Abramson Cancer Center

Focus On: Lung Cancer 2009

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October 23, 2009
Hilton Hotel, 4200 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA

Conference Co-Chairs:

Joel Cooper, MD
Corey Langer, MD, FACP
Ramesh Rengan, MD, PhD
Daniel Sterman, MD

The Abramson Cancer Center was pleased to present the 2nd Annual Focus on Lung Cancer and Related Disorders Conference, a full day symposium designed to address the personal and medical issues facing those at risk for lung cancer, survivors of lung cancer, their loved ones, and caregivers. The Abramson Cancer Center and its prominent Lung Cancer Program is uniquely qualified to present this conference, with researchers and clinicians leading the way nationally, for decades, in understanding the causes of lung cancer, mesothelioma and related disrders, and in finding more effective forms of treatment.

The Abramson Cancer Center's interdisciplinary Lung Cancer Program was one of the first of its kind in this country. Penn created a new level of lung cancer when it established the Center for Lung Cancer and Related Disorders in 1991. The Center has assembled a group of leading specialists who have developed some of the most advanced medical treatments available today. Our team includes a wide variety of experts including: thoracic oncology surgeons, medical oncologists, radiologists who use a variety of imaging techniques to check for the presence of tumors, pulmonologists with extensive experience in diagnosing lung diseases, and pathologists who are experts in evaluating lung tissue.

Focus On Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma Video
A patient education video with testimonies from our patients, doctors and researchers. Find out more about programs, treatment, research and care that is unique to the Abramson Cancer Center.

Vodcast [Video]

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Conference Photos

Agenda [PDF]

Brochure [PDF]

Speaker Presentations

Small Cell Lung Cancer: Introduction and Diagnosis
Steven Albelda, MD

Small Cell Lung Cancer
Kenneth M. Algazy, MD

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Advanced - Radiation Therapy
Smith Apisarnthanarax, MD

Health Care Reform 101
Joe Carver, MD

Photodynamic Therapy
Keith Cengel, MD, PhD

Systematic Treatment in Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Tracey Evans, MD

Lung Cancer Alliance
Laurie Fenton Ambrose

Surgical Management of Locally Advanced Lung Cancer
John C. Kucharczuk, MD

Early Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer -- Imprimatur of Adjuvant Therapy
Corey J. Langer, MD, FACP

Therapeutic Innovations in Lung Cancer. What Patients and their Caregiver Should Know
Corey J. Langer, MD, MSCE

Managing Uncertainty
Margaret Lazar, MS, MSw, LCSW

Radiation Therapy for Early Stage Lung Cancer
Alexander Lin, MD

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Early Stage Thoracic Surgery
Taine T.V. Pechet, MD

Radiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Ramesh Rengan, MD, PhD

Radiation Therapy Treatments - What's on the Horizon?
Ramesh Rengan, MD, PhD

The Role of the Pulmonologist in the Personalized Medicine of Lung Cancer
Daniel H. Sterman, MD

Mesothelioma: Do the Statistics Lie?
James P. Stevenson, MD

Symptom Control for People with Lung Cancer
Joseph B. Straton, MD, MSCE

Lung Cancer Basics
Morris Swartz, MD

Chemotherapy for Stage IV/Incurable Lung Cancer
Jared Weiss, MD