4th Cutaneous Lymphoma Patient Educational Forum

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4th Cutaneous Lymphoma Patient Educational Forum

• Saturday April 14, 2012
• Cummings Auditorium
• Women's College Hospital

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• Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation
• Phototherapy Education and Research Centre (PERC)
• Women's College Hospital

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WHO-EORTC Classification of Cutaneous T-cell
Lymphomas

• Cutaneous T-cell Lymphomas
• Mycosis fungoides
• Folliculoptropic MF
• Pagetoid reticulosis
• Granulomatous slack skin
• Anaplastic large cell lymphoma
• Lymphomatoid papulosis
• Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma
• CD4 pleomorphic lymphoma
• Sezary Syndrome
• NK/T-cell lymphoma
• CD8 T-cell lymphoma
• Gamma/delta T-cell lymphoma
• Peripheral T-cell lymphoma NOS

Willemze et al. 2005. Blood. 105 3768-85.
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Southern Ontario Lymphoma Network

• Multi-disciplinary effort to integrate health
  care specialists focussing in cutaneous T-cell
  lymphomas to provide the highest level of care.
• Nurses, physicians, wound care specialists.
• Dermatology, hematology, radiation oncology,
  pediatrics.

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Southern Ontario Lymphoma Network

• Dermatology
• Dr. Raed Alhusayen
• Dr. Perla Lansang
• Dr. Neil Shear
• Dr. Scott Walsh
• Dr. Elena Pope
• Gabi
• Judi
• Corrie
• Cathy
• Sandra
• Elmira
• Angie
• Michelle

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Southern Ontario Lymphoma Network

• Hematology
• Dr. Kevin Imrie
• Dr. Matthew Cheung
• Dr. Eugenia Piliotis
• Dr. David Barth
• Dr. Sheila Weitzman
• Melba
• June
• Giancarlo

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Southern Ontario Lymphoma Network

• Radiation Oncology
• Dr. Jonathan Sussman
• Dr. Raymond Wong
• Dr. Bob MacKenzie
• Debra

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Challenges

• Interferon
• Psoralens (Valeant Pharma)
• Ultraviolet light accessibility
• Bexarotene
• Newer agents (vorinostat)

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Dermatology

• Cutaneous Aspects of CTLC
• Dr. Raed Alhusayen
• Staff Dermatologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences
  Centre.
• Dermatology residency training at University of
  Ottawa.
• Fellowship training at University of Ottawa and
  University of Toronto.
• Masters and research in clinical epidemiology.
• Specializes in cutaneous lymphomas, autoimmune
  skin diseases and general medical dermatology.

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Hematology

• Why do you seen the Oncologist?
• Dr. Kevin Imrie
• Physician-in-Chief Department of Medicine at
  Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
• Professor of Medicine at the University of
  Toronto and Clinical Hematologist at the Odette
  Centre.
• Vice-Chair of Education in the Department of
  Medicine and Vice-President of Education for the
  Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of
  Canada.
• Department of Medicine Teacher of the Year.
• Driving force behind guidelines for CTCL and our
  Southern Ontario Lymphoma Network.

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Radiation Oncology

• The Role of Radiation in CTCL Then Now
• Dr. Jonathan Sussman
• Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at the
  Juravinski Cancer Centre in Hamilton.
• Training as a family physician at U of T with
  susequent residency and fellowship in radiation
  oncology at McMaster University.
• Specialization in hematological and breast
  malignancies.
• Director of Supportive Cancer Care Research Unit
  and Program Lead for Ministry of Health
  transitions in care program.

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Patient Panel

• Facilitated by Susan Thornton, Cutaneous Lymphoma
  Foundation.