The following abstracts represent the poster presentations (A01-A35) given at IWWM-12 (Prague-2024)

Session Chairs: Andrew Branagan and Josephine Vos

A01: Long term follow-up of rituximab for anti-myelin-associated glycoprotein demyelinating polyneuropathy in lgM gammopathies: clinical, hematological and neurophysiological correlations Enrico Amaducci

A02: lbrutinib or chemo-immunotherapy as second line treatment in Waldenstrom Macroglobulinaemia? A real-life multicentre study Francesco Autore

A03: Single-Center Experience, Clinical Spectrum, and Prognosis of Patients with lgM AL Amyloidosis Emilia-Larisa Zidaru

A04: Clinical Diversity and Treatment Outcomes in lgM MGUS/Waldenstrom disease Associated with Cold Agglutinin Disease and Cryoglobulinemia: A Single-Center Study Emilia-Larisa Zidaru

A05: Zanubrutinib is effective in the treatment of patients with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia and Bing-Neel syndrome: a retrospective multicenter study Julia Bannatyne Undabeitia

A06: Bone marrow pathology in cold agglutinin disease and distinction from other B-cell disorders: Preliminary results of the Re-CAD study Anne-Marie Becking

A07: Comorbidity, age and sex in relation to survival among 2264 patients with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia - a Swedish Lymphoma Registry Study Lena Brandefors

A08: immunogenetic landscape of Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia: correlation with clinicobiological features, prognosis and comparison with physiological memory-B cells and plasma cells Clotilde Bravetti

A09: The presence of >=10% bone marrow plasma cells at diagnosis is associated with shorter time to first treatment in patients with Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia: results from from the observational prospective and retrospective BIO-WM study of Fondazione ltaliana Linfomi Emilia Cappello

A10: Treatment With lopofosine I 131 in a Patient With Bing-Neel Syndrome, A Rare Manifestation of Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia: A Case Report Jorge Castillo

A11: Detection of Recurrent Mutations, lmmunoglobulin Rearrangements and Copy Number Changes in cell-free DNA and Bone Marrow on Patients with Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia over a Course of Treatment Signy Chow

A12: Data Analytics of Treatment effects on Immune Response Pathways within the Tumour Microenvironment of Waldenstrom Macroglobulinaemia Amy Christian

A13: Real-Life Multicenter Study On Behalf Of The Fondazione Italiana Linfomi Investigating Renal Dysfunction In Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia: Clinical Outcomes And Management Strategy Nicolo Danesin

A14: Bendamustine-rituximab for anti-myelin-associated-glycoprotein neuropathy: a retrospective study of 33 patients Annabel de Nettancourt

A15: Baseline laboratory characteristics of the UK RAINBOW trial cohort: phenotypic and genomic features Ruth de Tute

A16: Role of Inflammation in Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia: Insights from a Multicenter Study Pierre-edouard Debureaux

A17: Exploring the cell-free transcriptome as biomarker source in lgM gammopathies: new insights from the Fl L "BIO-WM" trial Phillipe Decruyenaere

A18: Determining outcome in lgM gammopathies: integration of molecular, flow cytometry and clinical factors in an international, multicenter series (the SAL-TO study) Irene Dogliotti

A19: Non-invasive MYD88L256P detection and MRD analysis by ddPCR in cfDNA in the ECWM2 international, multicentric phase II trial Daniela Drandi

A20: A novel dual HDAC6 and proteasome inhibitor elicits outstanding cytotoxicity against multiple myeloma Teng Fang

A21: TRIM28 functions as a key protein homeostasis regulator and mediates Pl resistance in Multiple myeloma Teng Fang

A22: Free Light Chain (FLC) Ratio is an Independent Risk Factor for Progression to Symptomatic Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia in Patients with lgM Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance, lgM-related disorders or Aymptomatic Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Gianmarco Favrin

A23: Epigenetic liquid biopsy for diagnosis and surveillance of Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia Ilana Fox-Fisher

A24: Salvage treatment after BTKi failure: an unmet need in clinical practice in Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia Anna-Maria Frustaci

A25: Dissecting The Oncogenic Functions of MYD88 Mutations and Chromosome 6q Deletion in Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia Filip Garbicz

