Annual Congress Amsterdam 2011

Saturday, 24.09.2011
Sunday, 25.09.2011
Monday, 26.09.2011
Tuesday, 27.09.2011
Wednesday, 28.09.2011

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2011; 38: Suppl. 55, abstract number.

Material from 2011

4205 Abstracts
632 Slide presentations
250 Webcasts
66 Handouts
1703 e-posters
250 Multimedia files

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PG10 Management of thoracic tumours in practice: a HERMES basic course

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: J. Vansteenkiste (Leuven, Belgium), N. Schoenfeld (Berlin, Germany)
Aims: To cover major parts of the HERMES core syllabus in thoracic oncology (Module B.2 level 3 mandatory items, as well as E1.2 and E1.3 modules regarding treatment modalities). The course is intended to provide basic knowledge to medical practitioners involved in the management of lung cancer patients.

HERMES syllabus links: B.2.1 Lung cancer, B.2.3 Mesothelioma, E.1.2 Chemotherapy, E.1.3. Other systemic anti-tumour therapy, H.1. Thoracic surgery (including lung transplantation)

Type of course: Lecture and case based

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Epidemiology, diagnosis, classification and staging of lung cancer A.-P. Meert (Brussels, Belgium)
Early stage nonsmall-cell lung cancer: therapeutic options (surgery, adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapy) G. Massard (Strasbourg, France)
Treatment strategy for patients with locally advanced and metastatic nonsmall-cell lung cancer J. Vansteenkiste (Leuven, Belgium)
Small-cell lung cancer and mesothelioma: diagnosis and management A. Scherpereel (Lille, France)