. Schwarzer, M. Yang, V. Kaever, J. Meyer, A. Ganser, C. Baum (Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany)

0744

PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE OF CLINICAL ACTIVITY IN A PHASE 1 STUDY OF CAL-, A POTENT SELECTIVE INHIBITOR OF THE P110DELTA ISOFORM OF PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE, IN PATIENTS WITH B-CELL MALIGNANCIES
W. Flinn, J. Byrd, R. Furman, J. Brown, T. Lin, C. Bello, N. Giese, A. Yu (Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Nashville, USA)

0745

EPIGENETIC THERAPY WITH 5-AZACITIDINE, VALPROIC ACID, AND ATRA IN PATIENTS WITH HIGH-RISK AML OR MDS: RESULTS OF THE FRENCH VIVEDEP PHASE II STUDY
E. Raffoux, C. Recher, C. Gardin, J.P. Marolleau, O. Reman, A. Cras, P. Turlure, S. Maury, A. De Labarthe, L. Degos, S. Chevret, C. Chomienne, H. Dombret (Hopital Saint Louis, Paris, France)

0746 PRECLINICAL EXPERIENCES WITH THE NOVEL CALICHEAMICINCONJUGATED CD22 ANTIBODY INOTUZUMAB OZOGAMICIN (CMC- 544) IN THE TREATMENT OF PEDIATRIC ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA
F. de Vries, C.M. Zwaan, M. de Bie, J.S.A. Voerman, J.J.M. van Dongen, H.H. Patel, V.H.J. van der Velden (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
0747 INTERFERON-ALPHA-ENGINEERED MULTIPOTENT MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MYELOMA
M. Tinelli, M. Mazzocco, M. Martini, F. Mosna, V. Lisi, S. Indraccolo, L. Moserle, T. Cestari, A.P. Riviera, F. Bifari, G. Tridente, G. Pizzolo, S. Sartoris, M. Krampera (Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Verona, Italy)
0748 HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 32-TARGETING DRUGS INDUCE GROWTH ARREST AND APOPTOSIS IN LEUKEMIC CELLS IN ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA (ALL)
R.A.M. Meyer, H. Herrmann, K.V. Gleixner, S. Cerny-Reiterer, A. Gruze, R. Hubmann, M. Shehata, M. Mayerhofer, W.R. Sperr, W.F. Pickl, J.V. Melo, H. Nakamura, U. Jäger, H. Maeda, P. Valent (Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria)
0749 PROTEOMIC ANALYSIS OF PKC-BETA INHIBITOR ENZASTAURIN-TREATED MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA
M. Weinkauf, M. Rieken, A. Pastore, G. Hutter, Y. Zimmermann, W. Hiddemann, M. Dreyling (CCG Leukemia, Campus Grosshadern Medical Clinic III and Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany)
0750 THE BH3 MIMETIC GX015-070 (OBATOCLAX) INDUCES APOPTOSIS AND GROWTH INHIBITION IN NEOPLASTIC MAST CELLS
B. Peter, K Aichberger, K.V. Gleixner, E. Hadzijusufovic, K. Schuch, W.F. Pickl, M. Willmann, P. Valent (Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria)
0751 QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATION OF NF-KB AND STAT-3 AS PARAMETER OF RESPONSE TO TARGETED TREATMENTS IN IMMUNOPHENOTYPICALLY DEFINED CELLS IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA
H. Minderman, K. O'Loughlin, C. Collins, V . Venkatachalam, T. George, P.K. Wallace (Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, USA)
0752 ACTIVITY OF MLN492, A NOVEL FIRST IN CLASS SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITOR OF THE NEDD8 ACTIVATING ENZYME (NAE), IN PRECLINICAL MODELS OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA (AML)
T. Swords, K. Kelly, P. Smith, D. Mahalingam, M. O'Dwyer, S. Nawrocki, F. Giles, J. Carew (Cancer Therapy and Reseach Center, San antonio, USA)
0753 OVERCOMING DRUG RESISTANCE WITH SGI-1776: A NOVEL PIM KINASE INHIBITOR WITH POTENT PRECLINICAL ACTIVITY IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA (AML)
T. Swords, K. Kelly, D. Mahalingam, M. O'Dwyer, S. Nawrocki, F. Giles, J. Carew (Cancer Therapy and Reseach Center, San Antonio, USA)
0754 INTERFERENCE WITH AML1/ETO LEUKEMOGENIC FUNCTION BY CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDES TARGETING THE OLIGOMERIZATIONDOMAIN
Y. Becker, C. Wichmann, M. Grez (Georg-Speyer-Haus, Frankfurt, Germany)
0755 TUMOR MEMBRANE-BOUND DIMERIC IL-2 AND A BISPECIFIC CD3X19 ANTIBODY INDUCE CYTOTOXIC T-CELL STIMULATORY CAPACITY OF B-CELL CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA CELLS
M. Notter (Charité, Berlin, Germany)
0756 BI-213 LABELED ANTI-CD20 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES INDUCE APOPTOSIS AND OVERCOME CHEMORESISTANCE IN NONHODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA AND CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA CELLS
C. Friesen, M. Roscher, I. Hormann, A. Morgenstern, F. Bruchertseifer, C. Apostolidis, Th. Zenz, S. Stilgenbauer, E. Miltner (Institute for Legal Medicine, University Ulm, Ulm, Germany)
0757 LEUKEMIA CELL-SELECTIVE UPTAKE OF CYTARABINE AND DAUNORUBICIN IN THE BONE MARROW COMPARTMENT MEDIATED BY CPX-351 LIPOSOME INJECTION
D. Mayer, S. Lim, G. Tardi, X. Xie, M Fan, X Huang, O Harasym (Celator Pharmaceuticals, Vancouver, Canada)
0758 INDUCTION OF APOPTOSIS IN CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUCEMIA (CLL) CELLS BY THE PARA-ISOMER OF NITRIC OXIDE-DONATING ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID (P-NO-ASA) AT LOW MICROMOLAR CONCENTRATIONS
R. Razavi, I. Gehrke, R.K. Gandhirajan, J. Paesler, A. Filipovich, F. Erdfelder, M. Hertweck, S. Uhrmacher, M. Hallek, K.-A. Kreuzer (Uniklinik Koeln, Koeln, Germany)
0759 ZALYPSIS, A NOVEL AND SELECTIVE ANTILEUKEMIC AGENT TARGETING INMATURE BLAST CELL POPULATIONS
E. Colado, P. Maiso, L. González, E.M. Ocio, M.B. Vidriales, A. Pandiella, J.F. San Miguel (Hospital Universitario de Salamanca- Centro deInvestigación del Cáncer-IBMCC (U, Salamanca, Spain)
0760 K-RAS SHRNA POTENTIATES FARNESYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR (FTI) EFFICACY IN CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA
A. Morgan, F. Onono, M. Scherr, L. Venturini, I. Dallman, A. Ganser, C.W.M. Reuter (Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany)
0761 EXPLOITING THE UNIQUE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF SAPACITABINE (CYC682) TO OBTAIN SYNERGY WITH OTHER THERAPEUTIC AGENTS FOR CLINICAL USE IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA
S.M. Frame, R.H. MacKay, M. Hogben, C. Connolly, S. Anderson, I.N. Fleming, S. Davis, D. Blake, S.R. Green (Cyclacel Ltd, Dundee, United Kingdom)


RED BLOOD CELLS AND IRON III

0762

THE EFFECT OF DEFERASIROX ON MYOCARDIAL IRON OVERLOAD AND CARDIAC FUNCTION: A PROSPECTIVE INDEPENDENTMONOCENTRIC STUDY USING CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE T2* (MRI T2*)
A. Roghi, E. Cassinerio, P. Proto, P. Pedrotti, S. Pedretti, A. Marcon, L. Zanaboni, M.D. Cappellini (Azienda Ospedaliera Niguarda Ca’Granda, Milan, Milan, Italy)

0763

DEFERASIROX REDUCES CARDIAC IRON BURDEN IN CHRONICALLY TRANSFUSED B-THALASSEMIA PATIENTS WITH MILD-TO-MODERATE CARDIAC SIDEROSIS AS DEMONSTRATED BY MRI T2*
J. Wood, A.A. Thompson, C. Paley, B. Kang, P. Giardina, P. Harmatz, T Glynos, T. Coates (Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA)

0764

FLUCTUATION OF CYSTATIN C CONCENTRATION DURING DEFERASIROX TREATMENT IN THALASSEMIC PATIENTS MAYREFLECT HEMODYNAMIC CHANGES
I. Papassotiriou, A. Margeli, E. Hantzi, P. Delaporta, V. Ladis, A. Kattamis(Aghia Sophia Childen's Hospital, Athens, Greece)

0765

MALE AND FEMALE FERTILITY AND PREGNANCY IN THALASSAEMIA MAJOR, THE WHITTINGTON EXPERIENCE
J. Muthalali, F. Shah, E. Prescott (University College Hospital London, London, United Kingdom)

0766 INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS INDUCE AUGMENTED ADHESIVE PROPERTIES IN NEUTROPHILS FROM CONTROL AND SICKLECELL DISEASE INDIVIDUALS, IN ASSOCIATION WITH ALTEREDINTRACELLULAR CYCLIC AMP
I. Miguel, A. Canalli, B. Almeida, T.O. Saad, F. Costa, N. Conran (Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil)
0767 NEUTROPHILS ARE SUBJECT TO BOTH ANTI AND PRO APOPTOTIC STIMULI IN THE SERUM OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE INDIVIDUALS
C. Almeida, F. Pereira, I. Lorand-Metze, C. Franco-Penteado, S. Saad, F. Costa, N. Conran (Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil)
0768 CREATING A EUROPEAN NETWORK OF EXPERT CENTRES ON RARE ANAEMIAS: A NEW CHALLENGE FOR ENERCA 3
J.L. Vives Corrons, M.d.M. Mañú Pereira (Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain)
0769 BILIRUBIN LEVELS AND TATA BOX POLYMORPHISM OF UGT1A1 GENE ASSOCIATED TO GILBERT'S SYNDROME IN THE DIFFERENT CLINICAL FORMS OF HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS
S. Rocha (Faculdade de Farmácia/Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Porto, Portugal)
0770 CARDIAC IRON OVERLOAD AFTER TREATMENT WITHANTHRACYCLINES IS MODULATED BY HFE GENOTYPE
A. Cascales, B. Sanchez-Vega, F. Pastor, J. Corral, V. Vicente, F. Ayala (Centro Hemodonacion, Murcia, Spain)
0771 MRI LIVER IRON MEASUREMENT IN PATIENTS WITH TRANSFUSIONAL IRON OVERLOAD: DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES, DIFFERENT RESULTS, DIFFERENT THERAPEUTIC CONSEQUENCES?
H. Cario, A. Schulz, M. Juchems, A. Wunderlich (University Hospital, Ulm, Germany)
0772 EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF DEFERASIROX IN CHELATION-NAÏVE PATIENTS WITH B-THALASSAEMIA MAJOR: RESULTS FROM THE LARGE-SCALE EPIC STUDY
A. Taher, A. Koren, H. Tamary, M.D. Cappellini, J.B. Porter, D. Habr, G. Domokos, B. Roubert, V. Viprakasit (American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon)
0773 GENE EXPRESSION OF THE IL-6/STAT-3/HAMP SIGNALING PATHWAY IN MONONUCLEAR CELLS IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE
S. Gambero, M.A.C. Bezerra, C. Lanaro, C.F. Franco-Penteado, K.Y. Fertrin, M.R.B. Mello, D.M. Albuquerque, S.T.O. Saad, A.S. Araujo, F.F. Costa (UnicampP, Campinas, Brazil)
0774 OXIDATIVE STRESS AND GENE EXPRESSION OF INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS IN MONONUCLEAR CELLS IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE
K. Fertrin, M. Bezerra, C. Lanaro, C. Franco-Penteado, S. Gambero, M. Mello, D. Albuquerque, S. Saad, A. Araujo, F. Costa (Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil)
0775 ACUTE HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19 INFECTION AND NEPHROTIC SYNDROME IN PATIENTS WITH SICKLE CELL DISEASE
S Quek, C. Sharpe, N. Dutt, D. Rees, S. Height, M. Zuckerman, S.L. Thein (King's College Hospital NHS Trust London, London, United Kingdom)
0777 C-TERMINAL DELETION IN THE ALAS2 GENE AND X-LINKED DOMINANT PROTOPORPHYRIA
E. Di Pierro, V. Brancaleoni, D. Tavazzi, M.D. Cappellini (Foundation Policlinico-University of Milan, Milan, Italy

 

PLATELETS AND THROMBOCYTOPENIA II

0778

ACCURACY OF PLATELET COUNTING BY HAEMATOLOGY ANALYSERS AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE TRANSFUSION DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
M. Lopez Rubio, E. Magro, T. Pascual, J. Garcia Suarez, J.J. Gil Fernandez, M.A. Calero, Y. Martin Guerrero, M. Callejas, C. Perez Calvo, C. Burgaleta (Hospital Universitario Principe de Asturias, Alacala de Henares, Spain)

0779

CLINICAL OUTCOME AND RISK FACTOR ANALYSES IN THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA-HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT THERAPEUTIC PLASMA EXCHANGE
J.W. Kim, I. Kim, S.S. Yoon, K.S. Han, S. Park, B.K. Kim (Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South-Korea)

0780

AUDIT ASSESSING POSSIBLE RISK FACTORS FOR THROMBOTIC MICROANGIOPATHIES IN A SINGLE CLINICAL APHERESIS UNIT
J. Catlow, K. Douglas, K. Pollock (The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, United Kingdom)

0781

ANALYSIS OF CARBONYLATED PROTEINS IN HUMAN BLOOD PLATELETS
A. Sobotkova, K. Pimkova, P. Majek, M. Maly, J. Suttnar, J.E. Dyr (Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic)

