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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

POSTGRADUATE COURSE

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THE 1st JOINT NORTH AMERICAN - EUROPEAN POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM
ON GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY
(co-organised by AATS and ESTS)

SUNDAY, 31 May 200, 09:00 - 17:00
Organisers: Thomas D'Amico (Durham) & Tomasz Grodzki (Szczecin)

 

(All talks 15 min presentation + 5 min discussion)

 

SESSION I: Lung Cancer
Moderator: Tomasz Grodzki, Szczecin

 
   

09:00 New UICC/AJCC staging system

R. Rami Porta, Barcelona

09:20 Improving outcomes with thoracoscopic lobectomy

T. D'Amico, Durham

09:40 Role of surgery in locally advanced lung cancer

P. Dartevelle, Paris

10:00 Use of adjuvant therapy for lung cancer

D. Jones, Charlottesville
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break  

   

SESSION II: Oesophageal Cancer
Moderator: Thomas D'Amico, Durham

 
   

11:00 Proposed changes to the AJCC staging system for oesophageal cancer

T. Rice, Cleveland

11:20 Role of induction and adjuvant therapy for oesophageal cancer

T. Lerut, Leuven

11:40 Minimally invasive oesophagectomy

M. Maddaus, Minneapolis

12:00 Role of 3-field oesophagogastrectomy

N. Altorki, New York
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch  

   

SESSION III: Mixed Thoracic
Moderator: Alec patterson, St Louis

 
   

13:30 Progress in lung transplantation

W. Klepetko, Vienna

13:50 Current status of tracheal surgery

S. Keshavjee, Toronto

14:10 Mulitmodality treatment of thymic tumors

F. Venuta, Rome

14:30 The role of surgery in the multimodality treatment of N3 disease

E. Rendina, Rome

14:50 Role of robotis in thoracic surgery

K. Kernstine, Duarte

15:10 Transcervical extended mediastinal lymphadenectomy

M. Zielinski, Zakopane
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break  

   

SESSION IV: Debates PRO - CON
Moderator: Dirk Van Raemdonck, Leuven

 
   

16:00 S urgery for mesothelioma - before or after chemotherapy ?

D. Sugarbaker, Boston

 

W. Weder, Zurich

16:30 Management of unexpected and recalcitrant (N2) NSCLC

M. Ferguson, Chicago
  G. Rocco, Naples
17:00 Adjourn  
17:30 - 18:30 Opening Ceremony  
18:30 - 20:00 Opening Reception