Expert interviews and scientific summary available

January 2019 - The iCMLf is pleased to present to you conference coverage from the CML education session at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting (ASH 2018) in San Diego. This includes expert video interviews with speakers on their perspectives on the session and a scientific summary report of this session and relevant abstracts.

These summaries have been created by Springer Healthcare IME, Springer’s independent medical education unit and are brought to you with support from Bristol Myers Squibb.

Education session on CML – With great success comes great responsibility

At ASH in San Diego, the CML education session was entitled 'With Great Success Comes Great Responsibility'. Professor Jane Apperley from the Imperial College in London (UK) and her co-presenters, Professors Timothy Hughes and Charles Craddock gave respective presentations on the treatment of CML with TKIs, molecular monitoring to aid clinical decision making and the role of transplantation in managing CML.

• The argument for using imatinib in CML
  Professor Jane Apperley (Imperial College, London)

• Molecular monitoring in CML: How deep, how often, and how should it influence therapy?
  Professor Timothy Hughes (SAHMRI / University of Adelaide)

• We do still transplant, don’t we?
  Professor Charles Craddock (Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham)

In addition, we are pleased to be able to offer you a complete scientific summary of the education session on CML. This also contains a summary of relevant abstracts on; TFR failure, resistance and new drug development.

Download the scientific summary report here