A26: A challenging case of Bing Neel Syndrome (BNS) treated with zanubrutinib, followed by BCNU-Thiotepa conditioned autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) Medha Ratnayake

A27: Changes in the Overall Survival of Patients with Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia After the Introduction of Modern Targeted Therapies Maria Gavriatopoulou

A28: Tumor Associated Macrophages' cytokines; CD163, CCL4, CCL2 and IL-10 as possible new biomarkers in Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia with emphasis on AWM Alexandros Gkiokas

A29: Peripheral Neuropathy in Phase 3 ASPEN Study of Bruton Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors for Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia Benjamin Heyman

A30: Use of Intravenous lmmunoglobulin for Secondary Hypogammaglobulinemia Following Treatment in Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinaemia Nicole Japzon

A31: Incidence, Risk Factors and Outcomes of Second Primary Malignancies in Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinaemia Nicole Japzon

A32: Multicenter prospective phase II study of rituximab combined, bortezomib, lenalidomide, dexamethasone followed by lenalidomide maintenance (R-VRD) in patients with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (KMM 1803) Sung-Hoon Jung

A33: Treatment and Survival Outcomes of Symptomatic Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia in the Czech Republic Over the Last 10 Years: A Retrospective Analysis from the Registry of Monoclonal Gammopathies Michal Kascak

A34: Social deprivation affects survival in Waldenstrom Macroglobulinaemia: experience in the UK Jahanzaib Khwaja

A35: Prognostication in lgM and LPL associated systemic AL amyloidosis Jahanzaib Khwaja

Prague 2024 (IWWM-12)

Prague 2024 Conference Chairs

  • Christian Buske MD, PhD (Ulm University)
  • Jeffrey Matous, MD (Colorado Blood Cancer Institute)
  • Steven Treon, MD, PhD (Dana-Farber)
  • Chris Patterson - Secretariat (Dana-Farber)

The Prague 2024 Scientific Committee members:

Ranjana Advani, MD (USA)
Xinxin Cao, MD (China)
Jorge Castillo, MD (USA)
Ramon Garcia Sanz, MD PhD (Spain)
Moshe Gatt, MD HMO (Israel)
Prashant Kapoor, MD (USA)
Efstathios Kastritis, MD (Greece)
M.J. Kersten, MD PhD AMC (NL)
Merav Leiba, MD (Israel)
Lugui Qiu, MD (China)
Naohiro Sekiguchi, MD, PhD (Japan)
Constantine Tam, MD, FRACP, FRCPA (Aus)
Alessandra Tedeschi, MD (Italy)
Judith Trotman, MD, FRACP, FRCPA (Aus)
Marzia Varettoni, MD (Italy)

New York 2018 (IWWM-10)

New York 2018 Conference Chairs

  • Jorge Castillo, MD (Dana-Farber)
  • Richard Furman, MD (Cornell University)
  • M. Lia Palomba, MD (Memorial Sloan Kettering)
  • Steven Treon, MD, PhD (Dana-Farber)
  • Chris Patterson - Secretariat (Dana-Farber)

The New York 2018 Scientific Committee members:

Ranjana Advani, MD (USA)
Jorge Castillo MD (USA)
Meletios Dimopoulos MD (Greece)
Ramón García-Sanz MD, PhD (Spain)
Zachary Hunter, PhD (USA)
Efstathios Kastritis, MD, PhD (Greece)
Marie Jóse Kersten MD, PhD (Netherlands)
Douglas E Joshua AM (Australia)
Véronique Leblond MD (France)
Giampaolo Merlini MD (Italy)
Roger Owen MD, MRCP, FRCPath (UK)
S.T. Pals, MD, PhD (Netherlands)
Marvin Stone, MD (USA)
Marzia Varretoni, MD (Italy)

New York 2018 (IWWM-10) was held at the New York Marriott Downtown in New York City.

