Organized by the Lebanese Society of Medical Oncology (LSMO)

Final Program, Best of ASCO Lebanon, June 25-26, 2010

5th Best of ASCO in Lebanon June 25-26, 2010 Habtour Hotel Conference Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Licensed by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

Selection of Best of ASCO Abstract presentations from the ASCO 46th Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA, June 4-8, 2010

Best of ASCO International Speakers:

Ghassan Abou-Alfa, MD, New York, NY Ahmad Awada, MD, Brussels, Belgium Tony Choueiri, MD, Boston, MA Fadlo Khuri, MD, Atlanta, GA Eileen O’Reilly, MD, New York, NY Kathy Pritchard, MD, Toronto, Canada Imad Tabbara, MD, Washington, DC

Best of ASCO LSMO Planning Committee:

Nagi S. El Saghir, MD: President, Best of ASCO Lebanon Joseph Kattan, MD, Chairman, Best of ASCO Lebanon 2010 Rahif Jalloul, MD, President, LSMO Khaled Ibrahim, Coordinator, Best of ASCO Lebanon Therese Abi-Nasr, MD Georges Chahine, MD Christina Khater, MD, Ghazi Nsouli, MD Ali Shamseddine, MD

1 Final Program, Best of ASCO Lebanon, June 25-26, 2010

2010 Best of ASCO Meeting Agenda

Friday, June 25, 2010:

Welcome and Introduction Joseph Kattan, MD, Chairman, Best of ASCO 2010 9:45 AM- 10 AM

Leukaemia and Plasma Cell Disorders: 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Speakers: Imad Tabbara, MD (USA), Fady Nasr, MD (LB)

Lymphoma 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Speakers: Imad Tabbara, MD (USA), Nizar Bitar, MD (LB)

Myeloma 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Speakers: Khaled Ibrahim, MD (LB), Imad Tabbara, MD (USA)

Developmental Therapeutics – Phase I Studies 11:30 AM -12:30 PM Speakers: Ahmad Awada, MD (BE)

Lunch 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM

Gastrointestinal (Colorectal) Cancer 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Speakers: Ghassan Abou-Alfa, MD (USA), Ali Shamseddine, MD (LB)

Gastrointestinal (Noncolorectal) Cancer 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM Speakers: Eileen O’Reilly, MD (USA)

Genitourinary Cancers 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM Speakers: Tony Choueiri, MD (USA)

Opening Ceremony 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Main Lecture Hall

Best of ASCO Chairman ------Dr. Joseph Kattan LSMO President ------Dr. Rahif Jalloul Best of ASCO President ------Dr. Nagi El-Saghir Lebanese Order of Physicians President------Dr. Charaf Abou-Charaf President of the Council of Ministers: ------HE Mr. Saad Hariri Keynote Lecture: Breast Cancer Therapy in 2010 and Beyond------Dr. Kathy Pritchard

Gala Dinner 8:30 PM

2 Final Program, Best of ASCO Lebanon, June 25-26, 2010

Saturday, June 26, 2010:

Breast Cancer – Local Therapy 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Speakers: Jaber Abbas, MD (LB), Nagi El-Saghir, MD (LB), Sanaa Al-Sukhun, MD (JO)

Breast Cancer – Prognosis/Predictive 9:45 AM – 10:30 AM Speakers: Kathy Pritchard, MD (CA)

Breast Cancer – Metastatic 10:30 AM– 11:30 AM Speakers: Kathy Pritchard, MD (CA), OmalKhair AbulKhair, MD (KSA), Ahmad Awada, MD (BE), Nehal Masood, MD (PK)

Break 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Lung Cancer – Local/Regional and Adjuvant Therapy 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Speakers: Fadlo Khuri, MD (USA),

Lung Cancer - Metastatic 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Speakers: Fadlo Khuri, MD (USA), Ghazi Nsouli, MD (LB), Ziad Salem, MD (LB)

LUNCH: 1:30- 2:30 PM

Patient and Survivor Care 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Speakers: Georges Chahine, MD (LB), Arafat Tfayli, MD (LB)

Gynecologic Cancer 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Speakers: Muhieddin Seoud, MD (LB)

Head and Neck Cancers 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Speakers: Fadlo Khuri, MD (USA)

Sarcoma and Melanoma: 4:00 PM -4:30 PM Speakers: Joseph Makdessi, MD (LB), Fadi Farhat, MD (LB), Joseph Kattan, MD (LB)

Closing Remarks: Nagi El Saghir, MD, President, Best of ASCO Lebanon Evaluation form collection 4:30 PM