0782 PLATELET MICROPARTICLES IN PEDIATRIC IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA
A. Tantawy, R. M.Matter, A. A.S.Hamed, M. A.S.Eltelbany (Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt)
0783 INCREASED LEVELS OF PLATELET-LEUCOCYTE COMPLEXES IN BEHCET'S DISEASE PATIENTS WITH MAJOR VASCULAR INVOLVEMENT
G.E. Pamuk, Ö.N. Pamuk, H. Örüm, M. Demir, B. Turgut (Trakya University Medical Faculty, Division of Hematology, Edirne, Turkey)
0784 HELICOBACTER PYLORI ERADICATION IMPROVES PLATELET COUNT IN INFECTED CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA
M. Ferrara (Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
0785 DOES ANTI-TNF THERAPY CAUSE ANY CHANGE IN PLATELET ACTIVATION IN ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS PATIENTS?
G.E. Pamuk, Ö.N. Pamuk, H. Örüm, B. Turgut, M. Demir (Trakya University Medical Faculty, Division of Hematology, Edirne, Turkey)
0786 IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA AND AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA IN THE PATIENTS WITH COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY
K. Moazzami, N. Rezaei, A. Aghamohammadi (University of Tehran, Medical School, Tehran, Iran)
0787 ABNORMAL HEPATOBILIARY LABORATORY VALUES AMONG PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA (ITP)
D. Bennett, C. Enger, K.L. Dawson, A. Brainsky, M. Aivado, D. Theodore (GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, USA)
0788 CHRONIC AND RECURRENT IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA IN CHILDHOOD - SINGLE INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE
K. Martinova, O. Muratovska, S. Glamocanin, Z. Antevska-Trajkova, B. Coneska-Jovanova, S. Koceva (University Children's Hospital, Skopje, Macedonia)
0789 ITP AND CELIAC DISEASE: A NON SPORADIC ASSOCIATION
F. Cecere, G. Pollio, A. Mangione, A.G. De Anseris, R. Albano, G. Menna (Aorn”s.Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona”, Salerno, Italy)
0790 CLINICAL AND RADIOLOGIC EVALUATION OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUSINDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA IN INFANTS BETWEEN 1 MONTH AND 6 MONTHS OF AGE
S.Y. Kim, E.S. Park, H.J. Kim (Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South-Korea)
0791 NATIONAL SURVEY ON PREVALENCE AND TREATMENT OF IMMUNE THOMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA IN POLAND - PLATE QUESTIONNAIRE
M. Zawilska, M. Podolak-Dawidziak, K. Chojnowski, J. Windyga, J. Zdziarska (J.Strus Hospital, Poznan, Poland)
0792 DYNAMICS OF PLATELET MORPHOFUNCTIONAL STATUS IN ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY
E.A. Vlasova, I. Vasilenko, V. Suslov, V. Samoylenko (Russian gerontological scientific clinical center, Moscow, Russian Federation)


MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES II

0793

PROMOTER HYPERMETHYLATION STATUS OF THE MEG3 AND SNRPN IMPRINTED GENES IN MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES
L. Benetatos, E. Hatzimichael, G. Dranitsaris, A. Dasoula, M. Syrrou, S. Tsiara, G. Vartholomatos, M. Voukelatou, K. Bourantas (University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece)

0794

SERUM ERYTHROPOIETIN AT DIAGNOSIS IN LOW GRADE MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME CORRELATES WITH BOTH RED CELL ZINC PROTOPORPHYRIN AND SERUM LDH AND MAY REFLECTSEVERITY OF INEFFECTIVE ERYTHROPOIESIS
P.T. Murphy, S.M. McPherson, K.D. Breen, J.S. Slaby (Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland)

0795

ANALYSIS OF EXPRESSION OF THE WNT-ANTAGONIST SFRP1 AND QUANTIFICATION OF ITS PROMOTER METHYLATION BY PYROSEQUENCING IN BONE MARROW MONONUCLEAR CELLS FROM PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT RISK-TYPES OF MDS, ALL, AND AML
J. Reins, M. Mossner, A. Kmetsch, U. Platzbecker, E. Thiel, W.K. Hofmann (Charite Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Berlin, Germany)

0796

A NOVEL PEDIGREE WITH HETEROZYGOUS GERMLINE RUNX1 MUTATION CAUSING FAMILIAL MDS-RELATED AML - CAN THESE FAMILIES SERVE AS A MULTISTEP MODEL FOR LEUKAEMIC TRANSFORMATION IN MDS AND AML?
T. Ripperger, D. Steinemann, G. Göhring, C.M. Niemeyer, B. Strahm, B. Schlegelberger (Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany)

0797 DECREASE IN INTRA- AND EXTRA-CELLULAR FREE IRON SPECIESAND OXIDATIVE STRESS PARAMETERS AND INCREASE IN SERUM AND URINARY HEPCIDIN DURING TREATMENT WITH DEFERASIROX IN IRON-LOADED PATIENTS WITH MDS
H. Ghoti, E. Fibach, D. Merkel, J. Amer, A. Nagler, I. Levi, S. Grisariu, E. Naparstek, A. Ackerstein, G. Olbina, M. Westerman, T. Ganz, E.A. Rachmilewitz (Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel)
0798 COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVE SPLICING OF THE RETROVIRAL RECEPTOR/HEME EXPORTER FLVCR1 IN MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES AND NORMAL ERYTHROPOIESIS WITH DIAMOND BLACKFAN ANEMIA
D.P. Steensma, J.C. Porcher (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)
0799 CD34 CELLS ARE UNDER OXIDATIVE STRESS - POSSIBLE IMPLICATION IN MDS PATHOGENESIS
A. C. Gonçalves, E. Cortesão, V. Alves, A. I. Espadana, L. Rito, E. Magalhães, S. Pereira, C. Moucho, A. Pereira, I. Sousa, A. Teixeira, A.B. Sarmento- Ribeiro (Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal)
0800 JAK2 V617F MUTATION IN PRIMARY MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES: A MULTICENTER RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
I.J. Dahabreh, K. Manola, A. Galanopoulos, C. Zoi, S. Giannouli, C. Stavropoulou, I. Vlachadami, K. Kalderi, M. Fisfis, K. Stefanoudaki,E. Terpos, V. Gota, Z. Kartasis, E. Palliou, A. Katsigiannis, P. Roussou, N. Anagnostopoulos, S. Lafioniatis, A. Palliou, D. Loukopoulos, C. Sambani, M. Voulgarelis, K. Zoi (Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece)
0801 SUPPRESSION OF THE DNA DAMAGE RESPONSE IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA VERSUS MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME
S. Boehrer, L. Adès, C. Gardin, W.K. Hofmann, P. Fenaux, G. Kroemer (Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny, France)
0802 IMMUNE EFFECTORS AND REGULATORY T CELLS IN MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES (MDS)
F. Alfinito, M. Sica, L. Luciano, R. Della Pepa, C. Palladino, I. Ferrara, U. Giani, G. Ruggiero, G. Terrazzano (University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy)
0803 NANOG MRNA IS HIGHLY EXPRESSED IN MDS CELLS AND DURING ERYTHROID DIFFERENTIATION
J. Xavier (Hemocentro Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil)
0804 EXPRESSION PATTERNS OF CELL CYCLE AND DNA REPLICATION GENES DISCRIMINATE EARLY AND ADVANCED MDS
A. Vasikova, M. Belickova, E. Budinska, J. Cermak (Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic)
0805 LEUKEMIC TRANSFORMATION OF MDS PATIENTS DYSPLAYING ABNORMAL CYTOGENTICS WITHOUT DEFINITE DYSPLASIA IN BONE MARROW CELLS
S.Y. Kim, M.S Kim, K.J Han, M. Lee, W.S. Min, J.W. Lee (KonKuk University Medical Center, Seoul, South-Korea)
0806 THE USE OF IRON CHELATION THERAPY FOR TRANSFUSION DEPENDENT MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME PATIENTS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY IN BELGIUM
M Delforge, D. Selleslag, A. Triffet, P. Mineur, Y. Beguin, L. Noens, W. Pluymers, C. Ravoet (University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium)
0807 LENALIDOMIDE TREATMENT MODULATES CELL SURFACE MOLECULE EXPRESSION AND CYTOKINE SECRETION OF HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS FROM HEALTHY DONORS AND MDS PATIENTS
M. Wobus, G. Duennebier, M. Bornhaeuser, G. Ehninger, U. Platzbecker (University Hospital Dresden, Dresden, Germany)
0808 INCREASE IN BONE MARROW IMMATURE NON-LYMPHOID EARLY PRECURSORS PREDICTS A SHORT SURVIVAL IN MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES
I. Lorand-Metze, S.C. Reis, F. Traina, E. Ribeiro, S.T.O. Saad, K.M. Metze (State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil)
0809 LINK BETWEEN OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO HEAVY METALS AND HIGH RISK MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES
A. Divies, F. Hérin, K. Delavigne, E. Bart-Delabesse, N. Dastugue, G. Laurent, D. Adoue, O. Beyne-Rauzy (CHU Purpan, Toulouse, France)
0810 DIFFERENCES IN EXPRESSION OF GENES INVOLVED IN NUCLEAR FACTOR KAPPA B(NFKB) PATHWAY AFTER ANALYSIS BY QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION ARRAYS IN MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES (MDS) PATIENTS
E. Rouka, D. Adamidou, M. Alexandrakis, K. Lilakos, A. Melidou, N. Stathakis, D. Kyriakou, T. Kourelis (University Hospital of Larisa, Larisa, Greece)
0811 INFLUENCE OF SERUM FERRITIN LEVELS ON OVERALL SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH MYELODISPLASTIC SYNDROME
A. Jerez, A. Fernández, C. Martínez, V. Roldán, M.L. Lozano, M.M. Osma, F. Ortuño, V. Vicente (Hospital Universitario J.M. Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain)
0812 PHOSPHOINOSITIDE-PHOSPHOLIPASE C (PI-PLC) BETA1SIGNALLING IS INVOLVED IN ERYTHROPOIETIN RESPONSE OF LOW RISK MDS PATIENTS
C. Finelli, M. Follo, S. Mongiorgi, C. Clissa, F. Chiarini, N. Testoni, M. Baccarani, L. Manzoli, G. Martinelli, A. Martelli, L. Cocco (Institute of Hematology ”Seràgnoli”, Bologna, Italy)
0813 EFFECT OF AZACITIDINE (AZA) ON TRANSFUSION INDEPENDENCE (TI) AND OVERALL SURVIVAL (OS) IN PATIENTS (PTS) WITH HIGHER-RISK MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES (MDS)
J. Seymour, V. Santini, P. Fenaux, A. Giagounidis, G. Sanz, A.F. List, D. McKenzie, J. Backstrom, C.L. Beach (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Australia)
0814 EVALUATION OF APOPTOTIC MOLECULAR MARKERS AND GENE METHYLATION STATUS IN PATIENTS WITH MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME
E.N. Cortesao, A.C. Gonçalves, M.I. Sousa, C. Moucho, L. Rito, E. Magalhães, A.I. Espadana, M.A. Pereira, A. Teixeira, J. Nascimento Costa, A.B. Sarmento Ribeiro (University Hospital of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal)

 

ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA - BIOLOGY III

0815

REPRESSION OF THE MYST2 ACETYLTRANSFERASE IN LEUKEMOGENESIS AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH HEMATOPOIETIC CELL GROWTH
F. Isken, S. Göllner, C. Hoemme, S. Koschmieder, W.E. Berdel, C. Müller-Tidow (University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany)

0816

RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY USING ANTI-CD33 ANTIBODIES RADIOLABELED WITH THORIUM-226 OR BISMUTH-213 OVERCOME CHEMO- AND RADIORESISTANCE IN MYELOID LEUKEMIA CELLS
C. Friesen, M. Roscher, A. Morgenstern, F. Bruchertseifer, K. Abbas, C. Apostolidis, E. Miltner (Institute for Legal Medicine, University Ulm, Ulm, Germany)

0817

CBL MUTATIONS IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA (AML) AND MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASMS (MPN)
V.I. Gaidzik, A. Becker, F. Stegelmann, L. Bullinger, J. Krönke, B. Schlegelberger, A. Ganser, R.F. Schlenk, H. Döhner, K. Döhner (Universitätsklinik Ulm, Ulm, Germany)

0818

CYTOPLASMIC NPM1 DETECTION BY FLOW CYTOMETRY AS SURROGATE FOR THE PRESENCE OF MUTATIONS IN THE NPM1 GENE IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA
U. Oelschlaegel, S. Koch, M. Schaich, F. Kroschinsky, S. Parmentier, G. Ehninger, C. Thiede (University Hospital Dresden, Dresden, Germany)

0819 EXTENSIVE MUTATIONAL STATUS OF GENES AND CLINICAL OUTCOME IN PEDIATRIC ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA
H. Lapillonne, L. Llopis, A. Auvrignon, A. Renneville, M. Labopin, F. Mazingue, C. Perot, J.L. Lai, N. Philippe, P. Ballerini, V. Zurawski, M. Adam, L. Douay, G. Leverger, J. Landman-Parker, C. Preudhomme (Hôpital d'enfants Armand Trousseau, AP-HP and UPMC Univ Paris, UMR S93, Paris, France)
0820 'CUP-LIKE' ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA: A REPORT FROM A SINGLE CENTER
E. Griva-Kritikou, E. Goumakou, G. Androutsos, V. Xanthopoulos, G. Paterakis, S. Papadhimitriou, A. Agelidis, E. Voukouti, T. Marinakis, G. Gortzolidis, N. Anagnostopoulos, M. Georgiakaki (”G.Gennimatas” District Hospital, Athens, Greece)
0821 DEFINING T(5;17)(Q22;21) TRANSLOCATION MECHANISM INTHERAPY RELATED AND DE NOVO ACUTE PROMYELOCYTICLEUKEMIA
S.K. Hasan, T. Ottone, R. Schlenk, M.E. Mitra, E. Ammatuna, P. Bernasconi, F. Di Raimondo, M.T. Lupo Stanghellini, P. Marco, A.N. Mays, D. Grimwade, H. Dohner, F. Lo-Coco (University Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy)
0822 SPECIFIC ACTIVITY OF ANTI-CD33 ANTIBODIES RADIOLABELED WITH THORIUM-226 OR BISMUTH-213 PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE IN EFFICIENT KILLING OF LEUKEMIA CELLS DURING RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY
C. Friesen, M. Roscher, A. Morgenstern, F. Bruchertseifer, K. Abbas, C. Apostolidis, E. Miltner (Institute for Legal Medicine, University Ulm, Ulm, Germany)
0823 ANGIOGENESIS IN ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA IS MEDIATED BY THE HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR
A. Aires, N.C. Gutiérrez, J.J. Pérez, P. Maiso, E.M. Ocio, M.C. Chillón, F.V. Ticona, L. Díaz, J.F. San Miguel (Servicio de Hematología, Hospital Universitario. Centro de Investigación del Cán, Salamanca, Spain)
0824 ANALYSIS OF SUBCELLULAR COMPARTMENT EXPRESSION OF SURVIVIN WILD-TYPE AND SPLICING VARIANTS 2B AND DELTAEX3 IN PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA: IMPACT ON CLINICAL OUTCOME
J. Serrano-Lopez, J. Serrano, J. Sanchez-Garcia, L. Hermosin, V. Martin-Palanco, S. Tabares, J. Roman-Gomez, C. Herrera-Arroyo, A. Torres-Gomez (University Hospital Reina Sofia, Codoba, Spain)
0825 WILMS' TUMOR 1 GENE MUTATIONS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGHER RISK OF RELAPSE IN YOUNG ADULTS WITH ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA: A STUDY FROM THE ACUTE LEUKEMIA FRENCH ASSOCIATION
A. Renneville, N. Boissel, V. Zurawski, L. Llopis, V. Biggio, O. Nibourel, N. Philippe, X. Thomas, H. Dombret, C. Preudhomme (CHRU of Lille, Lille, France)
0826 EVI1 OVEREXPRESSION IS ASSOCIATED WITH UNFAVORABLE SUBTYPES IN PEDIATRIC ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA
B.V. Balgobind, S. Lugthart, I.H.I.M. Hollink, T.J.C.M. Arentsen-Peters, E. van Wering, S.S.N. de Graaf, D. Reinhardt, G.J.L. Kaspers, R. Pieters, J. Stary, J. Trka, H.B. Beverloo, M. Zimmermann, R. Delwel, C.M. Zwaan, M.M. van den Heuvel-Eibrink (Erasmus MC - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
0827 EXPRESSION OF ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME (ACE, CD143) AND SHAPERONS (BIP, CALNEXIN, CALRETICULIN) BY LEUKEMIC DENRITIC CELLS IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA (AML) PATIENTS
I. Galtseva, L. Pashin, E. Parovichnikova, A. Sudarikov, S. Danilov, I. Vorobiev, V. Savchenko (National Research Center for Hematology, Moscow, RussianFederation)
0828 CHARACTERISATION OF A NEW MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY RAISED AGAINST THE MUTANT A OF THE NPM1 PROTEIN: ITS APPLICATION IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF THE NPMC+AML
M. Gruszka (European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy)
0829 SURVIVIN EXPRESSION IMPACTS ON SURVIVAL IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA (AML) PATIENTS
J. Greiner, B.A. Guinn, H. Döhner, K.I. Mills, L. Bullinger (University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany)
0830 HUMAN MYELOID LEUKEMIA BLASTS ARE HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO IRON DEPRIVATION
C. Callens, S. Coulon, J. Naudin, N. Boissel, V. Asnafi, R. Monteiro, H. Dombret, E. Macintyre, I. Moura, O. Hermine (Hôpital Necker, Paris, France)


ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA – CLINICAL II

0831

COMBINATION OF IDARUBICIN, HIGH DOSE CYTARABINE AND SORAFENIB IS HIGHLY EFFECTIVE IN ACHIEVING REMISSION IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED, FLT3-MUTATED ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA (AML)
F. Ravandi, M. Andreeff, G. Garcia-Manero, S. Faderl, M. Konopleva, S. O'Brien, A. Byrd, M. Brandt, W. Zhang, D. Jones, M. Levis, J. Cortes, H. Kantarjian (University of Texas - M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA)

0832

IMPROVED OUTCOME BY ADDITION OF LOMUSTINE (CCNU) TO IDARUBICIN AND CYTARABINE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH DENOVO ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA. A REPORT FROM THE GOELAMS GROUP
P. Pigneux, J.l. Harousseau, F. Witz, M. Sauvezie, M.C. Bene, I. Luquet, T. Leguay, M. Hunault-berger, C. Recher, N. Vey, B. Lioure, C. Himberlin, F. Dreyfus, J. Reiffers, N. Milpied, N. Ifrah (CHU Bordeaux, Pessac, France)

0833

PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO LINTUZUMAB MONOTHERAPY IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA AND MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES - RESULTS OF A PHASE 1 TRIAL
A. Raza, J.G. Jurcic, E.J. Feldman, M. Maris, J. Stephenson, A.E. Frankel, M. Cooper, J. Wade, B.L. Wood, N. Galili, M. Siadak, E.L. Sievers, J.G. Drachman, G.J. Roboz (St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, USA)

0834

AS1411 IN COMBINATION WITH CYTARABINE IN RELAPSED AND REFRACTORY ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA (AML)
K. Stuart, K. Stockerl-Goldstein, M. Cooper, M. Devetten, R. Herzig, B. Medeiros, G. Schiller, A. Wei, G. Acton, D. Rizzieri (Hollings Cancer Center, Charleston, USA)

0835 CLASSIC II: UPDATED REMISSION DURATION AND SURVIVAL RESULTS OF SINGLE AGENT CLOFARABINE IN PREVIOUSLY UNTREATED OLDER ADULT PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA (AML) AND AT LEAST ONE UNFAVORABLE BASELINE PROGNOSTIC FACTOR
M Kantarjian, P. Erba, F. Claxton, M.L. Arellano, R.M. Lyons, T.J. Kovacsovics, J. Gabrilove, S. Eckert, S. Faderl (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas, USA)
0836 PROGNOSIS OF PATIENTS WITH AML CARRYING 11Q23/MLL RECIPROCAL TRANSLOCATIONS : A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 191 CASES FROM THE FRENCH AML-INTERGROUP
A. Banos, A. Jaquet, A. Auvrignon, N. Dastugue, S. Castaigne, G. Michel, P. Fenaux, C. Recher, J. Reiffers, G. Socié, J.L. Harousseau, D. Blaise, B. Lioure, C. Bastard, N. Ifrah, H. Dombret, A. Pigneux (Centre Hospitalier de la Côte Basque, Bayonne, France)
0837 IMPROVED OUTCOME WITH ANDROGENS AS MAINTENANCE TREATMENT IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA AFTER ICL REGIMEN AS INDUCTION THERAPY: RESULTS OF THE GOELAMS SA-2002 MULTICENTER PHASE III RANDOMIZED OPEN TRIAL
P. Pigneux, C. Himberlin, M. Hunault-berger, F. Witz, T. Leguay, C. Recher, J.l. Harousseau, B. Lioure, N. Milpied, I. Luquet, M.C. Bene, N. Ifrah, F. Dreyfus, F. Perry, J. Sotto, P. Guardiola (CHU Bordeaux, Pessac, France)
0838 THE COMBINATION OF FLOW-CYTOMETRY MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT AND CYTOGENETIC/GENETIC PARAMETERS ALLOWS A PROPER RISK STRATIFICATION OFADULT AML PATIENTS: IMPLICATION FOR TRANSPLANT CHOICE AND POST CONSOLIDATION THERAPY
F. Buccisano, L. Maurillo, M.I. Del Principe, G. Del Poeta, M.A. Irno Consalvo, D. Fraboni, S. Lavorgna, T. Ottone, S. Campagna, E. Ammatuna, M. Rizzo, L. Giannì, M. Postorino, W. Arcese, F. Lo Coco, S. Amadori, A. Venditti (Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome, Italy)
0839 PROGNOSTIC AND PREDICTIVE FACTORS FOR SURVIVAL AFTERCOMPLETE REMISSION IN INDUCTION THERAPY OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKAEMIA
M. Pfirrmann, S. Soucek, M. Bornhaeuser, T. Illmer, G. Ehninger, M. Schaich (Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany)
0840 AMONAFIDE (AS1413) IS UNAFFECTED BY MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGH RESPONSE RATE IN PATIENTS WITH SECONDARY AML
S. Lundberg, M. Chau, H.P. Erba, A.L. Dressel, G. Acton, R.L. Capizzi, M.R. Baer (Antisoma, Cambridge, USA)
0841 PRE- AND POST-TRANSPLANT FACTORS PREDICT LONG TERM SURVIVAL AFTER REDUCED INTENSITY ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKAEMIA
C. Craddock, S. Nagra, N. Duncan, S. Mackinnon, N. Russell (Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom)
0842 MLN823, A NOVEL ORALLY ACTIVE AURORA A KINASE INHIBITOR, IS HIGHLY ACTIVE ALONE AND IN COMBINATION WITH CYTARABINE IN PRECLINICAL MODELS OF ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA
R. Kelly, R. Swords, D. Mahalingam, S. Nawrocki, E. Medina, S. Smith, S. Padmanabhan, J. Ecsedy, F. Giles, J. Carew (Institute for Drug Development, San Antonio, USA)
0843 IMPACT OF MYELODYSPLASIA-RELATED CHANGES AS DEFINED BY THE 2008 WHO CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA (AML) TREATED INTENSIVELY
C. Gardin, C. Terré, N. Gachard, I. Tigaud, F. Desangles, C. Bastard, O. Maarek,J.-L. Lai, A. Bernheim, C. Perot, V. Eclache, P. Turlure, X. Thomas, S. Castaigne,M. Michallet, C. Preudhomme, T. Fagot, D. Bordessoule, P. Fenaux,H. Dombret (Hopital Avicenne-APHP, Univ.Paris, Bobigny, France
0844 FLUDARABINE-BASED INDUCTION THERAPY DOES NOT OVERCOME THE NEGATIVE EFFECT OF ABCG (BCRP) OVEREXPRESSION IN ADULT ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA PATIENTS
M. Tiribelli, A. Geromin, A. Michelutti, M. Cavallin, A. Candoni, E. Toffoletti, R. Fanin, D. Damiani (Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Udine, Italy)
0845 SIX-YEAR OUTCOMES UPDATE FROM A RANDOMIZED PHASE 3TRIAL IN AML: DURABLE EFFECT OF REMISSION MAINTENANCEIMMUNOTHERAPY WITH HISTAMINE DIHYDROCHLORIDE AND LOW-DOSE IL-2
L. Brune, J.M. Rowe, M.E. Buyse, P. Squifflet, S. Castaigne, S.E. Allard, K. Hellstrand (Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden)
0846 CXCR4 AS A PREDICTOR OF RESPONSE IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKAEMIA
M. Giannoccaro, A. Mestice, D. Pastore, A. Liso, M.C. Longo, V. Fesce, C. Ingrosso, N. Sgherza, P. Manduzio, P. Mongelli, R. Angarano, A. Mazzone, V. Liso, G. Specchia (Hematology - University of Bari, Bari, Italy)
0847 RASGRP1/APTX RATIO STRONGLY CORRELATES WITH CLINICAL RESPONSE AND SURVIVAL IN AML PATIENTS TREATED WITH TIPIFARNIB-BORTEZOMIB COMBINATION
S. Paolini, E. Ottaviani, B. Lama, F. Salmi, S. Parisi, C. Clissa, A. Curti, C. Finelli, I. Iacobucci, C. Laterza, C. Papayannidis, P.P. Piccaluga, N. Vianelli, G. Saglio, R. Fanin, F. Morabito, A. Zaccaria, F. Lauria, M. Gobbi, D. Amadori, M. Baccarani, G. Martinelli (University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy)
0848 IMPACT OF MOLECULAR MARKERS AND CYTOGENETIC ABNORMALITIES ON LONG-TERM OVERALL SURVIVAL AND DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA (AML) PATIENTS RECEIVING ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATIONS (HSCT)
M. Michallet, M. Sobh, F. Barraco, F.E. Nicolini, C. Dumontet, Y. Chelghoum, G. Cannas, E. Nicolas-Virelizier, N. Plesa, S. Ducastelle, J. Troncy, X. Thomas(Edouard Herriot Hospital, Lyon, France)
0850 THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF AZACITIDINE IN PATIENTS WITH NEWLY-DIAGNOSED AND REFRACTORY/RELAPSED AML NOT ELIGIBLE FOR OR RESISTANT TO CHEMOTHERAPY: A MULTICENTERPHASE I/II-STUDY OF THE EAST GERMAN HAEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY STUDY GROUP (OSHO)
H.K. Al-Ali (University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany)

 

CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA - BIOLOGY & CLINICAL

0851

NILOTINIB SIGNIFICANTLY INDUCES APOPTOSIS IN IMATINIB RESISTANT K562 CELLS, AS EFFECTIVELY AS IN PARENTAL SENSITIVE COUNTERPARTS
Y. Baran, G. Can, H.A. Ekiz (Izmir Institute of Technolology, Izmir, Turkey

0852

LACK OF KRAS MUTATIONS IN BCR-ABL MUTATION NEGATIVE CML PATIENTS RESISTANT TO FIRST AND SECOND GENERATION TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITORS
P. Erben, M. Agrawal, M.C. Mueller, T. Schenk, H. Daikeler, R.D. Hofheinz, R. Hehlmann, A. Reiter, A. Hochhaus (Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany)

0853

ACQUIRED IMATINIB RESISTANCE IN CML IS ASSOCIATED WITH TKD MUTATIONS OF BCR-ABL AND/OR ADDITIONAL CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS: CERTAIN TKD MUTATIONS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CHROMOSOME INSTABILITY
F. Dicker, W. Kern, T. Haferlach, C. Haferlach, S. Schnittger (MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory, Munich, Germany)

0854

ROLE OF ABC TRANSPORTERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMATINIB RESISTANCE
L. Gromicho, J. Dinis, C. Martins, A. Laires, J. Rueff, A. Rodrigues (Human Molecular Genetics Research Centre (CIGMH), Lisbon, Portugal)

