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Preliminary Program and Invited Speakers
2008 Gastrointestinal Oncology Conference

Thursday, September 25th

 

 

11:30am – 1:00pm

Update on Emerging Strategies to Treat GIST and Overcome Resistance1
CME Satellite Symposium and Lunch

 

 

1:15pm - 1:20pm

Introduction and ISGIO Presidential Inauguration

 

Al Benson, President

 

 

1:20pm - 1:25pm

Welcome Remarks by the President

 

New President

 

 

Session 1: Esophageal Cancer

Chairpersons: Atsushi Ohtsu, Mary McAleer

 

 

1:25pm - 1:40pm

Epidemiology and Biology of Esophageal Cancer

 

Steven DeMeester

 

 

1:40pm - 1:45pm

Q and A

 

 

1:45pm - 2:00pm

Principles of Modern Radiation Techniques for Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancers

 

Gary Yang

 

 

2:00pm - 2:05pm

Q and A

 

 

2:05pm - 2:25pm

Case Presentations: Management of Esophageal Cancer and Barrett's Esophagus

 

 

 

Case Discussion 1:

 

Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer
Mary McAleer

 

 

 

Case Discussion 2:

 

EMR Before or After Radiation
Atsushi Ohtsu

 

 

 

Case Discussion 3:

 

Barrett’s Dysplasia Treated with an Ablative Approach

Lopa Mishra

 

 

2:25pm - 2:35pm

Break

 

 

2:35pm - 2:55pm

Proffered Papers

 

 

2:55pm - 3:00pm

Panel Discussion With Interactive Q/A

 

Moderator: Steven DeMeester

 

Panelists: Mary McAleer, Gary Yang, Jaffer Ajani, Atsushi Ohtsu, Lopa Mishra

 

 

Session 2: Pancreatic Cancer

Chairpersons: Malcolm Moore, Weijing Sun

 

 

3:00pm - 3:15pm

Molecular Biology of Pancreatic Cancer

 

James Abbruzzese

 

 

3:15pm - 3:20pm

Q and A

 

 

3:20pm - 3:35pm

New Strategies for Success in Pancreatic Cancer

 

Eileen O’Reilly

 

 

3:35pm - 3:40pm

Q and A

 

 

3:40pm - 4:00pm

Case Discussions: Localized and Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

 

 

 

Case Discussion 1:

 

Metastatic First-Line
Philip Philip

 

 

 

Case Discussion 2:

 

Locally Advanced
Weijing Sun

 

 

4:00pm - 4:40pm

Proffered Papers

 

 

4:40pm - 5:00pm

Panel Discussion With Interactive Q/A

 

Moderator: Leonard Gunderson

 

Panelists:  James Abbruzzese, Michael Choti, Malcolm Moore, Eileen O’Reilly, Philip Philip, Weijing Sun, Gauri Varadhachary

 

 

5:00pm – 7:15pm

Biology and Therapeutic Approaches in the Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma2

CME Satellite Symposium and Dinner

 

 

 

7:15pm - 8:30pm

Presidential Session

You Treat My Patients: An ISGIO Teaching Course for Fellows and Junior Practitioners

Chairpersons: Al Benson and the New President

 

Keynote Position Presentation: “The Need to Change the Registration of Clinical Trials in GI Oncology - An Update of the ARCAD Group Initiative”

Aimery de Gramont

   
 

Case Presentations

Jaffer Ajani

  Rectal cancer (localized disease for preop and postop situation)
  Metastatic colon cancer (frontline, second line and third line therapy, and potentially curable situation)
  Pancreatic cancer (localized [resectable, borderline resectable, and unresectable] and metastatic cancer [frontline and second line])
  Gastric cancer (localized [preop therapy and postop therapy] and metastatic [frontline, second line]
  Esophageal cancer (localized squamous and adenocarcinoma, early esophageal cancer, and unresectable esophageal cancer, HGD in Barrett’s)
  Anal cancer (one case)
  Hepatocellular (localized, unresectable, second line therapy)
  Gall bladder cancer (resected T3 N1)
  Panelists: Ghassan Abou-Alfa, Johanna Bendell, Al Benson, Prajnan Das, Aimery de Gramont, Michael Choti, Leonard Gunderson, David Ryan, Steven DeMeester, James Hayman, John Marshall, Edith Mitchell, Philip A. Philip, Leonard Saltz, Sandra Wong

 

 

Friday, September 26th

 

Session 3: Advanced Colorectal Cancer

Chairpersons: Aimery de Gramont, John Marshall, Sandra Wong

 

 

8:00am - 8:15am

New Agents on the Horizon: Positioning Them for Advantage

 

Leonard Saltz

 

 

8:15am - 8:20am

Q and A

 

 

8:20am - 8:35am

Curable Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

 

William Jarnagin

 

 

8:35am - 8:40am

Q and A

 

 

8:40am - 9:40am

Case Presentations

 

 

 

Case Discussion 1:

 

First-Line Advanced

John Marshall

 

 

 

Case Discussion 2:

 

Metastatic but Potentially Curable

Axel Grothey

 

 

 

Case Discussion 3:

 

Second-Line and Third-Line
Leonard Saltz

 

 

9:40am - 10:20am

Proffered Papers

 

 

10:20am - 11:00am

Panel Discussion With Interactive Q/A

 

Moderator: Yasuhide Yamada

 

Panelists: Aimery de Gramont, Axel Grothey, Leonard Saltz, William Jarnagin, John Marshall, Sandra Wong

 

 

 

 

11:00am – 1:00pm 

Moving Towards New Treatment Paradigms in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer3

CME Satellite Symposium and Lunch

 

 

Session 4: Hepatobiliary Cancer

Chairpersons: Michael Choti, Ghassan Abou-Alfa, Melanie Thomas

 

 

1:00pm - 1:40pm

Case Presentations

 

 

 

Case Discussion 1:

 

First-Line Therapy for Advanced HCC
Ghassan Abou-Alfa

 

 

 

Case Discussion 2:

 

Patient Who Had a Transplant
Michael Choti

 

 

 

Case Discussion 3:

 

Second-Line Therapy for Advanced HCC
Melanie Thomas

 

 

1:40pm - 1:50pm

Proffered Papers

 

 

1:50pm - 2:00pm

Break

 

 

Session 5: Emerging Science

Chairpersons: Lopa Mishra, Eunice Kwak

 

 

2:00pm - 2:25pm

Keynote Presentation: Molecular Origins of Cancer

 

Lynda Chin

 

 

2:25pm - 2:35pm

Q and A

 

 

2:35pm - 2:50pm

Understanding Biostatistics and Informatics

 

Mithat Gönen

 

 

2:50pm - 2:55pm

Q and A

 

 

2:55pm - 3:10pm

Circulating Tumor Cells

 

Eunice Kwak

 

 

3:10pm - 3:15pm

Q and A

 

 

3:15pm - 3:50pm

Panel Discussion With Interactive Q/A

 

Moderator: Lopa Mishra

 

Panelists: Eunice Kwak, Mithat Gönen, Lynda Chin

 

 

Session 6: Adjuvant Colon Cancer

Chairpersons: Al Benson, David Ryan

 

 

3:50pm - 4:05pm

Adjuvant Therapy of Colon Cancer: Lessens Learned and Challenges Ahead

 

Norman Wolmark

 

 

4:05pm - 4:10pm

Q and A

 

 

4:10pm - 4:50pm

Case Presentations

 

 

 

Case Discussion 1:

 

Stage II
Johanna Bendell

 

 

 

Case Discussion 2:

 

Stage III
John Marshall

 

 

 

Case Discussion 3:

 

Stage II With Wild Type K-ras
Axel Grothey

 

 

 

Case Discussion 4:

 

Stage IVa After Primary Surgery for Synchronous Liver Metastases-Previously Untreated

Axel Grothey