Schedule of Events

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All meeting abstracts were embargoed until Thursday, November 30, at 8:00 a.m. Central time. Once the embargo lifted, all abstracts are available on the online conference planner and digital poster viewing is available in the virtual poster library.

View the 2023 Multidisciplinary Thoracic Symposium abstracts.

View the posters in the Virtual Poster Library.

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Registration
Napoleon Registration Desk

Thursday, November 30, 2023

7:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.	Registration Napoleon Registration Desk
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast and Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall Napoleon Ballroom CD
7:50 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.	Welcome Address Napoleon Ballroom AB Vickie Shannon, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston [Pulmonologist]
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.	Major Challenges and Opportunities Facing Us in 2023 Napoleon Ballroom AB Moderator: Zhongxing Liao, MD, FASTRO, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston [R] What Should be the Treatment if Patients Become Unresectable after Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy? Jessica Donington, MD, MSCR, UChicago Medicine, Chicago [S] Resistance for ICI Immunotherapy: Challenges and Opportunities Jianjun Zhang, MD, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston [M] Q&A
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	The Emerging Benefits of Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy Napoleon Ballroom AB Moderator: Jamie Chaft, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York [M] Stage I SBRT + Immunotherapy Narek Shaverdian, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York [R] Phase II iSABR Results Joe Chang, MD, PhD, MS, FASTRO, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston [R] ADCs and Bispecific mAbs Sally Lau, MD, NYU Langone Health, Brooklyn, New York [M] Non-TKI Targeted Therapies KRAS, BRAF, and Beyond Jia Luo, Dana-Farber Cancer Center, Boston [M] Q&A
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Coffee Break and Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall Napoleon Ballroom CD
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	Pearls, Pitfalls and Challenges in Toxicities Associated with Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapies: What We Know Now Napoleon Ballroom AB Moderator: Vickie Shannon, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston [Pulmonologist] Emerging Challenges in Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy: Combination Therapies, Drug Resistance and Drug Rechallenge, Who? How? When? Abdul Rafeh Naqash, MD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore [Professor] Emerging Challenges in Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy: Lung Toxicity Diagnosis, Risk Factors and Treatment Karthik Suresh, MD, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore [Pulmonologist] Q&A
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Modern Substance Use Disorders – What's NOT on the Med List? Napoleon Ballroom AB Moderator: Linda Martin, MD, MPH, University of Virginia Health Systems, Charlottesville, Virginia [S] Nicotine Addiction, and How to Properly Prescribe Tobacco Cessation Meds Matthew Steliga, MD, UAMS Health, Little Rock, Arkansas [S] Non-Rx Drugs - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Impact on Cancer Treatments Deepti Behl, MD, Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, California [M] Panel Discussion and Q&A Early Detection Borgne Room Moderator: Thomas Stinchcombe, MD, Duke Cancer Center, Durham, North Carolina [M] Screening Criteria and Models: Who is Included and Excluded and How to Apply the Current Models Julie Wu, MD, PhD, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California [M] Screening Outside the NLST Patient Population Elaine Shum, MD, NYU Langone Health, New York [M] Blood Based Testing for Screening Aadel Chaudhuri, MD, PhD, Washington University, St. Louis [R] Q&A
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch and Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall Napoleon Ballroom CD Early Career and Trainee Networking Luncheon: Choosing Your Career Path Borgne Room Aadel Chaudhuri, MD, PhD, Washington University, St. Louis [R] Marina Garassino, MD, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago [M] Thomas Stinchcombe, MD, Duke Cancer Center, Durham, North Carolina [M]
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Plenary Abstract Session Napoleon Ballroom AB Moderator: David Carbone, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio [M] Stereotactic Radiation for Ultra-Central Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Safety and Efficacy Trial (SUNSET) David A. Palma, MD, PhD, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada Discussant: Jeremy Brownstein, MD, MS, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio A Population-Based Analysis of the Management of Symptoms of Depression Among Patients with Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Ontario, Canada Vivian S. Tan, MD, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada Alan Valentine, MD, FAPOS, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas Prognostic Performance of a Genome-Wide Methylome Enrichment Platform in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Geoffrey Liu, MD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Ontario, Canada Discussant: Aadel Chaudhuri, MD, PhD, Washington University, St. Louis Lung Cancer Survival Trends in the Veterans Health Administration Drew Moghanaki, MD, MPH, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles Discussant: Biniam Kidane, MD, MS, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Coffee Break and Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall Napoleon Ballroom CD
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.	The Changing Landscape of Lung Cancer Biomarkers Napoleon Ballroom AB Moderator: Kurt Schalper, MD, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut [Surgical Pathologist] Current and Future Biomarkers for Immunotherapy, Targeted Therapies and ADCs in NSCLC Kurt Schalper, MD, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut [Surgical Pathologist] Molecular Classification and Novel Biomarkers for Small-Cell Lung Cancer Triparna Sen, PhD, Mount Sinai, New York [Professor] Role of Pathologic Response Assessment and Non-Invasive Biomarkers/Liquid Biopsy in Resectable NSCLC Sanja Dacic, MD, PhD, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut [Pathologist] Role of Digital Pathology and Advanced Computational Analysis/AI in Lung Cancer Management Anant Madabhushi, PhD, Emory University, Atlanta [R] Q&A
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	Networking Reception and Poster Q&A 01 Session in the Exhibit Hall Napoleon Ballroom CD

