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Monday,
October 4, 2004
Tuesday,
October 5, 2004
Wednesday,
October 6, 2004
Thursday,
October 7, 2004


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Monday, October 4, 2004

08:00 - 09:00 Meet the Expert I  
Meeting 1: MALIGNANT OVARIAN GERM CELL TUMOURS
Chairpersons:
D. Gershenson, Houston TX, USA
C-H. Lai, Taoyuan, Taiwan-R.O.C
Hall D
08:00 OPENING REMARKS
D. Gershenson, Houston TX, USA
 
08:05 PRINCIPLES OF INITIAL WORK-UP AND PRIMARY TREATMENT FOR MALIGNANT OVARIAN GERM CELL TUMOURS
P. Schwartz, New Haven CT, USA
 
08:20 MANAGEMENT OF PERSISTENT/RECURRENT MALIGNANT OVARIAN GERM CELL TUMOURS
C-H. Lai, Taipei, Taiwan
 
08:35 FERTILITY PRESERVING TREATMENT IN MALIGNANT OVARIAN GERM CELL TUMOURS
D. Gershenson, Houston, TX, USA
 
08:50 Discussion  
09:00 CONCLUSION
C-H. Lai, Taipei, Taiwan
 
Meeting 2: INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY IN GYNAECOLOGICAL CANCER
Chairperson:
M.E. Randall, Indianapolis IN, USA
Hall F
08:00 ADVANTAGES IN THE USE OF IMRT IN THE TREATMENT OF GYNECOLOGIC CANCERS
A. Jhingran, Houston TX, USA
 
08:25 PITFALLS IN THE USE OF IMRT FOR GYNECOLOGIC CANCERS
M.E. Randall, Indianapolis IN, USA
 
08:50 Q&A  
Meeting 3: OVARIAN CANCER CONCENSUS CONFERENCE
Chairperson:
A. du Bois, Wiesbaden, Germany
Hall G
08:00 SCOPES AND METHODOLOGY
A. du Bois, Wiesbaden, Germany
08:10 REPORT FROM WORKING GROUP A: STANDARD THERAPY - STANDARD REQUIREMENTS
J.T. Thigpen, Jackson MS, USA
08:20 REPORT FROM WORKING GROUP B: STUDY METHODOLOGY - NEW ENDPOINTS
J.B. Vermorken, Edegem, Belgium
08:30 REPORT FROM WORKING GROUP C: NEW TREATMENT OPTIONS - NEW APPROACHES
M.A. Quinn, Melbourne VIC, Australia
08:40 CONSENSUS STATEMENT 2004: 12 QUESTIONS - 12 ANSWERS
A. du Bois, Wiesbaden, Germany
Meeting 4: COCHRANE REVIEWS
Chairpersons:
J.A. Green, Liverpool, UK
A. Jakobsen, Vejle, Denmark
Hall E
08:00 INTRODUCTION
A.K. Jakobsen, Vejle, Denmark
08:05 COCHRANE REVIES, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN GYNAECOLOGICAL CANCER
J.A. Green, Liverpool, UK
08:30 PRODUCING COCHRANE REVIEWS; WHY DO WE DO IT?
A. Ansink, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
08:45 Discussion
Meeting 5: RADICAL TRACHELECTOMY
Chairpersons:
K. Reynolds, London, UK
M.L. Roy, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Hall H
08:00 TECHNIQUE OF RADICAL VAGINAL TRACHELECTOMY
M.L. Roy, Quebec City QC, Canada
08:15 ONCOLOGIC RESULTS
M.L. Roy, Quebec City QC, Canada
08:30 REPRODUCTIVE RESULTS
D. Dargent, Lyon, France
08:45 CHEMO-CONIZATION: A MORE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH
A. Maneo, Monza, Italy
Meeting 6: OVARIAN CANCER SCREENING TRIALS
Chairpersons:
U. Menon, London, UK
S. Skates, Boston MA, USA
Hall I
08:00 OVERVIEW
S. Skates, Boston, MA, USA
08:10 NCI PROSTATE, LUNG, COLORECTAL, AND OVARIAN CANCER SCREENING TRIAL: INITIAL RESULTS FROM THE OVARIAN COMPONENT
E. Partridge, Birmingham, AL, USA
08:30 UNITED KINGDOM COLLABORATIVE TRIAL OF OVARIAN CANCER SCREENING
U. Menon, London, UK
08:45 SCREENING WOMEN AT HIGH RISK FOR OVARIAN CANCER: US AND UK HIGH RISK TRIALS
S. Skates, Boston, MA, USA
09:00-10:30 State of the Art Session I  
  Plenary Session
OVARIAN CANCER

