Working to Eradicate Gynecologic Cancers

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Special Interest Session VI: SGO Latin American Symposia - The Current, Present & Future of Gynecologic Oncology in Developing Countries-A Call for Future Partnerships

Monday, March 30, 2015: 4:00 PM-7:15 PM
Grand Ballroom (Hilton Chicago)
Description: In this course, attendees will have an opportunity to learn about relevant topics in gynecologic oncology in Latin America. Among the subjects to be discussed will be the current status of cervical cancer screening, perspectives on training with highlights regarding the CONEP program on resident education in Central America, updates on fellowship training, and current opportunities for research. This course will provide an opportunity for all attendees to explore options for collaborations with institutions in Central and South America.
Course Directors:  Pedro T. Ramirez, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX and Rene Pareja, MD, Instituto de Cancerología - Las Américas, Medellín, Colombia
Faculty:  Lynette Denny, MD1, Pedro T. Ramirez, MD2, Kathleen M. Schmeler, MD2, Erick Estuardo Estrada Sr., MD3, Raul Murillo, MD4, Alejandro Hector Soderini, PhD5, Audrey Tieko Tsunoda, MD6, Rene Pareja, MD7, Gabriel J. Rendón, MD8, Diego Odetto, MD9, Raimundo Correa, MD10 and Kathleen M. Schmeler, MD2, (1)Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa(2)The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX(3)Hospital General San Juan De Dios, Guatemala, Guatemala(4)unknown, unknown(5)Oncologic Hospital of Buenos Aires Marie Curie, Buenos Aires, Argentina(6)Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil(7)Instituto de Cancerología - Las Américas, Medellín, Colombia(8)Instituto de Cancerología - Las Américas, Medellín, Colombia(9)Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Argentina(10)unknown, unknown, Chile
Moderators:  Michael Frumovitz, MD, MPH1, Pedro T. Ramirez, MD1 and Marcela G. Del Carmen, MD, MPH2, (1)The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX(2)Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University, Boston, MA
Discussants:  David Cantu, MD1, Kathleen M. Schmeler, MD2, Lois M. Ramondetta, MD2 and Alejandro Hector Soderini, PhD3, (1)unknown, unknown, Mexico(2)The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX(3)Oncologic Hospital of Buenos Aires Marie Curie, Buenos Aires, Argentina
4:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
R. Pareja1 and P. T. Ramirez2
1Instituto de Cancerología - Las Américas, Medellín, Colombia, 2The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
 
4:10 PM
Cervical cancer prevention: lessons learned from Africa
L. Denny
Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
 
4:38 PM
Discussant - Cervical Cancer Prevention
K. M. Schmeler
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
 
4:40 PM
CONEP program panel: an initiative in education and training
P. T. Ramirez1, K. M. Schmeler1 and E. E. Estrada Sr.2
1The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2Hospital General San Juan De Dios, Guatemala, Guatemala
 
5:00 PM
Updates in cervical cancer screening in Latin America
L. M. Trujillo Sánchez
Instituto Nacional de Cancerolog, Bogota D.C., Colombia
 
5:18 PM
Discussant - Cervical Cancer Screening in Latin America
D. Cantu
unknown, unknown, Mexico
 
5:20 PM
Latin America Research Panel: Updates and Barriers to Publications
P. T. Ramirez1, A. H. Soderini2 and A. T. Tsunoda3
1The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2Oncologic Hospital of Buenos Aires Marie Curie, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil
 
5:40 PM
Fellowship Training and Education in Gynecologic Oncology in Latin America
M. G. Del Carmen1, R. Pareja2 and G. J. Rendón3
1Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University, Boston, MA, 2Instituto de Cancerología - Las Américas, Medellín, Colombia, 3Instituto de Cancerología - Las Américas, Medellín, Colombia
 
6:10 PM
Update in palliative care in Latin America
R. Correa
unknown, unknown, Chile
 
6:28 PM
Update on palliative care in Latin America
L. M. Ramondetta
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
 
6:30 PM
346
Outpatient laparoscopic radical hysterectomy
L. M. Echeverri1, G. J. Rendón1, R. Pareja1, F. E. Echeverri2, M. A. Madariaga3 and P. T. Ramirez4
1Instituto de Cancerología - Las Américas, Medellín, Colombia, 2Clínica Las Américas, Medellín, Colombia, 3Hospital de San José, Bogotá, Colombia, 4The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
 
6:40 PM
Q & A - 3781
 
6:45 PM
179
Salvage laparoscopic lymphadenectomy combined to chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy for isolated para-aortic nodal recurrence of cervical cancer: morbidity and outcomes of a case series
G. F. Cintra, M. A. Vieira, C. E. M. D. C. Andrade, E. B. Simioni, R. Dos Reis, J. S. Nunes, R. J. Affonso Jr. and A. T. Tsunoda
Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil
 
6:55 PM
Q & A - 3942
 
7:00 PM
Update on Latin America Society of Gynecologic Oncology
A. H. Soderini
Oncologic Hospital of Buenos Aires Marie Curie, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 
7:10 PM
Concluding Remarks
R. Pareja1 and P. T. Ramirez2
1Instituto de Cancerología - Las Américas, Medellín, Colombia, 2The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
 
7:15 PM
412
Evaluation of the number of copies of the TOP2A gene and its protein expression in uterine leiomyosarcoma
G. Baiocchi, I. W. Cunha, F. Poliseli, H. Mantoan, C. Faloppa, L. Y. Kumagai, L. De Brot and J. Vassallo
A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil
 
7:15 PM
390
Magnetic resonance imaging utility to predict myometrial invasion in endometrial carcinoma: 10 years experience of single institution in Argentina
J. Di Guilmi Sr.
Hospital Britanico De Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 
7:15 PM
497
Laparoscopic versus laparotomic radical hysterectomies: first minimally invasive cases in Argentina
J. M. Saadi, G. Salvo, R. Orti, G. T. Saraniti and M. Perrotta
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Argentina
 
7:15 PM
397
Prognostic factors for paraaortic lymph node metastasis in endometrial cancer
G. Baiocchi, C. Faloppa, W. R. Camarco, L. Badiglian-Filho, H. Mantoan, L. Y. Kumagai, E. Fukazawa, L. De Brot and A. A. B. A. Costa
A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil
 
7:15 PM
Abstract presentation
K. M. Schmeler
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
 
7:15 PM
Cervical cancer prevention: lessons learned from Africa
K. M. Schmeler
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
 
7:15 PM
Laparoscopic paraaortic infrarenal lymphadenectomy in patients with gynecologic malignancies:  First 100 cases in an Argentine hospital
D. Odetto1, M. Perrotta1, J. M. Saadi1 and M. E. Giavedoni2
1Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Argentina, 2Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Capital Federal, Argentina
 
7:15 PM
Adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) of the cervix: Is Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP) an acceptable alternative to Cold Knife Cone Biopsy?
M. P. Salcedo1, A. B. Costales2, M. F. Munsell3, P. Ramalingam3, R. Dos Reis4, A. Milbourne5 and K. M. Schmeler3
1Federal University of Health Sciences/Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericordia Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, 3The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 4Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil, 5MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
 
7:15 PM
Neuroendrine tumors of the gynecologic tract- Experience Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina
M. E. Giavedoni1, R. Garrido1, A. Wernicke1, L. Zamora1 and M. Perrotta2
1Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Capital Federal, Argentina, 2Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Argentina
 
7:15 PM
PREGNANCY AFTER NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY (NCH) FOLLOWED BY ABDOMINAL RADICAL TRACHELECTOMY (ART) IN CERVICAL CANCER: PRELIMINARY ONCOLOGIC AND FERTILITY RESULTS
A. H. Soderini1, A. M. Aragona2, E. M. Bonavia3, M. E. Petrocino4, S. M. Milone5, L. M. Di Biase6, N. A. Cuneo3 and M. V. Minaudo7
1Oncologic Hospital of Buenos Aires Marie Curie, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2Oncologic Hospital of Buenos Aires Marie Curie,Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 3Oncologic Hospital of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 4Hospital General de Agudos Parmenio Piñero,Buenos Aires, Argentina, BuenosAires, Argentina, 5Oncologic Hospital of Buenos Aires, Marie Curie, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 6Hospital General de Agudos Parmenio Piñero, Buenos Aires,Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 7Hospital Durand, Capital Federal, Argentina
 
7:15 PM
Laparoscopic Paraaortic infrarenal lymphadenectomy: anatomical anomalies found in our series of cases at the Gynecologic Oncology Section , Department of Gynecology , Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
F. Noll, J. M. Saadi, M. Perrotta, D. Odetto and R. Testa
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Argentina
 
7:15 PM
Management of Stage II Endometrial Cancer: Is Radical Hysterectomy Necessary?
R. Dos Reis1, M. A. Vieira1, P. T. Ramirez2, M. Frumovitz2, K. M. Schmeler3 and M. F. Munsell2
1Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, Brazil, 2The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 3University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
 
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