Friday April 16th, 2010
6:00-10:00pm Registration and Welcome Reception
Imperial Ballroom
*Buffet Dinner included
Saturday April 17th, 2010
6:30-8:00am Breakfast - Tiara Dining Room
7:00-8:00am Registration - Georgian Ballroom Lobby
8:00-8:05am Welcome from Conference Chair
8:05-8:45am

Saturday Keynote Address
“IASLC Revised Staging for Lung Cancer. Shifting the Deckchairs or Real Change?”
Glenwood Goss
MD, FCPSA, FRCPC
Head, Medical Oncology

The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre
Professor of Medicine
University of Ottawa

8:45-8:55am Q & A
8:55-9:30am “Pathology & Staging of Thymoma”
Ming-Sound Tsao
MD, FRCPC
M. Qasim Choksi Chair-Lung Cancer
Translational Research Professor of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology Senior Scientist & Pathologist
9:30-9:35am Q & A
9:35-10:00am

“Radiation as Adjuvant or Neoadjuvant Therapy in Thymoma”
Conrad B Falkson
MB ChB FCRad(Onc)(SA) FRCPC
Cancer Center of Southeastern
Ontario at the Kingston General Hospital

10:00-10:05am Q & A
10:05-10:30am

“Neoadjuvant / Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Thymoma”
Scott Andrew Laurie MD, FRCPC
Medical Oncologist
The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Center

10:30-10:35am Q & A
10:35-10:50am Break
10:50-11:15am “Local Treatment of Thymoma: Surgery For All? 
Shaf Keshavjee
MD MSc FRCSC FACS
Head, Division of Thoracic Surgery
UHN Professor and Chair
Division of Thoracic Surgery
University of Toronto
11:15-11:20am Q & A
11:20-11:45am Systemic Therapy for Advanced/Recurrent Disease
Richard Gregg
BSc, MBBS, FRCPC
Assistant Professor, Departments of Oncology and Medicine
Head, Medical Oncology
11:45-11:50am Q & A
11:50-12:00pm

Thymoma Research Ideas - Open Forum
Conrad B Falkson
MB, ChB, FCRad(Onc)(SA), FRCPC
Cancer Center of Southeastern
Ontario Kingston General Hospital

12:00-1:00pm LUNCH - Tiara Dining Room
1:00-1:20pm

“A Practical Program for Dyspnea Management”
Lorraine Martelli-Reid
MN, RN(EC), NP-Adult
Lung Disease Site Group
Juravinski Cancer Centre

1:20-1:25pm Q & A
1:25-1:45pm

Radiation Therapy - Lung Image - Guided Radiotherapy
Jane Higgins
M.R.T (T), BSc. (Hons), CIA
Lung Research Radiation Therapist
Instructor, University of Toronto

1:45-1:50pm Q & A
1:50-2:10pm

“Smoking Cessation: Let’s Get Rid of the Muck”
Debbie Aitken
RN, BScN
Champlain Hospital-Based Smoking Cessation Network Manager
Minto Prevention and Rehabilitation Centre
University of Ottawa Heart Institute

2:10-2:15pm Q & A
2:15-2:35pm

“Accessing New Drugs for Lung Cancer: What's Out There?”


Sarah Fernandes, CPhT
Drug Access Facilitator
Juravinski Cancer Centre

Michele MacDonald, CPhT
Drug Access Facilitator
Juravinski Cancer Centre

2:35-2:40pm Q & A
2:40-2:55pm Break
2:55-3:15pm

“Developing Pathways to Improve the Delivery of Care For Patients with Lung Cancer


Nathalie Assouad, MBA Program Manager, Disease Pathway
Management Secretariat
Cancer Care Ontario

Brendon Lalonde, MSc, MBA
Director, Clinical Programs & Disease Pathway Management Secretariat
Cancer Care Ontario

3:15-3:20pm Q & A
3:20-3:35pm Abstract Winner #1 - Presentation
3:35-3:40pm Q & A
3:40-3:55pm Abstract Winner #2 - Presentation
3:55-4:00pm Q & A
4:00pm End of Day
5:45-7:30pm Dinner - Tiara Dining Room
8:00-10:00pm Shaw Festival (Optional)
“Harvey”
   

Sunday April 18th, 2010

8:30-9:05am

Sunday Keynote Address

 

“Radiation Dose Escalation in SCLC: Is More Better?”

Andrea Bezjak
BMedSc, MDCM, MSc, FRCPC
Princess Margaret Hospital
Professor, Dept of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto

9:05-9:15am Q & A
9:15-10:05am

DEBATE “To Cut or Not to Cut: Is There A Role for Surgery in SCLC”


Ken Gehman
Surgical Lead
The Thunder Bay Regional Cancer Centre

 

Shannon Trainor, M.D., FRCSC

Thoracic Surgeon

St. Joseph's Hospital

McMaster University

10:05-10:15am Q & A
10:15-10:30am Break
10:30-11:05am

“What’s the Evidence for PET in Small Cell Lung Cancer?”

Yee C. Ung, MD, FRCPC

Department of Radiation Oncology

Associate Professor, University of Toronto

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Odette Cancer Centre

11:05-11:10am Q & A
11:10-11:45am Targeted Agents: Why they have Failed.
Peter Ellis
MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCPC
Department of Oncology &Clinical
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Juravinski Cancer Centre
Associate Professor,
McMaster University
11:45-11:50am Q & A
11:50am - 12:00pm Closing Remarks and Evaluations
12:00pm Lunch - Tiara Dining Room