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Chemoradiation With or Without Surgery for Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): A Comparison of Survival and Patterns of Failure
Presenter: Mitchell Machtay, MD Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania Background:One of the most controversial topics in the management of NSCLC is the treatment of stage IIIA disease. Chemotherapy is generally accepted as an indicated... |
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Complications and Patient Satisfaction Following Breast Implant Reconstruction with and without Radiotherapy
Presenter: Edith Krueger Affiliation: University of Michigan and William Beaumont Hospital Background:Women undergoing breast implant reconstruction after mastectomy may also require radiation therapy, but data regarding complications and patient... |
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Health Futurist Dr. Leland Kaiser Urges Radiation Oncologists to Chart The Future of Cancer Care
"We don't predict the future . . . we create it." This was the central theme of Dr. Leland Kaiser's keynote address this morning on "Cancer Care in the 21st Century." Describing himself as a "health futurist," Dr. Kaiser, who is both a... |
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Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) May Reduce Small Bowel, Rectum, and Bladder Complications in Patients with Cervical Cancer Treated to the Pelvis and Paraaortic Area
Presenter: Lorraine Portelance Affiliation: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St Louis, MO Background:Combined modality therapy (chemotherapy plus radiation therapy) has made a major impact on treatment of cervix cancer from bulky Stage I... |
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Patterns of Failure and Impact of Adjuvant Therapy Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy for Ampullary
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Presenter: Jason H. Lee, MD Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania Background:The prognosis for ampullary carcinoma is somewhat more favorable than pancreatic cancer and other biliary carcinomas. However, aproximately 50% of patients experience... |
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Proton Radiation Therapy for Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas of the Skull Base
Presenter: Eugene B. Hug Affiliation: Loma Linda University Medical Center Background:The treatment of tumors of the skull base poses technical difficulties for conventional photon therapy due to the presence of critical adjacent normal... |
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Radiation Exposure to Women Radiation Oncologists During Pregnancy: Results of a North American Survey
Presenter: Rachel Rabinovitch Affiliation: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Background:Although safeguards exist to limit radiation exposure during pregnancy, female radiation oncologists remain at risk of occupational exposure. The... |
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