2016 Bay Area Neuroendocrine Patient Conference

2016 Neuroendocrine Tumor Patient Conference
Hosted by:UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
In cooperation with NorCal CarciNET Community, NET Research Foundation, Stanford University Medical Center

Sunday, January 24, 2016 - 9:00 am to 4:30 pm

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Please join us for a day of discussion on the latest developments in neuroendocrine tumor (NET) research and treatment. Topics will include treatment options, clinical trials and phase III results, nuclear medicine and molecular imaging as well as strategies for living with cancer. Experts from around the world will be giving presentations and participating in Tumor Boards and extensive Q&A.

New this year - Pre Conference Primer on NETs - For those who are newly diagnosed or need a refresher on the basics of NETs - we will have a 30 min pre-conference overview on NETs. Please indicate your interest in this primer on your registration form.
We will also have smaller breakouts for caregivers and those that need a break from the main conference.

Open to patients, caregivers and those interested in NETs.

Thanks to generous funding by UCSF, there is no cost to attend this conference. Conference registration includes lunch and parking.
Registration ends on January 20, 2016

Agenda - Subject to Change

Click here to download the program with speaker biography.

8:00	Registration Opens
Robertson Auditorium - 2nd Level UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center
8:30	NETS Overview - Pre Conference session for the newly diagnosed	Bergsland
8:55	Break
9:05	Opening Remarks Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS President, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
	Morning Session - Moderator: Bergsland
9:25	2015: Year in Review (including results of 3 phase III clinical trials in NETs and ongoing trials)	Kunz
10:00	Break
10:15	Molecular Imaging and Radiotherapeutics
	Advances in Imaging for NETS	Hope
	Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT): NETTER-1 results and 15 years of institutional experience	Baum
	PRRT: Next Steps and Ongoing Trials	Mittra
11:05	Liver Directed Therapy for NETS	Sze
11:30	Biomarkers in a Nutshell	Liu
11:45	Morning Q&A	All
12:15	Lunch
1:00	The Warner Advocacy Award	Salamakha Warner Advocacy Award Committee
	Afternoon Session - Moderator: Nakakura
1:15	Tumor Board: Integrating therapeutic options: Is there an optimal sequence for PanNET or Carcinoid	All
2:00	Assembling and Coordinating With Your Health Care Team (e.g. local providers, NET specialists and multidisciplinary teams)	Mailman Liu Kwong Cylke
2:30	Immunotherapy 101: Successes, limitations, and prospects for the future	Fong
3:15	Break
3:30	Funding NET Research: What does it take to bring a drug from the bench to the bedside?	Hollander Nakakura
3:50	Living With NETS: Optimizing coping skills for patients and their caregivers	Shumay
4:30	Wrap Up	Bergsland Mailman

Breakout Room
Leach Conference Room 1 - 2nd Floor, Mission Bay Conference Center
Small session for those that are intrested and need a break from the main conference

10:15- Noon	Get Moving! Mini Exercise Sessions & Ask the UCSF Exercise Counselor	Clark & Fedric (UCSF)
1:15 - 2:00	The Cancer Journey Roadmap	Lehmann The Cancer Journey
2:30 - 3:15	Caring for the Care Giver	Maslan Cancer Support Community
3:30 - 4:00	What You Need to Know About High-Grade NETs	Bergsland
4:00 - 4:30	What You Need to Know About Lung NETs	Liu

Throught the Day - Foyer Area

	Ask the Nutritionist	Macire
	Ask the Leagal Workplace Rgihts Experts	Legal Aid Society
	Chair Massage	McKinnon Body Therapy

Paritial List of Faculty:

	Dr. Emily Bergsland, Ernest Rosenbaum, MD, Endowed Chair in Medical Oncology, UCSF. Dr. Bergsland specializes in GI Cancer and is a member of the NCI Task force on NETs. In her research, she focuses on developing and testing new cancer therapies. She is a professor of clinical medicine at UCSF.
	Prof. Dr. Richard P. Baum, Chief,Center for Molecular Radiotherapy / Department of Molecular Imaging (PET/CT). ZentralKlinik Bad Berka. ZentralKlinik Bad Berka is an ENETS Center of Excellence with over 1,500 NET patient visits a year.
	Dr. Thomas Hope, Assistant Professor in Residence, UCSF School of Medicine.
	Dr. Pamela Kunz, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Stanford University Medical Center
	Dr. Andrei Iagaru, Division of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Co-Chief, Stanford.
	Josh Mailman, President, NorCal CarciNET Community.
	Dr. Eric Nakakura, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Surgery, UCSF.
	Ron Hollander, Executive Director Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (NETRF). NETRF has funded over $2 million dollars in research in the San Francisco Bay Area.
	Dianne Shumay, PhD, Clinical Psychologist ,Associate Director of Psycho-Oncology, UCSF

Watch the 2014 Conference below.