About this event
- Date and time Fri 23 Nov 2018 from 9:00am to 5:15pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Cardiothoracic, Radiology
Join us as we highlight the current and potential future management of lung cancer in the UK.
We will give an update on lung cancer screening and optimal clinical pathways with sessions on advanced diagnosis and surgical treatments. There will additionally be an opportunity for trainees to highlight their work in a session dedicated to abstracts.
You will learn:
- To appreciate the current (and future) position of lung cancer screening in the UK
- The current methods of non-invasive imaging diagnosis in lung cancer
- The current role of invasive image guide procedures in lung cancer
- About current surgical techniques in lung cancer management
Agenda
View the programme
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Mr KS Rammohan Kandadai, President, Cardiothoracic Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Dr Graham Robinson, Consultant Radiologist, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
National update on lung cancer screening (UK)
Professor David Baldwin, Honorary Professor of Medicine and Consultant Physician, University of Nottingham
Artificial intelligence - a role in lung cancer?
Professor Fergus Gleeson, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Radiology of non-solid lung cancers - imaging and follow up
Dr Mark Jones, Consultant Radiologist, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, NHS Lothian
Surgical management of non-solid lung cancers
Dr Kelvin Lau, Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust
Tea and coffee break
Optimising lung cancer pathways in the UK Manchester model: Diagnostic arm
Dr Anna Sharman, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Optimising lung cancer pathways: From a physician's perspective
Dr Richard Booton, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Respiratory and Allergy Research Group, The University of Manchester
Optimising lung cancer pathways: The surgeon's viewpoint
Mr Rajesh Shah, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, The University of Manchester
Lunch
Presentation of abstracts
Advanced image guided techniques
Dr Jonathan Rodrigues, Royal United Hospital, Bath
Current role of PET imaging in lung cancer diagnosis and management
Dr David Little, Royal United Hospital, Bath
Abstract prizes and close of meeting
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St,, Marylebone, London, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom