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The 21st International Conference on Screening for Lung Cancer

Conference Agenda

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Saturday, October 24, 2009, Century Palace of Zhuhai Holiday Resort Hotel
9:00–9:30 Welcome. X. Liu, J.P. Smith
A. Xu, Vice President, Sun Yat-Sen University, Dean of School of Life Science, Director of Biopharmaceutical Development Center, Professor of Bioscience, Guanzhou
Q. Deng, Vice Mayor, Zhuhai City Government
X. Liu – Zhuhai Story
C. Henschke – The 21st Conference Agenda
9:30-10:00 I-ELCAP Relationship with Arizona State University. Moderator: J.P. Smith
New affiliation with BioDesign Institute: Overview and Lung Cancer Initiatives– A. Nelson
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:30 Other I-ELCAP Updates. Moderator: X. Liu
Diagnostic, prognostic, and pathology results  – C. Henschke
Modeling the mortality reduction  – M. Kimmel
Smoking cessation among screenees: Who Quits?  – J. Ostroff
11:30-12:00 Frontiers in Lung Cancer Staging and Pathology. Moderator: G. Cecchi
Key changes in lung cancer staging from the surgical perspective – J. Yoshida
Integration of molecular cytology profiling into the cancer clinic – M. D. Lozano
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Poster Presentations
1:30-2:30 Special lecture. Moderator: C. Henschke
Lung Cancer: Epidemic and Control in China – W. Chen
Global epidemiology of lung cancer – P. Boffetta
2:30-3:45 Frontiers in Chest Imaging. Moderator: D. Shaham
CT scanner technology – M. Cham
CT software technology: bronchial calcifications – R. Avila
CT software technology: growth assessment – A.P. Reeves
CT software technology: cardiac calcifications and COPD – A.P. Reeves
CXR software technology: pulmonary nodules –M. Xu
3:45-4:00 Coffee Break
4:00-5:15 Research on Treatment of Early Lung Cancer. Moderator: J. Zulueta
Non-small cell lung cancer treatment and clinical research in China – L. Zhang
Window of opportunity trials: overview – D. Yankelevitz
Window of opportunity trials: imaging in outcome assessment – J. He, R. Avila
Innovations in surgical technology – C.J. Kim
Innovations in radiotherapy – B. Loo
6:30-11:00 Dinner cruise around Macau
Sunday, October 25, 2009, Century Palace of Zhuhai Holiday Resort Hotel
9:00 - 10:00 Steering Committee Meeting
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 - 12:00 Research Presentations
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Poster Presentations
1:30-2:00 I-ELCAP Infrastructure as Resource for Ancillary Research Moderator: M. Pasmantier
Introduction: – D. Yankelevitz
Computer infrastructure for multi-reader studies – A. P. Reeves
Current FAMRI-IELCAP repository – M. Lane
Challenges in creating and using biorepositories – C. Cormier
Quality assurance and regulatory infrastructure – G. Bartoo
2:00-2:30 Optimization of the Regimen of Screening for Lung Cancer Moderator: J. P. Smith
Eminent questions – D. Yankelevitz
Approaches to resolution – O. S. Miettinen
2:30-3:00 Coffee Break
3:00-5:00 Workshops on Evaluation of Regimens of Screening for Lung Cancer Moderators: J.P. Smith, C. Henschke
Proposed performance measures.


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