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The 14th International Conference on Screening for Lung Cancer

Community and Professional Education Center - Holy Cross Hospital

1500 Forest Glen Road

Silver Spring, Maryland

Conference Agenda

Friday, April 21, 2006; 8:30am-5:00pm
8:30-8:40 Welcome - K. Sexton, President and CEO, Holy Cross Hospital
8:40-8:45 I-ELCAP welcome - J. P. Smith
8:45-9:00 Plan for the Conference - C. I. Henschke
9:00-9:50 Update and performance of the screening regimen DANISH trial - J. Pedersen NELSON trial (Holland and Belgium) - R. Van Klaveren ITALUNG_CT trial (Florance, Italy) - E. Paci NLST trial (USA) - C. Berg I-ELCAP (International) - C. Henschke
Updates on the I-ELCAP regimen. Moderators: D. Shaham
9:50-10:00 Updates on the radiology regimen - C. Henschke
10:00-10:15 Updates on the pathology regimen - D. Carter
10:15-10:45 Coffee Break
Technologic developments for diagnosis. Moderator: J. Zulueta, E. Cole
10:45-11:00 Advances in biomarkers - L. Montuega
11:00-11:15 Automated sputum analysis - A. Nelson
11:15-11:30 Advances in bronchoscopy - E. Seibel
11:30-11:45 Advances in CT technology - D. Bradley
11:45-1:15 Lunch
Early lung cancer: research topics on treatment. Moderators: M. Pasmantier, D. Luedke
1:15-1:30 Treatment delemmas in early lung cancer - H. Pass
1:30-1:45 Treatment alternatives: lessons learned from SEER - J. Wisnivesky
1:45-2:00 Lobectomy vs. limited resection: a potential CALGB trial - N. Altorki / Korst
2:00-2:15 Clinical trials for early lung cancer: plans in Japan - M. Tsuboi
2:15-2:30 Lobectomy vs. sterotatic radiation - M. Carol
2:30-2:45 Need for research on chemotherapy in Stage IA? - G. Strauss
2:45-3:00 Microwave ablation: the need for research - N. Cosgriff
3:00-3:30 Coffee Break
Research on treatment of lung cancer: methodologic considerations. Moderator: J. Mulshine
3:30-3:50 Industry perspective on status quo - T. Zaks
3:50-4:10 Methodologic lessons from the Lung Cancer Spore Group - D. Carbone
4:10-4:30 Assessing tumor response: the RIDER project - L. Clarke
4:30-4:45 I-ELCAP entering into treatment research - D. Yankelevitz
4:45-5:00 Discussion
5:15 Buses leave for the National Zoo in Washington DC
6:30-8:30 Cocktail Party at the National Zoo. Sponsored by Siemens Corporation.
Saturday, April 22, 2006; 9:00am-5:30pm.
9:00-11:00 I-ELCAP Steering Committee Meeting
11:00-11:15 Coffee Break
11:15-12:15 Selected Oral Presentations. Moderator: H. Roberts
12:15-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Panel Session: Increasing public awareness of benefits of CT screening. Moderator: R. Blakey
2:30-3:00 Coffee Break
3:00-3:45 Poster Presentations and Discussion. Moderators: K. Eguchi, F. Grannis, A. P. Reeves
3:45-5:30 Workshops: I. Preparing I-ELCAP for treatment research Moderators: H. Pass, D. Yankelevitz II. Joint pulmonary and cardiac screening Moderators: C.Henschke, J. Shemesh
Sunday, April 23, 2006
9:00-10:00 Workshop presentations for consensus.


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