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Acute
Leukaemia 
last
updated 28 August, 2007
Introduction
Since
its establishment in 1991, the Acute Leukaemia Working Party (ALWP) has dedicated
its activity to identifying different risk groups and evaluating the results of
specific treatments. Recently its focus has been shifting from risk factors involving
patient characteristics towards ones relating to the techniques and methods of
transplantation. The ALWP continues to play a major role in monitoring the outcome
of haematopoietic transplant throughout Europe and its work has resulted in a
large number of publications. Registry
The Acute Leukaemia Registry is located in Paris and is the largest of
the disease registries in terms of patient number- more than 33 000 patients have
been reported to the registry by nearly 480 centres. We are currently working
in close collaboration with national registries to update the various databases.
Future Plans
Results
for the mid-1990s were extremely encouraging: the period 1987-1994 showed a 20%
improvement on the period 1980-1986, the amelioration being entirely due to a
reduction in TRM (Bone Marrow Transplant 1996,17,13). Although the rate of improvement
now, if it exists, is much slower, we are moving forward and developing prospective
studies. We aim to undertake these studies in conjunction with the other main
European organizations working in the field of acute leukaemia. This would enable
us to realise our other mission, which is to become a focal point for other European
bodies to meet and perform studies that are only possible through inter-organisational
collaboration.
Meetings Minutes
of Acute Leukemia Working Party Meetings are available here.
Click on the following links to download - Minutes
of the Acute Leukemia Working Party (ALWP) - March 2007
 - Minutes
of the Acute Leukemia Working Party (ALWP) - November 2006 meeting
- Minutes
of the Subcommittees' Meeting Acute Leukemia Working Party (ALWP) November 2006
- Meeting
4 November 2005
(and proposal for subcommittees )
- Meeting 20 March 2005
- Meeting
8 October 2004
- Meeting
20 November 2003
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