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2012 ISGIO Conference
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Preliminary Program
2011 Gastrointestinal Oncology Conference
Thursday, September 13th
1:00pm - 1:05pm Introduction and ISGIO Presidential Inauguration
Christopher G. Willett, MD
   
1:05pm - 1:10pm Welcome From the President
  David H. Ilson, MD, PhD
   
Session 1: Esophageal/Gastric Cancer
Chairpersons: David H. Ilson, MD, PhD
     
1:10pm - 1:40pm GE Junction and Esophageal Cancer: Treatment of Locally Advanced Disease
  Debate on Preoperative Therapy
   
Chemotherapy Alone is Appropriate Preoperative Therapy
Faculty TBD
 
Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy is Necessary Preoperative Therapy
David H. Ilson, MD, PhD
     
1:40pm - 1:50pm Q and A
   
1:50pm - 2:10pm Gastric Cancer: Postoperative Treatment of Locally Advanced Disease
   
  Chemotherapy and Radiation Are Needed in Resected Gastric Cancer
Christopher G. Willett, MD
 
Chemotherapy Alone is Appropriate Adjuvant or Neoadjuvant Therapy for Gastric Cancer
Faculty TBD
     
2:10pm - 2:15pm Q and A
   
2:15pm - 3:00pm Case Presentations/Panel Discussion
    
Case 1: Stage IIB, Her2-Positive Gastric Cancer
What is appropriate adjuvant therapy: chemotherapy alone, chemotherapy plus radiotherapy, or either plus trastuzumab?
  Al B. Benson III, MD 
 
Case 2: Advanced Disease
What is the status of current chemotherapy in advanced esophagogastric cancer, and what new agents are advancing clinical trials?
Jaffer A. Ajani, MD
     
Panel Discussion
Moderator: David H. Ilson, MD, PhD
Panelists: Jaffer A. Ajani, MD; Christopher G. Willett, MD; Al B. Benson, MD
   
3:00pm - 3:20pm Proffered Papers
   
3:20pm - 3:35pm Break/Poster Session
 
Session 2: Pancreatic Cancer
Chairpersons: Michael A. Choti, MD; Eileen M. O’Reilly, MD
     
3:35pm - 3:55pm Update on Clinical Trials in Adjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
  Faculty TBD
   
3:55pm - 4:00pm Q and A
   
4:00pm - 4:20pm Multidisciplinary Management of Locally Advanced and Borderline Disease
  Jason B. Fleming, MD
   
4:20pm – 4:25pm Q and A
   
4:25pm - 5:25pm Case Presentation/Panel Discussion
 
  Case 1: Resectable Distal Pancreatic Cancer
  Andrew M. Lowy, MD
   
  Case 2: Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
  Joseph M. Herman, MD, MSc
   
  Case 3: Recurrent Pancreatic Cancer
  Faculty TBD
   
  Panel Discussion
  Moderators: Michael Choti, MD; Eileen O’Reilly, MD Panelists: Jason B. Fleming, MD; Andrew M. Lowy, MD, FACS; Joseph M. Herman, MD, MSc;
   
5:25pm - 5:45pm Proffered Papers
 

 

Friday, September14th  
Session 3: Advanced Colon Cancer
Chairpersons: Howard S. Hochster, MD; Wells Messersmith, MD, FACP
     
8:00am - 8:45am Debate: Biologics in First-Line Therapy
Bevacizumab- Axel F. Grothey, MD
EGFR inhibitors- Howard S. Hochster, MD
No Biologic- Faculty TBD
   
8:45am - 9:00am Q and A
   
9:00am - 9:20am Maintenance Therapy with Biologics
  Johanna C. Bendell, MD
   
9:25am - 9:25am Q and A
   
9:25am - 9:55am Case Presentations/Panel Discussion
Case 1: Rectal Cancer with Resectable Liver Metastases
Faculty TBD
 
  Panel Discussion
Moderators: Howard S. Hochster, MD; Wells Messersmith, MD, FACP Panelists: Axel F. Grothey, MD; Johanna C. Bendell, MD
 
9:55am - 10:05am Proffered Papers
 
10:05am - 10:20am Break/Poster Session
Session 4: Hot Topics in Gastrointestinal Oncology
Chairpersons: Christopher G. Willett, MD
 
