Time |
Topic |
Speaker |
9:00 – 9:30 am |
Welcome and Intro to Meso Foundation |
Lee Krug and Mary Hesdorffer |
9:30 – 9:55 am |
Management of pleural effusions and initial workup of suspected mesothelioma |
Robert Caccavale (Somerset) |
9:55 – 10:20 am |
A discussion about surgery in malignant pleural mesothelioma |
Raja Flores (Mt. Sinai) |
10:20 – 10:45 am |
Peritoneal mesothelioma: surgery and intraperitoneal chemotherapy |
John Chabot (Columbia) |
10:45 – 11:15 am |
Panel Q&A |
Caccavale, Flores, Chabot |
11:15 – 11:30 am |
Coffee Break |
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11:30 – 11:55 am |
Genetics of mesothelioma |
Mark Robson and Marjorie Zauderer (MSKCC) |
11:55– 12:20 pm |
Novel biomarkers for mesothelioma |
Harvey Pass (NYU) |
12:20 – 1:00 pm |
Panel Q&A |
Robson, Zauderer, Pass |
1:00 – 2:00 pm |
Lunch |
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2:00 – 2:25 pm |
Pleural radiation therapy |
Andreas Rimner (MSKCC) |
2:25 – 2:50 pm |
Current clinical trials with new agents for mesothelioma |
Lee Krug (MSKCC) |
2:50 – 3:15 pm |
Asbestos exposure and risk |
Andy Todd (Mt. Sinai) |
3:15 – 3:35 pm |
Social support for patients and caregivers |
Mary Hesdorffer and Liz Blackler (MSKCC) |
3:35 – 4:00 pm |
Legal implication of mesothelioma |
Bob Komitor, Esq., LPK |
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Cocktail hour |
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