Chairperson:
M.E. Gore, London, UK
Hall A
09:00 RISK ASSESSMENT AND INHERITED PREDISPOSITION
J. Mackay, Cambridge, UK
 
09:15 SOMATIC GENETICS IN OVARIAN CARCINOGENESIS
H. Gabra, London, UK
09:30 THE NATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER EARLY DETECTION PROGRAM
D.A. Fishman, Chicago IL, USA
 
09:45 THE CURRENT STATUS OF SURGERY FOR OVARIAN CANCER
J. Dauplat,Clermont-Ferrand, France
 
10:00 MANAGEMENT OF EARLY OVARIAN CANCER
B. Trimbos, Leiden, The Netherlands
 
10:15 PROGNOSTIC PREDICTORS FOR RESPONSE AND OUTCOME
M. Dietel, Berlin, Germany
 
11:00 - 12:30 Free Communications Session Hall A
  Plenary Session  
Chairpersons:
M.L. Friedlander, Friedlander, Australia
A. Ayhan, Ankara, Turkey
13:30 - 15:00 Satellite Symposium I Hall A
  Sponsored by BMS      
  LEADING THE WAY TO IMPROVING THE TREATMENT OF OVARIAN CANCER
Chairperson:
R. Ozols, Philadelphia PA, USA
13:30 CHAIRMAN'S INTRODUCTION
R.F. Ozols, Philadelphia PA, USA
13:40 PACLITAXEL/PLATINUM: A STANDARD REGIMEN IN OVARIAN CANCER TREATMENT
A. Du Bois, Wiesbaden, Germany
14:00 NEW APPROACHES IN THE TREATMENT OF OVARIAN CANCER
S. Pecorelli, Brescia, Italy
14:20 ONGOING CLINICAL TRIALS
R.F. Ozols, Philadelphia PA, USA
14:40 Discussion
15:30 - 17:00 Interactive Sessions  
Session 1: RARE TUMOUR DATABASE AND WEBSITE
Chairpersons:
N. Reed, Glasgow, UK
J.A. Green, Liverpool, UK
Hall D
15.30 WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
N. Reed, Glasgow, UK
J.A. Green, Liverpool, UK
 
