Low-dose spiral CT for lung cancer screening: is it time for mass screening?

66, bvd Saint-Michel, Paris, France Friday, March 25, 2011

Co-organised by

Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique, Société Française de Radiologie, Société de Pneumologie de Langue Française,

Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, European Respiratory Society and European Society of Radiology 10 :00-10:10 – Welcome and Introductions, Dominique Valeyre 10 :10-10:25 – Introduction – In Context, Antoine Flahault 10 :30-12 :30 – Presentation of NLST results and discussions

Chairs: Martine Rémy-Jardin and Harry de Koning Denise Aberle, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Christine Berg, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA 12:30-13:30 – Lunch break (buffet) 13:30-14:30 – Update of other studies and trials in Europe

Chairs: Gérard Zalcman and Denise Aberle Harry de Koning, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherland Ugo Pastorino, Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan,Italy Short bibliographic updates

14:30-16:30 – Next steps (round table) Opportunity to launch a mass screening program in Europe?

Moderators: Guy Frija and Etienne Lemarié What are ongoing or planned projects for mass screening in Europe/the USA? What should we recommend to do at the European level or at State Member level?

16:30-17:00 – Concluding Remarks, Christine Berg, Karl Freeze, Antoine Flahault