The Sixth International Conference on Screening for Lung Cancer
Hosted by: The American Hospital of Paris International Affiliate of
Weill Cornell Medical College and New York-Presbyterian Hospital
55 Boulevard du Chateau,Neuilly sur Seine, France
Friday, April 5, 2002 to Sunday, April 7, 2002
Conference Agenda
| Friday, April 5, 2002. C.V.Starr Center for International Medical Exchange | |
|---|---|
| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome to American Hospital of Paris - A Guinet |
| 9:15-9:25 | Welcome to the Conference - J. P. Smith |
| 9:25-9:45 | Overview of the Conference - Claudia I. Henschke |
| Ongoing or planned screening studies: Goals, designs, measures of usefulness, time-line and cost. Moderator: H. Eyre | |
| 9:45-10:00 | Studies by the National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan - M. Kaneko |
| 10:00-10:15 | Other Japanese studies - K. Eguchi |
| 10:15-10:30 | National Cancer Institute trial on screening for lung cancer - to be announced |
| 10:30-10:45 | EU/US collaboration on trials on screening for lung cancer - R. Smith |
| 10:45-11:00 | International Early Lung Cancer Action Program Overview - C. I. Henschke |
| 11:00-11:15 | International Early Lung Cancer Action Program: Special projects - F. |
| Coffee Break | to be announced |
| Pathology. Moderator: William Travis | |
| 11:15-11:40 | Report on the ELCAP Expert Pathology Panel - Darryl Carter |
| 11:40-12:00 | Report on the EU/US pathology protocol - to be announced |
| 12:00-1:30 | Lunch - Marriott Hotel |
| Sub-solid nodules. Moderator: Michael Kalafer | |
| 13:30-13:50 | Registry of sub-solid nodules: Protocol development - David Yankelevitz |
| 13:50-14:15 | Intervention on diagnosed 'malignancy': Plans - Nasser Altorki |
| 14:15-14:45 | Coffee Break to be announced |
| RCT Methodologic Controversies: Are they preventable? Moderators: Nathaniel Berlin and Robert Smith | |
| 14:45-15:15 | Controversies surrounding screening RCTs for breast cancer - Peter Dean |
| 15:15-15:30 | Principal measure of breast cancer screening's usefulness - Michael Osborne |
| 15:30-16:00 | Implications of measures of usefulness for lung cancer screening RCTs - Marek Kimmel |
| 16:00-16:30 | Prospects for freedom from controversies surrounding RCTs on lung cancer screening - P. Greenwald |
| 16:30-17:00 | General Discussion |
| 17:30-19:00 | Reception at the Garden Restaurant at American Hospital of Paris |
| Saturday, April 6, 2002; 8:00am-5:00pm. Marriott Hotel Scientific Session and Workshops | |
| 8:00-10:00 | Scientific Presentations Please note that each presentation is limited to 7 minutes and 3 minutes for questions. To be fair to all, presentations will be stopped after 10 minutes. |
| 10:00-16:00 | I-ELCAP and EU/US Workshops: I. Possible intervention studies. Chairs: N Altorki and D. Yankelevitz II. RCT design issues in screening for lung cancer - J. Cuzick and M. Kimmel III. I-ELCAP and EU/US collaboration - F. Hirsch and J.P. Smith |
| 16:00-17:00 | I-ELCAP Steering Committee Meeting - Room 1 EU/US Coordinating Meeting - Room 2 |
| Dinner | To be announced |
| Sunday, April 7, 2002; C.V.Starr Center for International Medical Exchange. | |
| 9:00am-12:00pm. | Workshop reports and consensus development. |
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