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Third International Joint Meeting on Thoracic Surgery was granted 18 European CME credits (ECMEC) by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME).


Important deadlines

Abstracts submision 15th September 2015
Early registration fee 30th September 2015
Hotel reservations 15th September 2015

Presentation
General Information
Objectives and Background
Speakers And Chairpersons
Organizing Committe
Programme
Programme 18th November
Programme 19th November
Programme 20th November
Pre-Congresual AIACT
AIACT Congress
Sponsored lunch sessions
Post Joint Meeting Masterclass
Scientific Information
Poster and video
Registration
Accommodation
Sponsoring Guidelines
Sponsors
City Information
Social Programme





Congress recognised of professional interest by the Government of Catalonia (Department of Health and Studies)




World Congress for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology



Programme 19th November

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06:30 Secretariat opens
 
Parallel breakfast sessions (x 2)
 
BREAKFAST SESSION 1 Improving the strategic management of lung cancer
Auditorium
Chairpersons: P. R. Aparicio - A. Rodríguez
 
07:00-07:15 The relevance of multidisciplinary team decisions on the management of lung cancer patients
R. Osarogiagbon
 
07:15-07:30 Systematic approach in the management of lung cancer
P. R. Aparicio
 
07:30-07:55 Discussion
 
BREAKFAST SESSION 2 Infectious and parasitic lung diseases
Conference room 1
Chairpersons: C. Paleru / J. J. Rivas
 
07:00-07:10 Hepato-thoracic hydatidosis
S. Boubia
 
07:10-07:20 Surgery of aspergilloma
M. Ridai
 
07:20-07:30 Pneumonectomy for destroyed lung: rationale for closing the bronchus first via the transcervical approach
C. Paleru
 
07:30-07:55 Discussion
 
VIDEO FORUM 3 Preoperative mediastinal staging
Chairpersons: M. De Waele - J. M. Gimferrer
 
08:00-08:08 Cervical video-mediastinoscopy
P. de Leyn
 
08:08-08:16 Extended cervical video-mediastinoscopy
C. Obiols
 
08:16-08:24 Mediastino-thoracoscopy
S. Call
 
08:24-08:32 Video-assisted mediastinoscopic lymphadenectomy (VAMLA)
M. Hürtgen
 
08:32-08:40 Transcervical extended mediastinal lymphadenectomy (TEMLA)
M. Zielinski
 
08:40-08:48 Subxiphoid pericardioscopy
J. C. Trujillo
 
08:48-08:56 Pericardioscopy by VATS
M. Congregado
 
08:56-09:25 Discussion
 
SESSION 5 Multidisciplinary approach to oligometastatic NSCLC
Chairpersons: D. de Ruysscher - R. Rami-Porta
 
09:30-09:40 Definition of oligometastatic NSCLC
C. Dooms
 
09:40-09:55 Role of surgery in oligometastatic NSCLC
P. van Schil
 
09:55-10:10 Integration of local and systemic therapies in oligometastatic NSCLC
D. de Ruysscher
 
10:10-10:20 Therapeutic options for oligoprogressive NSCLC
C. Dooms
 
10:20-10:30 Circulating tumour cells in lung cancer. Staging and therapeutic implications
V. Bobek
 
10:30-11:00 Discussion
 
11:00-11:25 Coffee break
 
SESSION 6 Pathological and molecular biology issues in NSCLC
Chairpersons: W. Travis - J. Ramirez
 
11:30-11:40 How to get good tissue samples for molecular typing in lung cancer. The pulmonologist’s point of view
J. Jett
 
11:40-11:50 Why to rebiopsy lung cancer after treatment
M. Majem
 
11:50-12:00 Molecular typing of NSCLC
W. Travis
 
12:00-12:10 Serum biomarkers for the diagnosis of lung cancer
R. Molina
 
12:10-12:20 MicroRNA molecular profiles in lung cancer prognosis
A. Navarro
 
12:20-12:30 Pathological assessment of tumour response after induction therapy
W. Travis
 
12:30-12:40 Limits of intraoperative frozen section
J. Ramirez
 
12:40-13:00 Discussion
 
13:00-13:55 Lunch
 
13:00-13:55 Lunch sessions (3 parallel sessions)

Lunch session 4:
Auditorium
Industry-sponsored lunch session

Lunch session 5:
Conference room 1
Industry-sponsored lunch session

Lunch session 6: The revised ESTS guidelines on preoperative mediastinal staging
Conference room 2
Chairperson: D. Sánchez
P. de Leyn
 
VIDEO FORUM 4 Intraoperative nodal assessment
Chairpersons: S. Swanson - F. Hernando Trancho
 
14:00-14:10 Systematic nodal dissection for right-sided tumours
H. Asamura
 
14:10-14:20 Systematic nodal dissection for left-sided tumours
H. Asamura
 
14:20-14:30 Lymphadenectomy by VATS
R. Flores
 
14:30-14:40 Exploration of the aorto-pulmonary window
M. Zielinski
 
14:40-14:50 Abbreviated TEMLA
M. Zielinski
 
14:50-15:00 Lymphadenectomy for oesophageal cancer
X. B. D'Journo
 
15:00-15:30 Discussion
 
15:30-15:55 Coffee break
 
SESSION 7 Update on the IASLC Staging Projects on thoracic malignancies
Chairpersons: P. Goldstraw
 
16:00-16:08 Lung cancer
R. Rami-Porta
 
16:08-16:16 Mesothelioma
V. Rusch
 
16:16-16:24 Thymic malignancies
F. Detterbeck
 
16:24-16:32 Oesophageal cancer
X. B. D'Journo
 
16:32-16:40 Japanese contributions to oesophageal cancer staging
Y. Tachimori
 
16:40-16:48 South American contribution to the IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project
G. Lyons
 
16:48-17:10 Discussion
 
SESSION 8 Unsolved problems of the TNM classification for lung cancer
Chairpersons: N. Viñolas - R. Rami-Porta
 
17:15-17:25 A uniform way to measure tumour size
F. Detterbeck
 
17:25-17:35 Reliability of lobe-specific systematic nodal dissection as a staging procedure
H. Kondo
 
17:35-17:45 Multiple tumours: is there a better way to classify them?
F. Detterbeck
 
17:45-17:55 Positive pleural lavage cytology: to upstage or not to upstage
H. Kondo
 
17:55-18:05 Staging implications of the proposed IASLC/ATS/ERS adenocarcinoma classification
W. Travis
 
18:05-18:35 Discussion
 
Extraordinary lecture
Chairperson: R. Rami-Porta
 
18:40-19:00 Chest surgery and medical humanities
T. Molnar
 
19:00-19:30 Meeting GECMP-CCR-SEPAR (only members)
 
19:30 Secretariat closes