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ITMIG Webinars 2020
WEBINARS 2020
Diagnosis and Treatment of Thymic Epithelial Tumors
Webinar 1.: TUMOR BOARD – true-life cases
October 15, 2020
1. Case presentation (clinical history, radiology, pathology)
Presenter: Marcin Zielinski
Experts: Conrad Falkson, Edith Marom, Anja Roden, Frank Detterbeck, Arun Rajan, Paul van Schil
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
MODERATORS: Pam Bruce, Samantha Sigurdson
2. Case presentation (clinical history, radiology, pathology)
Presenter: Andrea Bille
Experts: Conrad Falkson, Edith Marom, Anja Roden, Frank Detterbeck, Arun Rajan, Paul van Schil
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
MODERATORS: Pam Bruce, Samantha Sigurdson
Webinar 2.: Surgical-Pathological-Oncological Dictionary
October 20, 2020
1. Handling a resection specimen of a thymic tumor – what must pathologist know from surgeon to help oncologist in therapeutic decision
Speaker: Anja Roden
2. Issues for Surgeons and Pathologists
Speaker: Frank Detterbeck
3. What do I look for in a pathology report of a resected thymic tumor or thymic cancer biopsy?
Speaker: Arun Rajan
4. Invasion of the mediastinal pleura, lung and pericardium in TNM classification – more questions than answers
Speaker: Thierry Molina
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
MODERATOR: Luka Brcic
Webinar 3.: Myasthenia gravis in thymoma patients
October 29, 2020
1. MG and thymoma – VATS, RATS or more extensive surgery?
– VATS/RATS are the best!
Speaker: Alper Toker
2. MG and thymoma – VATS, RATS or more extensive surgery?
– Extensive surgery is the most effective!
Speaker: Paul van Schil
3. MG: Follow-up after thymectomy
Speaker: Maria Isabel Leite
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
MODERATOR: Frank Detterbeck
Webinar 4.: Imaging of thymic lesions: indications and limitations
November 3, 2020
1. MRI limitations or errors in interpretation
Speaker: Constantine Raptis
2. FDG PET-CT – how do I use it? How does it really help me – the surgeon’s view
Speaker: Joshua Sonett
3. When CT and when MRI?
Speaker: Sanjeev Bhalla
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
MODERATOR: Edith Marom
Webinar 5.: Neoadjuvant therapy in thymic epithelial tumors
November 10, 2020
1. Radiation therapy
Speaker: Conrad Falkson
2. Chemotherapy – what’s the best to use?
Speaker: Nicolas Girard
3. Surgery: why do I like the neoadjuvant and why I do not?
Speaker: Pier Luigi Filosso
4. Pathology: Why does the pathologist need to know that neoadjuvant therapy was given? Challenges of assessment of post-neoadjuvant specimens.
Speaker: Malgorzata Szolkowska
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
MODERATORS: Andrea Bille, Anja Roden
Webinar 6.: Thymic tumor with pleural dissemination
December 17, 2020
1. Stable pleural metastases – how long do I watch? What does trigger the action? What if only one grows?
Speaker: Jim Huang
2. Intrapleural heated chemotherapy at time of thymectomy
Speaker: Alon Ben Nun
3. Hemithoracic pleural radiotherapy
Speaker: Andreas Rimner
INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION
MODERATOR: Paul van Schil
MEET OUR SPEAKERS
Webinar Committee
Main organizers:
Malgorzata Szolkowska – pathologist, 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
Our webinars could not appear without help of the following experts:
(in alphabetical order)
Andrea Bille – thoracic surgeon, Guy’s Hospital and Kings College University, London, UK
Katarzyna Blasinska – diagnostic radiologist, Department of Radiology, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
Frank Detterbeck – thoracic surgeon, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Conrad Falkson – radiation oncologist, Queen’s University and Kingston Health Sciences Center, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Nicolas Girard – medical oncologist, Institut Curie, Paris, France
Maria Isabel Leite – neurologist, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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
Anja Roden – pathologist, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, USA
Paul van Schil – thoracic surgeon, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium
Philipp Ströbel – pathologist, Institute of Pathology, Medical University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Last update December 2020