Friday, July 30, 2010
Fifth Annual
Update on the Management of Gastrointestinal Malignancies
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Friday, October 3, 2008

12:45 - 4:45 pm Session I: Colorectal Cancer: Genetics, Prevention, & Early Stage Treatment
Moderator: Dr. Bruce Minsky

  1. Genetic and Hereditary Origins of Colorectal Cancer - Dr. C. Richard Boland

  2. Insights into the Pathology of Colorectal Cancer - Dr. Bob Coffey

  3. Inflammatory Bowel Syndromes and Colorectal Cancer - Dr. Steven Itzkowitz

  4. Prevention of Colorectal Cancer - Dr. John Baron

  5. New Developments in Colorectal Surgery - Dr. Paul Wise

  6. Adjuvant Therapy for Colorectal Cancer - Dr. Jeffrey Meyerhardt

  7. Chemoradiotherapy in the Management of Rectal Cancer - Dr. Bruce Minsky


Saurday, October 4, 2008

8:00 - 11:40 am Session II: Colorectal Cancer: Advance Stage Disease
Moderator: Dr. Mace Rothenberg

  1. Utilization of Growth Factor Inhibitors in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Which Agents . . . When? -
    Dr. Axel Grothey

  2. What's Next – Dr. Mace Rothenberg

  3. Bevacimab After Progression: Good Idea or Bad? - Dr. Axel Grothey

  4. Role of Surgical Reection in Liver Metastases - Dr. Yuman Fong

  5. Hepatic Arterial Infusion - Dr. Nancy Kemeny

  6. Role of Patient Advocates in Cancer Research - Dr. Jane Condon & Ron Obenauf

1:15 - 4:25 pm Session III: Esophageal, Gastric, GIST, and Carcinoma of Unknown Primary
Moderator: Scott Hundahl

  1. Diagnosis and Management of Gastric and GE Junction Cancers - Dr. Scott Hundahl

  2. Multi-Modality Treatment of Gastric Cancers - Dr. Rebecca Wong

  3. Management of Advanced Esophagogastric Cancer - Dr. David Ilson

  4. Management of Neuroendocrine Tumors of the GI Tract - Dr. Nipun Merchant

  5. New Insights on Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors - Dr. David D'Adamo

  6. Evaluation and Management of Malignancies of Unknown Primary - Dr. Gauri Varadhachary

Sunday, October 5, 2008

8:00 - 11:40 am Session IV: Pancreatic Cancer and Hepatobiliary Cancers
Moderator: Dr. Jordan Berlin


  1. Familial Pancreatic Cancer Syndromes & Screening of Patients at High Risk in Pancreatic Cancer -
    Dr. Michael Saunders

  2. Evaluation and Slection of Patients - Dr. Andrew Lowy

  3. Role of Adjuvant Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer - Dr. Jordan Berlin

  4. Advances and Novel Approaches to the Treatment of Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer - Dr. Malcolm Moore

  5. Future Direction in Pancreatic Cancer - Dr. Milind Javle

  6. New Treatment Options of Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Dr. Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa

  7. Update on Surgical Issues in Hepatobiliary Cancers - Dr. Ravi Chari

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