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**Nursing Leukaemia
*Friday 29 February 2008
Symposium: Haematology

Hosted by the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, the topics covered will include a haemato-oncology update, myeloproliferation disorders, clotting and updates in transfusion and transplantation. Dr Peter Hillmen, Consultant Haematologist, will give a presentation on the prognostic factors and management for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; while Dr Graham Jackson, Consultant Haematologist, from the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, will present on the treatment and complications of myeloma bone disease. Professor Jane Apperley will be discussing the impact of Imatinib in the management of chronic myeloid leukaemia. Nurses will find these topics relevant to their work in the haematology setting. Pick up free Leukaemia Research patient information booklets at our stand.
Venue: the Royal College of Physicians, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh. For further information contact Christina Gray on 0131 247 3607 or email: c.gray@rcpe.ac.uk

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