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WMUK Newsletter No 1 Feb 2013 Now available 12th February 2013
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IWMF EDUCATIONAL FORUM, San Diego May 17-19th 2013 14th January 2013
Click here to download the programme. If you can get there it's well worthwhile and in a really interesting venue. Get ready to be hit with blasts of total enthusiasm!
DVDS are now available of the ED Forum of 2012- contact the IWMF
DR SHIRLEY D'SA'S SUMMARY OF THE WM WORKSHOP IN NEWPORT,USA 5th Nov 2012
The summary of the Physicians workshop gets to the heart of current treatment options, and the contents will inevitably form the core of most of the discussions in the March London Forum. Required reading!
Dr Shirley D'Sa's summary of WM Workshop Newport
TRIAL SHOWS RITUXIMAB SUPERIOR TO WATCH AND WAIT 1st May 2012
Results of a trial at UCLH on follicular lymphoma- which often uses similar treatments, shows Rituximab is superior in terms of disease progression to 'watch and wait' in asymptomatic cases. May have implications for WM treatment. This is an article in the UCLH Wardlines magazine.
Wardlines Magazine
NEW CLINICAL PAPER ON HYPERVISCOSITY IN WM 6th January 2012
This clinical Paper is by Dr Shirley D'Sa of WMUK. Shirley is lead WM specialist at University College Hospital, London. This paper is very useful reading for anyone who has Hyperviscosity caused by IgM. It was intially written for The Torch, the IWMF Magazine, January 2012 and thus contains some USA terms and units.
Hyperviscosity Syndrome
NEW GENETIC LINK TO 90% OF WM CASES FOUND 18th December 2011
Dr Steve Treon of the Dana-Farber Institute at Harvard revealed his research which linked 90% of WM cases to a single genetic defect in his presentation at the annual American Socirty of Haematology conference at San Diego in December. Steve will be talking further about this as keynote speaker to the 3rd International WM Patient Conference in London. There is more information on the IWMF and Dana-Farber Sites. This is a copy of the press release from Dana-Farber: WM_gene_treon_Dec2011
THREE INTERESTING DANA FARBER ARTICLES ON WM TREATMENT 18th December 2011
These three articles from the Dana-Farber Institute, including one from Steve Treon are technical, but very comprehensive state of the art views of WM and its treatment.
Well worth the read! Beware of differences in units in the USA, particularly IgM.
NHLProspective2011.FINAL
EUROPEAN ONLINE COMMUNITY ESTABLISHED 27th October 2011
Phil Manning, of transplant blog fame, has volunteered via WMUK to be the English Language moderator of the WM online community recently established by EURORDIS, the European Rare disease organisaton. Not only does it provide a platform for English language discussion, it offers translation into 5 languages, so linking the existing WM communities in other  languages. Have a look at the Rareconnect site at:
http://www.rarediseasecommunities.org/en/community/waldenstrm-macroglobulinemia
Get in touch now- you will welcomed, and keep Phil busy!
See also EURORDIS, the voice of patients with rare diseases for details of other rare disease news. www.eurordis.org
4th International WM Forum, London, March Pictures NEW 2nd April 2013
150 patients, doctors and carers attended the 4th Forum in London at the Royal College of GPs. Here are a selection of photos. The 2 disc DVD of all presentations is available, plus some still photos. Just send £15 (£18 overseas) via the donate button and send us a confirmatory email and we will do the rest.
The packed lecture theatre
The popular 'Patient Tales' wall
Ask the Doctor
'Ask the Doctor Lite' -One to one' speed dating'
 
Rare Disease UK Stall
 
Dr Bob Kyle's Keynote Address Dr Monique Minnema from theNetherlands
DR Bob Kyle speaks to the EWMn European Conference Meeting |
