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Collage conversations COVID 19July 2020 - The iCMLf Conversations on CML and COVID-19 were well received with over 300 participants from all over the world. We thank everyone who participated and all our experts who shared their experience and perspectives in these challenging and ever changing times.

Would you like a recap, or have you missed the live conversations on CML and COVID-19? The recordings of all four presentations are now available to view on the COVID-19 Hub.
You can listen to the experts and see their slides.

Collage Malhotra PagnanoJuly 2020 - Please join us for the last in our series of conversations with renowned CML experts on managing CML during this pandemic. On July 17th Professor Hemant Malhotra and Dr Katia Pagnano will be sharing their local experiences and perspectives from India and Brazil. We also have the opportunity to recap and answer remaining questions from the first 3 webinar.

What do we know about COVID-19 and CML so far from the real world?
Perspectives from India and Brazil

  • Professor Hemant Malhotra, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College Hospital, Jaipur (India)
  • Dr Katia Pagnano, University of Campinas, Sao Paulo (Brazil)

July 17th at 15.00 Central European time (CET)

What will be discussed during the conversation with Professor Malhotra and Dr Pagnano?

During the 45 min webinar we will discuss the following topics:

  • Current situation with COVID-19 in India/Brazil
  • Changes in management of patients with CML during the pandemic
  • CML and COVID-19: local experiences, strategy and specific challenges
  • Concerns with medicine drug supply during the pandemic

EHA 2018 RéaJuly 2020 - Please join us for the third in our series of conversations with renowned CML experts on managing CML during this pandemic. On July 8th Dr Delphine Réa will be sharing her experience and perspectives.

Management of patients with CML and COVID-19 infection

Dr Delphine Réa, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris (France)
July 8th at 11.00 Central European time (CET)

What will be discussed during the conversation with Dr Réa?

During the 45 min webinar we will address the following questions:

  • Management of patients with CML and COVID-19
  • Should CML treatment be adjusted, or stopped in patients who have developed a COVID-19 infection?
  • Interactions between CML treatments and therapies being tried for COVID-19
  • Considerations for COVID-19 treatment at the different stages of CML
  • The future of COVID-19 and CML treatment

Rosti EHA 2019June 2020 - Please join us for the second in our series of conversations with renowned CML experts on managing CML during this pandemic. On July 2nd Professor Gianantonio Rosti will be sharing his experience and perspectives.

Management recommendations for patients with CML during the pandemic

Professor Gianantonio Rosti, St Orsola University Hospital, Bologna (Italy)
July 2nd at 16.00 Central European time (CET)


What will be discussed during the conversation with Professor Rosti?
During the 45 min webinar we will discuss the following questions:

  • Treatment recommendations for patients with CML during the pandemic
  • How to begin therapy in a newly diagnosed CML patient
  • Should CML treatment be adjusted, switched, or stopped pre-emptively? 
  • Should the monitoring schedule be adjusted?
  • What should be considered for those patients in TFR, or considering TFR?

 

Jorge Cortes 2013June 2020 - Please join us for the first in a series of conversations with renowned CML experts on managing CML during this pandemic. On June 24th Professor Jorge Cortes will be sharing his experience and perspectives.

An overview of CML in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic

Professor Jorge Cortes, Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta (USA)
June 24th at 15.00 Central European time (CET)

What will be discussed during the conversation with Professor Cortes?
During the 45 min webinar we will discuss the following questions:

  • An overview of our current knowledge
  • Advice for CML patients
  • Risk and prognosis for people with CML and COVID-19
  • CML therapy during the pandemic
  • Do TKI's have a protective effect or not?
  • Does interferon have a positive effect?

iStock 1203771991 CoronavirusJune 2020 - The International CML Foundation is holding a series of four webinars focused on the care of people with CML during the COVID-19 crisis.

Beginning in late June, for four weeks, we will be hosting conversations with renowned experts in CML, who will be sharing their experiences and perspectives, also addressing key questions around CML and COVID-19.
An important part of each conversation will be questions from the audience.

Please join us on the following webinars: