The 20th International Conference on Screening for Lung Cancer
Conference Agenda
| Monday, April 27, 2009 - National Press Club, Ballroom, 13th Floor | |
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| 9:00-9:15 | Welcome. J.P. Smith I-ELCAP update - C. Henschke |
| 9:15-10:00 | Lung cancer as a Cause of Death. Moderator: G. Cecchi Global burden of mortality from lung cancer – P. Boffetta An individual’s decision to be screened for lung cancer: knowledge in the 1990’s – J.P. Smith Viewpoint of a person at risk for lung cancer – F. Frailey |
| 10:00-10:15 | I-ELCAP Research Agenda. Moderator: J.P. Smith Development of the research agenda and study of its component issues – C. Henschke |
| 10:15-10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30-11:30 | Diagnostic Yield of Screening Programs. Moderator: D. Yankelevitz Regimen dependency – D. Yankelevitz I-ELCAP – C. Henschke Anti-Lung Cancer Association (ALCA) study – N. Seki Nagano screening study – T. Hanaoka COSMOS study – G. Veronesi NELSON study– R. van Klaveren |
| 11:30-12:00 | Healthcare reform policy - S. Dentzer |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-1:30 | Poster Session |
| 1:30-2:30 | The Burden of the Regimen of Screening. Moderator: M. Straznicka Additional imaging – C. Henschke Biopsies – D. Yankelevitz Surgery – T. Bauer Radiation exposure – L.Rothenberg Screenee anxiety –R. van Klaveren |
| 2:30-3:30 | Possible Modifications of the I-ELCAP Regimen. Moderator: D. Luedke Growth assessment – A. P. Reeves FNA cytology: a test which can provide detailed, sophisticated characterization – M. Lozano Screening interval – J. Wisnivesky Advances in imaging – M. Cham |
| 3:30-4:00 | Coffee Break |
| 4:00-4:30 | I-ELCAP Prognostic Implications. Moderator: O.S. Miettinen Genuineness and curability of the diagnosed cancers – C. Henschke |
| 5:45-6:15 | Buses leave hotel for the Port in Alexandria, Virginia (Marriott Hotel at Metro Center, 775 12th Street NW) |
| 7:30-10:30 | Cruise, cocktails, and dinner on the Potomac buses at the Port will return to the hotel. |
| Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - National Press Club, Ballroom, 13th Floor | |
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Pathology of Early Lung Cancer. Moderator: D. Carter I-ELCAP pathology panel: contributions to understanding small, early lung cancer – D. Carter Concept of in situ and microinvasive adenocarcinoma – M. Noguchi A proposed new IASLC/ATS/ERS international multi-disciplinary classification of lung adenocarcinoma – W. Travis Staging issues of adenocarcinoma with new TNM classification - E. Brambilla Molecular differences in lung cancer of smokers and never smokers – A. Gazdar |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Ancillary Research within I-ELCAP. Moderator: C. Brambilla Smoking cessation – C. Anderson, D. Burns The implication of emphysema identified on low-dose CT – J. Zulueta Prognostic implications of emphysema – M. Puhan The implications of coronary artery calcification on low-dose CT – J. Shemesh Quantitative assessment of emphysema and cardiac calcifications – A.P. Reeves |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | I-ELCAP as a Contributor to Public Databases. Moderator: J. Mulshine Existing public databases on pulmonary nodules - A. P. Reeves Open source reference tools - R. Avila Announcement of new I-ELCAP database - C. Henschke |
| 12:00-12:30 | Talk - TBA |
| 12:30-1:30 | Lunch and Poster session |
| 1:30-3:00 | Different Approaches to Assess the Benefit of Screening. Moderator: E. Paci Mortality reduction of CT screening vs. no screening – P. Boffetta Modeling deaths from lung cancer: screening vs. no screening – M. Kimmel Actuarial assessment of mortality associated with lung cancer stage – B. Pyenson Curability assessment in I-ELCAP – D. Yankelevitz Summary of approaches and Discussion – P. Boffetta |
| 3:00-3:30 | Coffee Break |
| 3:30-4:00 | Cost Effectiveness of CT Screening for Lung Cancer. Moderator: J. Wisnivesky Essential inputs into cost-effectiveness evaluation – A. Shmueli |
| 4:00-4:15 | Current Recommendations for Lung Cancer Screening. Moderator: M. Pasmantier International and National – J. Yoshida, F. Grannis, J. Wisnivesky |
| 4:15-5:00 | Guidelines for Screening for Lung Cancer. Moderator: J.P. Smith, C. Henschke General principles, potential contributing partners, operational plan |
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