The Fifth International Conference on Screening for Lung Cancer


WORKSHOP I: I-ELCAP protocol. Chairs: Donald Klipenstein and Claudia Henschke Mission: To identify any possibly needed amendments to the I-ELCAP protocol, and to present the respective rationales for these. Workshop Attendees: Nathaniel Berlin, Michael Kalafer, Margaret McCarthy, Dorothy McCauley, Albert Miller, Arnie Rotter, Robert Swanson, Carman Endress.
		WORKSHOP II: Study design issues for sub-solid nodules. Chairs: James P. Smith and David Yankelevitz Mission: Given that there is a need to know the significance of various types of sub-solid nodules with diagnosis of malignancy (misdiagnosis / overdiagnosis perhaps), significance in the sense of course without and with resection, a) to develop a recommendation aobut the desirability to form a retrospective registry of such cases together with documentation of their prospective course; and b) to develop a sense of whether some segment of such cases represent 'equipoise' in respect to justifiability of resection (immediate), thus calling for an RCT.
WORKSHOP II Participants: Hisao Asamura, David Beck, Lior Copel, Asger Dirksen, Ali Farooqi, Salvatore Giunta, Orly Goitein, Olga Gorlova, Rajiv Gupta, Ryutaro Kakinuma, Ara Klijian, Karl Klingler, Toshiaki Kobayashi, William Kostis, Xueguo Liu, Mark Logan, James Mulshine, Anna Nicolas, Harvey Pass, G. Sylvester Price, Fred Grannis, Anthony Reeves, Meyer Rosen, Dorith Shaham, Shusuke Sone, Deborah Walter, Junji Yoshida, Javier Zulueta, etc.
WORKSHOP III: Behavioral research in the I-ELCAP framework. Chairs: Jamie Ostroff and Suzanne Miller
Workshop Attendees: David Burns, Bill Butler, Kim Calder, Matthew Freedman, Irwin Feurstein, Janet Healy, Claire Foley, Anita Johnston, Margaret McCarthy, Mary Mites-Campbell, Karen Parles, Victoria Rosenwald, Tom Simon and Paula Trief.
		Mission: To address:1) key psychological and behavioral issues in lung cancer screening as it introduces both opportunities and challenges for promoting lung cancer prevention and control, 2) emerging clinical data examining recruitment and retention strategies for reaching high-risk individuals adherence to follow-up recommendations, 3) the magnitude and management of psychological distress and patterns of smoking behavior change, and 4) the tailoring of evidence-based smoking cessation interventions for seeking CT scanning.