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Program for Friday 26th of September, IMIG and EACTS joint meeting.
See also iMIG/EACTS Joint Meeting
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| 8:00 to 10:20 |
General Session
Overall Chair Hedy Kindler
Chairs: Bruce Case and Harvey Pass |
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| 8:00 |
Introductory overview |
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| 8:30 |
EORTC |
Paul Van Schil |
| 8:50 |
MARS |
Julian Peto |
| 9:10 |
MesoVATS |
Robert Rintoul |
| 9:30 |
Statistics in “Difficult to do” Trials |
Richard Stevens |
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| 10:00 |
Discussion |
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What have we/might we learn from these studies?
Should we start a pan-European mesothelioma study? |
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| 10:50 to 12:40 |
Mesothelioma
Current Practice: surgeons and symptom control
Chairs: David Waller and Houke Klomp |
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| 10:50 |
Best palliation of breathlessness due to fluid |
Gary Lee |
| 11:10 |
Port site radiotherapy – what should we be doing |
Craig Stephens |
| 11:30 |
Decortication as a mean of symptom relief |
David Waller |
| 11:50 |
Does pleurectomy pre-empt pain |
Robert Rintoul |
| 12:10 |
Overview and discussion with panel |
Houke Klomp |
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| 14:00 to 17:00 |
Mesothelioma: Where are we and where are we going?
Chairs: Tom Treasure and Jan Van Meerbeck |
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| 14:00 |
A historical perspective |
Eric Butchart |
| 14:20 |
An advocate’s perspective |
Roger Worthington |
| 14:40 |
A humanistic perspective |
Martyn Evans |
| 15:00 |
Proposal for better surgical/pathological staging |
John Edwards |
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Mini-debate |
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| 15:20 |
“Should surgery be aiming at complete resection?” |
Pro Tom Treasure |
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Contra David Waller |
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| 15:50 |
Does radiotherapy add anything to EPP |
Reza Mehran |
| 16:10 |
Estimating the survival benefit associated with radical surgery |
Tom Treasure |
| 16:30 |
What might MARS 2 look like? |
David Waller |
| 16:50 |
Panel: Directions of future surgical research |
All Faculty |
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