A word from the Executive Director

A message from Andreu Gusi Puig, the New EBMT Executive Director, on his first weeks at EBMT and a reflection on some of the challenges that the Society is currently facing and will need to overcome in the future…

EBMT 2010

The last preparations for EBMT 2010 in Vienna are underway and the congress looks set to be a huge success. 1195 abstracts were received for review and attendance figures are increasing by the day. We also highlight a number of special sessions and awards taking place at the congress which may be of particular interest to members...

EBMT Elections 2010

In preparation for the forthcoming EBMT Elections which will take place during EBMT Congress in Vienna from 21st - 24th March 2010 we are pleased to circulate the manifestos of the official election candidates for your perusal...

EBMT-ED

There are just three months remaining until the latest edition of the joint ESH-EBMT Training Course, scheduled for 24th - 27th May in Targu-Mures, Romania. Preparations are well underway and the course promises to have a very international feel, with participants already registered from as far afield as Brazil, Malaysia and India, in addition to Europeans from numerous countries...

Prospective Non-Interventional Studies

An invitation for centres to join two Prospective Non-Interventional Studies currently being run by the Chronic Leukaemias Working Party: 1. The Effect of Transfusions and Iron Toxicity in untreated adult patients with Myelodysplastic Syndrome or Chronic myelomonocytic Leukaemia treated with myelo-ablative Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation. 2. The outcome of allogeneic stem cell transplantation in CML patients who have received second generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors...

Association News

A news digest from the EBMT Secretariat, including: Invitation to attend the EBMT General Assembly in Vienna; information regarding the EBMT Stand; Calls for Expressions of Interest to host EBMT 2014…

JACIE Accreditation Update

News from the JACIE Accreditation Office, which includes the latest accreditation figures; JACIE's presence at EBMT 2010 and forthcoming training courses which will be of particular interest for centres planning to apply for JACIE Accreditation as well as for individuals interested in becoming JACIE Inspectors…

Data Management

Carmen Ruiz, Head of the EBMT Registry, details the new guidelines for the registry based studies, plus an important look at the changing HLA Nomenclature. The EBMT Data Office in Paris has recently welcomed a new data manager. Betty Bouveur will be in charge of entering MED-AB data and checking the data quality of the registry…

Clinical Trials

Preparations are underway for the Final Stakeholder Workshop organised by the Road Map Initiative for Clinical Research in Europe, which is to be held in Brussels on 17 March 2010. You are invited to add your voice to the debate by completing a short survey indicating your level of agreement with the outcomes of the workshops...

Nurses Group News

A link through to last edition of the NG News which includes an informative report on a new pan-European nursing collaboration to optimise care of patients with rare blood cancer click here...