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NCCN 1st Annual Forum:
Innovative Diagnostics & Therapeutics in Cancer Care™
Agenda


Thursday, September 4, 2008

Registration, Breakfast, and Exhibits
8:00 – 9:00 AM
 
Welcome
9:00 – 9:05 AM

Introduction/Overview – Keynote Speaker
9:10 – 9:30 AM
Maurie Markman, MD
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Breast Cancer

Evolving Role of Genomics in Breast Cancer Decision Making
9:35 – 9:55 AM
Harold J. Burstein, MD, PhD
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center

Adjuvant Bisphosphonates?
10:00 – 10:20 AM
Robert W. Carlson, MD
Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center

New Options in the Management of HER2-Positive Disease
10:25 – 10:45 AM
William J. Gradishar, MD
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

Question/Answer and Discussion
10:50 – 11:20 AM

Break and Exhibits
11:20 – 11:35 AM

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Tailoring NSCLC Therapy to Histologic Subtypes
11:35 – 11:55 AM
Mohammad Jahanzeb, MD
University of Tennessee Cancer Institute

Use of Predictive Biomarkers in NSCLC
12:00 – 12:20 PM
Gregory P. Kalemkerian, MD
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

Making the Most of Imaging Studies: Assessing Response More Rapidly and Accurately
12:25 – 12:45 PM
Mark G. Kris, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Question/Answer and Discussion
12:50 – 1:20 PM
 
Lunch and Exhibits
1:20 – 2:10 PM

Colorectal Cancer

Risk Assessment in Early Stage Colorectal Cancer
2:10 – 2:35 PM
Al B. Benson III, MD
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

Anti-EGFR Therapy in Colorectal Cancer and the Role of Markers
2:40 – 3:00 PM
Leonard Saltz, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Beyond KRAS…
3:05 – 3:25 PM
Alan P. Venook, MD
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Question/Answer and Discussion
3:30 – 4:00 PM

Closing Remarks
4:00 – 4:10 PM

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Last update 06/30/2008. Subject to change.