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2007 Workshop Agenda

May 3, 2007:
7:00 am Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:00 Welcome, Introductions & Set Goals for Workshop
Francis Collins, Story Landis, Josh Sommer, Simone Sommer
  Session I: Chordoma - The Nature of the Disorder
Alan Guttmacher, Moderator
8:25 Clinical overview
Francis Hornicek
8:45 Overview: Epidemiology of Chordoma view pdf »
Mary McMaster
9:05 Discussion
  Session II: The Genetics of Chordoma
Francis Collins, Moderator
9:20 Linkage Analysis to Map Major Susceptibility Genes for Familial Chordoma view pdf »
Rose Yang
9:40 Mapping a candidate region for chordoma view pdf »
Paul Meltzer
10:00 Understanding the role of TSC/mTOR pathway in Sporadic Chordomas view pdf »
Vijaya Ramesh
10:20 Discussion
10:35 Break with refreshments
  Session III: Tumor Biology
Francis Hornicek, Moderator
11:00 Genetic regulation of notochord development
Marnie Halpern
11:20 Pathology, gene and protein expression, cell surface antigens
Cristina Antonescu
11:40 Brachyury expression in chordomas and other neoplasms - possible insights into the pathogenesis of the chordomas
Adrienne Flanagan
12:00 Chordomas arising from benign notochordal cell tumors view pdf »
Takehiko Yamaguchi
12:20 Discussion
12:40 Future Advances in Surgical Techniques
Amin Kassam
1:00 Lunch
  Session IV: Chordoma - Treatment Development
Sharon Terry, Moderator
2:00 Radiation Treatment view pdf »
Thomas DeLaney
2:20 The human high molecular weight-melanoma associated antigen (CSPG4) as a target of antibody-based immunotherapy view pdf »
Soldano Ferrone
2:40 Chemotherapy: Imatinib clinical trial and the PDGF pathway in chordoma
Paolo Casali
3:00 Approaches to development of therapeutics for chordoma view pdf »
Mike Kelley
3:20 Break with refreshments
3:50 Rational development of targeted therapies: ErbB receptors in IBC and potential candidates for chordoma view pdf »
Neil Spector
4:10 Discussion
4:35 The Chordoma Foundation: Coordinating Collaborative Projects to Rapidly Improve Patient Outcomes view pdf »
Josh Sommer, Simone Sommer
5:00 Summary of the Day and Outline for Friday
Francis Collins
5:30 Break
5:45 Poster Reception
7:00 Group Dinner
 
May 4, 2007:
7:00 am Continental Breakfast
  Session V: Break-out Groups
8:00 Break-out Group Discussions
• Mechanisms of Disease - Moderator, Eric Green
• Future Clinical Management - Moderator, Ziya Gokaslan
• Experimental Therapeutics - Moderator, Mikey Kelley
9:45 Break with refreshments
  Session VI: Moving Forward Rapidly
Francis Collins, Moderator
10:15 Charge: Summarize, synthesize, and create an action plan
10:20 Break-out group presentation: Mechanisms of Disease view pdf »
10:40 Break-out group presentation: Future Clinical Management view pdf »
11:00 Break-out group presentation: Experimental Therapeutics view pdf »
11:20 An Action Plan for Chordoma Research view pdf »
Francis Collins
12:30 pm Summary, next steps, and closing remarks: A message from patients and families.
Bill Borland, Burce Nelson, Johnny Nelson, Lynette Nelson, Ann Wood
1:00 Adjourn
1:00-4:00 Optional strategy session and action plan implementation group meeting


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