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Sixth Annual Symposium on the Future of Lung Cancer

Washington Marriott Hotel
Washington, DC
December 5, 2009

Saturday, Dec 5, 2009

7:30 am Registration and Breakfast
8:00 am Welcome and Introductions
Thomas Lynch
8:05 am Presession Survey
Hot Topics in Lung Cancer
8:10 am Impact of Histology on Response and Patient Selection
Nathan A. Pennell
8:30 am Question-and-Answer Session
8:35 am Debate: Early Second-line Therapy/Maintenance Therapy Is Standard of Care
  Pro
H. Jack West
  Con
Nasser H. Hanna
9:05 am Question-and-Answer Session
9:10 am Optimizing EGFR Inhibition in Lung Cancer
Lecia V. Sequist
9:30 am Question-and-Answer Session
9:35 am New Indications for Antiangiogenic Agents
David R. Spigel
9:55 am Question-and-Answer Session
10:00 am Roundtable Discussion
10:20 am Break
State-of-the-Art Approaches to the Treatment of NSCLC: Case-Based Discussions (NCCN Partnership Section)
10:35 am Multidisciplinary Management of Locoregional NSCLC
Todd Demmy, David S. Ettinger, Quynh-Thu Le
11:35 am Management of Metastatic NSCLC: Markers, Selection of Therapy, Maintenance Therapy, Supportive Care
Todd Demmy, David S. Ettinger, Quynh-Thu Le
12:35 pm Postsession Survey
12:45 pm Break to Serve Lunch
1:15 pm Presession Survey
New Directions in Stage III NSCLC
1:25 pm New Systemic Therapies in Locally Advanced NSCLC
Ramaswamy Govindan
1:45 pm Question-and-Answer Session
1:50 pm Surgery in Locally Advanced NSCLC
Frank C. Detterbeck
2:10 pm Question-and-Answer Session
Future Directions in Lung Cancer Therapy
2:15 pm Inhibiting EML4-ALK in Lung Cancer
Alice Tsang Shaw
2:25 pm Question-and-Answer Session
2:30 pm Novel Disruptors of Tumor Vasculature
David R. Spigel
2:40 pm Question-and-Answer Session
2:45 pm Inhibiting Histone Deacetylases
Suresh Ramalingam
2:55 pm Question-and-Answer Session
3:00 pm mTOR Inhibitors
Bruce E. Johnson
3:10 pm Question-and-Answer Session
3:15 pm IGF-1R Inhibitors
Corey Langer
3:25 pm Question-and-Answer Session
3:30 pm HSP90 Inhibitors
Scott N. Gettinger
3:40 pm Question-and-Answer Session
3:45 pm Postsession Survey
3:55 pm Closing Remarks
Thomas Lynch
4:00 pm Adjourn

Educational Grants

An educational grant for this activity was provided by:


  1. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  2. Eli Lilly and Company
  3. Genentech BioOncology/
    OSI Oncology
  4. Merck Oncology
  5. Agennix, Inc.
  6. Novartis Oncology