AGENDA


12th JULY 2008

10:00 AM–1:00 PM                 Registration

12:00 Noon–1:00 PM              Lunch

1:00 PM–1:15 PM                    Welcome and Introduction Dr. G.S. Bhattacharyya & Dr. Mohamed Meshref

1:15 PM–5:30 PM                    Breast Cancer Session

Session Chairpersons                Dr. A.A. Ranade & Dr .Balakrishnan Rajan

1:15 PM–1:45 PM                    Adjuvant Therapy  Dr. S.H. Advani

• 35897 - Adjuvant ovarian suppression combined with tamoxifen or anastrozole, alone or in combination with zoledronic acid, in premenopausal women with hormoneresponsive, stage I and II breast cancer: First efficacy results from ABCSG-12. M. Gnant, B. Mlineritsch, W. Schippinger, G. Luschin-Ebengreuth, S. Poestlberger,
C. Menzel, R.Jakesz, E. Kubista, C. Marth, R. Greil, On behalf of the ABCSG

• 30857 - Standard Chemotherapy (CMF or AC) versus capecitabine in early-stage breast cancer (BC) patients aged 65 and older. Results of CALGB/CTSU 49907
H. B. Muss, D. Berry, C. Cirrincione, M. Theodoulou, A. Mauer, H. Cohen, A. Partridge,
L. Norton, C.Hudis, E. Winer, North American Breast Cancer Intergroup

1:45–2.30 PM                         Adjuvant Therapy Dr. Shyam Aggarwal

• 31397 - Vitamin D (Vit D) deficiency is common at breast cancer (BC) diagnosis and is associated with a significantly higher risk of distant recurrence and death in a prospective cohort study of T1-3, N0-1, M0 BC.
P. J. Goodwin, M. Ennis, K. I. Pritchard, J. Koo, N. Hood

• 34423 - tAnGo: A randomized phase III trial of gemcitabine (gem) in paclitaxel containing, epirubicin/cyclophosphamide based, adjuvant chemotherapy (CT) for women
C. J.Poole, L. Hiller, H. C. Howard, J. A. Dunn, P. Canney, A. M. Wardley, M. J. Kennedy, R. E. Coleman, R. C. Leonard, H. M. Earl, tAnGo trial collaborators

• 31982 - Zoledronic Acid (ZA) preserves bone mineral density (BMD) in premenopausal women who develop ovarian failure (OF) due to adjuvant chemotherapy (AdC): First results from CALGB trial 79809
C. L. Shapiro, S. Halabi, G. Gibson, D. J. Weckstein, J. Kirshner, W. M. Sikov,
E. P. Winer, C. A. Hudis, C. Isaacs, D. Weckstein, R. L. Schilsky, E. Paskett

2:30 PM–3:00 PM                     Discussion on Adjuvant Therapy

Moderator
Dr. Hemant Malhotra
Panelists
Dr. Dinesh Chandra Doval
Dr. T. Raja
Dr. B.K. Smruti

3:00 –3:15 PM                           Tea Break

3.15–3.45 PM                             Metastatic Breast Cancer Dr. Maria Theodoulou

• 34482-Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III study of bevacizumab with docetaxel or docetaxel with placebo as first-line therapy for patients with locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer (mBC): AVADO
D. Miles, A. Chan, G. Romieu, L. Dirix, J. Cortes, X. Pivot, P. Tomczak, T. Taran, N. Harbeck , G. Steger

• 36327 - A randomized study of lapatinib alone or in combination with trastuzumab in heavily pretreated HER2+ metastatic breast cancer progressing on trastuzumab therapy
J. O'Shaughnessy, K. Blackwell, H. Burstein, A. Storniolo, G. Sledge, J. Baselga, M. Koehler, S. Laabs, A. Florance, D. Roychowdhury

