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TRANSPLANTS
& TRANSFUSION

UpdAtE ON “trEAtMENt ANd MANAGEMENt
OF hEMAtOLOGiC MALiGNANCiES”

hiGhLiGhtEd At 9th ANNUAL MEthOdiSt hOSpitAL
CANCEr NEtWOrK CONFErENCE

By Paul Shaughnessy, MD, Medical Director, Adult Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplant Program
Adult Blood Cancers and Stem Cell Transplant Physician, Methodist Hospital

Methodist Hospital and the Texas Transplant In- myeloma. Eric Jacobsen, MD from the Dana-Farber Cancer Insti-
stitute, a department of Methodist Hospital, and tute in Boston, reviewed clinical advances in NHL/CLL and updates
the Sarah Cannon Blood Network recently spon- in treatment. Farhad Ravandi, MD from the University of Texas —
sored the Ninth Annual “Update in the Treatment MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston presented information on
and Management of Hematologic Malignancies: the latest treatment options for patients with acute leukemia.
Highlights from Orlando,” review on Feb. 12 at
the Oak Hills Country Club. Physicians and health Total participants included 126 attendees, representing 101
care workers from San Antonio, Austin and the Rio providers including 62 physicians, 12 mid-Level providers (NP, PA),
Grande Valley who are involved in the care of can- 24 registered nurses, two PharmDs, one social worker, and 25 other
cer patients with hematologic diseases attended to staff from Austin, the Hill Country, San Antonio area, and the Rio
participate and learn some of the latest updates in Grande Valley.
hematologic diseases.
Over a few refreshments and a wonderful dinner at the Oak Hills
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) Country club in a span of three and half hours, all attendees were
put on their annual meeting in Orlando, Florida able to hear world experts provide updates on the care of patients
in December 2015, and over 30,000 hematologists with these hematologic malignancies.
and healthcare workers attended this premiere
meeting for education and clinical updates in all Participants received information on the latest treatment recom-
aspects of hematology. Attending the ASH meeting in person can mendations based on recent clinical studies presented at ASH 2015
be difficult for those hematologists in private practice. The meeting for multiple myeloma, NHL, acute leukemias, and hematologic ma-
itself is very large and covers many aspects of benign hematology. It
also covers much focused areas of research that do not always pertain
to the clinical practice of hematology. Therefore, Methodist Hospi-
tal, along with the Texas Transplant Institute and the Sarah Cannon
Blood Network hosted worldwide experts in specific focused areas
of clinical hematology to share highlights in these areas for hematol-
ogists and healthcare workers from throughout the Central and
South Texas region.

The Ninth Annual “Highlights of ASH” included four experts in
different areas of clinical hematology. Haydar Frangoul, MD, MS
from The Children’s Hospital at TriStar Centennial Nashville, Ten-
nessee presented updates in clinical advances and treatment of ado-
lescents and young adults with hematologic cancers. Philip
McCarthy, MD from Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New
York, presented updates in the care of patients with multiple

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