Annual Congress Vienna 2012

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PG18 Recent evolutions in screening and early diagnosis of lung cancer

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: K. Nackaerts (Leuven, Belgium), H. De Koning (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Aims: This course will: demonstrate the role of integrating molecular techniques in future lung cancer screening programmes; show how exhaled breath analysis might contribute to the early, noninvasive diagnosis of lung cancer; describe the role of new endoscopy techniques in the screening and early diagnosis of lung cancer; and demonstrate the impact of screening with low-dose chest CT scan on lung cancer mortality in at-risk populations.

HERMES module links: ADULT B.2 - Thoracic tumours, B.6 Occupational and environmental diseases, D.2 Other procedures, D.3 Procedures performed collaboratively, I. Further areas relevant to respiratory medicine.

Is CT-based screening for lung cancer finally ready for prime time? H. De Koning (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
The practical approach to incidental (sub)centimetric nodules W. De Wever (Leuven, Belgium)
Breath biomarkers for lung cancer detection: ready for use by the pulmonologist? M. Corradi (Parma, Italy)