2013 Neuroendocrine Tumor Patient Conference
Hosted by: NorCal CarciNET & UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Sunday, January 27, 2013 - 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Please join us for a day of discussion on the latest developments in neuroendocrine tumor (NET) research and treatment. Topics will range from discovery and diagnosis through treatment and living with cancer and feature experts from UCSF, Stanford, Vanderbilt, and Cedars Sinai. Open to both patients and caregivers.
This event has passed - no registration is available.
To view the presentations from the conference please click here to go to our file section.
We would like to thank our Education Support Partners for 2013 for providing financial support for the conference.
Registration fee of $5-20 (sliding scale) includes parking and lunch.
Location: UCSF Mission Bay Campus, Fisher Banquet Auditorium - 1675 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA
Tentative Agenda
| 8:30 | Registration | |
| 9:00 | Welcome | Josh Mailman |
| 9:05 | Session I: Diagnosis | (Moderator: Bergsland) |
| Overview of NETs | Emily Bergsland (UCSF) | |
| 9:40 | Evaluation of unknown primary | Eric Nakakura (UCSF |
| 9:55 | Imaging for NETs | Eric Liu (Vanderbilt) |
| 10:15 | Q&A | |
| 10:30 | Break | |
| 10:45 | Session II: Treatment | (Moderator: Nakakura) |
| Surgery for NET | Jeff Norton (Stanford) | |
| 11:05 | Liver directed treatment | Dan Sze (Stanford) |
| 11:20 | PRRT | Eric Liu (Vanderbilt) |
| 11:35 | Systemic therapy | Edward Wolin (Cedars Sinai) |
| 11:55 | Clinical trials update | George Fisher (Stanford) |
| 12:05 | Panel discussion | |
| 12:30 | Lunch | |
| 1:00 | Session III: Survivorship | (Moderator: Bergsland) |
| Genetics of NET | Robert Nussbaum (UCSF) | |
| 1:35 | Nutrition | Greta Macaire, MA, RD, CSO (UCSF) |
| 2:15 |
Living with a chronic illness: |
Diane Shumay (UCSF) |
| 2:55 | Wrap up | Josh Mailman |
Faculty:
Emily Bergsland, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Ernest Rosenbaum MD Endowed Chair in Medical Oncology
Director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
George Fisher, MD PhD
Associate Professor
Medical Oncology
Stanford Cancer Center
Eric Liu, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Josh Mailman, MBA
President, NorCal CarciNet Support Group
NET Patient Advocate for NCI Task Force for NETs, Society of Nuclear Medicine
Member of the Executive Board, Society for Integrative Oncology
Greta Macaire, MA, RD, CSO
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Eric Nakakura, MD PhD
Associate Professor, Surgery
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Jeff Norton, MD
Professor, Surgery
Stanford Cancer Center
Robert Nussbaum, MD
Holly Smith Distinguished Professorship in Science and Medicine
Chief, Division of Medical Genetics
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Diane Shumay, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Associate Director Psycho-Oncology
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Daniel Sze, MD
Professor, Interventional Radiologist
Stanford Cancer Center
Edward Wolin, MD
Co-Director Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor Program
Samual Oschin Cancer Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center