title: Report on the 40th annual meeting of the European society for blood and marrow transplantation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The EBMT is a non-profit scientific society representing 563 transplant centres from 57 countries in and outside Europe.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  From 29 March to 2 April 2014, the EBMT Annual Meeting took place at the Milan Convention Centre (MiCo), for the 40th Annual Meeting.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This report will summarise the meeting's sessions and discuss the nursing scientific programme.
  programme, interview, presentations, and abstracts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This year's 40th Anniversary congress in Milan received a record number of abstract submissions plus an extremely high attendance of more than 4600 participants-the second highest in the history of the EBMT. The meeting provided a venue for a constructive multinational and multidisciplinary dialogue. EBMT continues to monitor differences between countries and spreads good clinical practice.
authors: Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
authors: Giuseppe
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authors: Fatuzzo
keywords: EBMT; bone marrow transplantation; nurses group