3:00 – 9:00 PM

Registration Desk Open

6:00 – 9:00 PM

Conference Welcome Reception

6:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Registration Desk Opens

7:00 – 8:00 AM

Breakfast and Exhibits

8:15 – 8:20 AM

Welcome
William T. McGivney, PhD
National Comprehensive Cancer Network

8:25 – 9:40 AM

Roundtable: The Role of the Journalist in the War on Cancer

Sam Donaldson (Moderator)
ABC News veteran and anchor

Manny Alvarez, MD
Fox News

Catherine Arnst
Business Week

Bob Bazell
NBC News

Nancy Davenport-Ennis
National Patient Advocate Foundation

Tim Johnson, MD *
ABC News

Caroline McNeil
Senior Writer for the Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Amy Dockser Marcus
The Wall Street Journal

Robert C. Young, MD
Fox Chase Cancer Center

* Pending

9:40 – 10:00 AM

Break and Exhibits

10:00 – 10:45 AM

Cancer Stem Cells: New Targets for Cancer
Prevention and Therapy
Max S. Wicha, MD
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

10:50 – 11:30 AM

Update: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Guidelines
David S. Ettinger, MD
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Mohammad Jahanzeb, MD
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Cancer Institute

11:35 AM – 12:15 PM

Update: Ovarian Cancer Guidelines
Deborah K. Armstrong, MD
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

Robert J. Morgan, Jr., MD
City of Hope Cancer Center

12:15 – 1:15 PM

Lunch and Exhibits

1:15 – 1:55 PM

New Techniques in Surgery: Robotics
Timothy G. Wilson, MD
City of Hope Cancer Center

2:00 – 2:40 PM

Biomarkers: New Paradigms in Cancer Management and Challenges
Bernard Levin, MD
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

John H. Ward, MD
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah

2:40 PM

Closing Remarks

6:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Registration Desk Opens

7:00 – 8:00 AM

Breakfast and Exhibits

8:15 - 9:30 AM

Roundtable: Cancer Care – Cost, Access, and Value
Moderator: Clifford Goodman, PhD, The Lewin Group
Panel: Peter B. Bach, MD, MAPP, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Joseph S. Bailes, MD, American Society of Clinical Oncology; Schumarry H. Chao, MD, MBA, SHC & Associates, Inc.; Peter Juhn, MD, MPH, Johnson & Johnson; Lee Newcomer, MD, MHA, UnitedHealthcare; Deborah Schrag, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Mary Lou Smith, JD, MBA, Research Advocacy Network, Margaret A. Tempero, MD, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center; Sean Tunis, MD, MSc, Rubix Health

9:30 – 9:50 AM

Break and Exhibits

9:50 – 10:30 AM

Update: Colon and Rectal Cancer Guidelines
Paul F. Engstrom, MD
Fox Chase Cancer Center

Leonard Saltz, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

10:35 – 11:15 AM

Update: Thyroid Carcinoma Guidelines
R. Michael Tuttle, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

11:20 AM – 12:00 PM

Update: Kidney Cancer Guidelines
Robert J. Motzer, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Lunch and Exhibits

1:00 – 1:40 PM

Update: Breast Cancer Guidelines
Beryl McCormick, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

John H. Ward, MD
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah

1:45 – 2:15 PM

New Agents in the Management of Metastatic Breast Cancer
George Somlo, MD
City of Hope Cancer Center

2:20 – 3:00 PM

Update: Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Guidelines
Therese B. Bevers, MD
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

3:05 – 3:35 PM

Management of the Immunocompromised Patient with Cancer
Brahm Segal, MD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute

3:35 PM

Closing Remarks

6:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Registration Desk Opens

7:00 – 8:00 AM

Breakfast

8:15 - 8:55 AM

Update: Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Guidelines
Leo I. Gordon, MD
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

Andrew D. Zelenetz, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

9:00 - 9:30 AM

Management of Tumor Lysis Syndrome
David J. Straus, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

9:35 - 10:15 AM

Update: Prevention & Treatment of Infections in Patients With Cancer Guidelines
Alison G. Freifeld, MD
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center

Brahm Segal, MD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute

10:15 – 10:35 AM

Break

10:35 – 11:15 AM

Update: Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Guidelines
Susan O’Brien, MD
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Jerald P. Radich, MD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

11:20 AM – 12:00 PM

Update: Multiple Myeloma Guidelines
Kenneth C. Anderson, MD
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center

William Bensinger, MD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

12:00 – 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 – 1:30 PM

Managing Radiation- and Chemotherapy-Induced Mucositis
Stephen T. Sonis, DMD, DMSc
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center

1:35 – 2:05 PM

GIST Task Force Report Update
Margaret von Mehren, MD
Fox Chase Cancer Center

2:10 – 2:55 PM

PET/CT Imaging Task Force Report
Donald A. Podoloff, MD
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

2:55 PM

Closing Remarks

8:00 – 10:00 AM

Registration Desk Opens

8:30 - 10:00 AM

Sunday Brunch With the Experts: Maintenance Therapy
in Hematologic Malignancies **
Kenneth C. Anderson, MD
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center

Harry P. Erba, MD, PhD
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

Andrew D. Zelenetz, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

or

Sunday Brunch With the Experts: Ensuring Quality in Your Practice and Hospitals **
Stephen B. Edge, MD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Joseph O. Jacobson, MD
North Shore Medical Center

Len Lichtenfeld, MD
American Cancer Society

** concurrent sessions