Webinars for Patients

Webinars for Patients, 2023

Here you can find recordings of webinars organized by ITMIG

in May 2023 for the Thymic Malignancy Awareness Month

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“Questions I’d like to ask my doctor” 3rd. Ed.

The questions submitted by patients before the webinar were answered by doctors:

Conrad Falkson, Radiation Oncologist, Queen’s University and CCSEO @ KHSC Kingston, Canada
Dirk Van Raemdonck, Thoracic surgeon, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
Arun Rajan, Medical Oncologist, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
Edith Marom, Diagnostic Radiologist, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel

The webinar was moderated by Dr. Malgorzata Szolkowska, Pathologist, The Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Warsaw, Poland

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Clinical Trials for Thymic Epithelial Tumors

The following clinical trials for thymic epithelial tumors were presented:

PROGRAM:
Moderator: Chul Kim, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA

Presenters:
1. Meredith McAdams, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA:
– (NCT05104736) PT-112 in Subjects with Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma
– (NCT04417660) Bintrafusp Alfa (M7824) in Subjects with Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma

2. Dwight Owen, Ohio State University – James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA: (NCT03463460) Pembrolizumab and Sunitinib in Treating Participants With Refractory Metastatic or Unresectable Thymic Cancer

3. Chris Nabel, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA: (NCT04262466) Safety and Efficacy of IMC-F106C as a Single Agent and in Combination With Checkpoint Inhibitors

4. Annemarie Shepherd, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA: (NCT05354570) A Study of Intensity-Modulated Pleural Radiation Therapy (IMPRINT) in People With Thymic Cancer That Has Spread to the Lining of the Lungs and Chest .

5. Q&A

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Webinars for Patients, 2022

We invite you to watch the recordings of the webinars organized by ITMIG in May 2022 on the Thymic Malignancy Awareness Month

“Questions I’d like to ask my doctor”

Our experts:

Joshua Sonett, thoracic surgeon, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, New York, USA
Arun Rajan, medical oncologist, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NCI/NIH), Bethesda, USA
Andreas Rimner, radiation oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

and

Edith Marom, diagnostic radiologist, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel

answered patients’ questions, submitted before the webinar.

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Surgical_Webinar_for_patients_2022-05-27

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“Surgical approaches for thymic tumors: What to know as a patient?”

Our experts, thoracic surgeons:

Prof. Paul Van Schil from the Antwerp University Hospital and Antwerp University (Antwerp, Belgium)

and

Prof. Frank Detterbeck from the Yale University School of Medicine (New Haven, CT, USA)

were presenting the various methods of surgical treatment of thymic tumors. After short presentations, experts were answering patients’ questions.

If you are waiting for surgery due to the thymic tumor and want to know what to expect during and after surgery – this video is for you.

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RECORDINGS – Webinars for Patients 2021: EXPERTS EXPLAIN

In 2021 ITMIG invites thymic epithelial tumor patients for a new series of webinars: EXPERTS EXPLAIN. Our experts are explaining the meaning of many definitions and are answering patients’ questions related with diagnosis and treatment of thymic epithelial tumors. Each webinar contain short presentation(s) and live Q&A (Questions and Answers) part.

Main organizers:

Malgorzata Szolkowska, pathologist, the National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland

Pam Bruce, Executive Director of ITMIG, New York, USA

Edith Marom, diagnostic radiologist, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel

WEBINAR 1.

This is a recording of the first webinar.

The video contains two presentations dedicated to radiological and histopathological definitions:

1. “Imaging of thymic tumors”, Dr. Chad Strange, Assistant Professor of Thoracic Radiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA;

2.“How should I understand my diagnosis?”, Dr. Jan von der Thüsen, Consultant Histopathologist, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Moderator of the webinar: Dr. Malgorzata Szolkowska from the National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland

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WEBINAR 2.

The second webinar was dedicated to surgical treatment of thymic tumors.

Our expert,

Dr. Paul Van Schil, from the Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, the Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium

was talking about: “Surgical treatment of mediastinal tumours: from maximally invasive to minimally invasive techniques”.

The webinar was moderated by Dr. Usman Ahmad from the Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.

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WEBINAR 3.

In this webinar radiation oncology matters and definitions will be explained.

Dr. Annemarie Fernandes Shepherd, from the Department of Radiation Oncology, the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

was talking about “Radiotherapy of thymic epithelial tumors”.

The webinar was moderated by Prof. Conrad Falkson from the Queen’s University and Kingston Health Sciences Center, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

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WEBINAR 4.

This time medical oncologist,

Dr. Arun Rajan, from the National Cancer Institute, the National Institutes of Health (NCI/NIH), Bethesda, USA

was explaining oncological issues in a presentation: Oncological Treatment for Advanced Thymic Tumors – Definitions and Strategies.

Moderator of the webinar: Prof. Frank Detterbeck from the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.

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WEBINAR 5.

It is our pleasure to invite you to watch the recording of our last webinar of series EXPERTS EXPLAIN.

Our speakers:
Nicolas Girard, the Institut du Thorax Curie Montsouris, Institut Curie, Paris, France
Arun Rajan, the National Cancer Institute, the National Institutes of Health (NCI/NIH), Bethesda, USA
Heather Wakelee, the Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
and Anne Tsao, the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

are presenting: Clinical Trials for Thymic Epithelial Tumors.

Moderator: Dr. Malgorzata Szolkowska from the National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland