Focus on Melanoma Meeting
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Regent’s Park, London, 23 October 2014
08:45
Registration
09:30
Welcome: Dr Paul Lorigan, Chair, Melanoma Focus
09:40-11:05
Session 1: Epidemiology, Screening and Prevention
Chair: Professor Catherine Harwood and Professor Charlotte Proby
09:40-10:00
Update on melanoma epidemiology in the UK and Europe: Dr
Véronique Poirier, Public Health England
10:00-10:20
Melanoma in primary care and Melanoma Taskforce issues: Dr
Stephen Kownacki, The Primary Care Dermatology Society
10:20-10:50
Photoprotection, sunbeds and vitamin D – clinical studies:
Professor Antony Young, St John’s Institute of Dermatology, King’s
College, London
10:50–11:05 Panel discussion
11:05-11:30
Coffee
11:30-13:00
Session 2: Translational Research and Diagnosis
Chair: Professor Martin Cook
11:30-12:00
NRAS and BRAF signalling in melanoma - from biology to therapy:
Professor Richard Marais, CRUK Manchester Institute
12:00-12:30
Recent advances in melanoma pathology: Dr David E. Elder,
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the
University of Pennsylvania
12:30-12:40
NCRI melanoma trials portfolio update: Dr Pippa Corrie,
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
12:40-13:00
Panel discussion
13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00–15:30 Session 3: Uveal Guidelines & Stage IV Melanoma
Chair: Dr Neil Steven
14:00-14:15
UK guidelines for the management of uveal melanoma: Dr Paul
Nathan, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
14:15-14:45
Recent advances in radiotherapy for melanoma: Professor Kevin
Harrington, The Institute of Cancer Research
14:45-15:15
Update on melanoma immunotherapy: Dr Mario Sznol, Yale Cancer
Center, Yale School of Medicine
15:15-15:30
Panel discussion
15:30-15:50
Tea
15:50–16:30 Session 4: Debate – Follow-up of High-Risk Melanoma
15:50-15:55
Introduction and Chair: Dr Paul Lorigan, Christie NHS Foundation
Trust, Manchester
15:55-16:05
The case for the new proposals: Dr James Larkin, The Royal
Marsden
16:05-16:15
The case against: Dr Stephen Houston, Royal Surrey County
Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
16:15-16:30
Discussion and vote by delegates
16:30-17:10
Session 5: Debate – The latest MSLT data: new light on an old
controversy
16:30-16:35
Introduction and Chair: Dr Jane McGregor, Blizard Institute of Cell
and Molecular Science, Barts
16:35-16:45
The case for SLNB: Professor Barry Powell, St George's Healthcare
NHS Trust
16:45-16:55
The case against: Mr Andrew Hayes, The Royal Marsden
16:55-17:10
Discussion and vote by delegates
17:10-17:15
Closing Remarks: Professor Catherine Harwood and Professor
Charlotte Proby, Meeting Organisers