Friday, December 1, 2023

7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Registration Open Napoleon Registration Deck
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast and Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall Napoleon Ballroom CD
7:55 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.	Welcome Address Napoleon Ballroom AB Jamie Chaft, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York [M]
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	Perioperative and Postoperative Therapies for Resectable Lung Cancer Napoleon Ballroom AB Moderator: David Carbone, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio [M] Targeted and Immunotherapies in Surgically Resectable Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Marina Garassino, MD, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago [M] Impact of Perioperative Therapies on the Surgical Management of Lung Cancer Neel Chudgar, MD, Montefiore Medical Center, New York [S] The Role of Radiation in Surgically Resectable Lung Cancer Jeremy Brownstein, MD, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio [R] Q&A
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Coffee Break and Poster Q&A 02 Session in the Exhibit Hall Napoleon Ballroom CD
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.	Impact of Frailty and Other Co-Morbidities on Lung Cancer Outcomes Oak Alley Moderators: Philip Linden, MD, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland [S] Sue Yom, MD, PhD, FASTRO, UCSF Bakar Precision Medicine Center, San Francisco [R] How to Assess Fitness for Lung Resection Leonidas Tapias, MD, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland [S] Comorbidity and Frailty Considerations with Systemic Therapy Mehmet Altan, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston [M] Comorbidity and Frailty Considerations with Chemoradiation Pranshu Mohindra, MD, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland [R] Q&A Oligometastatic NSCLC: Current Evidence and Future Directions Napoleon Ballroom AB Moderator: Kristin Higgins, MD, Emory University, Atlanta [R] Current Data and Clinical Trials that Will Define the Role in RT in Oligometastatic Disease Daniel Gomez, MD, MBA, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York {R] Potential Biomarkers for Patient Selection in Oligometastatic Space Puneeth Iyengar, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas [R] Discussion and Q&A
10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	Finding and Removing Small Nodules – Keeping Up with Technological Advances Napoleon Ballroom AB Moderator: Biniam Kidane, MD, MS, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada [S] The State of Evidence regarding Sublobar Resection for Small Early-Stage Lung Cancer Anna McGuire, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [S] Robotic Bronchoscopy and Navigational Bronchoscopy to Find Small Nodules Otis Rickman, DO, Ascension St. Thomas Hospital Midtown, Nashville, Tennessee [Professor] Molecular Localization of Lung Nodules Doraid Jarrar, MD, FACS, FCCP, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia [S] Q&A
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Lunch and Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall Napoleon Ballroom CD Early Career and Trainee Networking Luncheon: Launching Your Successful Career Borgne Room David Carbone, MD, PhD, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio [M] Jamie Chaft, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York [M] Puneeth Iyengar, MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas [R] Quynh-Nhu Nguyen, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston [R]
1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.	Oral Abstract Session Napoleon Ballroom AB Moderator: Zhongxing Liao, MD, FASTRO, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston [R] KontRASt-01 Update: Safety and Efficacy of JDQ443 in KRAS G12C-Mutated Solid Tumors Including Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Marcelo Negrao, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston Dose-volume Predictors of Radiation Pneumonitis Following Thoracic Hypofractionated Radiotherapy Alexander Sasse, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut Esophagitis Following Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer Nathaniel Miller, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond Efficacy and Safety of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICI) in Resectable Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Tian Xiao, MD, Western University, Ontario, Canada Clinical, Quality of Life and Cost Outcomes in Patients with Early Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Undergoing Surgery or SBRT Sowmy Thuppal, MD, PhD, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, Illinois Disparities in Delivery of Local-consolidative Surgery for Patients with Single-site Oligometastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Jorge Humberto Rodriguez-Quintero, MD, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York Dosimetric Factors Associated with Esophagitis Following Hypofractionated Radiotherapy to the Thorax Alexander Sasse, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Coffee Break and Poster Q&A 03 Session in the Exhibit Hall Napoleon Ballroom CD
2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Review/Update on Thymic Malignancy and Mesothelioma Napoleon Ballroom AB Moderator: Stephen Chun, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston [R] Surgical Considerations in Resectability for Mesothelioma and Thymic Tumors Andrea Wolf, MD, Mount Sinai, New York [S] Postoperative Radiotherapy Field Design for Mesothelioma and Thymic Tumors Quynh-Nhu Nguyen, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston [R] Systemic Therapy Updates for Mesothelioma and Thymic Tumors Matthew Gubens, MD, MS, University of California, San Francisco [M] Q&A
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Novel Approaches in Limited Stage and Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer Napoleon Ballroom AB Moderator: Percy Lee, MD, FASTRO, City of Hope, Irvine, California [R] Molecular Subclassification and Implications in SCLC Personalized Therapy Jyoti Malhotra, MD, MPH, City of Hope, Irvine, California [M] Novel Advances in Radiotherapy for SCLC Kristin Higgins, MD, Emory University, Atlanta [R] Role of Brain Directed Radiotherapy for SCLC in 2023 Vinai Gondi, MD, Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center, Warrenville, Illinois [R] Q&A

