The 14th International Conference on Screening for Lung Cancer
Community and Professional Education Center - Holy Cross Hospital
1500 Forest Glen Road
Silver Spring, Maryland
Friday, April 21, 2006 to Sunday, April 23, 2006
Conference Mission
The broadest mission of these Conferences is the collective pursuit of the issues surrounding screening for lung cancer, the main subissues being early diagnosis and early intervention. Any given Conference focuses on issues that are particularly topical at the time, including updates of research on and development pertaining to screening for lung cancer and related topics.
Initially the focus was on diagnostic research, leading to updates of the regimen of screening and understanding of its performance characteristics. The prognostic research has thus far addressed the effectiveness of lobectomy for treatment of Stage I cases diagnosed as a result of CT screening. Given the high curability of these Stage I cases, second primaries will occur frequently, so that lung-sparing treatments are of increasing importance and the more recent Conferences have started to focus on this issue. The ultimate goal of this collaboration has been to develop the knowledge base for individualized decision-making by the person considering screening.
Like previous ones, this Conference will address scientific and technologic advances and their potential incorporation into the continually updated I-ELCAP screening regimen. The focus is now on evaluation of treatment alternatives, potential treatment trial designs, and continued development of the knowledge base for individualized decision-making.
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