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    Wednesday
    Time Session
    9:00 - 11:00 HCC, Part 1
    Moderators: David C. Madoff, MD; Riad Salem, MD; & Jin Wook Chung, MD
    • Staging and Guidelines for HCC: NCCN, Barcelona, or Hong Kong?
    • Surgical Options for HCC: When and Why?
    • Role of Ablation: Should It Be Used As Primary Therapy For Early Stage HCC?
    • Transarterial Therapies for HCC: Should It's Role Be Limited To Just The Unresectable?
    • Systemic Treatments for HCC: Is There Really A Significant Benefit?
    • Featured Abstract
    • Tumor Board

     

    11:00 - 11:30 Break
    11:30 - 13:00 MSK

     Moderators: Matthew Callstrom, MD, PhD & Afshin Gangi, MD, PhD  

    • MSK Interventions: Palliation, Ablation, Consolidation
    • Treatment of Spine Metastases with RFA: New Approaches 
    • Abstract
    • Role of Ablation in Orthopedic Oncology: A Surgeon's Perspective
    • Hardware and Ablation In the Pelvis 
    • Ablation Treatment of Desmoids: Is It More Effective Than Traditional Treatments?    
    • Avoiding Complications in MSK Ablation   
    • Tips and Tricks with MSK Ablation 
    • Tumor Board                                                             
    13:00 - 15:00 Lunch and Exhibitor Time
    13:00 - 13:40 Industry Symposium presented by Covidien 
    13:40 - 14:20 Industry Symposium presented by Medtronic 
    14:20 - 15:00 Review of Guidelines for HCC and Best Staging System 
    15:00 - 16:00 Old Cancers, New Treatments  
    Moderators: Christiane Kuhl, MD; Simon Yu, MD; & Yasuaki Arai, MD
    • Selective Internal Radiation Therapy for Cholangiocarcinom
    • IO in Palliative Care for Old Cancer Patients
    • IO in Breast Cancer Patients
    16:00 - 16:30 Break & Exhibit
    16:30 - 17:30 Palliative Care/Symptom Management     
    Moderators:Sean Tutton & Alexis Kelekis
    • Medical Management of Pain: What An Astute Interventional Oncologist/Radiologist Can Do
    • Percutaneous Nerve Blocks and Neurolysis
    • Percutaneous Techniques for Pleural Effusion, Malignant Ascites, and Outlet Obstruction
    • Palliative Embolization: Pain and Bleeding
    • Percutaneous Ablation and Bone Augmentation for Pain Management
    18:30 - 20:00 Early Career Interventional Oncologists Program

    Moderator: Robert Lewandowski, MD

    Welcome and Introduction
    Top 5 Practice Development Tips

    Best Case Presentation

    • RFA
    • MWA
    • Cryo
    • Navigation & Ablation
    • cTACE
    • DEB-TACE
    • Y90
    • Tumor Board
    17:30 - 19:00 IO Around the World Reception
    Thursday
    Time Session
    7:00 - 7:40 Industry Symposium presented by PharmaCept 
    8:00 - 9:30 Abstract Presentations - HCC 
    8:00 - 9:30 Workshop 1 - Didactic/Video

    • Embolization: Bland to Y90
    9:30 - 10:00 Break and Exhibit
    10:00 -12:00 Molecular Oncology

    Moderated by Jeff Geschwind, Riccardo Lencioni, & Brad Wood
    • Oncogenic Pathways & Their Relevance To Interventional Oncology
    • Pathologic Changes & Prognostic Biomarkers in Tumor Ablation
    • Image Guided Drug Delivery
    • HSP90 As Therapeutic Targets in Combination Ablation Therapies & Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Survival After Thermal Ablation
    • Angiogenesis
    • Glycolysis & Its Importance In Cancer
    • Pathological Changes Prognostic Biomarkers in Arterially Directed Therapies: SIRT/TACE
    • Clinical & Translational Research Pathways for Molecular Therapies & Immunotherapies in HCC
    10:00 - 10:30 Interventional Radiology and Anesthesiology: Collaborative Approaches to Quality Patient Care
    10:45 - 11:15 Radiology Assistant Practice Model: An ASK Perspective
    11:30 - 12:00 Impact of Palliative Catheter Placement on the Quality of Life of Patients with End-Stage Cancer and Refractory Ascites
    12:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Exhibitor Time
    12:00 - 12:40 Industry Symposium presented by NeuWave Medical 
    12:40 - 13:20 Industry Symposium presented by Siemens 
    14:00 - 14:30 Comparative Effectiveness