Saturday, December 2, 2023

7:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Registration Open Napoleon Registration Desk
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast Napoleon Ballroom CD
7:55 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.	Welcome Address Napoleon Ballroom AB Linda Martin, MD, MPH, University of Virginia Health Systems, Charlottesville, Virginia [S]
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.	Stage III: Innovation on the "Big Stage" Napoleon Ballroom AB Moderator: Sue Yom, MD, PhD, FASTRO, UCSF Bakar Precision Medicine Center, San Francisco [R] Neoadjuvant Therapy for Resectable Stage III Linda Martin, MD, MPH, University of Virginia Health Systems, Charlottesville, Virginia [S] Adjuvant Therapy for Resectable Stage III Salma Jabbour, MD, FASTRO, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey [R] Immunotherapy in Unresectable Stage III Steven Lin, MD, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston [R] Targeted Therapy in Unresectable Stage III Carl Gay, MD, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston [M] Q&A
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Sexual Health and Fertility Preservation under Psychosocial Oncology Napoleon Ballroom AB Moderator: Kristin Rojas, MD, FACS, University of Miami Health System, Miami [S] Speaker: Terri Woodard, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston [Professor]
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.	Coffee Break Napoleon Ballroom CD
10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	Difficult Discussions – Prognosis, Therapeutic Choices, End of Life Napoleon Ballroom AB Moderator: Madison Grogan, MPH, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio [M] Discussing Phase I Clinical Trials with Patients with Advanced NSCLC: Challenges and Opportunities Jennifer Carlisle, MD, Emory University, Atlanta [M] Tools to Improve Communication between Physicians and Patients Kate Schueller, MD, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin [M] Integration of Early Palliative Care to Improve Outcomes in Patients with NSCLC Madison Grogan, MPH, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio [M] Financial Toxicity Meera Ragavan, MD, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco [M] Q&A
11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Symposium Key Takeaways and What's Coming Down the Pipeline Sue Yom, MD, PhD, FASTRO, UCSF Bakar Precision Medicine Center, San Francisco [R]

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