title: Evolving trends in the treatment of low-risk myelodysplastic syndromes: immunomodulation and beyond--9th European Hematology Association Congress Geneva, Switzerland, 10-13 June 2004.
abstract: The 9th European Hematology Association Congress, held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 10 through 13 June 2004, offered a number of educational programmes that focused on myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). This report will summarize the material presented at the educational symposium entitled 'Evolving Trends in the Treatment of Low-Risk MDS: Immunomodulation and Beyond'. The overview of the presentations includes a comparative review of the classification systems for MDS; a discussion of treatment strategies and management issues for patients in lower risk disease categories; a description of a novel class of immunomodulators, the IMiDs((R)), and a presentation of updated data from clinical trials of the IMiD compound, lenalidomide, in the treatment of MDS.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Avicenne, Bobigny, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fenaux
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Bowen
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: List
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007167:Immunotherapy / Q000639:trends; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012955:Societies, Medical; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013557:Switzerland
chemical_list: D007155:Immunologic Factors