Provisional programme

IN= CTR 8^th Meeting, Antaly= a, Turkey

Pr= ovisional Program

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Day 1. Sunday 22^{nd
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8:00 = - 8:45 am Registration and Mounting of Posters.

8.45 - 11:00 am Session 1. Inauguration and Award Lectures (Plenary)

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3D= 8:45 am Opening Remarks:

Ayhan Cavdar, T= UBA Turkish Academy of Sciences Cancer Working Group, Turkey<= /p>

Joe Harford, National Cancer Institute, USA

Ian Magrath, INCTR International Networking for Cancer Treatment and Resea= rch, Belgium

Yücel Kanpalat, Turkey=

9:15 am Award Ceremony<= /span>

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= Each Year, INCTR’s Special Panel of the Advisory Board selects two individ= uals who have made

= major contributions to cancer control in developing countries; one from a resource-poor country= ,

= and one from a resource-rich country. Each gives a lecture at INCTR’s Meeting= .

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The Nazli Gad-El-Mawla Award Lecture.

For o= utstanding contributions to cancer control by an individual from a resource-limited co= untry:

Recipient for 2009: Twalib Ngoma, Ocean Road Cancer Instit= ute, Tanzania

9:20 am &nbs= p; Introduction to Award Recipient – Massoud Samiei, PACT-IAEA, = Austria=

9:30 -10:10 am Award Lecture: Burkitts Lymphoma in Africa: Wh= at Can We Do and Do Well

The P= aul P Carbone Award for International Oncology. =

For outstanding contributions to oncology or cance= r research by an individual from a resource-rich country:

Recipient for 2009: Guiseppe Masera, Dept of Pediatrics, <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">University of Milan, Italy

10:10 am Introduction to Award Recipient – Franco C= avalli, UICC, Switzerland

10:20 -11:0 am Award Lecture: Title to be confirm= ed

11:00 - 11:20 am Coffee Break=

11:20 - 13:00 pm Session 2 (Plenary= ): INCTR Reports

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; Chairpersons: Emel Unal, <= st1:City w:st=3D"on">University of Ankara, Turkey

&n= bsp; = ; Manzoor Ahmad, College = of Pathologists, Pakistan

11:20 am INCTR Progress Report – Ian Magrath, INCTR International Netwo= rk for Cancer Treatment and Research<= /st1:City>, Belgium

11:45 am Report from Clinical Trials Office – Melissa Adde, INCTR Interna= tional Network for Cancer Treatment and Research, Belgium

12:05 pm Report from PAX Program – Stuart Brown, UK

12: 25 pm Report on Pediatric Oncology Workshop – Aziza Shad, INCTR USA, USA=

12: 45 pm Discussion

1: 00 pm – 2:00 pm= LUNCH

2:00 – 3:30 pm Session 3&n= bsp; (Simultaneous Sessions) Proferred Papers

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A) Adult Cancer

3D= Chairpersons: Fikri Icli,= Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey

&= nbsp; Zeba Aziz, Jinnah Hospital, P= akistan

B) Pediatric Cancer

Chairpersons: Inci Ilhan, = Oncology Hospital, = Turkey

Shripad Banavali, Tata Memorial Hospital, India=

3:30 – 4:00 pm COFFEE BREAK=

4.00 – 5.30 pm Session 4 (Plenary Session) Panel discussion

&= nbsp; Chair= persons: Francis Crawley, Good Clinical Practice Alliance, Belgium <= o:p>

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; Tezer Kutluk, Hacettepe University Hospit= als, Turkey=

&= nbsp; Panel members: Ahmet Demirkazik, Ankara <= st1:PlaceType w:st=3D"on">University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey

&= nbsp; &nbs= p; = Angelo Rosolen, Università di Padova, Italy=

= ; <= b>Ethical Issues in Research in Developing Countries:

5:30 – 6:30 pm Member’s Forum <= o:p>

= ; <= span lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-ansi-language= :EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Chairpersons: Ian Magrath, INCTR, = Belgium

Manzoor Ahmad, College = of Pathologists, Pakistan

An informal discussion in which INCTR members will have an opportunity to raise issues they consider = to be important with respect to INCTR’s overall programs, projects, structure and management. Ope= n only to INCTR Associate members.

6:30 – 7:30 pm Reception

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Day 2. Monday 23th March = 2008

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MORNING

7:45 - 8:45 am &nb= sp; Meet the Expert Sessions: Estab= lishing a National Network for Retinoblastoma

   =             &nb= sp;            Carlos Leal, Mexico

7:45 - 8:45 am &nb= sp; Meet the Expert Sessions: Suppo= rtive Care in Patients Undergoing Therapy

Shrip= ad Banavali, Tata Memorial Hospital, India

Aziza Sh= ad, INCTR USA, USA

Patricia Scanlan, INCTR, Tanzania

7:45 = - 8:45 am    Meet the Expert Sessions: Palliative Care Guidelin= es – PAX team

