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US ONCOLOGICAL DISEASE 2007 - ISSUE I - MAY 2007


An in-depth, informative review, with supporting website, focusing on the latest clinical developments and advances within US oncology.
Contents:

Contents
Advisory Panel
Foreword
Neurological Cancer
Breast Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Lung Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Liver Cancer
Leukemias & Lymphomas
Radiotherapy & Imaging
Cancer-related Nutrition
Events Diary
Technology & Services


Contents

Contents



Advisory Panel

Advisory Panel



Foreword

Foreword

Dawn M Fucillo, MA, RT (R)(T)(QM), CMD

Chairman, American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT)


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Neurological Cancer

Current Therapies for Metastatic Brain Tumors

Sayana R Thomas, BSc, Deepak Khuntia, MD and Minesh P Mehta, MD

Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin
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Current Management of High-grade Astrocytic Neoplasms—Small but Tangible Progress

Renato V La Rocca, MD

Oncologist and Director, Kentuckiana Cancer Institute, Kentucky
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The Role of Radiosurgery in the Management of Brain Metastases

David Roberge, MD

Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, McGill University
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State-of-the-art Therapy for Glioblastoma Multiforme

Henry S Friedman, MD

James B Powell Jr Professor of Neuro-oncology, Dukes University Medical Center
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Breast Cancer

Aromatase Inhibitor-associated Bone Loss in Breast Cancer

Peyman Hadji, MD

Head, Department of Endocrinology, Reproductive Medicine, and Osteoporosis, Philipps-Marburg University
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The Importance of Distant Metastasis and Its Impact on Survival Rates on Early-stage Hormone Receptor-positive Breast Cancer

Stefan Glück, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami
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Adjuvant Treatment of Breast Cancer in Older Patients

 Sumanta K Pal, MD1 and Arti Hurria, MD2

1. Department of Medical Oncology
2. Director, Cancer and Aging Research Program,
City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California

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Ovarian Cancer

Surgical Staging of Ovarian Low Malignant Potential Tumors

Gautam G Rao, MD1 and John O Schorge, MD2

1. Assistant Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2. Associate Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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Prostate Cancer

The Use of Doxil® (Caelyx®) for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer—Past, Present, and Future

Christina Voelkel-Johnson, PhD

Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina and the Hollings Cancer Center
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Therapeutic Approach to Hormone-refractory Prostate Cancer

Fred Saad, MD, FRCSC

Director, Urologic Oncology, Chair, Prostate Cancer, and Full Professor of Surgery/Urology, University of Montreal
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Lung Cancer

Computed Tomography Scanning for Lung Cancer 2007—Notes to Clinicians and Glimpses of the Future

James P Smith, MD1 and  Daniel M Libby, MD2

1, 2. Clinical Professors of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
2. Senior Attending, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

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Image-guided Radiotherapy for Early-stage Medically Inoperable Non-small-cell Lung Cancer

C Wesley Hodge, MD, Wolfgang A Tomé, PhD and Minesh P Mehta, MD

Department of Radiation Oncology and Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin
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Pancreatic Cancer

Advances in Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

M Wasif Saif, MD and  Soonmo Peter Kang, MD

Medical Oncology and Developmental Therapeutics Program, Yale University School of Medicine
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Liver Cancer

The Emerging Synergy between Radioembolization, Systemic Chemotherapy, and Liver Surgery in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Harpreet S Wasan, MD

Consultant in Medical Oncology and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London, and Department of Cancer Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital
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Leukemias & Lymphomas

Nilotinib in Chronic-phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Philipp le Coutre, MD

Division of Hematology and Oncology, Humboldt University Berlin
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IRIS at Five Years—Still Changing the Face of Long-term Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Therapy

François Guilhot, MD

Head, Department of Oncology, Haematology, and Cell Therapy and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers
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Optimization of Therapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Richard L Momparler, PhD and Noël J-M Raynal, MSc

Hematology-Oncology Service, Research Center, Sainte-Justine Hospital, Montreal University
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Therapy of Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Hagop M Kantarjian, MD, Guillermo Garcia-Manero and Jean-Pierre Issa

Department of Leukemia, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Histone Deacetylase Inhibition in Hematological Malignancies

Edward F Greenberg, BSc1 and James E Bradner, MD2

1. Research Assistant
2. Researcher, Broad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Radiotherapy & Imaging

Strategies for Image-guided Proton Therapy of Cancer

Reinhard W Schulte, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC)
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Dose Verification System—Radiation Detector for Radiation Therapy

Tina Marie Briere, PhD

Department of Radiation Physics, Division of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Functional Imaging in the Modern Radiation Oncology Practice—The Role of Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography-based Treatment Planning

Dwight E Heron, MD

Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Cancer-related Nutrition

The Pain of Oral Mucositis

Susan D Bruce, RN, MSN, OCN1 and Annette Quinn, RN, BSN, MSN2

1. Clinical Nurse IV, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Raleigh
2. Program Manager, Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Hillman Cancer Center

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The Role of Nutritional Supplements in the Treatment of Cachexia in Cancer Patients—The Registered Dietician’s Perspective

Coleen Gill, MSc, RD

Oncology Dietician, Anschute Cancer Center, University of Colorado Hospital
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Events Diary

Events Diary



Technology & Services

Corporate Report
SenoRx
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Corporate Profile
EKR Therapeutics, Inc
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Varian Medical Systems—Fast, Precise, and
Varian Medical Systems
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