0855 EIGHTEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH AUTOGRAFTINGFOLLOWED BY IFN-A AND IMATINIB IN CHRONIC PHASE CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA (CP-CML). THE GENOA EXPERIENCE
A.M. Carella, G. Beltrami, G. Garuti, G. Catania, G. Pica, S. Biasco, S. Nati, A. Congiu, R. Vimercati, E. Rossi, M. Spriano (Divisione di Ematologia , Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino, Genova, Italy)
0856 COMPARISON OF HIGH PREFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY- ULTRAVIOLET DETECTION (HPLC-UV) VS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY/ TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY (LC/MS/MS) TO DETERMINE IMATINIB PLASMA LEVELS IN CML-CP PATIENTS
A. Awidi, I.I. Salem, N. Najib, R. Mefleh, B. Tarawneh (Jordan University, Amman, Jordan)
0857 NO INHIBITION OF WARFARIN PHARMACOKINETICS AND PHARMACODYNAMICS BY NILOTINIB IN HUMAN SUBJECTS
O. Yin, N. Gallagher, D. Fischer, L. Zhao, W. Zhou, G. Golor, H. Schran (Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Florham Park, USA)
0858 EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF IMATINIB IN THE FIRST LINE CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA (CML) TREATMENT. AN ANALYSIS OF A COMPREHENSIVE POPULATION-BASED DATABASE
D. Zackova, H. Klamova, M. Doubek, Z. Pospisil, D. Dvorakova, T. Jurcek,J. Moravcova, K. Machova, J. Rulcova, B. Dobesova, J. Rysava, P. Cetkovsky, F. Razga, J. Mayer (Dept. of Internal Med. and Hemato- Oncology, Univ. Hosp. and Masaryk Univ. Brno, Brno, Czech Republic)
0859 CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKAEMIA PATIENTS WITH THE E13A2 BCR-ABL TRANSCRIPT HAVE INFERIOR RESPONSE TO IMATINIB THAN E14A2 PATIENTS
C.M. Lucas, R.J. Harris, L. Wang, K. Knight, S.J. Watmough, R.E. Clark (Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom)
0860 OVERVIEW OF CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA AND CURRENT DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PATTERNS FROM 15 HOSPITALS IN CHINA
J.X. Wang, Y. Wang, L.G. Qiu, X.J. Huang, B. Jiang, D.P. Wu, A.N. Sun, J.D. Hu, T.B. Liu, T. Liu, H.L. Zhu, Y. Hu, T. Guo, F.Y. Meng, D. Xv, X.Q. Chen, M. Hou, C.Y. Ji, Y. Li, X.Y. Lv, S.J. Wang, L. Jiao, J.M. Wang, H.Y. Ren, L. Yu, F.Y. Chen (Institute of Hematology and Blood Disease hospital,CAMS and PUMC, Tianjin, China)
0861 CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA AS SECOND MALIGNANCY; A RETROSPECTIVE MULTICENTRIC STUDY
E. Iannitto, V. Minardi, R. Barone, N. Cascavilla, C. Caracciolo,F. Di Raimondo, F. Ferrara, G. Franco, E. Liardo, S. Mancuso, B. Martino, P. Mazza, C. Musolino, M. Musso, P. Musto, G. Pagnucco, F. Palmieri,A. Russo-Rossi, G. Specchia, D. Turri, V. Abbadessa (Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Paolo Giaccone, Palermo, Italy)
0862 LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP AND SAFETY OF DASATINIB IN CML/ALL PH1+ IMATINIB RESISTANT PATIENTS IN A COMPASSIONATE USE PROGRAM
A. Gozzini, F. Stagno, G. Rege Cambrin, L. Luciano, M. Breccia, E. Abruzzese, G. Martinelli, E. Orlandi, M. Gobbi, P. Pregno, S. Sica, E. Pungolino, E. Angelucci, M. Musso, B. Bruno, S. Galimberti, R. Nieddu, G. Specchia, M.G. Kropp, M. Annunziata, P. Musto, M. Cervellera, A.M. Carella, M. Pini, F. Radaelli, V. Meneghini, D. Russo, E. Montefusco, R. Marasca, G. Gaidano (AUO Careggi, Firenze, Italy)
0863 EFFECT OF THE PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR ESOMEPRAZOLE ON THE ORAL ABSORPTION AND PHARMACOKINETICS OF NILOTINIB
O. Yin, N. Gallagher, D. Fischer, E. Demirhan, W. Zhou, G. Golor, H. Schran (Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Florham Park, USA)
0864 IMATINIB TREATMENT IN ELDERLY PATIENTS (>65 YEARS) WITH CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA (CML) IN EARLY CHRONIC PHASE
R. Latagliata, M. Breccia, I. Carmosino, M. Mancini, D. Diverio, R. De Cuia, L. Cannella, C. Stefanizzi, L. Napoleone, P. Volpicelli, F. Vozella, G. Alimena (Ematologia - Università “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy)
0865 EXPANDING NILOTINIB ACCESS IN CLINICAL TRIALS (ENACT) STUDY IN ADULT PATIENTS WITH IMATINIB-RESISTANT OR - INTOLERANT CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA (CML): FINAL SAFETY ANALYSIS OF 117 CHINESE CML PATIENTS
Z. Shen, X. Huang, F. Meng, J. Wang, T. Liu, J. Hu, J. Wang, Y. Zhao,R. Woodman, P. Zou (Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China)
0866 PROANGIOGENIC CYTOKINES IN CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA TREATED WITH IMATINIB MESYLATE
K. Kotlyarchuk, L. Lukavetsky, O. Danysh, A. Lukjanova, M. Kolisnyk, Z. Maslyak (SI “Institute of Blood Pathology and Transfusion Medicine, UAMS”, Lviv, Ukraine)
0867 IMATINIB DOSE ESCALATION FOR CML RESISTANT PATIENTS IS USEFUL IN GENERAL PRACTICE: IMPACT ON CYTOGENETIC REMISSION
Yu Zaritskey (Centre of Heart, Blood & Endocrinology, St Petersburg, Russian Federation)


MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS - BIOLOGY

0868

IDENTIFICATION OF A NOVEL MODE OF KINASE INHIBITOR RESISTANCE: AN F604S EXCHANGE IN FIP1L1-PDGFRA MODULATES FIP1L1-PDGFRA PROTEIN STABILITY IN A SRC-DEPENDENT MANNER
S. prasad Gorantla, N. von Bubnoff, C. Peschel, J. Duyster (Klinikum Rechts Der Isar, Munich, Germany)

0870

MIR-28 EXPRESSION IN PLATELETS OF MYELOPROLIFERATIVE PATIENTS VIA STAT5 CONSTITUTIVE ACTIVITY
N. Constantinescu (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Brussels, Belgium)

0871

JAK2V617F-INDEPENDENT OVEREXPRESSION OF AUTOCRINE/ PARACRINE HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR (HGF) AND/ORINTERLEUKIN-1 (IL-11) IN POLYCYTHEMIA VERA AND INHIBITIONOF CLONAL EYTHROID PROGENITOR GROWTH BY BLOCKING THE HGF/IL-11 PATHWAYS
S. Hermouet, M. Boissinot, C. Cleyrat, M. Vilaine

0872

CIRCULATING ENDOTHELIAL COLONY-FORMING CELLS ARE INCREASED IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY MYELOFIBROSIS, DO NOT BEAR THE JAK-2V617F MUTATION, AND COEXIST WITH JAK-2V617F-POSITIVE MATURE ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
V. Rosti, E. Bonetti, L. Villani, M. Primignani, G. Bergamaschi, M. Massa, R. Campanelli, R. Riboni, F. Novara, S. Lo Po', P. Guglielmelli, M. Lucioni, S. Pozzi, M. Paulli, F. Frassoni, O. Zuffardi, A. Vannucchi, G. Barosi (Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy)

0873 CIAP-1 AND CIAP-2 ANTI-APOPTOTIC MOLECULES ARE OVEREXPRESSED IN ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTHEMIA AND MYELOFIBROSIS
R. Tognon, E.P.L. Gasparotto, A.F. Ferreira, R.C.V. Carrara, S. Kashima, D.T. Covas, M. Santana, E.X. Souto, M.A. Zanichelli, C.E.E. Velano,B.P. Simões, A.M. Souza, F.A. Castro (Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto/University of São Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil)
0874 GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING OF CD34+ CELLS IN MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS BY CDNA MICROARRAY TECHNOLOGY
P. Cokic, J. Han, S. Mojsilovic, B. Beleslin-Cokic, K. Mirkovic, N. Kraguljac- Kurtovic, S. Damjanovic, M. Gotic, R. Skoda, R. Puri, C. Noguchi, A. Schechter (Institute for Medical Research, Belgrade, Serbia)
0875 THREE NOVEL MUTATIONS IN THE PROLYL HYDROXYLASE DOMAIN PROTEIN 2 GENE OF THE OXYGEN SENSING PATHWAY IN PATIENTS WITH ISOLATED ERYTHROCYTOSIS
E. Albiero, M. Ruggeri, S. Fortuna, S. Finotto, D. Madeo, M. Bernardi, F. Rodeghiero (San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy)
0876 REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES ARE DIFFERENTIALLY REGULATEDIN CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA VERSUS PHILADELPHIA NEGATIVE MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASMS
E. Guerin (CHU, Pessac, France)
0877 TYROSINE PHOSPHORYLATED SOCS3 IS UNABLE TO REGULATETHE MYELOPROLIFERATIVE NEOPLASM ASSOCIATED- JAK2 V617F KINASE
J. Elliott, Y. Suessmuth, K. Nahlik, M.F. McMullin, S. Constantinescu, J.A. Johnston (Queens University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom)
0878 A ROLE FOR TIF1GAMMA IN CHRONIC MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA
R. Aucagne, L.D. Delva (Inserm U86, Dijon, France)
0879 A NEW PROLYL HYDROXYLASE DOMAIN PROTEIN 2 MUTATION IN A JAK2(V617F) POSITIVE PATIENT WITH A FAMILIAL MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE
E. Albiero, M. Ruggeri, S. Finotto, F. Rodeghiero (San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy)
0880 SOCS, SOCS3 AND PTPN6 METHYLATION IN PATIENTS WITH PHILADELPHIA-NEGATIVE CHRONIC MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASES (CMPD)
M. Foedermayr, M. Huber, H. Hauser, A. Weltermann, O. Zach, D. Lutz (Elisabethinen Hospital, Linz, Austria)
0881 AME AFFECTS MEGAKARYOCYTIC DIFFERENTIATION AND INCREASES PRO-PLATELATS FORMATION IN VITRO
C.R. Rinaldi, V. Senyuk, P. Rinaldi, G Nucifora, F. Pane, B. Rotoli (Federico II University, Naples, Italy)
0882 CONTRIBUTION OF BONE MARROW DERIVED CELL ANGIOGENESIS IN BCR/ABL NEGATIVE CHRONIC MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE
G. Gritti, U. Gianelli, S. Lonati, I. Silvestris, C. Vener, L. Boiocchi, A. Freyrie, A. Cortelezzi, G. Lambertenghi (IRCCS Foundation “Policlinico Mangiagalli and Regina Elena”, Milan, Italy)
0883 STUDY OF MEGAKARYOPOIESIS AND PROPLATELET FORMATION IN PRIMARY MYELOFIBROSIS
A. Balduini, S. Badalucco, M. Massa, V. Rosti, G. Barosi (Department o Biochemistry, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy)
0884 MURINE MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER WITH LIVER LESION: CHARACTERISTICS OF LEUKEMIA STEM CELLS AND PHENOTYPE OF CELLS INVADED LIVER
A.E. Bigildeev, I.N. Shipounova, D.A. Svinareva, N.J. Drize (Hematology Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation)
0885 EPIGENETIC CHANGES IN JAK2V617F POSITIVE MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS
A. Uras, M.A. Fancello, M. Monne, G. Piras, A.D. Palmas, E. Gaviano, A. Noli, A. Bianchi, A. Gabbas (San Francesco Hospital, Nuoro, Italy)
0886 PRIMARY MYELOFIBROSIS CD34+ CELLS SHOW DIFFERENT CXCR4 CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR PROFILES AT SITES OF DISEASE ACTIVITY
M. Massa, R. Campanelli, V. Rosti, E. Bonetti, E. Moretti, L. Villani, S. Lo Pò, G. Barosi (Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy)
0887 IDIOPATHIC HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME IN CHILDRENMOLECULAR ANALYSIS AND CLONAL EVOLUTION
M.C. Rapanotti, R. Caruso, S. Zaza, M.D. Divona, L. Trotta, G. Federici, S. Amadori, G. De Rossi, F. Lo Coco (Policlinico Tor Vergata -University of Rome, Rome, Italy)

 

DEVELOPMENTAL HEMATMYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS - BIOLOGY & CLINICAL

0888

CONSISTENT UP-REGULATION OF STAT3 INDEPENDENTLY OF JAK2 MUTATIONS IN A NEW MURINE MODEL OF ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTHEMIA
C.R. Rinaldi, V. Senyuk, P. Rinaldi, B. Rotoli, F. Pane, G Nucifora (Federico II University, Naples, Italy)

0889

ELEVATED PRV-1 PLASMA LEVEL IS A RISK FACTOR FOR TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK (TIA) IN ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTHEMIA (ET)
S. Schwemmers, E. Maerz, H. Gisslinger, F. Schneider, H.L. Pahl (Anaesthesiology, Freiburg, Germany)

0890

INCREASED EXPRESSION OF THE ATP9A GENE IN ESSENTIAL
THROMBOCYTHEMIA

A. Vaz, E.P. Silva, M.G. Silva, E. Paixão, A.M. Pereira, P. Lúcio, A.S. António, P. Jordan, L.M. Vieira (Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal)

0891

SOCS3 TYROSINE PHOSPHORYLATION AS A BIO-MARKER FOR THE MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER-ASSOCIATED MUTANT JAK2 KINASES
K. Nahlik, J. Elliott, Y. Suessmuth, L.M. Scott, M.F. McMullin, S.N. Constantinescu, A.R. Green, J.A. Johnston (Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom)

0892 CONCURRENT JAK2 V617F MUTATION AND BCR-ABL REARRANGEMENT IN A ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTHEMIA PATIENT
E Novella, M. Bernardi, F. Pomponi, E. Peotta, F. Rodeghiero (San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy)
0893 NATURAL EVOLUTION OF JAK2V617F ALLELE BURDEN IN POLYCYTHEMIA VERA AND ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTHEMIA PATIENTS NOT RECEIVING CYTOREDUCTIVE TREATMENT
C. Besses, A. Alvarez-Larran, L. Martínez-Avilés, R. Longarón, S. Serrano, B. Bellosillo (Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain)
0894 POLYCYTHEMIA VERA (PV) BUT NOT ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTHEMIA (ET) REDUCES THE LIFE EXPECTANCY IN ELDERLY
F. Tezza, E. Ruzzon, S. Zambon, E. Manzato, F. Fabris, M.L. Randi (University of Padua, Medical School, Padua, Italy)
0895 ANALYSIS OF BONE MARROW PATHOLOGY, ANGIOGENESIS AND CLINICAL PARAMETERS IN PATIENTS WITH PHILADELPHIANEGATIVE MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS
A.G. Zhelyazkova, L.T. Gercheva, P. Kolova, B. Tonchev (Varna University of Medicine, Varna, Bulgaria)
0896 THY-, C-KIT AND TFR EXPRESSIONS ON CD34+ MYELOBLASTS IN PATIENTS WITH MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES AND THEIR RELATIONS TO IPSS
M. Atfy (Hospital of Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt)
0897 LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS IN CHILDREN - DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND FOLLOW-UP
S. Glamocanin, O. Muratovska, K. Martinova, Z. Trajkova-Antevska, B. Conevska, S. Koceva, G. Petrusevska (University Children's Hospital, Skopje, Macedonia)
0898 THROMBOSIS IN POLYCYTHEMIA VERA (PV) ARE LIKELY TBE RELATED TO HIGHER JAK2V617F ALLELE BURDEN
I. Bertozzi, M. Scapin, F. Tezza, R. Scandellari, F. Fabris, M.L. Randi (University of Padua, Medical School, Padua, Italy)
0899 LEUKOCYTOSIS IS A RISK FACTOR FOR RECURRENT THROMBOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH POLYCYTHEMIA VERA AND ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTHEMIA
V. De Stefano, T. Za, E. Rossi, A.M. Vannucchi, M. Ruggeri, E. Elli, C. Micò, A. Tieghi, R. Cacciola, C. Santoro, G. Gerli, N. Vianelli, P. Guglielmelli, L. Pieri, F. Scognamiglio, F. Rodeghiero, E.M. Pogliani, G. Finazzi, L. Gugliotta, G. Leone, T. Barbui (Institute of Hematology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy)


CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA AND RELATED DISORDERS -
BIOLOGY II

