UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI SIENA
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI SIENA
What can we learn from Africa?
New insights to lymphoma classification, heterogeneity, molecular epidemiology
& biology
Certosa di Pontignano Siena, 7-8 may 2010
ECM accreditation applied: 9 credits
Report from the Central Pathology Review of Cases entered into INCTR study and short course on tumours of lymphoid tissue
This meeting is an offshoot of an ongoing INCTR study on Burkitt lymphoma. A team of 5 experienced hematopathologists visited histopathology departments in East Africa to perform a central pathology review of all patients who had either entered or were intended to be entered into the INCTR’s study 03-06 on Burkitt lymphoma, which includes both HIV+ and HIV- patients. The team reviewed consecutive lymphoproliferative lesions during a defined period in these institutions. More than 400 cases of lymphoma have been examined and analysed by immunocitochemistry, molecular techniques and classified according to the WHO classification 2008. Further analysis on the material reviewed is currently being undertaken and we intend to discuss the results of this analysis at the proposed meeting.
This workshop, apart from being a follow-up of the central review, will provide a platform to illustrate many pitfalls in lymphoma diagnoses, and address measures to counter the diagnostic difficulties. The aim of this meeting is to share the experience of the visiting haematopathologists with pathologists from different backgrounds and different sites across the globe, and also include discussions on the more recent developments in the field. Furthermore, this meeting will provide an excellent opportunity to plan future clinical and research studies in lymphomas twinning the developed and the developing countries
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International Network for Cancer Treatment and Research |
National Cancer Institute |
Istituto Toscano Tumori |
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BIO-OPTICA MILANO SPA LEICA MYCROSYSTEM |
EXPLERA SRL MEDICAL SYSTEMS SPA |