7:45 - 8:45 am    Meet the Expert Sessio= ns: Cancer Registration

Joe Harford, NCI, USA

Donal= d M. Parkin, University of Oxford, UK

Micha= el Silberman, MECC, Isr= ael

7:45 = - 8:45 am    Meet the Expert Sessions: Developing Sustainable Programs in Cancer Therapy

= Sidnei Epelman, San= ta Marcelina Hospital, Brazil

9:00= - 9:40 am Ke= ynote Lecture: The Open Educational Resources Move= ment

  =             &nb= sp;         Marshall Smith, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, USA

Chairperson: Faik Sarialioglu, Baskent University, Turkey=

9:45 am Session 5 (Plenary): Professional Education for Cancer Professionals

Chairpersons: Larry Less= in, Washington Cancer Institute, USA

         Franco Cavalli, UICC, Switzerland=

9:45 am    Approaches to Building= Human Capacity for Cancer Treatment,

  &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;        Massoud Samiei, PACT, Austria=

10:05 am The Evidence Base for Canc= er Control in Developing Countries

  &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;        Mark Lodge, The Challenge Fund, UK

10:25 am Enhancing Local Professional Education through Institutional Partnership= s

  &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;        Simon Sutcliffe, BC = Cancer Agency, Canada

10:45 am&= nbsp; Education and Training in Cancer Research Methods= for Professionals in

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&n= bsp;            = ;          Robert M. Chamberlain, MD Anderson Can= cer Center, USA

11:05 – 11:30 COFFEE BREAK=

11:30 am The Role of Telemedicine in Educat= ion and Training

        &= nbsp;       =        Norm Coleman, National Cancer Institute, USA

11: 50 am Distance Learning Programs in Turkey; Present and Future

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   Sabri Kemahli, = Ankara University Medical School, Turkey

12: 10 am Special Topic: T= he i-Barthi/INCTR/Hewlett Initia= tive

            =             Larry Lessin, Washington Cancer Institute, <= st1:country-region w:st=3D"on">USA

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12:30 pm Discussion

1:00-2:00 pm Lunch and Poster Viewing

DAY 2: AFTERNOON

2:00 pm - 2:40 pm Keynote Lecture: Improving Palliative Care at a Glo= bal Level

  =             &nb= sp;            =          Kathy Foley, Op= en Society Institute, U= SA

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Chairperson: Fraser Black,Victoria Hospice, Canada <= /p>
2:45 pm Se= ssion 6A (Simultaneous) Pediatric C= ancers

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Chairpersons:&n= bsp; Munevver Buyukpamukcu, Hacettepe University Medical School, Turkey=

        &= nbsp;           = Aziza Shad, Georgetown University Hospital, USA

2:45 pm Management of Wilms Tumor

  &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;        Kathy Pritchard Jones, Ro= yal Marsden, UK=

3:05 pm <= /span>Management of Pediatric Lymphomas in India

Shripad Banavali, = Tata Memorial Hospital, India

3:25 – 3:45 pm COFFEE BREAK=

3:45pm Retinoblastoma – Treatment of Advanced Disease

  &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;        Nurdan Tacyildiz, Ankara University Medical School, Turkey<= /p>

4:05 pm Management of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

            =             M’Hammed Harif, Hôpital 20 août 1953, Morrocoo=

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4:25 pm Developing Infrastructure for Pediatric Oncology in India

            =             Vinay Jain, Physician’s Education Resource, USA

4:45 pm Pediatric Palliative Care

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   Fraser Black, Victoria Hospice, Canada<= o:p>

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5:05-5:30 pm    Discussion <= /span>

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2:45 pm Se= ssion 6B (Simultaneous) Oral and Gastrointestinal Cancers=

Chairpersons:<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Hakan Akbulut, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey

&nbs= p;                   Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, IARC, France

2:45 pm Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal T= ract Cancers

            =             Suayip Yalcin, = Hacettepe University, Turkey

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3:05 pm Early Detecti= on of Oral Cancer

            =             Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, IARC, Fra= nce

3:25 – 3:45 pm COFFEE BREAK=

3:45 pm Prevention and Early Detection of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers

  &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;        You-Lin Qiao, Cancer Institute of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China

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4:05 pm Ma= nagement of Stomach Cancer

  &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;        Faruk Aykan, Istanbul University Oncology Institute, Turkey

4:25 pm Early Detection of Colorectal Canc= er – is it Realistic in Developing Countries?

