Mesothelioma Workshop

Mesothelioma, Early Detection, Diagnosis and Therapeutic Implications

8:30am Early Detection Research Network: Moving Lung and Plural Cancer Biomarkers through Clinical Validation
Karl Krueger
Program director, Cancer Biomarkers Research Group
Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute

8:45am Cappadocia Epidemic: An Opportunity for Early Diagnosis Using Serological Markers
Michele Carbone
Professor of pathology and director, Thoracic Oncology Program
Cancer Research Center of Hawai‘i, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

9:15am Update on Mesothelin and Osteopontin Serum Markers for Early Detection of Mesothelioma
Harvey I. Pass
Professor and chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Oncology
New York University School of Medicine

9:45am Discussion

10:10am Break

10:20am Early Diagnosis and Diagnostic Challenges - Biopsy
Elliott Kagan
Professor of pathology, professor of emerging infectious diseases and professor of preventive medicine and biometrics
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

10:40am - Cytology
Carlos Bedrossian
Professor of pathology, Rush University College of Medicine
Editor-in-chief, Diagnostic Cytopathology

11:00am Mesothelioma in Hawai‘i
Peter Bryant-Greenwood Interim chair and assistant professor of pathology, John A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

11:20am Mesothelioma: Challenging Cases
Michele Carbone
Professor of pathology and director, Thoracic Oncology Program
Cancer Research Center of Hawai‘i, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

11:40am Mesothelioma Pathogenesis: Asbestos, SV-40, Genetics, Opportunities for Early Intervention and Prevention
Amy Powers
Instructor, Department of Pathology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School

12:00pm Discussion

Chair: Michele Carbone

Event Sponsor
CRCH/JABSOM

More Information
Wendy Mitchell, 586-3010, wendy@crch.hawaii.edu

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