(Photo: Dr Michael Aitkenhead, Senior Medical Advisor Haematology – Janssen; Sharna Moloney, Lymphoma Care Nurse Consultant; Dr Jason Butler; Prof Simon Rule; Donna Gairns, Lymphoma Care Nurse Consultant)
Professor Simon Rule from the United Kingdom gave a special presentation about the latest treatments for follicular and mantle cell lymphoma in Brisbane on 23 October 2018.
We sincerley thank Prof Rule for his expertise, knowledge sharing, energy and time answering questions.
Special thanks to Board member Dr Jason Butler for being MC and adding Australian updates to the presentation, as well as our sponsors who supported this event for patients.
The presentation focused on
- Current treatments for follicular and mantle cell lymphoma
- What is new for follicular and mantle cell lymphoma
- Your questions answered
This filmed education session is available to watch here
About Professor Rule
Professor Rule qualified from Nottingham medical school in 1987. He trained in Haematology in London at the Westminster and Hammersmith hospitals and also in Perth, Western Australia.
He is
currently a Consultant Haematologist at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust and Professor in Haematology at Plymouth University Peninsula School of Medicine and Dentistry. His major interests are lymphoma, leukaemia and new drug development. His specific area of interest is in mantle cell lymphoma and he has a research team looking at various aspects of this disease. Prof Rule is currently the Chief Investigator for a number of phase II
and III lymphoma studies being conducted at local, national and international level.
More information
For further information on Follicular or Mantle Cell Lymphoma or to have your questions answered, please contact our Lymphoma Care Nurse team – nurse@lymphoma.org.au or phone 1800 953 081.
