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Building Bridges to Conquer Cancer

Genetics and Genomics for the Practicing Clinician

This seminar will focus on cancer genomics and cancer genetics specifically for the clinician.  It will cover tumor and germ line topics, as well as explain the variety of tests available to the clinician and when they should be administered.

Genetics and Genomics for the Practicing Clinician Seminar Preliminary Agenda

 

 

Thursday, May 30, 2013

12:30 PM — 1:00 PM

Box Lunch Provided

1:00 PM — 3:10 PM

Genetics 101

  • Basics of Genetics
    Banu Arun, MD - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

  • Basics of Nucleic Acid Interrogation Platforms
    Michael Berger, PhD - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

  • High Penetrance Susceptibility in Germline Mutations
    Susan M. Domchek, MD - University of Pennsylvania

  • SNPs and Moderate Penetrance Risk Variants
    Kenneth Offit, MD, MPH - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

  • Interpreting Variant Results in Germline Testing
    Marc Greenblatt, MD - Fletcher Allen Health Care

  • QOPI Family History Study and Recommendations
    Marie Wood, MD - University of Vermont

3:10 PM — 3:25 PM

Break

3:25 PM — 5:00 PM

Tumor Genomics 101

  • Challenges of Sequencing and Analyzing Tumor Genomes
    TBD

  • Computational Analysis of NGS Data for Cancer Genomics
    Ira Hall, PhD - University of Virginia

  • Molecular Pathology
    A. John Iafrate, MD, PhD - Massachusetts General Hospital

  • How Do You Know Which Tumor Specimen to Examine?
    D. Ross Camidge, MD, PhD - University of Colorado Cancer Center
Friday, May 31, 2013

7:00 AM — 7:30 AM

Continental Breakfast Provided

7:30 AM — 9:10 AM

Clinical Application

  • Decision Support Tools
    William Pao, MD, PhD - Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

  • Using Genomics to Identify Targets for Treatment in Metastatic Cancer
    David B. Solit, MD - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

  • Washington University Process to Convert Somatic Variation to Drug Selection
    Malachi Griffith, PhD - Washington University School of Medicine

  • Experience at TGen and Molecular Tumor Boards
    Jeffrey M. Trent, PhD - Translational Genomics Research Institute

  • Incorporating Genomics into Clinical Care
    Sharon E. Plon, MD, PhD - Texas Children's Cancer Center

9:10 AM — 9:30 AM

Break

9:30 AM — 11:00 AM

Case-Based Panel Discussion

  • Case #1 - Lung Cancer
    Alice T. Shaw, MD, PhD - Massachusetts General Hospital

  • Case #2 - Melanoma
    Jeffrey Sosman, MD - Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Case #3 - Finding Incidentalomes
    Judy Garber, MD, MPH - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

 

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