4.15–4.45 PM                              Discussion on Metastatic Breast Cancer

Moderator
Dr. Sudeep Gupta
Panelists
Dr. P. K. Julka
Dr. Ashish Bakshi

Dr. Palanki S Dattatreya

4:45 PM–5:30 PM                         Case Presentation on Breast Cancer–Medcases Dr. Vijay Anand P Reddy


13th July 2008

7:00–9:00 AM                               Breakfast

9:00–12:30 Noon                         Lung Cancer Session

Session Chairpersons :                  Dr. Ramakanth K Deshpande & Dr. Purvish M Parikh

9:00–9:30 AM :                            Metastatic Lung Cancer-NSCLC  Dr. Primo N Lara Jr

• 31696 - Maintenance pemetrexed plus best supportive care (BSC) versus placebo plus BSC: A phase III study
T. Ciuleanu, T. Brodowicz, C. Belani, J. Kim, M. Krzakowski, E. Laack, Y. Wu, P. Peterson, S. Adachi, C. Zielinski

• 30338 - FLEX: A randomized, multicenter, phase III study of cetuximab in combination with cisplatin/vinorelbine (CV) versus CV alone in the first-line treatment of patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
R. Pirker, A. Szczesna, J. von Pawel, M. Krzakowski, R. Ramlau, K. Park, U. Gatzemeier, E. Bajeta, M. Emig, J. Pereira

9:30–10:15 AM :                           Extensive Lung Cancer –SCLC Dr. Ashok Kumar Vaid   
                                         

• 35772-S0124: A randomized phase III trial comparing irinotecan/cisplatin (IP) with etoposide/cisplatin (EP) in patients (pts) with previously untreated extensive stage small cell lung cancer (E-SCLC)
R. B. Natale, P. N. Lara, K. Chansky, J. Crowley, J. R. Jett, J. E. Carleton, J. P. Kuebler, H. Lenz, P. Mack, D. G. Gandara

• 30840-Topotecan/cisplatin (TP) compared to cisplatin/etoposide (PE) for patients with extensive diseasesmall cell lung cancer (ED-SCLC): final results of a randomised phase III trial
C. F. Heigener, L. Freitag, C. Eschbach, R. M. Huber, T. Fink, S. Hummler, N. Banik, M. Wolf, ABC Study Group

10.15–10.45 AM :                           Discussion on Metastatic Lung Cancer

Moderator
Dr. (Col). Ranga Rao
Panelists
Dr. Atul Sharma
Dr. Tarini Prasad Sahoo
Dr. (Col). A.K. Dhar

10.45–11.00 AM :                            Tea Break

11.00–11:30 AM :                            Lung Cancer (Other than Chemotherapy)   Prof. D. Raghunadharao

• 32942 - Randomized trial of standard dose to a higher dose prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) in limited-stage small cell cancer (SCLC) complete responders (CR): Primary end-point analysis (PC199-01, IFCT 99-01, EORTC 22003-08004, RTOG 0212) B. Le Pechoux, M. Hatton, A. Kobierska, F. Guichard, A. Dunant, S. Senan , R. Jones, R.Arriagada, A. Wolfson, On behalf of PCI99 Intergroup investigators

• 32591 - A 15-gene expression signature prognostic for survival and predictive for adjuvant chemotherapy benefit in JBR.10 patients M. S. Tsao, C. Zhu, K. Ding, D. Strumpf, M. Pintilie, M. Meyerson, L. Seymour, I. Jurisica, F. A.Shepherd

11.30–12.00 Noon :                         Discussion on Local- Regional Therapy and Adjuvant Therapy

Moderator
Dr. Govind Babu
Panelists
Dr. Kumar T Bhowmik
Dr. R.P. Baral
Dr. M.S. Bansali

12.00–12.45 PM :                           Case Presentation on Lung Cancer– Medcases Dr. Govind Babu            

12.45–1.00 PM :                              Thank You Note Dr. Purna Kurkure

1.00–2.00 PM                                  Lunch