13th International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group Annual Meeting

Program


Preliminary program now available!

Preliminary program

Learn about the topics of ITMIG2023 sessions

October 4, 2023

Wednesday

09:00: WELCOME MESSAGE

09:10: EDUCATIONAL SESSION: 
State of the Art: Clinical Diagnosis/Workup/Imaging
Clinical Diagnosis/Workup of prevascular mediastinal tumors
Imaging workup of prevascular mediastinal tumors
Q&A


09:40: SCIENTIFIC SESSION: Neoadjuvant Therapy
Neoadjuvant systemic therapy
Radiological response to neoadjuvant therapy
Effects of neoadjuvant therapy on surgery
Pathologic responses to neoadjuvant therapy
Q&A 


10:40: BREAK

11:00: ITMIG Society/Committee Update
Committee reports/introduction
Committee highlights: Membership
Committee highlights: Thymic Carcinoma and Mediastinal Working Groups
Committee highlights: Education
Committee highlights: Retrospective/Prospective Database
Committee highlights: Communication
Projects that need a leader
Q&A

12:20: LUNCH BREAK/POSTER SESSION 1

13:00: EDUCATIONAL SESSION: Neurology and autoimmune phenomena
Clinical Neurology
Perioperative anesthesia management of MG and patients with large mediastinal tumors
Patient Perspective
Q&A

13:40: SCIENTIFIC SESSION: Immunotherapy and Onco-Immunology
Immunotherapy: Common toxicities and update on clinical trials
Adoptive Cell Therapies and cytokine release syndrome
Management of immunosuppressed patients and immunological disorders beyond MG
Uncommon manifestations of paraneoplastic autoimmunity
Q&A 


14:40: BREAK

15:00 EDUCATIONAL SESSION: State of the Art: Pathology
Histology of thymic tumors
Single-cell transcriptomics of thymic epithelial tumorigenesis
Molecular pathology/Genetics of thymic tumors
Q&A

15:40: SCIENTIFIC SESSION: Pleural disease
Management of pleural disease
Complex surgeries for pleural disease
Systemic treatment for recurrent/metastatic thymoma
Radiation treatments for pleural disease
Patient Perspective
Q&A 


16:50: BREAK

17:10: ORAL ABSTRACT SESSION 1

18:00: CLOSING OF THE  SCIENTIFIC PART

October 5, 2023

Thursday

09:00: EDUCATIONAL SESSION: State of the Art: Surgical Management of Thymic Tumors: include pleural disease
Q&A

09:30: SCIENTIFIC SESSION: Other mediastinal tumors
Surgical management of germ cell tumors
Surgical management of posterior mediastinal/neurogenic tumors
Radiology
Germ cell tumor pathology
Pathology of other mediastinal tumors
Q&A 


10:40: BREAK

11:00: SCIENTIFIC SESSION: Myasthenia gravis and biomarkers
Cutting edge developments and new therapeutics for Myasthenia Gravis
Pathogenesis of Thymoma-Associated Maysthenia Gravis
Cancer and Autoimmunity: Survivin as a driver of sustaining autoreactive cells and its role in neoplasia
Biomarker development for Myasthenia Gravis
Q&A 


12:00: ITMIG 2023 Picture

12:10: LUNCH BREAK/POSTER SESSION 2


13:00: EDUCATIONAL SESSION: State of the Art: Medical Oncology
Q&A

13:30: EDUCATIONAL SESSION: TNM Update
Q&A


14:00: BREAK

14:20: EDUCATIONAL SESSIONState of the Art: Radiation Oncology
Q&A

14:50: SCIENTIFIC SESSION: The future of Thymic Tumor Management
Thymic Oncology in 2043: Surgery
Thymic Oncology in 2043: Systemic therapy
Thymic Oncology in 2043: Radiation Oncology
Thymic Oncology in 2043: Radiology
Thymic Oncology in 2043: Pathology
Q&A  


16:00: BREAK

16:20: SCIENTIFIC SESSION: TUMOR BOARD


17:10: ORAL ABSTRACT SESSION 2

18:00: Final Announcements and Conference Conclusion

18:10: CLOSING OF THE SCIENTIFIC PART

October 6, 2023

Friday

09:00 ITMIG Committee Meetings

12:30 BREAK

13:00 RADIATION ONCOLOGY WORKSHOP
Clinical indications for postoperative RT
Surgery findings that inform postoperative RT
Medical oncology informaton for the radiation oncologist
Pathology findings relevant for PORT
Radiology findings for radiation oncologist
Contouring session RT planning session: 3D-CRT, IMRT, VMAT, constraints
Proton session 

17:30: CLOSING OF THE WORKSHOP

Social events

We also invite you to our social events, which will be a great opportunity to meet and discuss in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere with other doctors and scientists. Such meetings may result in future inter-center collaborations.

Welcome Reception
Price included into registration fee
Wednesday, October 4, 2023, 19:20-21:20

Gala Dinner
Thursday, October 5, 2023, 19:20-21:20