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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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