Lecture Details - Table of Contents

Sixth International Symposium on Melanoma and Other Cutaneous Malignancies

Release Date: April 8, 2009| Mar 13-14, 2009, New York, NY

Table of Contents

Diagnosis of Melanoma Using Tele-Dermatology: A Successful Model Implemented Across Multiple Countries
Richard Bezozo

The Why and How of Promoting Self-Detection: The Role for Total-Body Photography
Jean-Jaques Grob

3-D Total-Body Imaging
Allan Halpern

Are Vaccines Harmful?
Vernon K. Sondak

TitleDebate: Is a Placebo Control Arm Justifiable? Yes
Michael Smylie

The New AJCC Staging System
Charles Balch

Role of RT-PCR in Diagnosis: What Has the SUNBELT Melanoma Trial Taught Us?
Charles R. Scoggins

What Is the Role of Ultrasound in Diagnosis and Follow-up?
Friederike Egberts

What Is a “Positive” Lymph Node?—A Pathologist’s Perspective
John Thompson

Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans
Vernon K. Sondak

Congenital Nevi: Are They Malignant, and How Do You Manage Them?
Jane L. Messina

Immunobiology of CTCL: Implications for Therapy
Alain H. Rook

Targeting Epigenetics in CTCL
Marie-France Demierre

Oxidative Stress: What Does It Mean, and How Do You Leverage It?
Steven O'Day

Signal Transduction Pathways and Potential Targets in Melanoma
Keith T. Flaherty

PARP Inhibitors: Potential in Melanoma Therapy
Hussein Tawbi

Anti–CTLA-4 Antibody Therapy: Is This Another IL-2?
Antoni Ribas

Vascular-Disrupting Agents
Patricia LoRusso

GM-CSF: Potential Role In Melanoma Therapy
David Lawson

Anti-CTLA-4 Antibodies: Where Do We Go From Here?
Jeffrey Weber

Targeting the Tumor Cell or the Immune Cell: Are We Barking Up the Wrong Tree?
Antoni Ribas

Targeting the Liver: Percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion/Intra-Arterial
James F. Pingpank, Jr

Brain Metastases: What’s New, and How Should They Be Managed?
Omid Hamid

Pediatric Lesions: Are They Different, and How Do We Treat Them?
Julide T. Celebi

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