14^th - 15^th June 2004 at
the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh

Programme

INTERNATIONAL

Pædiatric, Hæmatology
& Oncology

UPDATE MEETING

MONDAY 14TH JUNE

08:00–09:50 Registration

09:50 President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh welcomes conference
09:55 Introduction to meeting
Tim Eden, Manchester, England
SESSION 1
10:00 Lecture 1 – Soft Tissues Sarcomas
Meriel Jenney, Penarth, Wales
10:30 Lecture 2 – Osteosarcomas – Surgical approach
Rob Grimer – Birmingham, England
11:00 Lecture 3 – Osteosarcomas – Chemotherapy approach
Stefan Bielack – Münster, Germany
Sponsored by an educational grant from Cancer Research UK
11:30 Lecture 4 – Minimising toxicity/Improving Quality of Life in high risk tumours. Is it possible?
Gill Levitt/Louise Soanes – London, England – 15min Talks
12:00–12:15 Round Table Discussion

12:15–13:30 Lunch and Exhibition

SESSION 2
13:30 Lecture 5 – Minimal residual Disease in ALL
Nick Goulden – Bristol, England
Sponsored by an educational grant from Leukemia Research Fund
14:00 Lecture 6 – CML and Myelodysplasma diagnostic dilemmas and therapeutic challenges
Irene Roberts – London, England
Sponsored by an educational grant from Leukemia Research Fund
14:30 2 Clinical conundrums/Case Presentations
1) Malignant melanoma – Managing an adult
condition in a young child – Roger Palmer –
Cambridge, England
2) Intra cranial lympho proliferative disease post transplantation – Boo Messahel – Surrey, England
15:00–15:15 Round Table Discussion

15:15–15:45 Tea

SESSION 3
15:45 Lecture 7 – Drugs – What is New?
Pamela Kearns – Bristol, England
16:15 Lecture 8 – Supportive Care Oral Care
Faith Gibson – London, England
16:45 Lecture 9 – Palliative Care
Richard Hain – Penarth, Wales
Anne Thompson – Newcastle, England – 15min talks
17:15–17:30 Round Table Discussion

SESSION 4
17:30–18:30 Debate on Informed Consent
Nursing – Rachel Hollis, Leeds, England
Medical – Tim Eden, Manchester, England
Legal – Sheila McLean, Glasgow, Scotland

19:30 Reception and Conference Dinner at Royal
College of Physicians, Queen Street, Edinburgh

TUESDAY 15TH JUNE

08:30-09:00 Registration and coffee

SESSION 5
09:00-09:45 3 Clinical Conundrums/Case Presentations
(1) Simultaneous Renal PNET and adeno Carcinoma of the bowel with underlying genetic defects – Emma Johnson, Edinburgh, Scotland
(2) Lemierre’s syndrome - Lisa Howell – Manchester, England
(3) Anaplastic large cell lymphoma – Antony Ng – Birmingham, England
09:45 Lecture 10 – Thrombosis: screening/ management. What to do in haematology/ oncology?
Ri Liesner, London, England
10:15–10:30 Discussion

10:30–11:00 Coffee and Exhibition

SESSION 6
11:00 Lecture 11 – Haemoglobinopathies
Sally Kinsey, Leeds, England
11:30 Lecture 12 – Advances in Radiology
Kieran McHugh, London, England
12:00 Lecture 13 – ‘Getting the diagnosis right’ Advances in Molecular Pathologic Diagnosis
Maureen O’Sullivan, Vancouver, Canada
12:30–12:45 Discussion

12:45–14:00 Lunch and Exhibition

SESSION 7
14:00 Lecture 14 – Wilms’ Tumour – the way forward
Jan de Kraker, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
14:30 Lecture 15 – Neuroblastoma
Jan Kohler, Southampton, England
15:00 Lecture 16 – Understanding apoptosis
Guy Makin – Manchester, England
15:30–15:45 Discussion

15:45–16:15 Tea

SESSION 8
16:15 Lecture 17 – Rare Tumours – Lets learn from the past
Bernadette Brennan – Manchester, England
16:45 Lecture 18 – Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis –
an update
Maarten Egeler, Leiden, The Netherlands
17:15 Discussion
17:30 Close of meeting