CONGRESS GUIDE

ERS International Congress 2016
DETAILED PROGRAMME
SATURDAY 03 SEPTEMBER, 2016
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To highlight the most important aspects of thymic tumours, namely, their classification, staging, the treatment options, and the assessment
of treatment response; to address the role of surgery given the increasing availability of minimally-invasive video-assisted procedures for
treating thymic tumours;; and to learn how to apply in practice the structured approach to these patients, starting with the first contact with
them.
Track(s) : Oncology
Tag(s) : Clinical
Target audience : Clinician, Junior member, Pathologist, Pulmonologist, Radiologist, Thoracic surgeon, Trainee
Chairs : Marco Lucchi (Pisa, Italy), Dragan R. Subotic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)
14:00
14:45
Modern definition of mediastinal compartments and the current approach to patients with an anterior
mediastinal mass
Pier Luigi Filosso (Castellamonte, Italy)
Current histological classification and staging of thymomas
Thomas Tousseyn (Leuven, Belgium)
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15:30 Break 180
16:00
Treatment for thymic epithelial
Nicolas Girard (Bron, France)
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16:45
Surgery in thymic tumours
Walter Klepetko (WIEN, Austria)
Room L Session 19 09:00 - 11:05
Session: China Session I
New perspectives in respiratory medicine
Aims : The session will present and discuss the new advances in respiratory medicine presented by experienced speakers from the ERS
leadership and China. The session will offer participants an overview on pulmonary vascular medicine, sleep disorders, interventional
respiratory medicine, COPD and tuberculosis, and the possibility to discuss similarities and differences in Europe and China.
Chairs : Guy F Joos (Ghent, Belgium), NanShan Zhong (Guangzhou, China)
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09:00
09:25
09:50
10:15
The diagnose and intervention of early-stage COPD
NanShan Zhong (Guangzhou, China)
Asthma control: how can it be improved
Guy F Joos (Ghent, Belgium)
The research progress on pulmonary vascular diseases in China
Zhenguo Zhai (Beijing, China)
2016 China Guideline of Asthma Diagnosis and Management
Huahao Shen (Hangzhou, China)
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10:40 Break 10
Room P Session 20 09:00 - 10:30
Session: Primary Care Day: challenging times I
Clinical challenges in day-to-day primary care
Aims : The following challenges in primary care will be discussed: getting the right diagnosis; assessing the whole patient, especially in
cases of multiple morbidities; changing patient behaviour (adherence, smoking); dealing with changing systems/organisations; and getting
our head around the future (particularly with regard to personalised medicine). This first session of the ERS Primary Care day addresses
three common challenge that we face in daily practice.
Chairs : Esther Metting (Groningen, Netherlands), Andrew Whittamore (Southampton, United Kingdom)
09:00
09:30
10:00
The challenge of getting the right diagnosis: asthma and COPD, new diagnostic possibilities
Thys Van Der Molen (Groningen, Netherlands)
The challenge of multi-morbidity: assessing and managing the whole patient
Ioanna Tsiligianni (Heraklion, Crete, Greece)
The challenge of adherence: recognising and addressing poor adherence (in time limited consultations)
Rob Horne (London, United Kingdom)
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