PG7 - Thoracic oncology: nonsmall cell lung cancer

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: J. Vansteenkiste (Leuven, Belgium), E. Canalis (Barcelona, Spain)
Aims: This is the second course in a comprehensive three-year postgraduate core curriculum covering the main issues in thoracic oncology. The aims of this second module in the series are:
• to address the changing trends in oncological resectability of lung cancer;
• to review current knowledge of the optimal integration of the different components of modern multimodality treatment for nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC);
• to review recent advances in the systemic treatment of NSCLC;
• to summarise the role of endoscopic treatment in lung cancer management.

Contemporary surgical issues in NSCLC treatment G. Massard (Strasbourg, France)
Combined modality treatment for NSCLC J. Vansteenkiste (Leuven, Belgium)
Systemic treatment of advanced NSCLC J-P. Sculier (Brussels, Belgium)
Endoscopic treatment M. Noppen (Brussels, Belgium)