3SCTS 2025

CS08 - Surgery: Thoracic surgery - Early stage lung cancer

Meeting Room C2.1, Level 2

Friday 21 November, 10.30am-12pm

Presentations

How I started the first robotic thoracic program – Professor Franca Melfi, Italy

Endobronchial techniques – biopsy and beyond – A/Professor Tajalli Saghaie, NSW

Complex segmentectomies: tips, tricks, pitfalls – Mr Naveed Alam, Vic

VATS, robotic and open segmentectomies: Who, why, how? – Mr Stephen Barnett, Vic

Localisation of pulmonary nodules – Dr Chris Cole, Qld

Panel discussion: What’s on the horizon for early stage lung cancer management in Australia

CS18 - Surgery: Thoracic Surgery - Locally advanced lung cancer

Meeting Room C2.1, Level 2

Saturday 22 November, 8.30-10am

Presentations

Neoadjuvant immunotherapy for resectable NSCLC – Dr Agneta Geldenhuys, WA

Resectability – where are the boundaries? – A/Professor Phillip Antippa, Vic

Role of TKI in locally advanced NSCLC – Mr Stephen Barnett, Vic

Robotic surgery for locally advanced NSCLC – A/Professor Gavin Wright, Vic

Superior sulcus tumours: techniques and evidence – Dr Valerie Rusch, US

Panel discussion (10min): What’s on the horizon for advanced stage lung cancer management in Australia

CS21 - Surgery - Thoracic Surgery: Challenging cases and complications

Meeting Room C2.1, Level 2

Saturday 22 November, 10.30am-12pm

Presentations

Complex chest wall reconstruction – Dr Michael Harden, NSW

Tracheal resections – Dr Simon Knight, Vic

Advanced stage thymic tumour resections – A/Professor Siven Seevanayagam, Vic

Radical surgery for mesothelioma – Mr Julian Gooi, Vic

Extrapleural pneumonectomy for locally advanced cancers – Professor Tristan Yan, NSW

How to deal with complex postoperative complications – Professor Bruce French, NSW