WELCOME MESSAGE

It is our great pleasure to invite you to the 11th International Hematology/Oncology Colloquium in Kaunas, Lithuania. The meeting has a strong reputation for presenting cutting-edge research and important scientific highlights. Over the years, leading international experts have shared their latest insights in malignant hematology, stem cell plasticity, gene editing, and cellular therapies.

This year’s program once again brings together some of the most significant recent developments in both experimental and clinical hematology. We are delighted that renowned scientists and clinicians have agreed to participate, share their perspectives, exchange experiences, and discuss current challenges in the field. The program will feature updates on acute and chronic leukemia, stem cell transplantation, as well as the development and exciting new clinical applications of CAR-T cell therapies, which will be among the key highlights of the meeting.

We hope the colloquium will be valuable for physicians from different specialties, researchers, nurses, and students. Even though the meeting will take place in a hybrid format, there will be ample opportunities to interact with speakers and engage in scientific discussion.

Let us celebrate 11 years of international progress in medicine through this colloquium and through our continued collaboration. We would also like to express our sincere appreciation to the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kauno Klinikos and the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences for hosting this outstanding scientific forum, as well as to everyone involved in organizing the meeting.

Thank you for your participation.

Prof. Rolandas Gerbutavičius
Prof. Elona Juozaitytė
Prof. Dietger Niederwieser
Assoc. Prof. Domas Vaitiekus

GENERAL INFORMATION

11th Kaunas / Lithuania International Hematology / Oncology Colloquium
will be held on 8 May 2026 in a hybrid format, attendees are welcome to attend On-site or join Online.
- The link to participate online will be sent via email no later than one day before the start of the conference

- Address for On-site participation: LSMU Faculty of Nursing, Department of Nursing, Eiveniu st. 2, Kaunas, Lithuania

Important dates:
- Poster Abstract submission deadline – 24 April 2026
- Poster submission deadline – 3 May 2026
- Registration ends – 3 May 2026

 

Colloquium is intended for hematologists, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, pediatric hematologists, transfusiologists, allergologists and clinical immunologists, biologists, biomedical technologists, clinical toxicologists, doctors of laboratory medicine, family doctors, geneticists, pathologists, pediatrics, physicists, radiologists and doctors of other specialities, nurses involved in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Official Colloquium language – English. Simultaneous translation service will not be provided.

 

SCIENTIFIC & ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Chair
Prof. Dietger Niederwieser (Leipzig, Germany / Philadelphia, USA)

Members
Assoc. Prof. Rūta Dambrauskienė (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Prof. Rolandas Gerbutavičius (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Prof. Arturas Inčiūra (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Prof. Rasa Jančiauskienė (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Assoc. Prof. Laimonas Jaruševičius (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Prof. Elona Juozaitytė (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Assoc. Prof. Sigita Liutkauskienė (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Assoc. Prof. Viktoras Rudžianskas (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Assoc. Prof. Milda Rudžianskienė (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Assoc. Prof. Domas Vaitiekus (Kaunas, Lithuania)

REGISTRATION FEES (in Euro)

  Standart Registration
(until 3 May)
Delegate 20
Delegate from Ukraine 0
KKOHTD Member 0
Faculty Member 0

KKOHTD - Kaunas Region Society of Oncologists, Hematologists and Transfusiologists Member
Faculty - Speaker, Chair or Scientific & Organizing Committee Member

 

REGISTRATION FEE COVERS:
- Admission to Conference Scientific Programme

- Possibility to participate On-Site or Online
- Live presentations, Q&A
- Online Posters' Abstract Book
- E-Posters library during the Colloquium and for one year following the Colloquium

- Important for Lithuanian doctors only. 7 hours Certificate of Attendance will be issued in the electronic system of the LSMU Centre for Postgraduate Studies MEDAS and also will be uploaded to the Lithuanian "Competence Platform of Health Care Specialists". Make sure that you have registered to this conference with the same email address which is used at MEDAS system.
- Meals and Refreshments During the Conference

 

SPEAKERS

SPEAKERS

ONLINE POSTER ABSTRACT BOOK & POSTERS

The content of the abstracts presented is the responsibility of their authors and co-authors. 
The abstracts are arranged in sequence alphabetically according to the surname of first author of abstract. Each abstract is reviewed.

Online Poster Abstract Book's Editor
Prof. Elona Juozaityte (Kaunas, Lithuania)

Abstracts' Reviewers
Prof. Arturas Inčiūra (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Assoc. Prof. Laimonas Jaruševičius (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Assoc. Prof. Sigita Liutkauskienė (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Assoc. Prof. Viktoras Rudžianskas (Kaunas, Lithuania)

THE BEST POSTER AWARD GOES TO

Gytis Aleksa et al.
"PSA Thresholds and Cut-Offs Predicting PSMA PET/CT Positivity in Suspected Prostate Cancer Recurrence: first Lithuanian experience"
 

Agnė Bartnykaitė et al.
"CDKN2A rs3088440 and CDKN2C rs12855 polymorphisms in cervical cancer: association with patients' survival"
 

Erika Bukelytė et al.
"Electrochemotherapy in the treatment of cutaneous metastases of breast cancer: analysis of three clinical cases"
 

Greta Chlebopaševienė et al.
"Antitumor Effects of Combined Chemotherapy, Electroporation, and Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy In Vivo"
 

Darius Čereškevičius et al.
"Myeloid Neoplasm with Germline Predisposition: A Case Report of Bi-allelic DDX41 Mutations"
 

Ernestas Černauskas et al.
"Epigenetic targeting of EZH2 in HPV-associated head and neck cancer: differential response in HPV-positive and negative cell lines"
 

Linas Davainis et al.
"Augmented conditioning regiment befor autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for ultra-high-risk multiple myeloma: case series"
 

Linas Davainis et al.
"Ultra-high-risk multiple myeloma with pleural involvement: bridging strategies using intrapleural chemotherapy and tandem autologous transplantation"
 

Paulius Ganusauskas et al.
"Impact of Cytomegalovirus Infection on Transplant Outcomes after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Retrospective Single-Center Study"
 

Rokas Grinkevičius et al.
"Exceptionally Prolonged Progression-Free Survival in Patients with IDH-Wildtype Glioblastoma: A Case Series of Four Patients"
 

Justina Jurevičė et al.
"Prognostic value of germline variants in luminal HER2-negative and triple-negative breast cancer"
 

Linda Kalnīte et al.
"The impact of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) on immunotherapy efficacy in patients with locally advanced and metastatic lung cancer"
 

Meda Marija Kaušylaitė et al.
"SNAI1 rs8120550, rs1543442, and rs73113648 polymorphisms and their association with breast cancer phenotype and prognosis"
 

Danguolė Laukaitienė et al.
"Effect of sulforaphane on BCL2 and BCL2L1 expression at the gene and protein levels in breast cancer cells"
 

Natalia Makieieva et al.
"Early diagnosis of acute kidney injury in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia during the induction phase of polychemotherapy"
 

Nataliia Makieieva et al.
"Diagnostic Challenges of Coexisting AIHA and Hodgkin Lymphoma in an 11-Year-Old Boy"
 

Akvilė Mikulskienė et al.
"Contribution of MYD88 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms to Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Development and Progression"
 

Kamilė Milkintaitė et al.
"Unexplained Iron Deficiency Anemia Revealing SMAD4-Associated Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome: A Case Report"
 

Tetyana Petrovna Nikolayenko-Kamyshova et al.
"Algorithm for the diagnosis of paraneoplastic syndromes (PNS) and the debut of lymphoproliferative disease with multisystem clinical manifestations"
 

Justina Povilionytė et al.
"A case report of an isolated pulmonary valve tumor as a clinical sign of possible tuberous sclerosis"
 

Aistė Savukaitytė et al.
"Evaluation of RRP1B polymorphisms in relation to tumor biology and survival outcomes in early-stage breast cancer"
 

Anna Sergeieva et al.
"Opposite life-threatening hemostatic complications after reduced-dose pegaspargase in two young adults with high-risk B-ALL"
 

Vu Phuong Thao Nguyen et al.
"An ETV6 variant in pediatric patient with unexplained thrombopenia: a case report"
 

Rasa Ugenskienė et al.
"Pathogenic BAP1 Variant Identified in a Patient with Malignant Phyllodes Tumor of the Breast: A Case Report"
 

Roberta Vadeikienė et al.
"ABCB1 rs1128503 Polymorphism as a Potential Prognostic Marker in Breast Cancer: Associations with Tumor Progression and Survival Outcomes"
 

Guoda Žažeckytė et al.
"Infantile Epileptic Spasms as an Early Diagnostic Indicator of Neurofibromatosis Type 1: A Case Report"
 

Iveta Žukauskaitė et al.
"Case report of a novel SUFU truncating variant in a patient with childhood medulloblastoma"
 

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

 Presentation Template for Speakers, click HERE