The Harper Cancer Research Institute, IU School of Medicine South Bend, University of Notre Dame, and Goshen Center for Cancer Care presents the 2018 Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer International Symposium.
Date: Thursday, May 31, 2018
Time: 1 PM
Location: IUSM, 1234 Notre Dame Avenue, South Bend
Registration: CLICK HERE
Tentative Program and Speakers, Time Schedule |
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Welcoming Remarks and Introduction to Upper GI Cancer Roderich Schwarz, MD, Goshen Center for Cancer Care (GCCC) & IU School of Medicine-SB (IUSM-SB) Sharon Stack, PhD, Director, Harper Cancer Research Institute (HCRI) |
1:00 – 1:15 PM |
Multidisciplinary treatment of esophageal cancer Mitchell Posner, MD, University of Chicago |
1:15 – 1:45 PM |
Minimally-invasive surgical approaches to esophageal cancer |
1:45 – 2:05 PM |
Experimental therapy update for esophageal cancer Sazzad Hassan, PhD, IUSM and HCRI |
2:05 – 2:20 PM |
Special considerations for GE junction cancers Roderich Schwarz, MD, Goshen CCC and IUSM-SB |
2:20 – 2:35 PM |
Esophageal cancer: questions and community-based case discussion Panel Discussion |
2:35 – 3:05 PM |
Intermission | 3:05 – 3:20 PM |
Gastric cancer: current standards for surgical and multimodal therapy Mitsuru Sasako, MD, Hyogo College of Medicine, Osaka, Japan |
3:20 – 4:05 PM |
Gastric cancer standards within the Canadian system Natalie Coburn, MD, University of Toronto, Canada |
4:05 – 4:35 PM |
Experimental therapy update for gastric cancer |
4:35 – 4:50 PM |
Current and future systemic therapy for upper GI cancer David Ilson, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York |
4:50 – 5:20 PM |
Gastric cancer: questions and community-based case discussion Panel Discussion |
5:20 – 5:50 PM |
RECEPTION, MEET THE PRESENTERS | 5:50 – 7:00 PM |
Originally published at harpercancer.nd.edu.