Celebrating 40 Years of Progress in Bone Marrow Transplantation: A Report from the 40th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation

ABSTRACT

The European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation was established in 1974 to enable scientists and physicians involved in clinical bone marrow transplantation to share their experience and develop cooperative studies. The organization celebrated its 40th anniversary with a meeting that considered hematopoietic stem cell transplantation not as a standalone procedure, but as part of a complex therapeutic program managed by a multidisciplinary professional team. The role of antifungal prophylaxis, emerging resistance in Aspergillus, the management of mucormycosis and new guidelines on antifungal therapy were among the topics discussed by the physicians, nurses, allied health professionals and scientists attending the 40th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation.

KEYWORDS:

• antifungal prophylaxis
• antifungal resistance
• Aspergillus
• bone marrow transplantation
• candidemia
• ECIL-5
• hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
• invasive fungal infection
• mucormycosis

Financial & competing interests disclosure

S Lyon’s attendance at EBMT and her contribution to the writing of this report were supported by Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD). The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial involvement in the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.

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Funding

S Lyon’s attendance at EBMT and her contribution to the writing of this report were supported by Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD). The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial involvement in the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed. No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.