The following abstracts represent the presentations given at IWWM-10 (NYC-2018), Session 2: Predisposition to WM

Session Chair: Marzia Varettoni (Italy)

What IgM MGUS and smoldering WM patients are at risk for progression to active WM? R. Kyle (USA)

Is detection of mutated MYD88 associated with progression of IGM MGUS? M. Varettoni (Italy)

What genomic changes accompany transition of IgM MGUS to WM? B. Paiva (Spain)

What underlying genomics are responsible for familial WM? M. McMaster (USA)

Genetic predisposition to WM is associated with B-cell activation outside germinal center H. Ogmundsdottir (Iceland)

Is Agent Orange exposure associated with WM? O. Landgren (USA)

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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