Annual Congress Berlin 2008

Saturday, 04.10.2008
Sunday, 05.10.2008
Monday, 06.10.2008
Tuesday, 07.10.2008
Wednesday, 08.10.2008

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, abstract number.


Material from 2008:
  • 3952 Abstracts
  • 658 Slide presentations
  • 316 Webcasts
  • 96 Handouts
  • 1824 e-posters
  • 316 Multimedia files
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Management, quality aspects and prognosis in thoracic oncology

E-Communication Session
Chairs: M. Muers (Leeds (W. Yorks), United Kingdom), N. Schoenfeld (Berlin, Germany)
The National (UK) Lung Cancer Audit: data from 2006
M. Peake, P. Beckett, N. Chanarin, S. Roz (London, Leeds, United Kingdom)
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Quality management system for lung cancer – an open source approach for a lasting improvement of quality care by the Tumour Centre Berlin, Germany
T. Blum, N. Schoenfeld, A. Jagota, The Tasc Force Lung Cancer of the Tumor Zentrum Berlin e.V. (Tumour Centre Berlin) (Berlin, Germany)
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The role of a trained respiratory physician in lung cancer management
P. Gupta, M. Bhattacharya, R. Mukherjee (Milton Keynes, United Kingdom)
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Patients referred to a lung cancer clinic – does a clinical assessment at the outset have an impact on the investigations requested?
B. Barker, H. Moudgil, K. Srinivasan (Telford, United Kingdom)
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Oncological pulmonary cases with emergency room admission
D. Tatar, C. Anar, Y. Yildirim, A. K. Cirak, H. Halilcolar (Izmir, Turkey)
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A retrospective study of the cause and impact of delayed diagnosis of lung cancer (LC)
A. A. Lwin, B. Khan, E. Sawicka (Farnborough Common, Orpington, Kent, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Outcomes from a monographic clinic for rapid diagnosis of lung cancer
D. Sanchez, F. Andreo, E. Valverde, J. Sanz, E. Monsó, J. Roca, J. Morera (Badalona, Barcelona, Spain)
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Are patients with malignant pleural effusions being referred appropriately for surgical intervention?
N. Acharya, M. Hewson (Carlisle, United Kingdom)
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Rapid access lung cancer clinics: do you have one?
S. Chandramouli, K. Saraswathi, M. Winson (Crewe, Cheshire, United Kingdom)
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Comparison of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) management and survival in 1995 and 2005 at a London teaching hospital
Y. E. Ong, S. Goddard, A. Draper (Tooting, London, United Kingdom)
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Histological pattern, gender and smoking status in lung cancer in the last decade
P. Grigore, E. Crisan, R. Ulmeanu, M. Alexe, P. Galbenu, D. Leonte, A. Serbescu, L. Cervis, R. Nemes (Bucharest, Romania)
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Comparing the prognostic impacts of angiogenesis, lymphangiogenesis and lymphatic invasion (LI) in small cell lung carcinomas (SCLC)
G. Hardavella, E. Arkoumani, Y. Dalavanga, P. Galanis, D. Stefanou, S. Constantopoulos (Ioannina, Athens, Greece)
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Pre-operative levels of serum vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A), C (VEGF-C) and D (VEGF-D) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Preliminary report
M. Kozlowski, O. Kowalczuk, G. Lapuc, A. Sulewska, W. Laudanski, M. Garbowicz, W. Niklinska, P. Dziegielewski, L. Chyczewski, J. Niklinski, J. Laudanski (Bialystok, Poland)
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Serum angiopoietins as a clinical marker for resected early lung cancer
S. S. Sheen, K. J. Park, J. H. Park, W. Y. Chung, K. S. Lee, Y. J. Oh, Y. S. Kim, S. C. Hwang (Suwon, Republic Of Korea)
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Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) as a prognostic factor of survival in patients with lung adenocarcinoma
E. Boutsikou, K. Zarogoulidis, V. Tzarou, E. Eleftheriadou, T. Galaktidou, V. Zarogoulidou, H. Lithoxopoulou, G. Balassoulis, T. Kontakiotis (Exochi, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece)
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Comparative evaluation of survival time between women and men with advanced lung cancer
E. Mylonaki, V. Voutsas, S. Matzourani, M. Antoniadou, A. Kapetangeorgis, F. Iordanidis, T. Kontakiotis, P. Christaki (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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Clinical significance of serum cathepsin K level during chemotherapy of lung cancer. Can we use it as a marker of small cell lung cancer?
W. Naumnik, E. Chyczewska, M. Ossolinska (Bialystok, Poland)
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Use of FDG-PET in the investigative pathway for lung cancer – real world experience in Southern England
M. Schuhmann, H. Rupani, K. Adenji, K. McKinlay, M. Roland (Portsmouth, Basingstoke, Southampton, United Kingdom)
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Radio-clinical and prognosis profiles of lung cancer in Casablanca
M. H. Afif, M. Nassaf, H. Sellal, A. Riah, A. Aichane, Z. Bouayad (Casablanca, Morocco)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Resectable proportion of lung cancers in an unselected population
V. Søyseth, F. Frøiland, A. D. Høiseth, J. Wesche, K. Stavem (Lørenskog, Norway)
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