Con il patrocinio di:
15 NOVEMBER
07.50-08.20 Registration of participants
08.20-08.30
Welcome greetings and congress introduction
08.30-11.15
THORACIC SURGERY- Surgical management of lung cancer I
Moderators: R. Crisci (L’Aquila, Italy), M. Infante (Verona, Italy)Progress in the surgical management of lung cancer - live from Shanghai (
Panel discussion and videoclips)D. Gonzalez Rivas (Shanghai, China), Zhou Yiming (Shanghai, China)
Panelists: A. Bertani (Palermo, Italy), G. Cardillo (Roma, Italy), C. Curcio (Napoli, Italy), G. Di Rienzo (Lecce, Italy), M. Nosotti (Milano, Italy), L. Rosso (Milano, Italy)
11.15-11.45 Coffee Break
11.45-12.15
THORACIC SURGERY - Early detection
Moderators: N. G. Cavallesco (Ferrara, Italy), R. Muzzolon (Milano, Italy)
Lung Cancer screening updates and its impact on clinical practice
U. Pastorino (Milano, Italy)12.15-12.45
INTERVENTIONAL PULMONOLOGY - Introduction to interventional pulmonology From endoscopy to interventional pulmonology: a historical perspective
S. Gasparini (Ancona, Italy) 12.45-13.45 Buffet Lunch
13.45-14.25
THORACIC SURGERY - Surgical management of lung cancer II
Moderators: P. Granone (Roma, Italy), M. Infante (Verona, Italy)Progress in the surgical management of lung cancer
Tracheobronchial resection, Vascular reconstruction, Salvage Surgery
(Panel discussion and videoclips)P. De Leyn (Leuven, Belgium)
Con il patrocinio di:
14.25-15.00
Superior Sulcus Tumors, T4 – vertebral resection
(Panel discussion and videoclips)M. Alloisio (Milano, Italy)
Panelists: L. Bortolotti (Bergamo, Italy), A. D’Andrilli (Roma, Italy), G. Muriana (Mantova, Italy), G. Pariscenti (Genova, Italy), U. Pastorino (Milano, Italy), E. Ruffini (Torino, Italy)
15.00-15.30
PATHOLOGY - Molecular pathology of Lung Neoplasms and its therapeutic applications
Moderators: A. Bonetti (Verona, Italy), A. Santo (Verona, Italy)
Molecular pathology of Lung Neoplasms – overview for clinicians
A. Scarpa (Verona, Italy)Panelist: M. Milella (Roma, Italy)
15.30-16.00
THORACIC ONCOLOGY - Progress in the medical management of lung cancer Adjuvant e neoadjuvant immunotherapy and targeted agents
E. Bria (Roma, Italy) 16.00-16.20 Coffee Break
16.20-16.40
THORACIC ONCOLOGY - Oligometastatic lung cancer
Moderators: A. Bonetti (Verona, Italy), A. Santo (Verona, Italy)Oligometastatic disease: overview
S. Pilotto (Verona, Italy)
Panelist: M. Milella (Roma, Italy)
16.40-17.00
EORTC initiatives on Oligometastatic lung cancer
A. Dingemans (Maastricht, Netherlands)17.00-17.30
INTERVENTIONAL PULMONOLOGY - Lung cancer diagnosis and staging
Moderators: C. Micheletto (Verona, Italy), M. Patelli (Bologna, Italy)EBUS - mapping of Mediastinal Nodes, staging, diagnostic yield (
Panel discussion and videoclips)R. Trisolini (Bologna, Italy)
Panelists: M. Bezzi (Firenze, Italy), L. Rosso (Milano, Italy) 17.30-18.00
Navigation Systems for lung biopsy
(Panel discussion and videoclips) M. Bezzi (Firenze, Italy)
Panelists: G. Galluccio (Roma, Italy) R. Trisolini (Bologna, Italy) 17.00-18.10 Final remarks and closure
Con il patrocinio di:
16 NOVEMBER
08.00-08.45 Registration of participants
08.45-09.00
Welcome greetings and congress introduction
09.00-10.00
INTERVENTIONAL PULMONOLOGY - Central airway management
Moderators: M. Patelli (Bologna, Italy), L. Rodella (Verona, Italy)Handling the difficult central airway
(Panel Discussion and videoclips)
G. Galluccio (Roma, Italy), H. Tsukada (Boston, USA)
10.00-10.30
Progress in the management of COPD and Asthma Thermoplasty for asthma
(Panel Discussion and videoclips) M. Bezzi (Firenze, Italy)
Panelists: A. D’Andrilli (Roma, Italy), R. Trisolini (Bologna, Italy), F. Zambotto (Belluno, Italy)
10.30-10.50
MEDICAL PULMONOLOGY - Progress in the management of COPD and Asthma
Moderators: M. Patelli (Bologna, Italy), F. Zambotto (Belluno, Italy)Biological agents for severe asthma
C. Micheletto (Verona, Italy)10.50-11.10 Coffee Break
11.10-11.30
THORACIC SURGERY - Progress in the surgical management of lung cancer
Moderators: M. Cortale (Trieste, Italy), A. Morelli (Udine, Italy)Benefits and risks of major VATS surgery
(Panel Discussion and videoclips)P. B. Licht (Odense, Denmark)
Panelists: A. Bertani (Palermo, Italy), C. Curcio (Napoli, Italy), M. Nosotti (Milano, Italy)
11.30-12.10 Video session (re-live) VATS Surgery
A. Bertani (Palermo, Italy), M. Cortale (Trieste, Italy), C. Curcio (Napoli, Italy), P. B. Licht (Odense, Denmark), A. Morelli (Udine, Italy), M. Nosotti (Milano, Italy)
12.10-12.30
MEDICAL PULMONOLOGY
Moderators: M. Patelli (Bologna, Italy), F. Zambotto (Belluno, Italy) Risk assessment of surgical patients
G. Polese (Verona, Italy)
Panelists: C. Micheletto (Verona, Italy) A. Rossi (Verona, Italy)
Con il patrocinio di:
12.30-12.50
Preop management of Surgical candidates with severe COPD
A. Rossi (Verona, Italy)12.50-13.00 Final remarks and closure 13.00-14.00 Buffet Lunch
