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Doug Mylie Thu Nov 6, 2008 05:19 PM

LLS Canada ( Gtr. Toronto) Presents Meet the Doctor [Update: event postponed]
 
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS)
Dr. Rena Buckstein, MD, FRCP(c)


Dr. Rena Buckstein will review the definition of MDS, incidence, prevalence, causes, classifications, prognosis, symptoms. She will discuss the available treatments for MDS and for whom they are not recommended. Finally, she will outline the importance for iron chelation in transfusion dependent patients and summarize the key areas of ongoing research.


Free Education Session: For patients, families and care givers.
Health care providers welcome.



DATE: Tues. Nov. 18, 2008

TIME: 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

PLACE: Wellspring Sunnybrook,

2075 Bayview Ave., Toronto

(416) 480-4440

toll free (877) 499-9904

REGISTER: lea.greenwood@lls.org

(416) 585 - 2873 ext. 203



For More Information Contact:
Lea Greenwood, (416) 585-2873 ext. 203
lea.greenwood@lls.org
www.lls.org/ontario

Doug Mylie Fri Nov 14, 2008 04:09 PM

Leukemia & Lymphomia Society of Canada- Meet the Doctor November 18,2008
 
The MDS Presentation set for November 18, 2008 in Toronto has been postponed until the New Year.


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