Program

2018 Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer International Symposium

Program and Speakers, Time Schedule
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 Urs von Holzen, MD, Goshen CCC and IUSM-SB	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 Niranjan Awasthi, PhD, IUSM and HCRI	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