The Fourth International Conference on Screening for Lung Cancer
Location: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
1300 York Avenue, New York NY 10021
Friday, February 23, 2001 to Sunday, February 25, 2001
Conference Agenda
| Friday, February 23, 2001 | |
|---|---|
| Morning Plenary Session Location: Uris Auditorium | |
| 9:00-9:10 | Welcome - James P. Smith |
| 9:10-9:30 | Introduction to the Conference - Claudia Henschke Screening Protocol |
| Screening Protocol Moderator: Nathaniel Berlin | |
| 9:30-10:00 | I-ELCAP protocol: baseline and annual repeat - Claudia Henschke |
| 10:00-10:30 | I-ELCAP protocol: diagnostic work-up - David Yankelevitz |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| Indication for Screening, Panel Discussion Moderators: David Burns and Robert Smith | |
| 11:00-12:30 | Identification of risk indicators, modifiers of risk and regional variations and consideration of non-lung cancer life expectancy assessment, time lag to death from lung cancer by size of tumor in determining indications for screening and formulating national policies. |
| 12:30-1:30 | Coffee Break |
| Quality Assurance, Panel Discussion Moderators: Irena Tocino and Ed Hendrick | |
| 3:30-4:00 | Identification of key quality assurance issues |
| The Flehinger Lecture Moderator: Myron Melamed | |
| 4:00-5:00 | Overdiagnosis and curability of lung cancer - Marek Kimmel |
| Saturday, February 24: Workshops: 9 am-5 pm, Weill Auditorium, 2nd floor, Weill Medical College of Cornell University | |
| Workshop I: Indications for Screening - Chairs: David Burns and James Smith | |
| Workshop II: Early Intervention on "ground-glass opacities" - Chairs: Nasser Altorki and David Yankelevitz | |
| Workshop III: Behavioral questions to be answered in the I-ELCAP framework - Chairs: Jamie Ostroff, Susan Miller, and Thomas Glenn | |
| Workshop IV: Role of Biomarkers - Chairs: Karl Kelsey and Suzanne Miller | |
| Workshop V: Research on overdiagnosis and curability of lung cancer - Chair: Marek Kimmel | |
| Sunday, February 25, 2001: Workshop Reports and Consensus Development | |
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