            =             <= /span>Yusuf Bayraktar, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine= , Turkey<= /p>

4:45 pm Management of Colorectal Cancer

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   Jonathan Ledermann, UCL Cancer Trials Center, UK

5:05-5:30 pm    Discussion <= /span>

5:30-6:00 pm&nb= sp; Special Lecture: “Diet, Physical Activity, Body Weight = and Cancer Risk”

  &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p; Omer Kucuk, Emory University, USA

Chairpersons:<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Ayhan Cavdar, TUBA Turkish Academy of Sciences Cancer Working Group, Turkey

DAY 3. TUESDAY 24^th March 2008

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7:45 = - 8:45 am       &nbs= p;   Meet the Expert Sessions: Lymph= omas in Developing Countries

Kikke= ri Naresh, Hammersmith Hospital &= amp; Imperial College, UK

Franco Cavalli, UICC, Switz= erland

7:45 = - 8:45 am       &nbs= p;   Meet the Expert Sessions: Physi= cians’ Role in Nursing Education

7:45 = - 8:45 am       &nbs= p;   Meet the Expert Sessions: Pedia= tric Cancers

&nb= sp;          Aziza Sh= ad, INCTR USA, USA

        &= nbsp;   Claudia Epelman, Brazil

7:45 - 8:45 am &nb= sp;         Meet the Expert Sessions:Empow= ering Women Financially and Educationally Harold Robbles, Medical Knwo= ledge Institute, Netherlan= ds

7:45 = - 8:45 am       &nbs= p;   Meet the Expert Sessions: : Devel= opment of Partnerships

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9:00 – 9:40 am Key Note Lecture: Prevention of Smoking: the Role of the Health Provider.

Fikri Icli, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine= , Turkey

9:45 am Session 7 (Plenary): AIDS Malignan= cies

Chairpersons: Kishor Bhatia, National Cancer Institute, USA

        Nurdan Tacyildiz, Ankara University Medical School, Tur= key

9:45 am    Epidemiology of AIDS-R= elated Cancers

            =             <= /span>Sam Mbulaiteye, Viral Epidemiology Branch, NCI, NIH, DHHS, USA

10: 05 am Clinical Features and Management o= f Kap= osi Sarcoma in Africa

      &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;     Margaret Borok, University of Zimbabwe College of Health, = Zimbabwe

10:35 am   Patholog= y of AIDS Related Lymphomas in Africa

            Leona Ayers, Ohio State University Pathology, USA

10:55-11:15 am COFFEE BREAK

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11: 15 am Development of Treatment Networks for = AIDS Malignancies in Developped and Developing   Countries<= /p>
        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   Mostafa Nokta, NCI, USA

11:35 am AIDS-related Lymphomas in Africa

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   Nicola Abinya, School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kenya

11: 55 am AIDS Malignancies in Latin America

            =             Ana Luiza de Castro conde Toscano, Bra= zil

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12:15 pm Discussion

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1:00 – 2:00 pm LUNCH

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DAY 3: AFTERNOON

2:00 pm - 2:40 pm Keynote Lecture: Mesothelioma in Turkey; An Environmental Hazard. Salih Emri, Ha= cettepe University Faculty of Medicine= , Turkey

2.45 = pm Session 8A (Simultaneous Session) Workshop: Breast Cancer Control

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Chair= persons: Ahmed Elzawawy, ICEDOC, Egypt

        Richard Pestell, Kimmel= Cancer Center, USA

2:45 pm Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Developing Countries, is it Effective?

      &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;     Indraneel Mittra, <= span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>S= ir Ganga Ram Hospital, = India

3:05 pm The Turkish Scr= eening Program

      &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;     Murat Tuncer, Hacettepe University Me= dical School, Turkey=

3:25-= 3:45 pm COFFEE BREAK

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3:45 pm Obstacles to Effective Treatment of Breast Cancer in Developing Countries

      &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;     Nuran Bese, Cerraphasa Medical Facul= ty, Turkey=

4:05 pm Can Guidelines for Breast = Cancer Treatment in Developping Countries Improve Outcome?

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   Vahit Ozmen, Istanbul University, Turkey

4:20 pm Preliminary Results of INCTR Survey of Breast Cancer Therapy in Four Countries

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   Zeba Aziz, Jinnah Hospital, Paki= stan

4:35 pm Establishing Comprehensive Breast Cancer Control Programs in Developing Countries

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   S. Shastri, Tata Memorial = Hospital, India

4:50 pm Discussion and Conclusions

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2.45 = am Session 8B (Simultaneous) Workshop: Lymphoma Pathology in Developing Countr= ies

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Chair= persons: Kikkeri Naresh, Hammersmith Ho= spital & Imperial College, UK

        Nina Hurwitz, University of Basel, Switzerland

2:45 pm. Obstacles to Efficient Pathological Diagnosis in Developing Countrie= s

      &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;     Manzoor Ahmed, College of Pathologists, Pakist= an

3:05 pm Minimal Standar= ds and Standardization in Histological Diagnosis

      &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;     Sevket Ruacan, Hacettepe Universit= y, Turke= y=

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3:25 – 3:45 am   COFFEE = BREAK

3:45 pm Pathology Training in Deve= loping Countries

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   El-Nassir Lalani, Aga Khan Univers= ity, Pakistan

4:05 pm R= ole of New Technologies in Improving Diagnosis

            =             Isinsu Kuzu, Ankara University Medic= al School, Turkey

4:25 pm Telepathology – Can it Help Overcome Limitations in Capacity?

        &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   Nina Hurwitz, <= st1:City w:st=3D"on">University of Basel<= /span>, Swit= zerland

4.45 pm Prizes and Award= s

5:15 pm Closing Remarks<= /span>