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Eighth International Congress on Gastrointestinal Malignancies

Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center
New York, DC
October 29-31, 2009

Thursday, October 29, 2009

12:00 pm Registration
1:00 pm Welcome and Introductions
Edward Chu
1:10 pm Presession Survey
Management of Gastric and Esophageal Cancers
1:15 pm Current Concepts in Radiation Therapy for Esophageal Cancer
Karyn A. Goodman
1:35 pm Advances in Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Therapy for Gastroesophageal Malignancies
David Ilson
1:55 pm New Targets and Novel Agents for Gastric and Esophageal Cancers
Manish A. Shah
2:15 pm Postsession Survey
2:20 pm Case-Based Discussion
2:35 pm Break
Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
2:50 pm Presession Survey
2:55 pm Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Moving Forward With Targeted Treatments
Andrew X. Zhu
3:20 pm Surgical Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Yuman Fong
3:45 pm Investigational Approaches to Systemic Adjuvant Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Ghassan Abou-Alfa
4:05 pm Postsession Survey
4:10 pm Case-Based Discussion
4:30 pm Break
Multidisciplinary Tumor Board in Gastrointestinal Malignancies
4:45 pm Attendee-Submitted Cases Discussed by Panel of Experts
6:15 pm Adjourn
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Educational Grants

An educational grant for this activity was provided by:


  1. Bristol-Myers Squibb/
    ImClone Systems,
    a wholly-owned
    subsidiary of
    Eli Lilly and Company
  3. Amgen
  5. Genentech BioOncology
  7. AstraZeneca