08:00 - 08:45 Updates on Myasthenia Gravis and Thymic Diseases
Chairs: Marc De Baets (Maastricht, The Netherlands), Maria Isabel Leite (Oxford, UK)

Perioperative management in patients with myasthenia gravis, Mohammad Ashraghi (Oxford, UK)
Neurological outcome of thymectomy in patients with myasthenia gravis, Florit Marcuse (Maashricht, The Nederlands)
The current and future treatment landscape for myasthenia gravis, Carlo Antozzi (Milan, Italy)  
Q&A, Discussion 

08:45 - 09:45 Oral Abstract Session 2
Chairs: Henry Kaminski (Washington, USA), Dirk Van Raemdonck (Leuven, Belgium)

Autoreactome Analysis Reveals Novel Autoantibodies in Thymoma-Associated Myasthenia Gravis, Linda Kusner (Washington, USA)
Towards Understanding Mechanisms of Thymectomy Benefit for Myasthenia Gravis, Henry Kaminski (Washington, USA)
Prognostic Nutritional Index and Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio Composite Score Predicts Survival in Surgically Resected Thymic Epithelial Tumors: A Retrospective Single Centre Cohort Study, Ke Ma (Chengdu City, China)
Clinicopathological and histological features of the thymic hyperplasia combined with Sjögren’s syndrome: an open-label, single-arm observational study, Peng Zhang (Tianjin, China)
Surgical Management of TNM Stage IVA Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma: the network TYME experience [4TYMEs], Riccardo Orlandi (Milan, Italy)
Global patterns and trends in thymic epithelial tumors incidence: worldwide healthcare disparity on detection, Bincheng Jiang (Shanghai, China)

09:45 - 10:45 Surgery session: When and How Surgeons Face Thymomas
Chairs: Paul Van Schil (Antwerp, Belgium), Masayoshi Inoue (Osaka, Japan)

Mortality risk and cause of death associated with removal of the adult thymus: analysis of the US thymoma population, Benjamin Resio (New Haven, USA) 
Minimally invasive and hybrid approaches for large tumors, Zhang Yi (Beijing, China)
Open surgery: sternotomy, thoracotomy and clamshell incision, Stephen Cassivi (Rochester, USA)
The approach to phrenic nerve involvement in patients with and without myasthenia gravis, Joshua Sonett (new York, USA) 
Q&A, Discussion 

10:45 - 11:30 Coffee Break

Poster presentations 

11:30 - 13:00 ITMIG – SICT Joint Session: What Surgeons Should Know and Non-Surgeons Want to Understand?
(Plenary Room SICT meeting, Underground Floor 1)
Chairs: Dirk Van Raemdonck (Leuven, Belgium), Giuseppe Marulli (Milan, Italy)

Is it time to complete transition from Masaoka Koga to TNM? (PRO/CON)
PRO: Enrico Ruffini (Turin, Italy)
CON: Annemarie Shepherd (Seattle, USA)
  
Robotic surgery: where are we now and how much further can we go?
SPEAKER: Jens Rueckert (Berlin, Germany)
DISCUSSANT: Pierluigi Novellis (Milan, Italy)

Treatment of Stage III TETs with vascular invasion: upfront or post-induction surgery?
SPEAKER: Mohsen Ibrahim (Rome, Italy)
DISCUSSANT: Stephen Cassivi (Rochester, USA)

The role of hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy (HITHOC) in multimodal treatment of de novo stage IVA TETs
SPEAKER: Vittorio Aprile (Pisa, Italy)
DISCUSSANT: Nona Zeitlin (Tel Aviv, Israel)

Surgical treatment of recurrent pleural disease: focal pleurectomy, pleurectomy/decortication with or without HITHOC or extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP)?
SPEAKER: Laurence Ceulemans (Leuven, Belgium)
DISCUSSANT: Filippo Lococo (Rome, Italy)

Q&A, Discussion

13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH BREAK

14:00 - 15:15 ITMIG Committees and Working Groups Updates
Chairs: Malgorzata Szolkowska (Warsaw Poland), Dirk Van Raemdonck (Leuven, Belgium)

Thymic Carcinoma and Mediastinal Working Groups, Anja Roden (Rochester, USA)
Education Committee and Mediastinum Collaboration Working Group, Wentao Fang (Shanghai, China)
Database Committee, Nicolas Girard (Paris, France)
Biology Working Group, Thierry Molina (Paris, France)
Artificial Intelligence Working Group, Jan von der Thüsen (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Communication Committee, Chul Kim (Washington, USA)

15:15 - 16:15 Multidisciplinary Considerations in Radiotherapy Management and Advances in Radiation Oncology for Thymic Malignancies
Chairs: Andreas Rimner (Freiburg, Germany), Charles Simone (New York, USA)

Surgery considerations for or against postoperative radiation therapy, James Huang (New York, USA)  
Pathology findings important in the decision making of postoperative radiation therapy, Thierry Molina (Paris, France)  
Radiation therapy: decision making, outcomes, and modalities, Florence Keane (Boston, USA)
Radiation therapy: post-treatment care and management, Simona Castiglioni (Milan, Italy)
Q&A, Discussion

16:15 - 16:45 Coffee Break

Poster presentations 

16:45 - 18:15 TUMOR BOARD
Chairs: Jan von der Thüsen (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), Mateusz Polaczek (Warsaw, Poland)

CASE 1: (Myasthenia gravis and advanced disease)
PRESENTER: Pietro Bertoglio (Bologna, Italy)

EXPERT PANEL:
Radiology: Jane Ko (New York, USA)
Pathology: Malgorzata Szolkowska (Warsaw, Poland)
Thoracic Surgery: Pietro Bertoglio (Bologna, Italy)
Radiation Oncology: James Wilson (London, UK)
Medical Oncology: Clémence Basse (Paris, France)
Neurology/Immunology: Daniele Velardo (Milan, Italy)

CASE 2: (Management issues in a frail patient)
PRESENTER: Erica Pietroluongo (Naples, Italy)

EXPERT PANEL: 
Radiology: Mylene Truong (Houston, Texas)
Pathology: Andrea Arrossi (Cleveland, USA)
Thoracic Surgery: Fabrizio Minervini (Luzern, Switzerland)
Radiation Oncology: Stephanie Peeters (Maatricht, The Netherlands)
Medical Oncology: James Wilson (London, UK)

CASE 3: (Advanced pleural disease)
PRESENTER: Stylianos Korasidis (Pisa, Italy)

EXPERT PANEL:
Radiology: Melissa Price (Huston, USA)
Pathology: Anjali Saqi (New York, USA)
Thoracic Surgery: Alessandro Palleschi (Milan, Italy)
Radiation Oncology: Peter Meidahl Petersen (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Medical Oncology:  Claudia Bareggi (Milan, Italy)
Neurology/Immunology: Daniele Velardo (Milan, Italy)

18:15 - 18:30 ANNOUNCEMENTS, AWARDS, CLOSING CEREMONY

19:30 - 22:30 ITMIG GALA DINNER

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