National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Educational Events & Programs

NCCN 15^th Annual Conference: Clinical Practice Guidelines & Quality Cancer Care™

Preliminary Agenda

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Registration Desk Open
(Great Hall Level)
3:00 – 9:00 PM

Conference Welcome Reception
(Diplomat Landings)
6:00 – 9:00 PM

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Registration Desk Open
(Great Hall Level)
7:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Breakfast and Exhibits
7:00 – 8:00 AM

Conference Welcome
8:15 – 8:25 AM
William T. McGivney, PhD
National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Roundtable Discussion –
Cancer Care at the End of Life: When is Enough, Enough?
8:30 – 9:55 AM 
Moderator:
Sam Donaldson
ABC News veteran and anchor

Invited or Confirmed Panel: Lance Armstrong, The Lance Armstrong Foundation and Cancer Survivor; Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD, National Institutes of Health; Kayce Freed Jennings, Wife of the late Peter Jennings; Sloan Beth Karver, MD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute; Mark G. Kris, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Deborah Morosini, MD, Lung Cancer Alliance, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and sister of the late Dana Reeve; Jai Pausch, Wife of the late Randy Pausch; Doug Ulman, The Lance Armstrong Foundation and Cancer Survivor; and Joanne Woodward, Wife of the late Paul Newman

Break and Exhibits
9:55 – 10:15 AM

NCCN Colon Cancer Guidelines Update
10:15 – 11:05 AM
Paul F. Engstrom, MD
Fox Chase Cancer Center

NCCN Breast Cancer Guidelines Update
11:10 AM – 12:00 PM
Robert W. Carlson, MD
Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center

Lunch and Exhibits
12:00 – 1:00 PM

HPV and the Risk of Cancer
1:00 – 1:50 PM
J. Michael Berry, MD
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Robert J. Morgan, MD
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

David G. Pfister, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

NCCN Cervical Cancer Guidelines Update
1:55 – 2:45 PM
Benjamin E. Greer, MD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

NCCN Task Force Report: Specialty Pharmacy in Oncology – Impact on Patient Care and Practice
2:50 – 3:30 PM

Conference Attendee Reception
Exhibit Hall
3:30 – 5:30 PM

Friday, March 12, 2010

Registration Desk Open
(Great Hall Level)
7:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Breakfast and Exhibits
7:00 – 8:00 AM

Roundtable Discussion – Clinical and Economic Issues Impacting Cancer Care Delivery
8:15 – 9:30 AM
Moderator:
Clifford Goodman, PhD
The Lewin Group

Panel: Joseph S. Bailes, MD, American Society of Clinical Oncology; Al B. Benson III, MD, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University; Nancy Davenport-Ennis, National Patient Advocate Foundation; Douglas Lind, MD, GBP Capital; Lee N. Newcomer, MD, UnitedHealthcare; and Jayson Slotnik, Foley Hoag LLP

Break and Exhibits
9:30 – 9:50 AM

NCCN Occult Primary Guidelines Update
9:50 – 10:40 AM
David S. Ettinger, MD
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Charles Handorf, MD, PhD
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

NCCN Acute Myeloid Leukemia Guidelines Update
10:45 – 11:35 AM
B. Douglas Smith, MD
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Lunch and Exhibits
11:35 AM – 12:50 PM

NCCN Task Force Report: Transfusions and Iron Overload in Myelodysplastic Syndromes
12:50 – 1:30 PM

NCCN Multiple Myeloma Guidelines Update
1:35 – 2:25 PM
George Somlo, MD
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

New Advances in Molecular Diagnostics and Cancer
2:30 – 3:20 PM
Richard Klausner
The Column Group

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Registration Desk Open
(Great Hall Level)
7:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Breakfast
7:00 – 8:00 AM

NCCN Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Guidelines Update
8:15 – 9:05 AM
David S. Ettinger, MD
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

New NCCN Guidelines: Mesothelioma
9:10 – 10:00 AM
Lee M. Krug, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Break
10:00 – 10:20 AM

Overview of Adolescent/Young Adult (AYA) Oncology
10:20 – 11:25 AM
Peter F. Coccia, MD
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center

George D. Demetri, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Nita Seibel, MD
National Cancer Institute

Lunch
11:25 AM – 12:40 PM

NCCN Task Force Report: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
George D. Demetri, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
12:40 – 1:20 PM

Central Nervous System (CNS) Metastases
1:25 – 2:15 PM
Larry Junck, MD
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCCN Esophageal Cancer Guidelines Update
2:20 – 3:10 PM
Jaffer A. Ajani, MD
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCCN Prostate Cancer Guidelines Update
3:15 – 4:05 PM
James L. Mohler, MD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Sunday, March 14, 2010

Registration Desk Open
(Great Hall Level)
8:30 – 10:00 AM

Sunday Brunch with the Experts: Management of Adverse Events
8:30 – 10:00 AM
Brahm H. Segal, MD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Michael B. Streiff, MD
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Michael D. Stubblefield, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

This agenda is subject to change and will be updated as necessary.