08:45 - 10:25 SCIENTIFIC SESSION
When Surgery Is Not Enough: Managing Stage IV Thymic Carcinoma
(Case Based Session with Audience Participation)
Chairs:
Dong Kwan Kim (University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea)
Nicolas Girard (Institut Curie, Paris, France)

Case Presentation with Audience Participation
Presenter: Paolo Mendogni (Foundation IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy)
Radiology: Mylene Truong (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas USA)
Pathology: Anjali Saqi (Columbia University/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA)
What would you do? 1st AUDIENCE VOTING

Oncologic Strategies and Options Rohan Maniar (Indiana University Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA)
Radiation Therapy Strategies and Options Annemarie Fernandes Shepherd University of Washington School of Medicine, Washington, USA)
Pleural Therapies, HITHOC and Less Than Total Resection Paolo Mendogni (Foundation IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy)
What would you do? 2nd AUDIENCE VOTING

Case Exploration
Q&A: Stage IV Thymic carcinoma (All Lecturers)

10:25 - 10:45 BREAK

10:45 - 11:45 SCIENTIFIC SESSION
Oral Abstract Session 2
Chairs:
Conrad Falkson (Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada)
Christopher Nabel (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA)

Long-Term Outcomes and Characteristics of Unresectable or Inoperable Thymic Malignancies, PRESENTER: James Huang (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY, USA)
Altered thymopoiesis in the context of thymoma, PRESENTER: Nicolas Girard, Institut Curie, Paris, France
Mediastinal lesion characterization and prognostication using diffusion MRI: from whole lesion to target zone with dynamic approach, PRESENTER: Johan Coolen, University Hospitals of Leuven, Belgium
Efgartigimod for treating thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis: A multicenter prospective observational cohort in China, PRESENTER: Sushan Luo, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Spatial transcriptomics to dissect the cellular heterogeneity in thymic carcinoma, PRESENTER: Minoru Matsumoto, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan
SHR-1316 Plus Nab-Paclitaxel And Carboplatin as The First Line Therapy For Advanced, Unresectable, Recurrent or Metastatic Thymic Carcinoma, PRESENTER: Ning Xu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School Of Medicine, Shanghai, China

11:45 - 12:45 LUNCH BREAK

(incl. 50 min) Lunch Seminar (Sponsored by Eisai): 
Theme: Current topics in thymic carcinoma drug treatment
Chair: Meinoshin Okumura（Osaka University / National Hospital Organization Osaka Toneyama Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan）  
Presenter: Yasushi Goto (National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan)

12:45 - 14:00 ITMIG Committees and Working Groups Updates
All attendees are welcome!
Chairs:
Anja Roden (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
Malgorzata Szolkowska (Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Warsaw, Poland)

Membership Committee Paolo Mendogni (Foundation IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy)
Thymic Carcinoma and Mediastinal Working Groups Anja Roden (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA)
Education Committee Vincent Fang (Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai, China)
Mediastinum Collaboration Working Group Vincent Fang (Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai, China)
Retrospective/Prospective Database Committee Nicolas Girard (Institut Curie, Paris, France)
Biology Working Group Thierry Molina (Université Paris Cité , AP-HP, Paris, France)
Artificial Intelligence Working Group Jan von der Thüsen (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Communication Committee Chul Kim (Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA)

14:00 - 14:10 BREAK

14:10 - 15:40 SPONSORED SESSION (Alexion)
Thymoma and Myasthenia Gravis - Neurologic Implications and Strategies 
Chair: Tomihiro Imai (National Hospital Organization Hakone Hospital, Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan)

Recent Advances in Molecular Targeted Therapy for Myasthenia Gravis Akiyuki Uzawa (Chiba University, Chiba, Japan)
Myasthenia Gravis Associated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Shigeaki Suzuki (Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan)
Insights into the Current and Future Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis Naoko Matsui (Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan)
Q&A: Thymoma and Myasthenia Gravis (All Lecturers)

15:40 - 15:50 BREAK

15:50 - 17:20 SCIENTIFIC SESSION
Thymoma Innovations - ITMIG/JLCS joint session
Chairs:
(JLCS) Meinoshin Okumura (National Hospital Organization Osaka Toneyama Medical Center, Osaka, Japan)
(ITMIG) Joshua Sonett (Columbia University/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA)

A Tribute to the Work of Masaoka Yoshitaka Fujii (Professor Emeritus,  Nagoya City University, Japan)
Innovations in Surgery: Uniportal DaVinci Single Port Subxiphoid Thymectomy Yasushi Hoshikawa (Fujita Health University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan)
Innovations in Medical Oncology: New Therapies and Pre-Clinical Strategies?  Meredith McAdams (National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA)
Innovations in Radiation Therapy: Proton Therapy Hideyuki Harada (Shizuoka Cancer Center, Shizuoka, Japan)
Innovations in Pathology: Artificial Intelligence Jan von der Thüsen (Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Q&A: Thymoma Innovations (All Lecturers)

17:20 - 17:30 BREAK

17:30 - 18:20 TUMOR BOARD
Chairs:
Paul Van Schil (Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium)
Usman Ahmad (Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)

Case 1: 
Presenter: Carlos S. Pinto (Hospital São João, Porto, Portugal)
Expert Panel:
Radiology: Edith Marom (Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel)
Pathology: Andrea Valeria Arrossi (Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA)
Thoracic Surgery: James Huang (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY, USA)
Radiation Oncology: Andreas Rimner (University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany)
Medical Oncology: Rohan Maniar (Indiana University Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA)

Case 2:
Presenter: Mateusz Polaczek (Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Warsaw, Poland)
Expert Panel: 
Radiology: Katarzyna Błasińska (Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Warsaw, Poland)
Pathology: Malgorzata Szolkowska (Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Warsaw, Poland)
Thoracic Surgery: Taine Pechet (University of Pensylvannia, USA)
Radiation Oncology: Peter Meidahl Petersen (Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Medical Oncology: Chul Kim (Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA)

18:20 - 18:30 ANNOUNCEMENTS, AWARDS, CLOSING CEREMONY

Joshua Sonett (Columbia University/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA)
Meinoshin Okumura (National Hospital Organization Osaka Toneyama Medical Center, Osaka, Japan)
Malgorzata Szolkowska (Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Warsaw, Poland)

18:30 - 19:30 BREAK

19:30 - 21:30 ITMIG GALA DINNER

Location: Ristorante ATTIMO
1-1 Minatomirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture Pacifico Yokohama Exhibit

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