10:20am - 10:40am Genomics in GI Cancer
Adam Bass, MD
 
10:40am - 10:45am Q and A
   
10:45am - 11:05am Infection in GI Cancer: Helicobacter. Pylori
Faculty TBD
 
11:05am - 11:10am Q and A
 
11:10am - 11:30am Screening for Colorectal Cancer with Emphasis on Stool DNA
David A. Ahlquist, MD
 
11:30am - 11:35am Q and A
 
11:35am - 11:55am GI Cooperative Groups
Daniel G. Haller, MD
 
11:55pm - 12:00pm Q and A
 
12:00pm – 2:00pm  CME Satellite Symposium and Lunch
 
2:00pm - 2:15pm Break/Poster Session
     
Session 5: Localized/Adjuvant Colorectal Cancer
Chairpersons: Axel F. Grothey, MD
     
2:15pm - 2:35pm Molecular Markers, Molecular Signatures and Treatment Decision in Stage II Colon Cancer
  Daniel J. Sargent, PhD
     
2:35pm - 2:40pm Q and A
 
2:40pm – 3:00pm What is the Optimal Duration of Adjuvant Therapy in Colon Cancer?
Faculty TBD
     
3:00pm – 3:05pm Q and A
 
3:05pm - 3:25pm Laparoscopic Surgery of Rectal Cancer: Are We There Yet?
Faculty TBD
 
3:25pm - 3:30pm Q and A
 
3:30pm - 4:15pm Case Presentations/Panel Discussion
   
Case 1: Elderly Patient with Stage III Colon Cancer
  Joleen M. Hubbard, MD
 
Case 2: Radiation Therapy in Rectal Cancer
Manisha Palta, MD
 
Panel Discussion
Moderators: Axel F. Grothey, MD Panelists: Daniel J. Sargent, PhD; Joleen M. Hubbard, MD; Manisha Palta, MD
 
4:15pm - 4:25pm Proffered Papers
 
Saturday, September 15th
Session 6: Neuroendocrine Tumors (NET)
Chairpersons: Jonathan R. Strosberg, MD; Christopher G. Willett, MD
     
8:00am - 8:20am Advances in Treatment of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
  Jonathan R. Strosberg, MD
     
8:20am - 8:25am Q and A
 
8:25am - 8:45am Transarterial Embolic Therapy for Liver-Predominant NETs: Bland vs. Chemoembolization vs. Radioembolization
David Liu, MD
 
8:45am - 8:50am Q and A
     
8:50am - 9:10am Updates on Pathologic Classification and Grading of NETs
David S. Klimstra, MD
  
9:10am - 9:15am Q and A
  
9:15am - 10:00am Case Presentations/Panel Discussion
    
  Case 1: Small Bowel Carcinoid with Progressive Bilobar Hepatic Metastases
Jonathan R. Strosberg, MD
 
Case 2: Metastatic Non-Functioning Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor
George A. Fisher, MD, PhD
 
Panel Discussion
Moderators: Jonathan R. Strosberg, MD; Christopher G. Willett, MD Panelists: Michael A. Choti, MD; David Liu, MD; George A. Fisher, MD, PhD; David S. Klimstra, MD
     
10:00am - 10:20am Proffered Papers

 

10:20am - 10:35am Break/Poster Session
   
Session 7: Hepatobiliary Cancer
Chairperson: Mary F. Mulcahy, MD
     
10:35am - 10:55am Systemic Therapy for Advanced HCC: Beyond Sorafenib
  Rebecca A. Miksad, MD
     
10:55am - 11:00am Q and A
 
11:00am - 11:20am Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Novel Molecular Approaches for Diagnosis, Prognosis and Therapy
Faculty TBD
 
11:20am - 11:25am Q and A
     
11:25am - 11:45am Update in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Interventions for Biliary Duct Cancer
Sri Komanduri, MD
 
11:45am - 11:50am Q and A
 
11:50am - 12:35pm Case Presentations/Panel Discussion
 
Case 1: Small HCC in Patient with Viral Hepatitis
Weijing Sun, MD
 
Case 2: Multifocal Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma (Confined to Lobe)
Faculty TBD
 
Panel Discussion
Moderators: Mary F. Mulcahy, MD Panelists: Rebecca A. Miksad, MD;  Sri Komanduri, MD, MS; Weijing Sun, MD
 
12:35pm - 12:45pm Proffered Papers
 
12:45pm - 1:00pm Summary
David H. Ilson, MD, PhD
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