    Moderators: Kevin Kim & Michael Brunner
    • Science of CER
    • CER in Procedural Oncology
    • Resources for CER Research in IO
    • Funding Opportunities for CER in Oncology
    14:00 - 14:30 Critical Complications in the IO Patient
    14:00 - 16:00 WCIO Residents' and Fellows' Exhibit Hall Walk Through 
    14:30 - 16:00 Primary Lung Cancer

    Moderators: Steve Solomon & Koichiro Yamakado  
    • Lung Cancer Screening
    • Progression of Atypical Adenoma to Lung Adenocarcinoma
    • Sublobar Resection versus Lobectomy for Primary Lung Cancer: Has the Standard Changed?
    • SBRT Clinical Trial Update
    • Lung Cancer Ablation
    • Management of Multifocal Stage I Lung Cancer
    • Local Therapy in the Setting of Metastatic Lung Cancer
    • Biopsy of Lung Cancer in the World of Personalized Medicine
    16:00 - 16:30 Break and Exhibit
    16:30 - 18:00 Workshop 2 - Hands On/Video
    • MSK & Spine 
    16:30 - 18:00 Abstract Presentations - Live Mets
    18:00 - 19:30 Corporate Advisory Reception - Invitation only
    Friday
    Time Session
    8:00 - 9:30 Workshop 3 - Hands On
    • Guidance, Navigation, Assessment, & Robotics 
    8:00 - 9:30 Abstract Presentations - Guidance and Technology 
    9:30 - 10:00 Break and Exhibit
    10:00 - 11:30 HCC, Part 2
    Moderators: Jeff Geschwind, Kevin Kim, & Bien Soo Tan

    Interventional Oncology Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma - The Evidence from Asia

    • Local Ablation
    • Chemoembolization
    • Radioembolization
    • Management of HCC in Europe
    • Is There A Role For Combination Therapies in HCC
    • Trial Design in HCC: Principle and End Points
    10:00 - 10:30 Image Guided Lung Biopsies: Pleural Pucture Plugging
    10:45 - 11:15 Venous Access: Potential Nightmares
    11:30 - 12:00 Venous Access Placements: Strategies to Help Lower Infection Rates
    12:00 - 14:00 Lunch and Exhibitor Time
    12:00 - 12:40 Industry Symposium presented by BTG and Philips Healthcare 
    12:40 - 13:20 Industry Symposium presented by GE
    14:00 - 15:00 Renal Ablation

    Moderators: Thomas Atwell & Jeremy Durac
    • Choosing Your Device & Know the Outcomes
    • Lessions Learned from the Dark Side of Renal Ablation
    • If Surgery Is the Standard, Where Does Ablation Fit In?
    • Renal Tumor Board
    14:00 - 14:30 Scheduling Strategies in a Complex IR Department
    15:00 - 16:00 mNET
    Moderators: Michael Soulen
    • Assessment & Triage of NETs in the IO Clinic
    • Systemic Drug Therapies: Which One When?
    • When Is Surgery Beneficial In Metastatic NETs?
    • PRRT: Integration with Liver-Directed Therapies
    • Embolotherapy: Is There A Best Technique?
    • Radioembolization of mNET
    16:00 - 16:30 Break and Exhibit
    16:30 - 18:00 Workshop 4 - Video/ Hands On
    • Ablation: Kidney and Lung
    16:30 - 18:00 Abstract Presentations- HCC + Basic Science 
    18:00 - 19:30 Poster Night
    18:00 - 19:30 Case of the Week: Meet the Experts! 
    Saturday
    Time Session
    8:00 - 9:30 Workshop 5 - Hands On
    • RFA/MW/Cryo/IRE
    8:00 - 9:30 Abstract Presenations - Thoracic and Genitourinary 
    9:30 - 10:00 Break
    10:00 - 12:30 mColorectal Cancer

    Moderators: Costi Sofocleous, Bill Rilling, Alban Denys

    Resectable or Potentially Resectable Disease (Debate 1: Surgery vs. Ablation)

    • Surgery Remains the Gold Standard for All CLM
    • Ablation Should Replace Surgery For Selected CLM That Can Be Treated With Margins
    • Role of PVE and Other Techniques As Bridge To Resection

    Non-Resectable Disease

    • What is New in Systemic Treatment for Stage IV CRC?
    • Locoregional Therapy in CRC Mets: Timing and Results
    • The Case for Integration of Locoregional Therapy with Systemic Therapy

    Pulmonary Mets

    • Resectable Pulmonary Mets Should Only Be Treated By Surgery
    • SBRT Is All You Need For Pulmonary Mets
    • Ablation Is The Best Option For Selected Pulmonary Metastases
    • Tumor Board