Friday, July 30, 2010
Second Annual Update on the Management
of Gastrointestinal Malignancies
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Friday,October 7, 2005
12:45 - 5:00 pm Session I: Esophageal, Gastric, and Hepatobiliary Cancers
Co-Moderator: Dr. David Ilson & Dr. Stephen Swisher

  1. Barrett's Esophageal Disease: What's New - Dr. Marcia Irene Canto
  2. FDG-PET Imaging in the Management of Esophageal Cancer - Dr. Stephen G. Swisher
  3. Multimodality Therapy for Esophageal Cancer - Dr. Lawrence Leichman
  4. Current and Upcoming Regimens for Metastatic Esophagogastric Cancer - Dr. Philip Agop Philip
  5. Optimal Use of Neoadjuvant Therapy in Gastric Cancer - Dr. David H. Ilson
  6. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST) from c-kit to the Clinic - Dr. David d'Adamo
  7. Treatment Options for Hepatobiliary Cancer - Dr. Melanie B. Thomas
  8. Neuroendocrine Tumors - Dr. Larry Kvols
  9. Cancer of the Unknown Primary: Evaluation and Management - Dr. Gauri Varadhachary
  10. Managing Recurrence Limited to the Liver - Dr. Alan P. Venook

Saturday,October 8, 2005
8:00 am - 12:30 pm Session II: Colorectal Cancer
Co-Moderator: Dr. Mary Mulcahy & Dr. Reid Ness

  1. Hereditary Colon Cancer Syndromes and Genetic Screening of Families at Risk - Dr. C. Richard Boland
  2. Colorectal Cancer Screening and Prevention - Dr. Reid M. Ness
  3. Modern Colon Cancer Screening: Virtual Colonoscopy & Stool DNA Testing - Dr. Steven Itzkowitz
  4. Update on the Management of Gastrointestinal Malignancies - Dr. Nancy Baxter
  5. Adjuvant Therapy for Colon Cancer - Dr. Mary F. Mulcahy
  6. Molecular Characterization - Dr. Mary F. Mulcahy

12:30 - 3:35 pm Session III: Colorectal Cancer: Advanced Stage Disease
Co-Moderator: Dr. Bruce Minsky & Dr. Mac Rothenberg

  1. Cytotoxic Chemotherapy for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer - Dr. Mace L. Rothenberg
  2. Targeted Therapies in Colorectal Cancer - Dr. J. Randolph Hecht
  3. New Targets and New Therapies in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer - Dr. Chris H. Takimoto
  4. Chemoradiotherapy in the Management of Rectal Cancer - Dr. Minsky
  5. Liver Metastases from Colorectal Cancer - Dr. Kemeny
  6. Perspectives in Patient Advocacy - Dr. Nancy Roach

Sunday,October 9, 2005
8:00 - 11:30 am Session IV: Pancreatic Cancer
Co-Moderator: Dr. Jordan Berlin & Dr. Marcia Canto

  1. Screening of Patients at High Risk for Pancreatic Cancer - Dr. Marcia Irene Canto
  2. The Current Status of Biomarkers in the Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer - Dr. Randall Brand
  3. Pancreatic Cancer Surgery: Pretreatment Evaluation, Patient Selection,
    Outcome Assessment - Dr. Peter WT Pisters
  4. Adjuvant Therapy of Pancreas Cancer - Dr. Jordan Berlin
  5. Cytotoxic Chemotherapy for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer - Dr. Henry Q. Xiong
  6. Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer: Integrating Targeted Therapy - Dr. Hedy Lee Kindler

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