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The Second International Conference on Screening for Lung Cancer

Location: Weill Medical College of Cornell University

1300 York Avenue, New York NY 10021

Slides of Presentations (02/25/00)

Friday, February 25th, 2000
Morning Plenary Session Location: Uris Auditorium
8:15-8:20Welcome - James P. Smith, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York (No Slides Available.)
8:20-8:30Summary of the First International Conference on Screening for Lung Cancer - Claudia I. Henschke, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York (No Slides Available.)
8:30-8:40Summary of the Workshop on " An European strategy for developing lung cancer molecular diagnostics in high-risk populations", John K. Field, Roy Castle International Center for Lung Cancer Research, United Kingdom (Click here to view the slides)
8:40-8:50Summary of the NCI meeting on screening for lung cancer - Christine Berg, National Cancer Institute, Washington DC (No Slides Available.)
8:50-9:00Summary of the ACS/UICC meeting on surrogate endpoints - Robert Smith, American Cancer Society, Georgia (No Slides Available.)
9:00-9:10Mission of this conference - Claudia Henschke, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York (No Slides Available.)
International Perspectives on Screening for Lung Cancer Moderator: Alvin Mushlin, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York
9:10-9:15Introductory Comments - Alvin Mushlin, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York (No Slides Available.)
9:15-9:25Cost of CT screening - Robert Clark, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Florida
9:25-9:35Prospects for cost-effective CT screening - Deborah Marshall, Bayer Diagnostics, California (No Slides Available.)
9:35-9:50Baseline results - University of Muenster - Stephan Diederich, University of Muenster, Germany (No Slides Available.)
9:50-10:10Non-RCT Research Efforts - Claudia Henschke, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York
10:10-10:30RCT Research Efforts - Robert Smith, American Cancer Society, Georgia (Click here to view the slides)
10:30-10:45Coffee Break
Evolving Actions on Early Lung Cancer I: Advances in Screening and Diagnostic Techniques Moderator: Shusuke Sone, Shinshu University, Japan
10:45-11:00CT scanners - Stanley Fox, General Electric Corporation, Wisconsin (No Slides Available.)
11:00-11:15CT image processing - Anthony Reeves, Cornell University, New York (No Slides Available.)
11:15-11:30Image analysis of sputum and tissue sections - Stephen Lam and Branko Palcic, Vancouver General Hospital, Canada (No Slides Available.)
11:30-11:45Sputum sample processing - Robert Webster, Bayer Diagnostics, New York (Click here to view the slides)
11:45-12:00Detection of lymph node metastases - Valerie Rusch, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (No Slides Available.)
12:00-1:00Lunch
Evolving Action on Early Lung Cancer II: Advances in Treatment of Stage IA Moderator: Nasser Altorki, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York
1:00-1:10Overview of treatment advances - Nasser Altorki, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York (No Slides Available.)
1:10-1:25Limited resection - Robert Ginsberg, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (No Slides Available.)
1:25-1:40Limited resection - Junji Yoshida, National Cancer Center East Hospital, Japan (Click here to view the slides)
1:40-1:55Anti-angiogenic therapy - Roy Herbst, MD Anderson, Texas (No Slides Available.)
1:55-2:10Chemoprevention post resection - Andrew Dannenberg, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York (No Slides Available.)
2:10-2:25Chemotherapy - Paul Bunn, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Colorado (No Slides Available.)
2:25-2:45Assessment of the effectiveness of early treatment as compared with late treatment - Edmund Gehan, Vince Lombardi Cancer Center of Georgetown University, Washington DC (No Slides Available.)
2:45-3:15Coffee Break
Fundamentals of Study Design Moderators: Robert Smith, American Cancer Society, Georgia, and Nathaniel Berlin, Florida
3:15-3:30Criticisms of the non-RCT approach by RCT Advocates - Christine Berg, National Cancer Institute, Washington DC
3:30-3:45Response by Non-RCT Advocates - Olli S. Miettinen, Claudia Henschke, David Yankelevitz
3:45-4:00Criticisms of the non-RCT approach by RCT Advocates - Olli S. Miettinen, Claudia Henschke, David Yankelevitz
4:00-4:15Response by Non-RCT Advocates - Christine Berg, National Cancer Institute, Washington DC
4:15-5:30Discussion


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