State of the art session: Thoracic oncology

Symposium
Chairs: G. Stella (Pavia (PV), Italy), D. Leduc (Bruxelles, Belgium)
Aims: The 2018 lung cancer state of the art session will provide new perspectives on issues in lung cancer that remain unsolved. The session will start with a profound review of recent findings about tumour biology and then present a comprehensive update on multimodal strategies in three prognosis-determining treatment areas.

Lung cancer and interstitial lung disease J. Cadranel (Paris Cedex 20, France)
Multimodal management of brain metastases in lung cancer T. Blum (Berlin, Germany)
Rational approaches to pleural malignancies J. van Meerbeeck (Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium)
ERS statement on harmonised standards for lung cancer registration and lung cancer services in Europe A. Rich (Nottingham (Nottinghamshire), United Kingdom)