Faculty Invited: David Cameron, MD (tbc), Eric Van Cutsem (tbc), Pierfranco Conte, MD, Michael Gnant, MD, Pieter Postmus, MD

This one day program will feature expert review and interpretation of carefully selected abstracts from the Annual Oncology Conference in Chicago, Illinois (01-05 June, 2007). An interactive dialogue will be encouraged through the use of illustrative clinical cases and practical questions. The latest data will be presented and its relevance to the current care of patients with breast cancer will be emphasized. Important featured presentations from Chicago will be discussed.

Tentative Agenda:

09:00 - Welcome and Introduction — Lee Lokey

BREAST CANCER HIGHLIGHTS

09:15 - Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Therapy

Case # 1 - T2N1 Breast Cancer: Optimal Management of a patient with Her-2 Overexpression and an endocrine responsive Tumor
Abstracts 512, 514, 516, 517, 520
Discussants: Pierfranco Conte, Michael Gnant, David Cameron (tbc)

Case # 2- Optimal Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy for a High Risk Postmenopausal Patient
Discussants: Pierfranco Conte, Michael Gnant, David Cameron (tbc)

10:45 - Break

11:15 - Metastatic Breast Cancer

Case # 3-Management of a Patient with trastuzumab-resistant Breast Cancer
Abstracts 514, 537, LBA 1005, 1007, 1008, 1011, 1012, 1013
Discussants: Pierfranco Conte, Michael Gnant, David Cameron (tbc)

13:00 - LUNCH

ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS FROM CHICAGO

14:00 - Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Cancer

Case # 4 - Colorectal Cancer: Management of a Patient with Potentially Resectable Isolated Hepatic Metastases
Abstracts LBA 1, LBA 5, 4007, 4514
Discussant: Eric Van Cutsem (tbc)

14:45 - Lung Cancer

Case # 5-Potentially Resectable Stage IIIA NSCLC
Abstracts 4, 7512, 7513, 7518, 7523
Discussant: Pieter Postmus

15:30 - Adjourn

Target audience: Medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgeons, oncologists in training, pulmonologists and gastroenterologists who are actively involved in the care of patients with cancer.

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