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EUROPEAN LUNG CANCER WORKING PARTY
BRUSSELS - BELGIUM
MARCH 8-9, 2002

SECOND WORLD CONFERENCE ON CLINICAL
COOPERATIVE RESEARCH FOR LUNG CANCER

Scientific Programme

The European Lung Cancer Working Party will organise a second Conference on Clinical Cooperative Research for Lung Cancer. The 2-days programme will be dedicated to methodological aspects and to presentation of active protocols and unpublished results. The talks will be given by invited speakers of active cooperative groups as well as presenters of selected submitted original papers.


Abstracts

Participants are invited to submit abstracts for posters and oral presentations.


General information

Organiser : European Lung Cancer Working Party
Chairman : J. KLASTERSKY
Secretary : J.-P. SCULIER

Date : March 8-9, 2002
Location : Brussels - Belgium
Official language : English


Conference secretariat

EUROPEAN LUNG CANCER WORKING PARTY
Secretariat Prof JP SCULIER
Institut Jules Bordet
1, rue Héger-Bordet – B-1000 Brussels - Belgium
% +322/539.04.96
Fax.:+322/534.37.56
E-mail : 101473.1044@compuserve.com


Agenda

Thursday, March 7, 2002 (evening)

19h00 :

  

Registration + Cocktail


Friday, March 8, 2002

8h15 :

  

Introductory lecture
J. Klastersky

8h30 :

#1

How to create and maintain multidisciplinary research in cooperative groups?
M. Tonato – H.H. Hansen – V. Ninane

Orators : R. Rosell, D. Johnstone, M.R Green, N. Saijo

10h00 :

  

Coffee break

10h45 :

#2

Evidence-based medicine and clinical cooperative research
J.H. Schiller – N. Saijo – J.P. Sculier

Orators : E. Quoix, D.J. Girling, J.R. Jett, M. Paesmans

12h15 :

  

Sandwich lunch

13h30 :

#3

Non-therapeutic clinical investigations for lung cancer
M. Kawahara – L.H. Einhorn – M. Paesmans

Orators : R. Rosell, D.R Gandara, J.H. Schiller, T. Berghmans

15h00 :

  

Coffee break

15h45 :

#4

Small-cell lung cancer
F. A. Shepherd – D.R. Gandara – A. Efremidis

Orators : C. Manegold, M. Kawahara, L.H. Einhorn, J.H. Schiller, F.A. Shepherd, C. Gridelli

17h30 :

    

18h30 :

  

Cultural Activity (Hôtel de Ville)

21h00 :

  

Dinner (Hôtel)


Saturday, March 9, 2002

8h30 :

#5

Mesothelioma
E. Quoix – J.R. Jett – T. Berghmans

Orators : C. Manegold, P.A. Kosmidis, M.R. Green, D.J. Girling

10h00 :

  

Coffee break

10h45 :

#6

How to manage bureaucracy in collaborative research?
C. Manegold – R. Rosell – J.J. Lafitte

Orators : M. Kawahara, S.G. Spiro, D.R. Gandara, J.B. Sorensen

12h15 :

  

Sandwich lunch

13h30 :

#7

Locoregional non-small cell lung cancer
M.R. Green – P. Van Houtte- J. Thiriaux

Orators : F.A. Shepherd, M. Tonato, D. Johnstone, J.R. Jett, J.B. Sorensen, E. Quoix

15h15 :

  

Coffee break

16h00 :

#8

Metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
D.J. Girling – C.G. Alexopoulos – J. Klastersky

Orators : P.A. Kosmidis, C. Gridelli, M. Tonato, S.G. Spiro, L.H. Einhorn, N. Saijo

18h00 :

   Conclusions


Participation of the following cooperative groups

CANADA

NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE OF CANADA CLINICAL TRIALS GROUP (NCI-C)

DENMARK

SCANDINAVIAN LUNG CANCER GROUP (SLCG)


EUROPEAN UNION

EUROPEAN LUNG CANCER WORKING PARTY (ELCWP)
EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER (EORTC)

FRANCE

INTERGROUPE FRANCOPHONE DE CANCEROLOGIE THORACIQUE (IFCT)

GREECE

HELLENIC COOPERATIVE ONCOLOGY GROUP (HCOG)

ITALY

GRUPPO ONCOLOGICO CENTRO-SUD ISOLE (GOCSI)
ITALIAN ONCOLOGY GROUP FOR CLINICAL RESEARCH (GOIRC)

JAPAN

WEST JAPAN LUNG CANCER GROUP (WJLCG)
JAPAN CLINICAL ONCOLOGY GROUP (JCOG)

SPAIN

SPANISH LUNG CANCER GROUP(SLCG)

UNITED KINGDOM

MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (MRC)
LONDON LUNG CANCER GROUP (LLCG)

USA

SOUTHWEST ONCOLOGY GROUP (SWOG)
HOOSIER ONCOLOGY GROUP (HOOSIER)
RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUP (RTOG)
EASTERN COOPERATIVE ONCOLOGY GROUP (ECOG)
CANCER AND LEUKEMIA GROUP B (CALGB)
NORTH CENTRAL CANCER TREATMENT GROUP (NCCTG)