12:00pm – 1:30pm

Optimal Sequencing and Risk Stratification of Patients with Advanced GIST¹

CME Satellite Symposium and Lunch

1:30pm - 1:35pm

Introduction and ISGIO Presidential Inauguration

Daniel Haller

1:35pm - 1:40pm

Welcome Remarks by the President

Michael Choti

Session 1: Esophageal Cancer

Chairpersons: Wayne Hofstetter, Hiroya Takiuchi

1:40pm - 1:55pm

Modern Surgical Approaches and Value of Surgery for Esophageal Cancer

Wayne Hofstetter

1:55pm - 2:00pm

Q and A

2:00pm - 2:15pm

Thrombosis and Cancer

Gary Lyman

2:15pm - 2:20pm

Q and A

2:20pm - 2:40pm

Case Presentations:

Case Presentation 1: Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer

Jaffer Ajani

Case Presentation 2: Squamous Cell Cancer Treated in Japan

Hiroya Takiuchi

2:40pm - 3:10pm

Break/Poster Session

3:10pm - 3:30pm

Proffered Papers

3:30pm - 3:40pm

Panel Discussion With Interactive Q/A

Moderator: Hiroya Takiuchi

Panelists: Jaffer Ajani, Wayne Hofstetter, Brian Czito, Yixing Jiang, Gary Lyman

Session 2: Pancreatic Cancer

Chairpersons: Brian Czito, Philip Philip

3:40pm - 3:55pm

Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer: Progress (if any) and Problems

Caio Max Rocha Lima

3:55pm - 4:00pm

Q and A

4:00pm - 4:15pm

Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas: An Update

Matthew Kulke

4:15pm - 4:20pm

Q and A

4:20pm - 4:40pm

Case Discussions: Localized and Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Case Presentation 1: Metastatic Second-Line

Philip Philip

Case Presentation 2: Locally Advanced (Radiotherapy vs. Chemotherapy)

Brian Czito

4:40pm - 5:20pm

Proffered Papers

5:20pm - 5:40pm

Panel Discussion With Interactive Q/A

Moderator: Caio Max Rocha Lima

Panelists:  Michael Choti, Matthew Kulke, Philip Philip, Weijing Sun, Brian Czito

Friday, September 24^th

Session 3: Advanced Colorectal Cancer

Chairpersons: John Marshall, Bert O’Neil

8:00am - 8:15am

Incurable Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Progress and Problems

Leonard Saltz

8:15am - 8:20am

Q and A

8:20am - 8:35am

Curable Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Jean-Nicolas Vauthey

8:35am - 8:40am

Q and A

8:40am - 9:20am

Case Presentations:

Case Presentation 1: First-Line Advanced

John Marshall

Case Presentation 2: Metastatic But Potentially Curable

Bert O’Neil

Case Presentation 3: Second-Line and Third-Line

Mary Mulcahy

9:20am - 10:00am

Proffered Papers

10:00am - 10:30am

Panel Discussion With Interactive Q/A

Moderators:  Leonard Saltz

Panelists: Michael Choti, Jean-Nicholas Vauthey, Bert O’Neil, Alfredo Carrato, John Marshall, Mary Mulcahy, Hiroya Takiuchi

10:30am - 11:00am

Break/Poster Session

Session 4: Hepatobiliary Cancer

Chairpersons: Michael Choti, Melanie Thomas

11:00am - 11:15am

HCC in the West

Andrew Zhu

11:15am - 11:45am

Case Presentations:

Case Presentation 1: Patient Hepatobiliary Cancer with a Quandry

Michael Choti

Case Presentation 2: Localized HCC: To TACE or Not to TACE?

Melanie Thomas

11:45pm - 12:00pm

Proffered Papers

12:00pm – 2:00pm 

Update on Biologic Therapy in Colorectal and Pancreatic Cancer²

CME Satellite Symposium and Lunch (click here for agenda)

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Break/Poster Session

Session 5 Adjuvant Colon Cancer

Chairpersons: Al Benson, Henry Lynch

2:30pm - 2:45pm

Inherited Syndromes in Gastrointestinal Cancers

Henry Lynch

2:45pm - 2:50pm

Q and A

2:50pm – 3:05pm

Progress in Adjuvant Therapy of Colon Cancer

Al Benson

3:05pm – 3:10pm

Q and A

3:10pm - 3:40pm

Case Presentations:

Case Presentation 1: Stage II

Caio Max Rocha Lima  

Case Presentation 2: Stage III

John Marshall

Case Presentation 3: Stage Iva After Primary Surgery for Synchronous Liver Metastases- Previously Untreated

Bert O’Neil

3:40pm - 4:00pm

Proffered Papers

4:00pm – 4:20pm

Panel Discussion With Interactive Q/A

Moderators: Bert O’Neil, John Marshall

Panelists: Al Benson, Daniel Haller, Caio Max Rocha Lima , Henry Lynch

Saturday, September 25th

Session 6: Gastric Cancer

Chairpersons: Hiroya Takiuchi, Weijing Sun

8:00am - 8:15am

What Are Promising Agents to Move Forward in GI Cancer and What Are The Signals to Move Them Forward?

Wells Messersmith

8:15am - 8:20am

Q and A

8:20am - 8:35am

Combination Chemotherapy with Docetaxel, Cisplatin and S-1 (DCS) for Advanced Gastric Cancer

Wasaburo Koizumi

8:35am - 8:40am

Q and A

8:40am - 8:55am

Gastric Cancer: New Developments

Hiroya Takiuchi

8:55am - 9:00am

Q and A

9:00am - 9:25am

Case Presentations:

Case Presentation 1: Preoperative Therapy Treated in the USA

Weijing Sun

Case Presentation 2: Metastatic First-Line Treated in China

Li-Tzong Chen

Case Presentation 3: Chemoradiation as Adjuvant Therapy Treated in the USA

Jaffer Ajani

9:25am - 9:30am

Q and A

9:30am - 9:50am

Proffered Papers

9:50am -10:10am

Panel Discussion With Interactive Q/A

Moderator: Christopher Crane, Wasaburo Koizumi

Panelists: Jaffer Ajani, Weijing Sun, Wells Messersmith, Li-Tzong Chen, Hiroya Takiuchi

10:10am - 10:30am

Break/Poster Session

Session 7: Rectal Cancer

Chairpersons: Alfredo Carrato, Christopher Crane

10:30am - 10:45am

Dos and Don’ts in Localized Rectal Cancer

Christopher Crane

10:45am - 10:50am

Q and A

10:50am - 11:15am

Case Presentations:

Case Presentation 1: Preoperative Chemoradiation

Al Benson

Case Presentation 2: Radiation is Necessary in this Case

Daniel Haller

Case Presentation 3: Radiation is Not Necessary in this Case

Alfredo Carrato

11:15am - 11:20am

Q and A

11:20am - 11:50am

Proffered Papers

11:50am - 12:05pm

Panel Discussion With Interactive Q/A

Moderator: Daniel Haller

Panelists: Al Benson, Christopher Crane, Brian Czito, Yixing Jiang, Alfredo Carrato, Bert O’Neil

12:05pm - 12:30pm

Summary

Michael Choti

Announcements

Jaffer Ajani