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Programme
The Hong Kong Society of Haematology
Annual Scientific Meeting 2024
6 April 2024 (Saturday)
14:00 – 20:10
Meeting Rooms S221 – S230, 2/F, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
In-person Participation
T-large granular lymphocytic leukaemia – Clinical and epidemiological perspectives from a single centre cohort
T-large granular lymphocytic leukaemia (T-LGLL) is a rare chronic mature lymphoproliferative disorder of T/natural killer (NK) lineage, which has a distinctive association with autoimmunity, including autoimmune connective tissue disorders and immune-mediated cytopenia. Prevailing treatment recommendations in the literature have been driven by Western patients, in whom the disease biology might be different. In the present study, 121 patients diagnosed as having T-LGLL in Queen Mary Hospital between 2009 and 2023 were identified using molecular study record. As the largest Asian T-LGLL cohort to date, patients in this study showed remarkable differences in disease phenotype and treatment response, as compared with Western patients. Asian patients were more likely to have pure red cell aplasia and less likely to have neutropenia, splenomegaly or rheumatoid arthritis. Asian patients also responded favourably to cyclosporine and were less likely to respond to methotrexate and cyclophosphamide. Salvage therapy is challenging, with alemtuzumab being a better option when immunosuppressants had failed. Recognizing the difference between Asian and Western patients is pivotal in providing optimal care for T-LGLL.
Dr. Ryan HO Chi Wai
Resident Specialist,
Division of Haematology,
Medical Oncology & Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation,
Department of Medicine,
Queen Mary Hospita
Profile
Programme
12:00 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 14:05
Opening remarks
Dr. LAW Man Fai
Session 1: Myelofibrosis
Chairpersons: Dr. LAW Man Fai, Dr. Gloria HWANG Yu Yan
14:05 - 14:35
Session 2: Amyloidosis
Chairpersons: Dr. LAW Man Fai, Dr. Gloria HWANG Yu Yan
14:40 - 15:10
Presidential symposium
Chairperson: Dr. LAW Man Fai
15:15 - 15:55
15:55 - 16:00
Outstanding new haematology fellow award presentation
16:00 - 16:05
Group photo
16:05 - 16:35
Break time (Posters & Exhibits)
Session 4: Lymphoma
Chairpersons: Dr. LAW Man Fai,
Dr. Vivien MAK Wai Man,
Dr. William CHOI Wai Lap
Session 5: Acute leukemia
Chairpersons: Dr. Gloria HWANG Yu Yan, Dr. HA Chung Yin,
Dr. Rosalina IP Ka Ling
16:35 - 17:05
17:10 - 17:40
Session 6: Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria
Chairpersons: Dr. LAW Man Fai,
Dr. Vivien MAK Wai Man,
Dr. William CHOI Wai Lap
Session 7: Multiple myeloma
Chairpersons: Dr. Gloria HWANG Yu Yan, Dr. HA Chung Yin,
Dr. Rosalina IP Ka Ling
17:45 - 18:15
18:15 - 18:30
Break time (Posters & Exhibits)
Homecoming symposium
Chairperson: Dr. LAW Man Fai
18:30 - 19:00
Young fellow and best abstract presentation
Chairpersons: Dr. LAW Man Fai,
Dr. Rosalina IP Ka Ling
Nursing symposium
Session co-hosted by Hong Kong Haematology Nursing Association
19:05 – 19:15
19:15 – 19:25
19:25 – 19:35
19:35 – 19:45
19:45 – 19:55
19:55 – 20:05
Best abstract presentation
20:05 - 20:10
Closing remarks
Dr. LAW Man Fai
20:10 - 21:30
Dinner
Associated Organisation: Hong Kong Haematology Nursing’s Association
Co-hosted by: Association of Hong Kong Nursing Staff
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