15.35 BACKGROUND TO RARE TUMOUR WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT
N. Reed, Glasgow, UK
 
15.50 INTEGRATION OF TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH INTO PROJECT
J.A. Green, Liverpool, UK
 
16.00 SMALL CELL CERVIX PROTOCOL
M.L. Friedlander, Randwick NSW, Australia
 
16.10 OVARIAN AND UTERINE SARCOMAS
N. Reed, Glasgow, UK
 
16.20

SEX CORD TUMOURS OF OVARY
J.A. Green, Liverpool, UK

 
16.30 LAUNCHING THE WEBSITE & PRACTICAL ISSUES  
Session 2: CONTROVERSY: INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN SURGICAL AND CLASSICAL ANATOMY
Chairpersons:
D. Barton, London, UK
H. Fritsch, Innsbruck, Austria
Hall G  
15:30 FEMALE PELVIC ANATOMY: THE NEED FOR CONSISTENCY AND A RETURN TO THE BASICS
D.P.J. Barton, London, UK
15:45 EMBRYOLOGICAL BASICS FOR SURGICAL ONCOLOGY ON THE PELVIC FLOOR
H. Fritsch, Innsbruck, Austria
16:00 BILATERAL PERINEO-COLPO-RECTO-SACRO-PEXY WITH POLYPROPYLENE MESH. A NEW SAGGITAL CONCEPT FOR PROLAPSE SURGERY
H.F. Egger, Nurnberger, Germany
16:15 RECTAL SURGERY TRACES THE EMBRYOLOGY OF THE HINDGUT
R. Heald, Basingstoke, UK
16:30 TOTAL MESOMETRIAL RESECTION: APPLIED EMBRYOLOGY IN GYNECOLOGICAL SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
M. Höckel, Leipzig, Germany
16:45 Discussion
Session 3: CONTROVERSIES IN GYNAECOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY
Chairpersons:
M. Wells, Sheffield, UK
I. Konishi, Matsumoto, Japan
Hall F
15:30 PRECURSOR LESIONS OF HEREDITARY OVARIAN CANCER - DO THEY EXIST?
P. Shaw, Toronto ON, Canada
15:50 IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL MARKERS OF VALUE IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF EPITHELIAL AND STROMAL NEOPLASIA OF THE FEMALE GENITAL TRACT - HOW RELIABLE ARE THEY?
G. McCluggage, Belfast, UK
16:10 ENDOMETRIAL PRECANCERS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA: HISTOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR CORRELATE
G. Mutter, Boston MA, USA
16:30 Discussion
Session 4: TUMOUR BOARD
Chairpersons:
I. Ackerman
, Toronto ON, Canada
N. Teng, Stanford CA, USA
Hall H
  Introduction of 5-6 Cases of
CERVIX AND ENDOMETRIAL CANCER
I. Ackerman, Toronto ON, Canada
N. Teng, Stanford CA, USA
Session 5: WHAT IS THE BEST SECOND LINE CHEMOTHERAPY FOR OVARIAN CANCER?
Chairpersons:
J.B. Vermorken
, Edegem, Belgium
R.F. Ozols, Philadelphia PA, USA
Hall I
15:30
Single Single agent platinum compounds in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
R.F. Ozols, Philadelphia, PA, USA
15:50
Single agent non-platinum and non-toxic compounds
J.B. Vermorken, Edegem, Belgium
16:10
The Japanese experience - focus at clear cell carcinoma
T. Sugiyama, Morioka, Japan
16:30
Combination chemotherapy vs single agent chemotherapy
P. Harper, London, UK
16:50 Discussion
Session 6: DEBATE: 'LYMPH NODE SAMPLING IS A WASTE OF TIME'
Chairpersons:
I. Vergote,
Leuven, Belgium
J. de Hullu, Groningen, The Netherlands
Hall B
15:30 PRO
J. de Hullu, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
16:00 AGAINST
I. Vergote, Leuven, Belgium
16:30 Discussion
Session 7:
15:30 - 17:00
Selected Poster Presentations
Chairperson:
S. Kehoe
, Oxford, UK
Hall A
Session 8:
15:30 - 17:00
CHEMORADIOTHERAPY IS THE TREATMENT OF CHOICE FOR
VULVAL CANCER
Chairpersons & Speakers:
G.M. Thomas, Toronto ON, Canada
N.F. Hacker, Randwick NSW, Australia
Hall C
17:00 - 18:30 Frontiers Sessions  
A. THE ROLE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS
Chairpersons:
U. Beller
, Jerusalem, Israel
S. Fujii, Kyoto, Japan
Hall B
17:00 FUNDAMENTALS OF CANCER GENETICS
S. Gayther, London, UK
17:15 GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO OVARIAN CANCER
U. Beller, Jerusalem, Israel
17:30 NOVEL ASPECTS OF MOLECULAR GENETICS IN ENDOMETRIAL CANCERS
S. Kyo, Ishikawa, Japan
17:45 MOLECULAR GENETICS IN OVARIAN CANCER PROGRESSION
I. Konishi, Matsumoto, Japan
18:00 SENESCENCE INDUCTION FOR GENE THERAPY OF GYNECOLOGICAL CANCERS BASED ON ITS MOLECULAR MACHINERIES
H. Kato, Fukuoka, Japan
18:15 FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR THE ROLE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS IN GYNAECOLOGICAL CANCER
A. Berchuck, Durham, NC, USA
B. PROTEOMICS IN CANCER SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS
Chairperson:
R. Rees, Nottingham, UK
Hall C
17:00 INTERROGATION OF THE SERUM PROTEOME USING MASS SPECTROMETRY
C. Creaser, Nottingham, UK
17:30 DEVELOPING PROTEOMIC TECHNOLOGIES WITH DIAGNOSTIC / PRDICTIVE POTENTIAL AND ITS APPLICATION TO A CLINICAL SETTING
S. Mian, Nottingham, UK
18:00 USE OF PROTEOMICS IN OVARIAN CANCER- A CRITICAL APPRAISAL
T.S. Ganesan, Oxford, UK
C.

CERVICAL CANCER IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
Chairpersons:
L.A. Denny
, Cape Town, South Africa

Hall A
17:00 CERVICAL CANCER: SCREENING OPTIONS
Y-T. Kim, Seoul, South Korea
 
17:20 CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION: A PARADIGM SHIFT
L.A. Denny, Cape Town, South Africa
 
17:40 CERVICAL CANCER: THE AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE
R. Anorlu, Lagos, Nigeria
 
18:00 CERVICAL CANCER: THE INDIAN PERSPECTIVE
E. Vallikad,, Bangalore, India
 
18.20 CERVICAL CANCER AND HIV - WHAT IS THE CONNECTION?
M. Moodley, Durban, South Africa
 


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Monday,
October 4, 2004
Tuesday,
October 5, 2004
Wednesday,
October 6, 2004
Thursday,
October 7, 2004

   
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