0900

EVALUATION OF ZAP-70 EXPRESSION BY MEAN FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY T/B RATIO IS A MORE USEFUL PREOGNOSTICATORTHAN PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVE CELLS IN CHRONIC LYMPHOCITIC LEUKEMIA (CLL)
F.M. Rossi, D. Rossi, M.I. Del Principe, F. Luciano, A. Zucchetto, P. Bulian, M Irno Consalvo, R. Bomben, M. Dal-Bo, D. Benedetti, M. Degan, G. Gaidano,G. Del Poeta, V. Gattei (Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy)

0901

MALDI-TOF MS PROFILING TO EXAMINE THE PROTEIN CONTENT IN B-CELL CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
S. Bossio, G. Cutrona, M. Gentile, E. Vigna, E. Lucia, C. Mazzone, S. Matis, S. Franzese, P. Servillo, V. Gigliotti, M. Le Pera, E. Urso, S. Fabris,S. Cavalcanti, A. Neri, M. Ferrarini, A. Qualtieri, F. Morabito (U.O.C. diEmatologia, Azienda Ospedaliera di Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy)

0902

CHARACTERIZATION OF 22Q11 DELETION IN CLL PATIENTS
K. Malinova, B. Tichy, J. Malcikova, K. Stano Kozubik, M. Mraz, M. Doubek, J. Mayer, S. Pospisilova (University Hospital Brno and Medical Faculty,Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic)

0903

IDENTIFICATION OF PEPTIDE SEQUENCES BINDIN SPECIFICALLY TO THE BCR OF B-CLL CELLS
A.C. Carpinteio, S. Keitsch, M. Möllmann, U. Dührsen, J. Dürig, E. Gulbins (University Hospital of Essen, Essen, Germany)

0904 HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 2 (HSP27) GENE-EXPRESSION: A NOVE PROGNOSTIC MARKER IN CLL
E. Reiter, M. Gruber, E. Porpaczy, T. Le, B. Hilgarth, M. Bilban, D. Heintel, K. Eigenberger, C. Skrabs, A. Hauswirth, I. Schwarzinger, H. Esterbauer, E. Krömer, C. Fonatsch, A. Gaiger, U. Jäger, K. Vanura (Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Hematology and Hemostaseology, Vienna, Austria)
0905 QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF REPETITIVE ELEMENT METHYLATION IN B-CELL CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
A Fabris, V. Motta, V. Bollati, V. Pegoraro, G. Cutrona, L. Mosca, S. Matis,D. Ronchetti, M. Colombo, M. Gentile, M. Spriano, V. Callea, G. Festini,S. Molica, A. Cortelezzi, G. Lambertenghi Deliliers, F. Morabito, M. Ferrarini,P.A. Bertazzi, A. Baccarelli, A. Neri (Università di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico, Milano, Milan, Italy)
0906 CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA CELLS RESCUE THEMSELVES BY INCREASING THE ANTI-APOPTOTIC EFFECT OF BONE MARROW STROMA
M. Plander, S. Seegers, P. Ugocsai, S. Schwarz, E. Orsó, J. Ivanyi, G. Brockhoff (County Hospital of Vas, Szombathely, Hungary)
0907 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THERAPY AND CLONAL EVOLUTION OF TP53 ABNORMALITIES IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
J. Malcikova, J. Smardova, P. Kuglik, Y. Brychtova, M. Doubek, J. Kotaskova, B. Tichy, S. Pospisilova, J. Mayer, M. Trbusek (University Hospital Brno and Medical Faculty of Masaryk University Brno, Brno, Czech Republic)
0908 IGVH MUTATION STATUS AND ZAP-70 EXPRESSION AS INDICATORS FOR MOLECULAR PROFILING SIGNATURE IN B-CLL PATIENTS FOR PROGNOSTIC CLASSIFICATION
A. Trojani, B. Di Camillo, A. Tedeschi, M. Lodola, C. Colombo, F. Ricci,S. Veronese, B. Scarpati, E. Morra, M. Montillo (Ospedale Niguarda Cà Granda, Milan, Italy)
0909 SENSITIZATION OF LEUKEMIC CELLS TO FLUDARABINE BY MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY RITUXIMAB - IDENTIFICATION OF RESPONSIBLE GENES
L. Rocnova, B. Tichy, S. Cejkova, D. Potesil, Y. Brychtova, S. Pospisilova, J. Mayer, M. Trbusek (University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Brno, Czech Republic)
0910 THE NOVEL TYPE II CD20 ANTIBODY GA101 MEDIATES SUPERIOR B CELL DEPLETION IN WHOLE BLOOD FROM HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS AND B-CLL PATIENTS
S. Herter, I. Del Giudice, C. Schmidt, T. Fauti, C Klein, P. Umana, M.J.S. Dyer, R. Foa, R. Grau (Glycart Biotechnology AG, Schlieren, Switzerland)
0911 IN VITRO CYTOTOXICITY AND ZNF331 ARE RELATED TO RESPONSE AND RELAPSE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (CLL) TREATED WITH FLUDARABINE,CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE AND MITOXANTRONE (FCM)
N. Villamor, D. Colomer, F. Bosch, A. Ferrer, M. Aymerich, S. Marce, P. Jares, E. Montserrat, E. Campo (Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
0912 EFFECT OF ZAP-70 ON MIRNA EXPRESSION PROFILE IN CLL
V. Pede, J. Philippé, P. Mestdagh, J. Vandesompele, B. Verhasselt (Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium)
0913 ZAP-70 HAS HIGHER EXPRESSION IN LYMPH NODES AND BONE MARROW COMPARED TO PERIPHERAL BLOOD IN B-CELL CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (B-CLL)
O. Jaksic, B. Gizdic, T. Stoos Veic, Z. Miletic, R. Kusec, K. Trutin Ostovic, V. Pandzic Jaksic, V. Pejsa, B. Jaksic (Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia)
0914 THE DISTRIBUTION OF XRCC1-399 AND XPD-751 GENOTYPESIN CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA PATIENTS WITH SECONDARY TUMORS AND RICHTER TRANSFORMATION
N. Bilous, I. Abramenko, A. Chumak, A. Kostin, Z. Martina, I. Dyagil, I. Kryachouk, I. Filonenko, N. Yuschenko (Research Centre for Radiation Medicine, Kiev, Ukraine)
0915 WHAT IS THE ROLE OF BONE MARROW PATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION IN CLL? EXTENSIVE HISTOLOGICAL, IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR EXAMINATION IN A SERIES OF 137 PATIENTS
M. Fameli, N. Stavroyianni, G. Kannellis, E. Pouliou, C. Lalayanni, R. Saloum, A. Fassas, A. Anagnostopoulos, K. Stamatopoulos, T. Papadaki (Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece)
0916 CLLU1 GENE EXPRESSION LEVELS PREDICTS VH MUTATIONAL STATUS IN 90% OF CLL PATIENTS
G. Georgiou, M. Roumelioti, D. Palaiologou, V. Mpartzi, A. Markopoulos, G. Stravodimos, M. Dimou, A. Efthymiou, L. Petrikos, T. Vassilakopoulos, M. Aggelopoulou, C. Kyrtsonis, P. Panayiotidis (University of Athens, Athens, Greece)
0917 CD72 EXPRESSION PATTERNS IN ZAP70 POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA: DIFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF GENES RELATED WITH BCR SIGNALLING
F.P. de Paula Careta, R.A. Panepucci, D.M.M Mattos, R. Proto-Siqueira, F.S. Araújo, A.B. Garcia, A.G. Araújo, W. Silva
0918 DIFFERENT CXCR, CXCR, CXCR, CCR7 AND KI-67 EXPRESSION IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD, BONE MARROW AND LYMPH NODES IN B-CELL CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (B-CLL)
O. Jaksic, B. Gizdic, T. Stoos Veic, M. Pirsic, R. Kusec, V. Pandzic Jaksic, B. Jaksic, V. Pejsa (Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia)

 

 

CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA AND RELATED DISORDERS -
CLINICAL II

0919

HIGH ACTIVITY OF SINGLE-AGENT OFATUMUMAB, A NOVEL CD20 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY, IN FLUDARABINE- AND ALEMTUZUMABREFRACTORY OR BULKY FLUDARABINE-REFRACTORY CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA, REGARDLESS OF PRIOR RITUXIMAB EXPOSURE
G. Wierda, T. Kipps, J. Mayer, S. Stilgenbauer, D. Williams, A. Hellmann, T. Robak, R. Furman, P. Hillmen, M Trneny, M.J.S. Dyer, S. Padmanabhan, M. Piotrowska, T. Kozak, G. Chan, R. Davis, N. Losic, J. Wilms, C Russell, A. Österborg (UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA)

0920

MULTICENTER EXTERNAL VALIDATION OF A NOMOGRAM AND A SCORE FOR PREDICTING OVERALL SURVIVAL IN CLL: A STUDY ON 757 PATIENTS
P. Pietro, M. Tarnani, G. Gaidano, D. Rossi, F. Forconi, S. Deaglio, M. Montillo, G. D'Arena, F. Malavasi, V. Gattei, L. Laurenti (IRCCS C.R.O., Aviano, Italy

0921

THE PROGNOSIS OF CLINICAL MONOCLONAL B CELL LYMPHOCYTOSIS DIFFERS FROM PROGNOSIS OF RAI 0 CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA AND IS RECAPITULATED BY BIOLOGICAL RISKFACTORS
F. Forconi, A. Puma, L. De Paoli, S. Rasi, V. Spina, A. Gozzetti, M. Tassi,E. Sozzi, E. Cencini, D. Raspadori, F. Bertoni, V. Gattei, F. Lauria, G. Gaidano, D. Rossi (University of Siena / AOUS, Siena, Italy)

0922

SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA SHOWING 17P DELETION WITH FLUDARABINE, CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE AND ALEMTUZUMAB
M. Montillo, A. Tedeschi, F. Ricci, S. Miqueleiz, E. Vismara, A. Greco, C. Colombo, M.A. Mura, S. Veronese, E. Morra (Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy)

0923 LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR PROTEIN (LRP4) RS2306029SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM PREDISPOSES TO TRANSFORMATION OF CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA TO RICHTER SYNDROME
D. Rossi, S. Rasi, A. Bruscaggin, A. Puma, E. Sozzi, V. Gattei, F. Lauria, F. Forconi, G. Gaidano (Division of Hematology, Amedeo Avogadro University, Novara, Italy)
0924 A PHASE I DOSE-ESCALATION OF LENALIDOMIDE IN PATIENTS WITH RELAPSED OR REFRACTORY CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
C.M. Wendtner, D. Mahadevan, S. Coutré, P. Hillmen, S. Stilgenbauer, O. Frankfurt, A. Bloor, F. Bosch, R. Furman, L. Uharek, E. Kimby, M. Gobbi, L. Dreisback, D. Hurd, M. Sekeres, J. Gribben, S. Shah, L. Moutouh-de Parseval, A. Chanan-Khan (University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany)
0925 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CYTOGENETIC ANOMALIES AND BIOMARKERS IN BINET STAGE A PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA AT DIAGNOSIS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PROSPECTIVE, MULTICENTER O-CLL1 GISL STUDY
A Fabris, G. Cutrona, M. Gentile, S. Matis, E.A. Pesce, F. Di Raimondo, A. Musolino, M. Gobbi, N. Di Rienzo, F.R. Mauro, R. Cantaffa, M. Brugiatelli, F. Merli, S. Zupo, C. Mammi, L. Baldini, F. Angrilli, G. Quintana, U. Consoli, G. Bertoldero, E. Iannitto, P. Di Tonno, A. Fragasso, S. Molica, P. Musto, M.C. Cox, G. Festini, V. Callea, S. Sacchi, A. Cortelezzi, G. Lambertenghi Deliliers (Università di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico, Milan, Italy)
0926 BETA2-MICROGLOBULIN IS A BETTER PREDICTOR OFTREATMENT-FREE SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONICLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA IF ADJUSTED ACCORDING TO GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE
J. Delgado, G. Pratt, N. Phillips, J. Briones, C. Fegan, J. Nomdedeu, C. Pepper, A. Aventin, R. Martino, D.W. Milligan, J. Sierra (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain)
0927 FLUDARABINE, CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE AND RITUXIMAB (FCR) IN FIRST-LINE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (CLL): RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OFCZECH CLL STUDY GROUP
L. Smolej, D. Lysak, T. Papajik, J. Salkova, M. Brejcha, V. Vozobulova,J. Karban, M. Hrudkova, E. Cmunt, P. Turcsanyi, A. Jungova, H. Krejcova, M. Trneny (University Hospital and Medical School, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)
0928 LENALIDOMIDE ASSOCIATED TUMOR FLARE REACTION CORRELATES WITH CLINICAL RESPONSE IN PATIENTS WITHRELAPSED OR REFRACTORY B-CELL CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA (CLL)
T. Sher, K. Miller, M. Patel, A. Whitworth, L. Musial, D. Lawrence, S. Padmanabhan, S. Ailawadhi, G. Wilding, D. DePaolo, N. Bangia, M.S. Czuczman, P.K. Wallace, K.P. Lee, A. Chanan Khan (Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, USA)
0929 ABNORMAL SERUM FREE LIGHT CHAIN RATIO AS A PREDICTOR OF ADVERSE OUTCOME IN CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA : HAS THE TIME COME FOR A SIMPLE PROGNOSTIC MARKER?
Z.A. Yegin, M. Yagci, Z.N. Özkurt, N. Kursunoglu, S.Z. Aki (Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey)
0930 HIGH INTRACELLULAR CONTENT OF CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P27KIP1 IN EARLY- AND INTERMEDIATE STAGE B-CELL CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA LYMPHOCYTES PREDICTS RAPID PROGRESSION OF THE DISEASE
L. Ciszak, D. Wolowiec, M. Wojtowicz, A. Kosmaczewska, S. Potoczek, D. Urbaniak-Kujda, K. Kapelko-Slowik, K. Kuliczkowski, I. Frydecka (Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland)
0931 ALEMTUZUMAB ADMINISTERED BY SUBCUTANEOUS ROUTE IS LESS EFFECTIVE THAN INTRAVENOUS ROUTE FOR FIRST LINETHERAPY OF T-CELL PROLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKAEMIA: RESULTS OF A PILOT STUDY (UKCLL05)
E. Matutes, A. Khot, A . Kaczmarek, M. Ethell, M. Hamblin, A. Roy, E. Grand, C. Dearden (Royal Marsden Hospital, London, United Kingdom)
0932 INCLUSION OF TOTAL BODY CT SCAN IN THE INITIAL WORK-UP OF CLL PATIENTS WITH EARLY-STAGE ON CLINICAL GROUNDS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A PROSPECTIVE, MULTICENTER O-CLL1- GISL STUDY
M. Gentile, G. Cutrona, S. Fabris, E. Pesce, F. Di Raimondo, N. Di Renzo,F.R. Mauro, R. Cantaffa, M. Brugiatelli, F. Merli, L. Baldini, G. Quintana,E. Iannitto, P. Di Tonno, A. Fragasso, S. Molica, V. Callea, S. Sacchi,M. Federico, A. Neri, M. Ferrarini, F. Morabito (U.O. Ematologia Ospedale Civile dell’Annunziata di Cosenza, Italy, Cosenza, Italy)
0933 CLL WITH BURKITT-TYPE TRANSLOCATION: A SUBGROUP WITH AN AGGRESSIVE DISEASE COURSE
N. Put, K. Rack, A. Janssens, P. Meeus, C. Barin, A. Delannoy, V. Eclache, M. Janssen, F. Nguyen-Khac, I. Radford-Weiss, A. Van Hoof, J. Verschuere, E. Wouters, W. Wynendaele, I. Wlodarska, P. Vandenberghe, L. Michaux (UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium)


