6th – 8th October 2008
International Cancer Imaging Society
Society Meeting and 8th Annual Teaching Course
6th - 8th October 2008
Bath, UK
| 08.45 – 09.00 | Welcome | J. Heiken |
| 09.00 – 09.30 | Keynote Lecture | Chair - J. Heiken |
| Tumour ablation: current role in the liver, kidney, lung and bone | A. Gillams | |
| 09.30 – 11.00 | Focus on: Breast Cancer | Chair - C. Collins |
| 09.30 – 09.55 | Breast cancer screening in high risk women | F. Gilbert |
| 09.55 – 10.20 | Sentinel node in breast cancer | C. Collins |
| 10.20 – 10.45 | Monitoring response to chemotherapy | L. Ollivier |
| 10.45 – 11.00 | Discussion | |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee | |
| 11.30 – 13.00 | Focus on: Lung Cancer | Chair - J. Husband |
| 11.30 – 11.55 | CT screening for lung cancer: current status | S. Diederich |
| 11.55 – 12.20 | PET-CT for staging and monitoring lung cancer | S. Rankin |
| 12.20 – 12.45 | Focal ground glass opacity: controversies in management | T. McLoud |
| 12.45 – 13.00 | Discussion | |
| 11.30 – 13.00 | "Hands-on" workshop: CT colonography | W. Schima, A. Maier, T. Mang |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | Focus on: Gastrointestinal Cancer | Chair - I. Francis |
| 14.00 – 14.25 | Staging oesophageal cancer | L. Quint |
| 14.25 – 14.50 | Staging rectal cancer | G. Brown |
| 14.50 – 15.15 | Role of PET-CT in colorectal cancer | R. Iyer |
| 15.15 – 15.30 | Discussion | |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | "Hands-on" workshop: Diffusion MRI of abdominal and pelvic cancers | A. Padhani, D-M. Koh |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Tea | |
| 16.00 – 17.30 | Workshops | |
| Workshop 1 | ||
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Effects of chemotherapy on liver imaging | P. Robinson |
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Ablation of liver tumours: how I do it | A. Gillams |
| 17.00 – 17.30 | Use of liver-specific MR contrast agents for detection and characterisation of liver tumours | W. Schima |
| Workshop 2 | ||
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Management of the solitary pulmonary nodule: imaging dilemmas and challenges | T. McLoud |
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Percutaneous chest biopsy: how I do it | S. Diederich |
| 17.00 – 17.30 | Multimodality imaging in distinguishing adrenal adenomas from malignant lesions | I. Francis |
| 17.30 | Welcome Reception at the Assembly Rooms | |
| 08.30 – 09.00 | Keynote Lecture | Chair - S. Rankin |
| Principles of imaging for radiation therapy planning | R. Reznek | |
| 09.00 – 10.30 | Mini-Symposium: Imaging Techniques for Assessing Treatment Response | Chair - J. Barentsz |
| 09.00 – 09.25 | PET-CT | W. Oyen |
| 09.25 – 09.50 | Perfusion CT | M. Bellomi |
| 09.50 – 10.15 | Diffusion MRI | A. Padhani |
| 10.15 – 10.30 | Discussion | |
| 09.00 – 10.30 | "Hands-on" workshop: CT colonography | W. Schima, A. Maier, T. Mang |
| 10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee | |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Keynote Lecture | Chair - J. Heiken |
| Critical questions in imaging of colorectal hepatic metastases | D-M. Koh | |
| 11.30 – 12.30 | Scientific session | |
| 12.30 – 13.30 | Lunch | |
| 13.30 – 14.00 | Keynote Lecture | Chair - W. Oyen |
| PET-CT in oncology: making the most of the CT | K. Miles | |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | Focus on: Head and Neck Cancer | Chair - R. Hermans |
| 14.00 – 14.25 | Oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer | H. Thoeny |
| 14.25 – 14.50 | Laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer | R. Hermans |
| 14.50 – 15.15 | Nasopharyngeal cancer | V. Chong |
| 15.15 – 15.30 | Discussion | |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | "Hands-on" workshop: Diffusion MRI of abdominal and pelvic cancers | A. Padhani, D-M. Koh |
| 15.30 – 16.00 | Tea | |
| 16.00 – 17.30 | Workshops | |
| Workshop 3 | ||
| 16.00 – 16.30 | MR diffusion imaging of the liver | A. Giovagnoni |
| 16.30 – 17.00 | CT perfusion of solid body tumours: how to do it | M. Bellomi, G. Petralia |
| 17.00 – 17.30 | MR-PET: clinical potential | H.P. Schlemmer |
| Workshop 4 | ||
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Whole body imaging in clinical oncology: salvation or trouble with imaging results | H.P. Schlemmer |
| 16.30 – 17.00 | MRI in prostate cancer | J. Barentsz |
| 17.00 – 17.30 | Imaging bone metastases | D. Vanel |
| 19.30 | Gala Dinner at the Roman Baths & Pump Room | |
| 09.00 – 09.50 | Keynote Lecture | Chair - L. Quint |
| Contrast Safety in the Cancer Patient | J. Heiken | |
| 09.50 – 11.00 | Focus on: Hepatic Cancer | Chair - J. Heiken |
| 09.50 – 10.15 | Hepatocellular carcinoma: development and early detection | P. Robinson |
| 10.15 – 10.40 | Small liver lesions in oncologic patients: characterisation with CT, MRI and contrast-enhanced US | G. Morana |
| 10.40 – 11.00 | Discussion | |
| 09.30 – 11.00 | "Hands-on" workshop: Diffusion MRI of abdominal and pelvic cancers | A. Padhani, D-M. Koh |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee | |
| 11.30 – 13.00 | Workshops | |
| Workshop 5 | ||
| 11.30 – 12.00 | PET-CT in paediatric oncology | B. McCarville |
| 12.00 – 12.30 | Diagnosis and response assessment: how children's tumours are different | K. McHugh |
| 12.30 – 13.00 | Diagnosis of bone tumours: role of plain radiograph, CT and MRI | D. Vanel |
| Workshop 6 | ||
| 11.30 – 12.00 | Cranial nerves in cancer imaging | V. Chong |
| 12.00 – 12.30 | Imaging of salivary gland tumours | H. Thoeny |
| 12.30 – 13.00 | Nodal disease of the neck | R. Hermans |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 – 15.00 | Scientific Session | |
| 14.00 – 15.30 | "Hands-on" workshop: CT colonography | W. Schima, A. Maier, T. Mang |
| 15.00 – 16.00 | Focus on: Gynaecologic Cancer | Chair - J. Spencer |
| 15.00 – 15.25 | MRI of uterine and cervical cancer | R. Reznek |
| 15.25 – 15.50 | Imaging of ovarian cancer | J. Spencer |
| 15.50 – 16.00 | Discussion | |
| 16.00 | Tea and Close | |