New York Marriott Downtown

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Madrid 2022 (IWWM-11)

Madrid 2022 Conference Chairs

  • Ramon Garcia Sanz MD, PhD (Madrid)
  • Jesus San Miguel, MD, PhD (Madrid)
  • Steven Treon, MD, PhD (USA)
  • Chris Patterson - Secretariat (USA)

The Madrid 2022 Scientific Committee members:

Ranjana Advani, MD (USA)
Jorge Castillo, MD (USA)
Christian Buske MD, PhD (Germany)
Shirley D’Sa, MD, FRCPath (UK)
Meletios Dimopoulos, MD (Greece)
Zachary Hunter, PhD (USA)
Efstathios Kastritis, MD, PhD (Greece)
Marie Jóse Kersten, MD, PhD (Netherlands)
Véronique Leblond, MD (France)
Roger Owen MD, MRCP, FRCPath (UK)
Bruno Paiva, PhD (Spain)
M. Lia Palomba, MD (USA)
Constantine Tam, MD, FRACP, FRCPA (Australia)
Alessandra Tedeschi, MD (Italy)
Judith Trotman, MD, FRACP, FRCPA (Australia)
Marzia Varettoni, MD (Italy)

The Madrid 2022 Young Investigator Award Winners:

Patrizia Mondello, MD, PhD, MSc
Karan Lal Chohan, MD
Melanie Khamyath
Alexandros Gkiokas, MD, MSc
David F. Moreno, MD
Vaishali Bhardwaj, PhD
Joshua Gustine, MPH
Jahanzaib Khwaja
Martina Ferrante
Quentin Lemasson

Amsterdam 2016 (IWWM-9)

Amsterdam 2016 Organizers

  • MJ Kersten MD, Ph.D (U. Amsterdam)
  • Monique Minnema MD, Ph.D (UMC Utrecht)
  • Steven Pals MD, Ph.D (U. Amsterdam)
  • Steven Treon MD, Ph.D (Dana-Farber)
  • Chris Patterson - Secretariat (Dana-Farber)

The Amsterdam 2016 Scientific Committee members:

Stephen Ansell MD, PhD (USA)
Christian Buske MD, PhD (Germany)
Jorge Castillo MD (USA)
Meletios Dimopoulos MD (Greece)
Ramón García-Sanz MD, PhD (Spain)
Marie Jóse Kersten MD, PhD (Netherlands)
Douglas E Joshua AM (Australia)
Véronique Leblond MD (France)
Xavier Leleu MD, PhD (France)
Mary McMaster MD, PhD (USA)
Giampaolo Merlini MD (Italy)
Monique Minnema MD, PhD (Netherlands)
Enrica Morra MD (Italy)
Roger Owen MD, MRCP, FRCPath (UK)
S.T. Pals, MD, PhD (Netherlands)
Linda Pilarski PhD (Canada)
Steven Treon MD PhD (USA)

Click here to download the preliminary program agenda for the 9th International Workshop on WM (IWWM-9).

Registration is closed for this event.

Amsterdam 2016 (IWWM-9) was held at the Renaissance Hotel in Amsterdam.

Renaissance Hotel Amsterdam

Please enjoy this interactive sightseeing map of Amsterdam:

Interactive Map of Amsterdam

Please select the gallery to be viewed. Special thanks to Roger Brown (WMUK) and Bob Manning (Bing Ctr) for contributing to the photos.

IWWM-9 Opening Ceremonies

IWWM-9 Presenters

IWWM-9 Speakers Reception

IWWM-9 Poster Session

IWWM-9 Conference Scenes

IWWM-9 Closing Ceremonies

IWWM-9 Slideshow

The following slide presentations given at the Doctor-Patient Forum can be viewed by clicking the desired presentation:

About the IWMF Carl Harrington

WM Diagnostics, Symptoms, & Treatment Criteria Ramon Garcia-Sanz

Predispositions: Familial & Secondary Cancers Robert Kyle

Biomarkers & Genomic Targets: MYD88 & CXCR4 Zachary Hunter

Disease Morbidities I: PN, Bing-Neel, Renal Monique Minnema

Upfront Treatment Approaches Jorge Castillo

Relapsed Refractory Approaches MJ Kersten

Disease Morbidities II: Amyloid, IgM Related Disorders, Hyperviscosity and Cryos Josephine Vos

Self-Management: Fitness, Supplements, Diet & Fatigue Toni Dubeau