MYELOMA AND OTHER MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHIES - BIOLOGY II

0934

AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY FOR PERIPHERAL NEUROPATH ASSOCIATED WITH WALDENSTRÖM'S MACROGLOBULINEMIA*
A. Tsingotjidou, C. Bekiari, A. Kagiava, G. Theophilidis, C. Emmanouilides (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece

0935

HGF AND IGF-1 POTENTIATE SDF-1 MEDIATED MYELOMA CELL MIGRATION THROUGH ACTIVATION OF PAK
U.M. Fagerli, R.U. Holt, T. Holien, H. Hov, A. Waage, A. Sundan, M. Børset (IKM, Trondheim, Norway)

0936

SPARC GENE EXPRESSION IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS AND ITS REGULATION BY CYTOTOXIC TREATMENTS IN MYELOMA CELL LINES
R. Kusec, D. Grcevic, M. Martinovic, R. Ajdukovic, V. Haris, O. Jaksic, V. Pejsa (Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia)

0937

GLOBAL MICRORNA EXPRESSION PROFILING IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA IDENTIFIES DEREGULATED PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WITH DISTINCT MOLECULAR GROUPS
M. Lionetti, L. Agnelli, K. Todoerti, S. Fabris, L. Nobili, S. Leone, S. Matis,G. Cutrona, G. Lambertenghi Deliliers, A. Neri (Università degli Studi, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico, Milan, Italy)

0938 THE COMPARISON OF SERUM LEVELS OF SELECTED BIOMARKERS AND CYTOGENETIC CHANGES IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA
T. Pika, J. Balcarkova, M. Holzerova, J. Minarik, M. Budikova, K. Langova, J. Bacovsky, M. Jarosova, V. Scudla (University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic)
0930 NON-PROTEASOME TARGETS OF PROTEASOME INHIBITORS BORTEZOMIB AND CARFILZOMIB
S. Arastu-Kapur, K.D. Shenk, C.J. Kirk, D. Swinarski, T. Muchamuel, M.K. Bennett, F. Parlati (Proteolix, South San Francisco, USA)
0940 CXCR4 AND CD43 CO-EXPRESSION IN PLASMA CELL MALIGNANCIES
S. Improta, A. Lucania, M.R. Villa, P. Della Cioppa, M. Esposito, A.A. Quirino, L. Mastrullo (ASL NA1 San Gennaro, Naples, Italy)
0941 NOVEL WHOLE CELL ASSAYS TO MONITOR PROTEASOME ACTIVITY IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA
A. Liggett, T.C. Morris, B. Walker, A.E. Irvine (Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland)
0942 GROWTH FACTORS, HGF, IL-, AND IL-3 DIFFERENTIALLY REGULATE DIFFERENTIATION OF HUMAN MULTIPLE MYELOMA MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS IN RELATION TO BONE METABOLISM
J. Park, K.-S. Ahn, C. Lee, E.-K. Bae, B.-S. Kim, S.-M. Bang, I. Kim, D.-S. Lee, S. Park, B.-K. Kim, S.-S. Yoon (Seoul National University, College of Medicine, Cancer research institute, Seoul, South-Korea)
0943 IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF SARCOGLYCANS AND INTEGRIN IN GINGIVAL EPITHELIUM OF MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS WITH BISPHOSPHONATE-INDUCED OSTEONECROSIS OF THE JAW
A. Allegra, S. Russo, A. Cannavò, A. Alonci, G. Oteri, A. Favaloro, E. Nastro, F.S. De Ponte, D. Cicciù, G. Anastasi, C. Musolino (Division of Hematology, Messina, Italy)
0944 SEQUENTIAL EVALUATION OF SERUM HEPCIDIN IN ANEMIC MYELOMA PATIENTS: A PILOT STUDY OF CORRELATIONS WITH MYELOMA TREATMENT, DISEASE VARIABLES, AND ANEMIA RESPONSE
E. Katodritou, T. Ganz, E. Verrou, O. Olbina, E. Terpos, V. Gastari, C. Hadjiaggelidou, S. Georgiadou, M. Varthaliti, A. Polyzopoulos, S. Zlatintsi,N. Constantinou, M. Westerman, K. Zervas (Theagenio Cancer Center, Thessaloniki, Greece)
0945 FGFR3 IS EXPRESSED AND IMPORTANT FOR SURVIVAL IN INA-, A HUMAN MYELOMA CELL LINE WITHOUT A T(4;14)
T.K. Våtsveen, A.T. Brenne, H.Y. Dai, A. Sundan, A. Waage, M. Børset (NTNU, Trondheim, Norway)
0946 ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERLEUKIN-6 INDEPENDENT VARIANT (CMA-03/06) OF THE HUMAN MYELOMA CELL LINE CMA-03:BIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION BY A GENOMIC INTEGRATIVE ANALYSIS
D. Verdelli, L. Nobili, K. Todoerti, L. Mosca, S. Fabris, G. Lambertenghi Deliliers, L. Lombardi, A. Neri (Dip Sc. Mediche, Centro Leucemie, Università Milano, Fond. IRCCS Policlinico, Milan, Italy)
0947 INHIBITION OF PROTEASOME SUBUNITS BY CARFILZOMIB IN PHASE 1B CLINICAL TRIAL MEASURED USING A NOVEL SUBUNIT-SPECIFIC ELISA
Q Levitsky, S.J. Lee, K.D. Shenk, S. Arastu-Kapur, M.K. Bennett, F. Parlati (Proteolix Inc, South San Francisco, USA)
0948 EXPRESSION OF CD27 ON PLASMA CELLS IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA
L. Kovarova, I. Buresova, K. Muthu Raja, M. Penka, R. Hajek (University
Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic)

 

MYELOMA AND OTHER MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHIES - CLINICAL II

0949

LONGER DURATION OF TREATMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF BEST RESPONSE WITH LENALIDOMIDE + DEXAMETHASONE INCREASES OVERALL SURVIVAL (OS) IN PATIENTS WITH RELAPSED/REFRACTORY MULTIPLE MYELOMA (RRMM)
J. San Miguel, M. Dimopoulos, M.-L. Bravo, D. Weber (University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain)

0950

CONFIRMATION OF THE UTILITY OF THE IMWG THROMBOPROPHYLAXISSTRATEGY IN MYELOMA PATIENTS RECEIVING THALIDOMIDE; EXPERIENCE OF A LARGE SINGLE CENTRE INSTITUTION
K. Rabin, K. Fletcher, E. Aghoghovbia, L. Percy, S. Moore, J. Quinn, S. Cheesman, S. D'Sa, K. Yong (University College London Hospitals, London, United Kingdom)

0951

CLINICAL EFFICACY OF VEL-CTD (BORTEZOMIB, CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, THALIDOMIDE, AND DEXAMETHASONE) REGIMEN IN PATIENTS WITH RELAPSED OR REFRACTORY MULTIPLE MYELOMA: A PHASE II STUDY
Y.K. Kim, J.S. Ahn, D.H. Yang, S.K. Sohn, J.H. Moon, H.J. Kim, H.J. Shin, J.S. Chung, Y.J. Choi, Y.S. Chae, J.G. Kim, J.H. Lee, J.J. Lee, KMMWP (Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South-Korea

0952

OPTIMIZATION OF BORTEZOMIB-BASED COMBINATIVE REGIMEN IN ELDERLY RELAPSED MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS
L. Zahradova, R. Hajek, E. Gregora, M. Schützova, Z. Adam, L. Pour, M. Krejci, P. Pavlicek, V. Koza, A. Krivanova, V. Sandecka, D. Kralova (Faculty Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic)

0953 EFFICACY OF PAD REGIMEN AS AN INDUCTION THERAPY BEFORE AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN VAD OR CTD REFRACTORY MYELOMA
M. Kraj, K. Warzocha, R. Poglód, B. Kwasniak, B. Ceglarek (Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
0954 INCORPORATION OF THE BONE MARKER CARBOXY-TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE OF TYPE-1 COLLAGEN (ICTP) INTO A COMBINEDISS-ICTP SCORE IMPROVES THE PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OFTHE ISS IN SYMPTOMATIC MULTIPLE MYELOMA
C. Jakob, J. Sterz, P. Liebisch, U. Heider, M. Kaiser, M. Mieth, C. Müller, O. Sezer (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany)
0955 A RANDOMIZED PHASE II STUDY (GISL - MM03 TRIAL) WITH ORAL MELPHALAN+ PREDNISONE (MP) VERSUS MELPHALAN, +PREDNISONE + THALIDOMIDE (MPT) FOR NEWLY DIAGNOSEDELDERLY PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE MYELOMA
S. Sacchi, R. Marcheselli, S. Pozzi, A. Bari, O. Ciarcia, L. Masini, A. Lazzaro, F. Morabito, A. Fragasso, N. Di Renzo, G. Quarta, G. Buda, P. Musto, M.L. Vigliotti, A. Pastorini, M. Brugiatelli (Universita di Modena, Modena, Italy)
0956 SURVIVAL ANALYSIS OF PATIENTS WITH RELAPSED/REFRACTORY MULTIPLE MYELOMA: AN INTERIM REPORT FROM AN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF BORTEZOMIB
M. Delforge, H. de Samblanx, K. Zervas, E. Katodritou, D. Sargin, C. Hulin, L. Ahlberg, J. de la Rubia, K. Abdulkadyrov, R. Ganguly, J. Diels, R. Dhawan (University Hospital Leuven, Leuven, Belgium)
0957 THALIDOMIDE OR BORTEZOMIB IN COMBINATION WITHDEXAMETHASONE AS SECOND-LINE THERAPY FOR REFRACTORY/ RELAPSED MULTIPLE MYELOMA: A COMPARISON OF EFFICACY AND TOXICITY
M. Varettoni (Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy)
0958 INCREASED BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN A SUBSET OF PATIENTS WITH RELAPSED MULTIPLE MYELOMA WHO RECEIVED THE COMBINATION OF BORTEZOMIB, DEXAMETHASONE ANDZOLEDRONIC ACID
E. Terpos, D. Christoulas, P. Kokkoris, M. Gavriatopoulou, G. Boutsikas,M. Migkou, K. Anargyrou, E. Kastritis, K. Tsionos, M.A. Dimopoulos (University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece)
0959 COMBINATION OF INTERNATIONAL STAGING SYSTEM AND CYTOGENETICS CAN PREDICT POOR PROGNOSIS IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA AFTER HD-CHEMOTHERAPY AND AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION
E. Tóthová, A. Kafková, N. Stecová, E. Sˇ vorová, K. Fiedlerová, M. Soska (UPJSˇ and University hospital L. Pasteur, Kosˇ ice, Slovakia)
0960 THE IMPACT OF FRONTLINE TREATMENT ON SURVIVAL OUTCOMES IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA: THE SGH EXPERIENCE
Z.T. Lao, W.C.N. Wee, Y.S. Lee, S. Su Su, H.C. Wee, A.Q.C. Choo, P. Colin, A.L. Ang, C.Y. Yiu, D. Tan, L.S. Kam (Singapore Health Services/SingaporeGeneral Hospital, Singapore, Singapore)
0961 18F-FDG-PET UTILITY IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA. NEW DURIESALMON PLUS STAGING SYSTEM. OUR EXPERIENCE
I. Garcia, L. Entrena, C. Ramos-Font, A. Rodriguez-Fernandez (Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Nieves, Granada, Spain)
0962 AUTOLOGOUS PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN 5 PATIENTS AFFECTED BY POEMS SYNDROME
L. Laurenti, S. De Matteis, P. Chiusolo, N. Piccirillo, F. Sorà, M. Tarnani, E. Rossi, T. Za, C. Giannotta, E. Nobile Orazio, G. Leone, S. Sica (Institute of Haematology, Rome, Italy)
0963 AUTOLOGOUS PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN 5 PATIENTS AFFECTED BY POEMS SYNDROME
L. Laurenti, S. De Matteis, P. Chiusolo, N. Piccirillo, F. Sorà, M. Tarnani, E. Rossi, T. Za, C. Giannotta, E. Nobile Orazio, G. Leone, S. Sica (Institute of Haematology, Rome, Italy)
0964 SERUM DKK1 IN SMOLDERING MULTIPLE MYELOMA
M. Hernandez-Martin, R.M. Fisac Herrero, C. Olivier Cornacchia, P. Tajada, M.J. Moro, R. Cuello, A. Martin Garcia-Sancho, C. Aguilera, J. Garcia-Frade, L. Lopez, T. Casadomartin, J.F. San Miguel (Hospital General de Segovia, Segovia, Spain)
0965 ELEVETED SERUM B-LYMPHOCYTE STIMULATOR (BLYS) LEVELS IN DIAGNOSIS ARE RELATED TO DISEASE AGGRESSIVENESS AND ADVERSE SURVIVAL IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA
D. Maltezas, T. Tzenou, X. Papanikolaou, E. Koulieris, V. Bartzis, A. Gasiamis, T. Iliakis, T.P. Vasilakopoulos, P. Repousis, M. Dimou, G. Georgiou, M.K. Angelopoulou, M. Kotsopoulou, C. Mitsouli - Mentzikof, P. Panayiotidis, G.A. Pangalis, M-C. Kyrtsonis (Hematological Clinic, Metaxa Anticancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece)
0966 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF BISPHOSPHONATE USE AND JAW OSTEONECROSIS INCIDENCE IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
J. McHugh, R.S. Kumar, A. O'Dalaigh, K. Breen, M. McCloy, R. Rajpal, A. Burke, M. Kelly, R. Desmond, C. O'Rafferty, P. Hayden, M. Leahy (Mid Western Regional Hospital, Limerick, Ireland)
0967 THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN RESVERATROL WITH SIMVASTATIN DECREASES IGM SECRETION IN WALDENSTROM MACROGLOBULINAEMIA
F. Iuliano (U.O di Oncoematologia, Rossano, Italy)
0968 THE CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF TIMP-, TIMP-, MMP-, MMP-, OSTEOPROTEGERIN, SRANKL, AND ISS IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS
L.C. Oliveira, J.A. Uzielli, M.S. Baggio, A.P. Lange, J.E. Tanus-Santos, E.M. Rego (Medical School of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil)
0969 EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL USE OF RISK CATEGORISATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MGUS
M. Almeshhedani, A. Salamat, S. Al-Ismail (Singleton Hospital/ Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom)


NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA - CLINICAL III

0970

EFFICATIOUS BUT INSIDIOUS. A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OFFLUDARABINE-INDUCED MYELOTOXICITY USING LONG-TERM CULTURES -INITIATING CELLS IN 100 FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA PATIENTS
A. Janikova, Z. Koristek, J. Vinklarkova, T. Pavlik, M. Navratil, Z. Kral, I. Vasova, J. Mayer (University Hospital and Faculty of Medecine Brno, Brno, Czech Republic)

1971

IN MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA (MCL) THE MCL-INTERNATIONALPROGNOSTIC INDEX (MIPI) IS A BETTER PREDICTOR OFEVENT-FREE AND OVERALL SURVIVAL THAN INTERNATIONALPROGNOSTIC INDEX (IPI) IN PATIENTS RECEIVING INTENSIVE1ST LINE TREATMENT INCLUDING ASCT
C. Geisler, E. Elonen, A. Kolstad, A. Laurell, C. Sundström, J. Delabie, M. Ehinger, M.-L. Karjalainen-Lindsberg, E. Ralfkiaer, P. Brown (Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark)

0973

TEMSIROLIMUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH RELAPSED OR REFRACTORY MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA: SUPPORTIVE EFFICACY ANALYSES FROM THE PHASE 3 STUDY
G. Hess, J. Romaguera, R. Herbrecht, G. Verhoef, M. Crump, O. Hanushevsky, A. Strahs, B. Hewes, A. Berkenblit, B. Coiffier (Johannes Gutenberg- Universität, Mainz, Germany)

0974

TEMSIROLIMUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH RELAPSED OR REFRACTORY MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA:SUPPORTIVE EFFICACY ANALYSES FROM THE PHASE 3 STUDY
G. Hess, J. Romaguera, R. Herbrecht, G. Verhoef, M. Crump, O. Hanushevsky, A. Strahs, B. Hewes, A. Berkenblit, B. Coiffier (Johannes Gutenberg- Universität, Mainz, Germany)

0975 PHARMACOKINETICS OF RITUXIMAB AND THE DEVELOPMENTOF ANTIBODIES AGAINST RITUXIMAB IN PATIENTS WITH AB-CELL CD20+ MALIGNANCY
L. Tran, A.D.R. Huitema, L. Aarden, J.H. Beijnen, J.W. Baars (Netherlands Cancer Institute/Slotervaart Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
0976 POST-TRANSPLANTATION LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER: REDUCTION OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSION AS INITIAL THERAPY. RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PROGNOSTIC VARIABLES
R. Reshef, S. Vardhanabhuti, M.R. Luskin, D.F. Heitjan, E.A. Stadtmauer, D.E. Tsai (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA)
0977 SERUM B2-MICROGLOBULIN LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA (DLBCL): PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE UNDER TREATMENT WITH RITUXIMAB-CHOP (R-CHOP)
T.P. Vassilakopoulos, A. Anastasopoulou, N. Constantinou, M.K. Angelopoulou, E. Stavroulaki, C. Kalpadakis, S. Sachanas, V. Pappis, P. Tsirkinidis, M. Moschoyiannis, O. Tsopra, T. Tzenou, A. Gassiamis, X. Yiakoumis,M.C. Kyrtsonis, S.I. Kokoris, M.P. Siakantaris, M. Dimou, G. Georgiou,E. Plata, N.A. Viniou, E. Variamis, K. Konstantopoulos, P. Panayiotidis,H. Papadaki, G.A. Pangalis (Department of Haematology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece)
0978 LENALIDOMIDE ORAL MONOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH RELAPSED OR REFRACTORY MANTLE-CELL LYMPHOMA: EFFICACY AND SAFETY RESULTS FROM AN INTERNATIONAL STUDY (NHL-003)
P.L. Zinzani, C.B. Reeder, T.E. Witzig, J.M. Vose, R. Buckstein, C. Haioun, R. Bouabdallah, J. Polikoff, D. Pietronigro, M.S. Czuczman (Institute of Hematology and Medical Oncology “L. & A. Seràgnoli”, Bologna, Italy)
1979 IMPACT OF TIME-DEPENDENT VARIABLES ON THE OUTCOME OF SPLENIC MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA: A DYNAMIC MODEL ON 84 PATIENTS
S.R. Rattotti, L.A. Arcaini, C.P. Pascutto, F. Passamonti, M. Merli, S. Rizzi, M. Lucioni, E. Boveri, E. Rumi, C. Astori, M. Paulli, M. Lazzarino (Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo - Università degli Studi, Pavia, Italy)
0980 RITUXIMAB PLUS CVP (CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, VINCRISTINE, AND PREDNISOLONE) COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY IN ADVANCED STAGE MARGINAL ZONE B-CELL LYMPHOMA AS A FIRST-LINE THERAPY
B.Y. Ryoo, C. Suh, W.S. Kim, J.S. Kim, J.J. Lee, D.H. Yang, H.J. Kang, S.J. Kim, S.R. Lee, G.W. Lee, H.J. Kim, H.Y. Kim, S.Y. Oh, H. Kim, H.S. Eom,J. Chung, J. Park, Y.M. Park, J.S. Park (Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Seoul, South-Korea)
0981 MANTLE CELL INTERNATIONAL PROGNOSTIC INDEX (MIPI) AND BIOLOGICAL-MIPI ARE BETTER PREDICTORS OF THE OUTCOME OF MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA (MCL) PATIENTS THAN IPI: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS
A. Chiappella, C. Frairia, B. Puccini, B. Botto, L. Arcaini, E. Audisio, I. Baldi, G. Benevolo, C. Boccomini, A. Fabbri, R. Freilone, F. Marmont, L. Orsucci, P. Pregno, L. Rigacci, U. Vitolo (Hematology 2 AOU San Giovanni Battista, Turin, Italy)
0982 PATIENTS WITH RELAPSED OR REFRACTORY DIFFUSE LARGEB- CELL LYMPHOMA TREATED WITH ORAL LENALIDOMIDE MONOTHERAPY: RESULTS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL STUDY NHL-003
C. Haioun, M.S. Czuczman, J.M. Vose, P.L. Zinzani, C.B. Reeder, R. Buckstein, R. Bouabdallah, J. Polikoff, A. Ervin-Haynes, T.E. Witzig (Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France)
0983 SURVIVAL IMPACT OF RITUXIMAB COMBINED TO ACVBP (R-ACVBP) IN 209 POOR RISK DLBCL NHL PATIENTS TREATED WITH UPFRONT HIGH-DOSE CONSOLIDATIVE AUTOTRANSPLANTATION (HDC): A GELA PHASE II STUDY
O. Fitoussi, N. Mounier, K. Belhadj, H. Tilly, C. Haioun, O. Casasnovas, C. Ferme, J. Briere, B. Coiffier, P. Feugier, C. Gisselbrecht (Polyclinique Bordeaux Nord Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France)
0984 CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW CYTOMETRY ANALYSIS IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED AGGRESSIVE NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMAS AT HIGH RISK FOR LEPTOMENINGEAL DISEASE: A MULTICENTRICPROSPECTIVE ITALIAN STUDY
G. Benevolo, P. Pioltelli, B. Botto, A. Stacchini, A. Evangelista, M. Spina, F. Mannelli, M. Cantonetti, A. Di Rocco, D. Pietrasanta, V. Pavone, N. Di Renzo, A. Ferreri, M.G. Cabras, U. Vitolo, E. Pogliani (Hematology, Turin, Italy)
0985 EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF LOW-INTENSITY ORAL AND INTRAVENOUS FLUDARABINE-CYCLOPHOSPHAMYDE WITH AND WITHOUT RITUXIMAB FOR FIRST-LINE TREATMENT OF FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA
A. Marin-Niebla, E. Rios-Herranz, J.F. Falantes Gonzalez, P. Cerezuela, M.L. Martino Galiana, R. Parody Ruiz-Berdejo, A. Urbano-Ispizua (Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Seville, Spain)
0986 A NEW SHORT-TERM HIGH INTENSIVE PROTOCOL BL-M-04 FOR ADULT PATIENTS WITH BURKITT LYMPHOMA: EFFICACY AND TOXICITY
E. Baryakh, E. Zvonkov, S. Kravchenko, A. Kremenetskaja, A. Magomedova, T. Obukhova, A. Vorobjov (National Hematology Research Center, Moscow, Russian Federation)
0987 RETROSPECTIVE AND PROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS ON THE IMPACT OF HEPATITIS VIRUSES ON CHRONIC LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS
A.M. Vladareanu, C. Ciufu, M. Onisai, H. Bumbea, D. Cisleanu, I. Voican, C. Marinescu, D. Vasile, L. Barsan, A. Nicolescu, M. Dervesteanu, S. Radesi, C. Posea, A.M. Vintilescu, A. Ichim, C. Baluta, O. Cazaceanu, C. Savlovschi, C. Dobrea, C. Ardelean, V. Arama, V. Molagic, A. Streinu-Cercel, S. Arama, S. Costoiu, A. Rafila (Universitary Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania)

 

NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA - CLINICAL IV

0988

METHOTREXATE RELATED LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER -EXPERIENCE OF A DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL IN THE UK
S. Gupta (Pincess Royal University Hospital, Kent, United Kingdom)

0989

CHLORAMBUCIL WITH OR WITHOUT RITUXIMAB IS AN EFFECTIVE THERAPY IN NON-GASTRIC MALT LYMPHOMAS
C. Kalpadakis, G.A. Pangalis, T.P. Vassilakopoulos, M.C. Kyrtsonis, S. Sachanas, M.P. Siakantaris, F.N. Kontopidou, E.M. Dimitriadou, X. Yiakoumis, P. Korkolopoulou, P. Panayiotidis, H. Papadaki, M.K. Angelopoulou(Department of Haematology, University of Crete, Athens, Greece

0990

REVIEW OF THE USE OF GDCVP (GEMCITABINE, DACARBAZINE, CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE, VINCRISTINE AND PREDNISOLONE )COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY IN RELAPSED/ REFRACTORY LYMPHOMA IN A LARGE UK HAEMATOLOGY AND BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT CENTRE
S. Choudhuri, R. Griffiths, J. Radford (NHS, Manchester, United Kingdom)

0991

VALUE OF 18F-FDG PET/CT FOR THE STAGING OF NON-HODGKIN´S LYMPHOMA: SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE DETECTION OF NODAL AND EXTRANODAL LESIONS BUT MARGINAL IMPACT ON DISEASE STAGE
T. Papajik, M. Myslivecek, V. Prochazka, H. Mocikova, M. Skopalova, V. Koza, A. Malan, E. Buriankova, K. Chroust, K. Indrak, M. Trneny (University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic)

0992 FRONT-LINE AUTOLOGOUS PURGED TRANSPLANTATION IN INDOLENT NON-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMAS: A LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP STUDY
M.T. Hernandez, B.J. González, P. Machado, M. Tapia, M.J. Rodríguez- Salazar, G. González-Brito, R.F. Rodríguez, J.V. Govantes, L. Morabito, J.M. Raya, S. Lakhwani, T. Martín, I. Gómez, M. Fernández, L. Hernández- Nieto (Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna. S/C de Tenerife, Spain)
0993 FRONT-LINE RISK-ADAPTED IMMUNOCHEMOTHERAPY IMPROVES OUTCOME IN INTERMEDIATE/HIGH-RISK PATIENTS WITH FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA
V. Prochazka, T. Papajik, Z. Kubova, S. Rozmanova, M. Jarosova, K. Indrak (Teaching Hospital in Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic)
0994 THE PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NUMBER OF EXTRANODAL INVOLVEMENT SITES IN THE PATIENTS WITH DISSEMINATED DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA TREATED WITH R-CHOP
C. Yoo, B.S. Sohn, J.E. Kim, D.H. Yoon, S. Kim, D.H. Lee, S.W. Kim, C. Suh (Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South-Korea)
0995 ADDITION OF YTTRIUM-90 IBRITUMOMAB TIUXETAN TO BEAM CONDITIONING PRIOR TO AUTOGRAFTING DOES NOT IMPROVE OUTCOME OF CHEMOREFRACTORY PATIENTS WITH AGGRESSIVE B-CELL NHL
I. Aurer, D. Huic, D. Nemet, Z. Mitrovic, M. Zuvic, R. Serventi-Seiwerth, D. Sertic, M. Mrsic, S. Basic-Kinda, I. Radman, B. Labar (University Hospital Center Rebro, Zagreb, Croatia)
0996 A POSSIBLE ROLE OF 18F-FDG PET SCANNING IN THE EARLY DETECTION OF RITUXIMAB-INDUCED PNEUMONITIS IN PATIENTS WITH NON-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA
L. Nieuwenhuizen, F.J. Verzijlbergen, E Wiltink, J.C. Grutters, D.H. Biesma (Sint Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands)
0997 FIRST-LINE TREATMENT WITH RITUXIMAB AND BENDAMUSTINE IN OLD PATIENTS (80 YEARS AND OLDER) WITH AGGRESSIVEB-CELL LYMPHOMAS - AN INTERIM ANALYSIS OF AN ONGOINGPHASE II STUDY
E. Weidmann, F. Fauth, A. Atmaca, S.E. Al-Batran, A. Neumann, C. Pauligk, E. Jager (Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt, Germany)
0998 KI-67 EXPRESSION IS PREDICTIVE OF PROGNOSIS IN PATIENTS OF DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA TREATED WITH RITUXIMAB PLUS CHOP
C. Suh, D.H. Yoon, B.S. Sohn, J.E. Kim, C.H. Yoo, S. Kim, D.H. Lee, J.R. Huh (Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South-Korea)
0999 OCULAR ADNEXA NON HODGKIN LYMPHOMAS: A SINGLE CENTRE RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF CLINICOPATHOLOGIC FEATURES, TREATMENT AND CLINICAL OUTCOME
T. Perrone, F. Gaudio, S. Guerriero, A. Gentile, A. Giordano, A. Spina, F. Laddaga, V. Pavone, A. Guarini, C. Sborgia, G. Specchia, V. Liso, C. de Risi (Hematology, Bari University, Bari, Italy)
1000 EFFICACY AND TREATMENT COMPLIANCE OF DOSE-DENSE R-CHOP-14 IMMUNOCHEMOTHERAPY PLUS PEGFILGRASTIM FOR FIRST-LINE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH LOW RISK DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA (DLBCL): AN OPEN-LABEL CLINICAL TRIAL IN SPAIN
E. Gonzalez Barca, A. Salar, A. Oriol, M.J. Vidal, M. Canales, J. Bargay, S. Gardella, J. Briones, F.J. Tomas, S. Ferrer, D. Caballero (Institut Catalá d'Oncología, Barcelona, Spain)
1001 NEW VERTEBRAL FRACTURES IN NON-HODGKIN-LYMPHOMA (NHL) PATIENTS TREATED WITH CHEMOTHERAPY AND HIGH DOSE STEROIDS ARE RELATED TO THE INITIAL VALUES OF BONE MINERAL DENSITY (BMD)
M.P. Bianchi, M.C. Cox, F. Conti, M. Pietravalle, A. Proietti, L. Vismara,V. David, C. Tatarelli, B. Veggia, G. Antolino, F. Mendicino, R. Camilli, P. Cardelli, B. Monarca, M.A. Aloe Spiriti (A.O.Sant'Andrea-II Faculty of Medicine-La Sapienza-Roma, Rome, Italy)
1002 HAEMATOPATHOLOGY DIAGNOSTIC SKILLS ACQUIRED IN A VIRTUAL LABORATORY: PRACTICAL TEACHING IN THE 21ST CENTURY
JM O’Connor, C Burton, J Blase, W Curson, J Doughty, T Lightfoot, A Jack (St James's Institute of Oncology, Leeds, United Kingdom)
1003 IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL DETECTION OF ZAP-70 IN A SERIES OF MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA (MZL) PATIENTS
C. Kalpadakis, G.A. Pangalis, P. Korkolopoulou, T.P. Vassilakopoulos, G. Levidou, M.C. Kyrtsonis, S. Sachanas, X. Yiakoumis, E.M. Dimitriadou, F.N. Kontopidou, M.P. Siakantaris, E. Patsouris, P. Panayiotidis, H. Papadaki, M.K. Angelopoulou (Department of Haematology, University of Crete, Athens, Greece)
1004 OUTCOME OF AGGRESSIVE ATL-HTLV1 PATIENTS AFTER CHOP21 AS FIRST LINE TREATMENT - BUCHAREST EXPERIENCE
D. Cisleanu, A.M. Vladareanu, H. Bumbea, S. Radesi, I. Voican, C. Ciufu, C. Marinescu, M. Onisai, A. Nicolescu, M. Dervesteanu, C. Dobrea, V. Popov, D. Colita, D. Mut-Popescu (Universitary Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania)
1005 INTENSIFIED CHOP (ICHOP) +/- RITUXIMAB IN PRIMARY MEDIASTINAL DIFFUSE LARGE B CELL LYMPHOMA (PMBCL): THE ROLE OF DOXORUBICIN/ CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE DOSE-INTENSITY
R. Mazza, M. Spina, M. Magagnoli, M. Demarco, L. Siracusano, L. Castagna,
L. Giordano, U. Tirelli, A. Santoro, M. Balzarotti (Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Italy)


THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY II

1006

SUBCLINICAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN YOUNG B-THALASSEMIA
MAJOR PATIENTS
A. Tantawy, A. A.Abdel Moneim, M. Ghareib, S. Abdel Gelil (Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt)

1007

SILICA CLOTTING TIME IN LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS OF LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT (LA). AN USEFUL TOOL FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME (APS) IN PATIENTS ON ANTICOAGULANT TREATMENT
N. Fernandez-Mosteirin, N. Fernandez-Mosteirin, N. Salvador-Osuna, M. Torres, B. Soria, F. Sevil, N. Padron, A. Godoy, M. Guillen, M. Abio, A. Iborra, C. Sierra, J.F. Lucia, D. Rubio-Felix (Miguel Servet Universitary Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain)

1008

POTENTIAL FUNCTION OF EGF1 DOMAIN PEPTIDE IN
ANTICOAGULATION THERAPY: BINDING TO TISSUE FACTOR WITHOUT THE ABILITY OF COAGULATION

H. Mei, Y. Hu, H. Wang, X. Zhang, F. Zhou, T. Guo (Institute of Hematology, Wuhan, China)

1009

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INR MEASURED WITH DIFFERENT THROMBOPLASTINS, COAGULATION FACTOR LEVELS AND THROMBIN GENERATION IN PATIENTS RECEIVING ORAL VITAMINK ANTAGONISTS
K.M.J. Devreese, E. Bailleul (Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium)

1010 ENDOTHELIAL KLF4 LINKS PRO-INFLAMMATORY LEVELS TO THE EXPRESSION OF PAI-1 AND VWF GENE
L.H. Yang (The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China)
1011 THE ANTITHROMBOTIC AND BLEEDING EFFECTS OF DABIGATRAN, A DIRECT THROMBIN INHIBITOR, AS COMPARED TO ENOXAPARIN, HEPARIN AND WARFARIN IN RATS
J. Van Ryn, I. Kuritsch, M. Kink-Eiband, H. Priepke, W. Wienen (Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co KG, Biberach, Germany
1013 GENETIC VARIABILITY OF FIBRINOGEN A-CHAIN GENE DEFINES FIBRINOGEN LEVELS BETWEEN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND PATIENTS WITH DOCUMENTED ATHEROSCLEROSIS: EFFECTS ON PROTHROMBOTIC PROFILE
I. Bossinakou, M. Kozanitou, N. Papageorgiou, A. Vlachopoulou, D. Tousoulis, E. Andronopoulou, M. Tsekoura M, C Stefanadis C, E Bossinakou (Hippocratio General Hospital, Athens, Greece)
1014 THE IMPACT OF THE GENETIC POLYMORPHISM G455A OF FIBRINOGEN B-CHAIN GENE ON FIBRINOGEN LEVELS, LOW-GRADE INFLAMMATORY PROCESS AND ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED ATHEROSCLEROSIS
I. Bossinakou, N. Papageorgiou, M. Kozanitou, D. Tousoulis, Z. Pallantza, A. Vlachopoulou, M. Tsekoura M, C Stefanadis C, E Bossinakou (Hippocratio General Hospital, Athens, Greece)
1015 A NORMAL D-DIMER VALUE, MEASURED BY A HIGH SENSITIVITY ASSAY, RULE OUT A SUSPECTED VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM EPISODE INDEPENDENTLY OF PRETEST CLINICAL PROBABILITY
J. Casals-Sole, D. Bernaudo, J. Camp, N. Lozano, E. Ballester, G. Escolar (Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain)
1016 ELEVATED LEVELS AND DIFFERENT SUBSETS OF PROCOAGULANT MICROPARTICLES IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS USING HORMONAL THERAPY
M.C. Trappenburg, M. van Schilfgaarde, H.M. Spronk, H. ten Cate, A. Leyte, W.E. Terpstra (Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
1017 ROLE OF JAK2 MUTATION IN PATIENTS WITH SPLANCHNIC VEIN
THROMBOSIS: AIIMS EXPERIENCE
S. Rathi, S. Sazawal, B. Sharma, T. Seth, A. Saraya, R. Saxena (AIIMS,
Delhi, India)
1018 A TWO YEAR OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF PATIENTS ATTENDING A DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS CLINIC-DEMOGRAPHICS, RISK FACTORS AND ANATOMICAL SITE OF THROMBOSIS
J. Blundell, J. McClure, A. McSorley (Royal Cornwall hospital, Truro, United Kingdom)
1019 THROMBOEMBOLISM PREDICTIVE FACTORS IN POLYCYTHEMIA VERA AND ESSENTIAL THROMBOCYTHEMIA
A. Bellora, S. Tamiazzo, V. Primon, M. Pini, M.T. Corsetti, E. Cornaglia, M. Demichelis, R. Santi, L. Contino, A. Levis (SS Antonio and Biagio Hospital, Alessandria, Italy)
1020 JAK2 MUTATIONAL STATUS, HEMOSTATIC RISK FACTORS AND THROMBOPHILIC FACTORS IN ET PATIENTS
B. Sokolowska, A. Nowaczynska, K. Bykowska, S. Chocholska, K. Wejksza, A. Walter-Croneck, M. Kandefer-Szerszen, T. Gromek, A. Kowalska, A. Dmoszynska (Medical University of Lublin, Poland, Lublin, Poland)
1021 ENDOTHELIAL CELLS (EC) AND ENDOTHELIAL PRECURSOR CELLS (EPC) KINETICS IN HAEMATOLOGICAL PATIENTS UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY OR AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION (ASCT)
R. Pytlik, L. Kideryová, K. Bene_ová, R. Veselá, J. Karban, H. Rychtrmocová, M. Trnen_ (1st Medical Faculty, Charles University, Praha , Czech Republic)
1022 THE IMPACT OF THE GENETIC POLYMORPHISM G455A ON THE B-CHAIN FIBRINOGEN GENE ON THROMBOTIC PROCESS IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
I. Bossinakou, M. Kozanitou, D. Tousoulis, N. Papageorgiou, E. Andronopoulou, M. Tsekoura M, C Stefanadis C, E Bossinakou (Hippocratio General Hospital, Athens, Greece)
1023 ASYMPTOMATIC BRAIN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING ABNORMALITIES IN ADULT PATIENTS WITH THALASSEMIAINTERMEDIA
A. Taher, K. Musallam, W. Nasreddine, A. Inati, A. Beydoun (American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon)
1024 LOW LEVELS OF PROTEIN Z ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HELLP SYNDROME AND ITS SEVERITY
I.K. Kaygusuz, T.F.T. Firatli Tuglular, T.T. Toptas, M.D. Demir (Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey)
1025 MOLECULAR TYPING OF P. AERUGINOSA ISOLATES ALLOWS TO TRACE WATER AS THE SOURCE OF AN OUTBREAK OF MULTIRESISTANT PSEUDOMONAS BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS
C. Chiara, F. Bracchi, E. Casalone, E. Borlenghi, C. Barni, M. Gelmi, G. Ravizzola, F. Donnarumma, G. Mastromei, L. Baushi, N. Manca, L. Jacquot, G. Rossi (Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy)
1026 CARDIAC BIOMARKERS AND ASSESSMENT OF CARDIAC TOXICITY DURING HEMATOPOIETIC CELL TRANSPLANTATION FOR HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES
J.M. Horacek, L. Jebavy, M. Ulrychova, M. Tichy, P. Zak, J. Maly (University Hospital Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)
1027 SERIOUS EBV ENCEPHALITIS IN PATIENTS AFTER ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION (ALLO-SCT) - SERIES OF 3 CASES
M. Kouba, M. Markova, V. Valkova, M. Hricinova, P. Soukup, C. Salek, J. Mertova, J. Maaloufova, P. Hubacek, J. Cermak, A. Vitek, P. Cetkovsky (Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic)
1028 MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS APPROACH OF BLOOD STREAM INFECTIONS OF THE NEUTROPENIC PATIENT WITHHAEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCES
V. Pavone, G. Lobreglio, G. Pasanisi, G. Maggio, M.C. Cosi, C. Zecca, C. Del Casale, A.R. Messa, S. Sibilla, A. Mele, R. Defrancesco (A.O. “Card. G. Panico”, Tricase (Lecce), Italy)
1029 THE ROLE OF PROPHYLACTIC ANTIMICROBIALS DURING AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION : A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
C. Suh, B.S. Sohn, D.H. Yoon, S. Kim, D.H. Lee, S.W. Kim, J.S. Lee (Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South-Korea)
1031 EFFECTIVENESS AND SECURITY OF ITRACONAZOL FOR INVASIVE FUNGAL INFECTION (IFI) PRIMARY PROPHYLAXIS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE LEUKEMIA
C. Martinez, E. Lopez, I. Heras, A. Fernandez, M.L. Amigo, E. Perez, F.J. Ortuño, V. Vicente (Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain)
1031 PROGNOSTIC FACTORS AND OUTCOME OF PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) WITH HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES
C. Martinez, E. Lopez, A. Carrillo, E. Perez, J.J. Sanchez, F. de Arriba, I. Heras, V. Vicente (Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer, Murcia, Spain)
1032 COMPLIANCE TO IDSA-GUIDELINES FOR THE TREATMENT OF INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA
M. Caira, A . Candoni, M. Offidani, B. Martino, M. Luppi, G. Specchia, C.G. Valentini, M.E. Tosti, F. Aversa, G. Leone, A. Nosari, L. Pagano (Catholic University, Rome, Italy)
1033 EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF MICAFUNGIN AS AN EMPIRICAL ANTIFUNGAL AGENT FOR FEBRILE NEUTROPENIC PATIENTS
J.S. Park (Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, South-Korea)
1034 MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS BY LIGHTCYCLER_ SEPTIFAST IN THE PREEMPTIVE TREATMENT OF INVASIVE FUNGAL INFECTIONS: A 5 CASES REPORT
D. Clerici, N. Mancini, B. Forno, B. Cappelli, S. Mastaglio, C. Messina, A. Crotta, A. Assanelli, C. Corti, M. Bernardi, J. Peccatori, L. Fumagalli, F. Crippa, F. Ciceri, M. Clementi (San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy)
1035 MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS OF BACTERIEMIA IN NEUTROPENIC FEBRILE ONCOHEMATOLOGICAL PATIENTS. PRELIMINARY RESULTS
E. Gimeno, M.L. Sorli, E. Abella, A. Alvarez, J.P. Juan Pablo, M.T. Gimenez, A. Salar, B. Sanchez, C. Pedro, S. Saumell, C. Besses, M. Salvado (Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain)
1036 RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION OUTBREAK IN CHILDREN WITH HEMATO-ONCOLOGICAL DISEASES
A.U. Unuvar, S. Anak, D. Atay, Z. Karakas, G. Ozturk, T. Uzunhan, M. Garipardic, L. Agaoglu, O. Devecioglu (Istanbul University, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey)
1037 CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA IN HEMATOLOGY-ONCOLOGY PATIENTS
S. Delimpasi (Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
1038 IN VITRO ANTIBIOTIC SYNERGY ON MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT STRAINS OF PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA ISOLATED FROM ONCOHAEMATOLOGICAL PATIENTS
G. Lobreglio, P. D'Aversa, M. Malagnino, L. Leo, M.J. Monteduro, L. Russo (A.O. “Card G Panico”, Tricase, Italy)
1039 IFN-GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY RESPONSES IN PATIENTS WITH CLINICAL SUSPICION FOR PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS, AND IN HEALTH-CARE WORKERS WITH POTENTIAL FOR EXPOSURE TO M. TUBERCULOSIS
G. Lobreglio, P. Barone, P. Errico, G. Maggio, M.C. Cosi, C. Zecca, G.C. Pasanisi (A.O. “Card G Panico”, Tricase, Italy)