CHEST 2005 Press Briefing: New Developments in Lung Cancer

Date: Monday, October 31

Time: 12:00-12:45 PM

Location: Press Briefing Room Palais de Congrès de Montréal, Room 524C159 rue Saint-Antoine Ouest 9e étageMontréal, Québec, Canada H2Z 1H2.

Moderator

W. Michael Alberts, MD, FCCP, President of the American College of Chest Physicians and Chair of the ACCP Lung Cancer Guidelines.Preview of American College of Chest Physicians Lung Cancer Guidelines 2006

Panelists

* Bojana Turic, MD, Director of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs, Perceptronix, Inc, Vancouver, BC, Canada.Can Early Lung Cancer Be Detected From Buccal Mucosa Scrapings?

* Virginia Reichert, NP, Director of the Center for Tobacco Control, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Great Neck, NY.A Study of Gender Discrepancies Amongst Smokers Regarding Perceptions of Cigarette Use

* Juan Wisnivesky, MD, MPH, FCCP, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.Gender Differences in Survival of Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Do Tumors Behave Differently in Women?