Blood Matters: For the 17th Year, Thousands of Hematologists Meet in Amsterdam, June 14-17, 2012

AMSTERDAM, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

3^rd Invitation to 17^th Congress of EHA - European Hematology Association

The Board of the European Hematology Association (EHA) has the pleasure to cordially invite you, as a member of the press, to the 17^th Congress of EHA.

More than 9,000 participants from around the world are expected at the upcoming Congress at the RAI Congress Center in Amsterdam from June 14-17, 2012.

About the EHA Annual Congress:

The 17^th Congress of EHA will take place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Hematology is a specialty that covers everything that has to do with blood: its origin in the bone marrow, diseases (in the production) of blood and their treatments.

Press Briefing on key-topics:

The press briefing is organized on Friday June 15, 08:30 - 10:00 a.m., at the Amsterdam RAI, Room E102.

Topics:

Three topics on malignant hematology will be addressed:

1. Dr Engert - Hodgkin Lymphoma focusing on reducing radiotherapy, while maintaining the highest possible cure rate.
2. Dr Topp - Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia: impressive results with a bispecific antibody in patients with refractory disease.
3. Dr Ramsy - How malignant cells in patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia escape the deadly T-cell attack.

Two presentations on benign hematology will deal with iron:

1. Dr Carpenter - Iron overload in Thalassemia; heart problems accurately diagnosed in time with magnetic resonance imaging to prevent death.
2. Dr Hedenus - Iron deficiency in women without anemia treated with iron, thus leading to a significant improvement of fatigue/quality of life.

A number of sessions in the Congress program are dedicated to more general health care issues:

• At the Patient Advocacy Session the topic "Quality of Life - do patients perceive Quality of Life the same way as you do?" will be discussed from different perspectives.
• In collaboration with the American Society of Hematology (ASH) a joint program has been designed about access to standard drugs and treatment in different geographical areas.
• The joint program with the European School of Haematology (ESH) is an interactive session on communication: What clinicians believe they said and what patients believe they heard.

The program of the 17^th Congress can be found here

Press Registration:
Registration for members of the press is free. To register online click here.

SOURCE European Hematology Association

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