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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Fellows and Junior Practitioners Gastrointestinal Oncology Conference

November 17, 2007

8:00am – 8:05am

Welcome
Jaffer A. Ajani

8:05am – 8:10am

Metting Objectives
Jaffer A. Ajani

 

Session I: Essentials of Ensuring Excellence in Cancer Care

8:10am – 8:20am

Clinic Support and Institutional Infrastructure
Richard M. Goldberg

 

8:20am – 8:30am

Multidisciplinary Care
Edith Mitchell

 

8:30am – 8:40am

Participation in Clinical Trials
Weijing Sun

 

8:40am – 8:55am

Discussion

 

Session II: Current Approaches to Localized Gastrointestinal Cancers

 

8:55am – 9:10am

Current Approaches to Treating Localized Rectal Cancer
Christopher Willett

 

9:10am – 9:25am

Localized Gastroesophageal Cancer - Staging, Type of Surgery, and Pre- vs. Postoperative Therapies
Jaffer A. Ajani

 

9:25am – 9:40am

Localized Pancreas Cancer
Philip A. Philip

   

9:40am – 10:00am

Break

 

10:00am – 10:15am

Case Presentations

Rectal Cancer: Lisa A. Kachnic

Gastric Cancer: Jaffer A. Ajani

Pancreatic Cancer: Philip A. Philip

 

10:15am – 10:40am

General Discussion

 

Session III: Treatment of Advanced Gastrointestinal Cancers

10:40am – 10:55am

Advanced Colorectal Cancer
Richard M. Goldberg

 

10:55am – 11:10am

Treatment of Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Weijing Sun

 

11:10am – 11:25am

Systemic Therapy of Metastatic Gastric or Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma
Jaffer A. Ajani

 

11:25am – 11:40am

Hepatobiliary Cancers: Limited Options
Ghassan Abou-Alfa

 

11:40am – 12:10pm

Case Presentations

Colorectal Cancer: Richard M. Goldberg

Pancreatic Cancer: Weijing Sun

Hepatobiliary Cancer: Ghassan Abou-Alfa

 

12:10pm – 12:30pm

General Discussion

 

12:30pm – 12:45pm

Lunch

 

Session IV: Significance of Recent Results and Future Research Directions

Advances and Disappointments in:

12:45pm – 12:55pm

Colorectal Cancer
Edith Mitchell

 

12:55pm – 1:05pm

Upper GI Cancer
Jaffer A. Ajani

 

1:05pm – 1:15pm

Hepatocellular
Ghassan Abou-Alfa

 

1:15pm – 1:25pm

Pancreas Cancer
Philip A. Philip

 

1:25pm – 2:10pm

 Q and A

 

2:10pm – 2:55pm

Case Presentations
Jaffer A. Ajani

 

2:55pm – 3:00pm

Concluding Remarks
Jaffer A. Ajani


 
As of 10/29/07
   
 
©2007 International Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology