Please join Drs. Pippa Newell and Paul Hansen for the 6^th Portland Citywide HCC Meeting – The HCC Patient Shuffle, at Bridgeport Brewery in Portland on March 20^th, 2013. 

6:00-6:20 PM   Cocktail reception

6:20-6:40 PM   Introduction and buffet-style dinner

6:40-10:00 PM   Educational program

Part I:  HCC Screening: Who, What, and Where

• Sensitivity and utilization of ultrasound and AFP
• Update on the Oregon Hepatoma Screening Initiative
  • Jeremy Holden (Gastroenterologist, The Oregon Clinic)

Part II:  Positive screen – what next?

• MRI and CT for HCC: Introducing LI-RADS (Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System)
  • Andrew Bageac (Radiologist, Providence Portland)

Part III: Treatment choices for Very Early and Early Stage HCC (BCLC 0 and A)

• Debate on solitary lesions < 2 cm: RFA, resection, or transplant? 
  • RFA: Ronald Wolf (Surgeon, The Oregon Clinic)
  • Resection and Transplant: Sue Orloff (Surgeon, OHSU)
• Update on ablation technologies: Review of published data on microwave, radiofrequency, ethanol, and irreversible electroporation
  • Chet Hammill (Surgeon, The Oregon Clinic)

Part IV: Treatment choices for Intermediate and Advanced HCC

• Debate on liver-directed therapy: Is there an advantage to chemotherapy or drug eluting beads during transarterial embolization?  
  • Pro TACE: Khashayar Farsad (IR, OHSU)
  • Pro TACE/DEB: Mark Gibson (IR, Providence Portland)
• Management of HCC with portal vein invasion: Latest Y-90 data and AASLD recommendations
  • Tyler Thiesing (IR, Providence St. Vincents)
• Update on radiation (SBRT) following TACE for patients with inoperable HCC
  • Martin Fuss (Radiation Oncology, OHSU)
• Immune Therapy for HCC: Anti-PD1 trial at Providence Cancer Center
  • Todd Crocenzi (Oncologist, Providence Portland)
• Sorafenib for HCC: Results of recent combination trials and upcoming studies
  • William P. Harris (Oncologist, University of Washington)

Part V: Keeping track of HCC patients in the Portland community

• Creation of a bioinformatics tool for clinical reporting in HCC
  • Scott Naugler (Hepatologist, OHSU) 
• Proposal for a citywide HCC Collaboration: Screening for the uninsured
  • Pippa Newell (Surgeon, Liver Cancer Clinic, Providence Portland)

Our goal as always is to gather as a community to hear the latest advances in HCC, to share our own treatment algorithms and hopefully to build collaborations between primary care doctors and specialists.  We've invited about 80 docs from the Portland area. 

Please RSVP by March 13th

Bridgeport Brew Pub
1313 Northwest Marshall Street
Portland, OR 97209
 
Get directions
(503) 241-3612
bridgeportbrew.com

We look forward to seeing you all there! 

Sincerely,

Pippa Newell, MD

Director, Liver Cancer Program, Providence Cancer Center

Hepatobiliary Surgeon, The Oregon Clinic

Paul Hansen, MD

Director of Surgical Oncology, Providence Cancer Center

Hepatobiliary Surgeon, The Oregon Clinic