WVU- Heart and Vascular Instıtute Department of Thoracic Surgery
Group Florence Nightingale Thoracic Oncology Program
This conference has been designed for physicians who have interest in the new concepts in the treatment of Esophageal and Lung Cancers and related diseases and treatments.
During the two-day event there will be keynote presentations followed by case presentations and panel discussions. The focus will be on integrating multidisciplinary teams for optimizing patient-centered therapies.
The schedule provides opportunities to meet with physicians who are helping provide improved treatment options.
The course also features networking opportunities where the latest diagnostic and therapies will be discussed.
Conference Details:
Date: January 31st, 2020
Location: Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital
Merkez, Abide-i Hürriyet Cd No:166, 34381 Şişli/İstanbul TURKEY
09:00 – 10:45 Esophageal cancer and contemporary treatments
Moderator: Coşkun Tecimer, MD – Fatih Tunca, MD
09:15 – 09:45 New trends in esophageal cancer treatment.
Neoadjuvant, adjuvant therapies and robotic esophageal cancer surgery
Ghulam Abbas, MD (Director of Thoracic Oncology)
09:45 – 10:05 Place of radiotherapy in the treatment of esophageal cancer
10:05 – 10:25 Esophageal cancer, new trends in medical oncology
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 13:00 Lung cancer and contemporary treatments
Moderator: Adalet Demir, MD and Adnan Aydıner, MD
11:15 – 11:35 New trends in surgery for lung cancer
SBRT vs Robotic segmentectomy
Ghulam Abbas, MD (Director of Thoracic Oncology)
11:35 – 11:55 Early stage lung cancer and adjuvant chemotherapies
11:55 – 12:15 Reevaluation of mediastinum before surgery after neoadjuvant treatment
12:15 – 12:35 Local advance lung cancer surgery and multimodality therapies. Risks and benefits. Does it worth?
12:35 – 13:00 SBRT results in early stage lung cancer
14:00 – 17:00 A) Robotic live surgery
B) Video session for surgeons, videos from library