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Fifth Annual Symposium on the Future of Lung Cancer

Hyatt Regency Reston
Reston, VA
December 6, 2008

Saturday, Dec 6, 2008

7:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 am Welcome and Introductions
Thomas Lynch, Alexander Spira
8:05 am Presession Survey
Developments in Early-Stage and Locally Advanced NSCLC
Moderator: Thomas Lynch
8:10 am Implications of Changes Proposed by the IASLC Staging Project
Harvey I. Pass
8:30 am Question-and-Answer Session
8:35 am Evolving Role of Video-Assisted Thorascopic Surgery in Stage I/II Disease
Christopher Morse
8:55 am Question-and-Answer Session
9:00 am Future Approaches to the Treatment of Locally Advanced NSCLC: Role of Targeted Agents
Henning Willers
9:20 am Question-and-Answer Session
9:25 am Panel Discussion
9:50 am Break
Case-Based Discussions on the Future of Adjuvant Therapy
Moderator: Thomas Lynch
10:05 am Overview and Case Presentation
Thomas Lynch
10:15 am Incorporation of Angiogenesis and EGFR Inhibitors Into Adjuvant Regimens
Lecia Sequist
10:30 am What Will Be the Role of ERCC1 in Selecting Adjuvant Therapy?
George Simon
10:45 am Clinical Significance of Recent Adjuvant Trial Updates
Heather Wakelee
11:00 am Question-and-Answer Session
11:10 am Postsession Survey
11:15 am Roundtable Discussion
Above Speakers
11:45 am Break to Serve Lunch
Future Approaches to the Treatment of Stage IV NSCLC
Moderator: Thomas Lynch
12:10 pm Presession Survey
12:15 pm New Chemotherapeutic Options for Metastatic NSCLC
Nasser Hanna
12:35 pm Question-and-Answer Session
12:40 pm Role of Histology in Treatment Outcome: How Will This Influence Therapy in 2009?
Thomas Stinchcombe
1:00 pm Question-and-Answer Session
1:05 pm Application of EGFR Inhibitors in First- and Second-line Regimens
Gregory Riely
1:25 pm Question-and-Answer Session
1:30 pm Angiogenesis Inhibitors in Lung Cancer: Where Do We Go From Here?
Heather Wakelee
1:50 pm Question-and-Answer Session
1:55 pm Postsession Survey
2:00 pm Panel Discussion
2:25 pm Break
Upcoming Agents in Advanced Lung Cancer
Moderator: Thomas Lynch
2:40 pm Attacking Tumor Vasculature, Including Vascular-Disrupting and Novel Antiangiogenic Agents
Primo N. Lara, Jr
2:50 pm Question-and-Answer Session
2:55 pm Targeting the IGF-1R Axis
Alan Sandler
3:05 pm Question-and-Answer Session
3:10 pm Epigenetic Approaches to the Treatment of Lung Cancer
Suresh Ramalingam
3:20 pm Question-and-Answer Session
3:25 pm Inhibiting PI3K as a Therapeutic Strategy
Jeffrey Engelman
3:35 pm Question-and-Answer Session
3:40 pm Treating Patients With Ras-Mutated Lung Cancer
Alice Tsang Shaw
3:50 pm Question-and-Answer Session
3:55 pm Closing Remarks
Thomas Lynch
4:00 pm Adjourn

Educational Grants

An educational grant for this activity was provided by:


  1. Genentech BioOncology/
    OSI Oncology
  2. Merck Oncology
  3. AstraZeneca
    Lilly Oncology
  4. Bristol-Myers Squibb/
    ImClone Systems