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This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Physician Assistants: AAPA accepts category 1 credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA Category 1 CME credit for the PRA from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
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Physicians: Physicians' Education Resource is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.This activity is approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Physician Assistants: AAPA accepts category 1 credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA Category 1 CME credit for the PRA from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Sixth International Symposium on Melanoma and Other Cutaneous Malignancies
The Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park
New York, NY
March 13-14, 2009
Friday, Mar 13, 2009
| 7:30 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | Welcome and Introductions Sanjiv S. Agarwala |
| Session 1: New Challenges in Melanoma Diagnosis Moderator: Allan Halpern |
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| 8:05 am | Presession Survey |
| 8:10 am | Automated Melanoma Diagnostic Instrument: MelaFind James Grichnik |
| 8:30 am | Diagnosis of Melanoma Using Tele-Dermatology: A Successful Model Implemented Across Multiple Countries Richard Bezozo |
| 8:50 am | The Why and How of Promoting Self-Detection: The Role for Total-Body Photography Jean-Jaques Grob |
| 9:10 am | 3-D Total-Body Imaging Allan Halpern |
| 9:30 am | Panel Discussion |
| 9:50 am | Break |
| Session 2: Adjuvant Therapy Moderator: Sanjiv S. Agarwala |
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| 10:05 am | Autoantibodies: Do They Matter or Not? Alexander Eggermont |
| 10:25 am | Are Vaccines Harmful? Vernon K. Sonak |
| 10:45 am | Update on the EORTC Adjuvant Trials Alexander Eggermont |
| Debate: Is a Placebo Control Arm Justifiable? |
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| 11:05 am | Yes Michael Smylie |
| 11:20 am | No Axel Hauschild |
| 11:35 am | Rebuttal Michael Smylie |
| 11:40 am | Postsession Survey/Panel Discussion |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch |
| CME-Designated Satellite Symposium Supported by an educational grant from Provectus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
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| 12:15 pm | Intralesional Therapy for Melanoma: Two Steps Forward and One Step Back? |
| 1:45 pm | Adjourn |
| Session 3: Keynote Series Moderator: Axel Hauschild |
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| 2:00 pm | Presession Survey |
| 2:05 pm | Genetics and Melanoma: Putting It All Together Hensin Tsao |
| 2:45 pm | The New AJCC Staging System Charles Balch |
| 3:05 pm | Panel Discussion |
| 3:30 pm | Break |
| Session 4: Surgical Controversies Panel: Micrometastases in the Sentinel Node Moderator: Vernon K. Sondak |
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| 3:45 pm | Role of RT-PCR in Diagnosis: What Has the SUNBELT Melanoma Trial Taught Us? Charles R. Scoggins |
| 3:55 pm | What Is the Role of Ultrasound in Diagnosis and Follow-up? Friederike Egberts |
| 4:05 pm | What Is a “Positive” Lymph Node?—A Pathologist’s Perspective John Thompson |
| 4:15 pm | What Is a “Positive” Lymph Node?—A Clinical Perspective Alexander Eggermont |
| 4:25 pm | Postsession Survey/Panel Discussion |
| 5:00 pm | Adjourn |
| Session 5: Poster Presentations and Discussion (Non-CME) | |
| 5:00 pm | Reception and Poster Presentations |
| 5:45 pm | Poster Discussion |
| 6:00 pm | Adjourn |
Educational Grants
An educational grant for this activity was provided by:
- Bristol-Myers Squibb / Medarex
- GlaxoSmithKline / Synta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Merck Oncology
- Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals
- Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals/
Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Curagen Corporation
- Eisai, Inc.