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Abramson Cancer CenterTuesday, December 11 - Scientific Presentations
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Combination Therapy with Thalidomide Plus Dexamethasone (THAL/DEX) for Newly Diagnosed Myeloma (MM)
Presenter: S. Vincent Rajkumar Presenter's Affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN Type of Session: Scientific Background VAD is standard induction chemotherapy for MM patients prior to undergoing stem cell transplant as part of aggressive therapy... |
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Fludarabine Compared with CVP Chemotherapy in Newly diagnosed Patients with Stages III and IV Low Grade Malignant Non-Hodgkin?s Lymphoma. Final Analysis of a Prospective Randomized Phase III Intergroup Study in 381 Patients
Presenter: A. Hagenbeek Presenter's Affiliation: Type of Session: Scientific Background In 1993, the EORTC lymphoma group initiated a prospective randomized trial in newly diagnosed, low grade non-Hodgkin?s lymphoma (NHL) patients to... |
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High incidence of Thalidomide-Associated Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Emboli (PE) when Chemotherapy is also administered
Presenter: Alan Liehten Presenter's Affiliation: University of Chicago Type of Session: Scientific Background Thalidomide is a sedative/anti-emetic that was given to women from 1956-1962. Some 12,000 birth defects have been attributed to the use... |
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Neurocognitive Assessment and detection of Stroke in Patients Diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease: Neuropsychological Functioning and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Presenter: E. Vichinsky Presenter's Affiliation: Children's Hospital, Oakland, California Type of Session: Scientific Background Children who have sickle cell disease(SCD) are at risk for the development stroke or silent infarct, often resulting... |
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Persistence of Myeloma Protein for More than 1 year after Radiotherapy is an Adverse Prognostic Factor in Solitary Plasmacytoma of Bone
Presenter: Richard B. Wilder Presenter's Affiliation: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Type of Session: Scientific Background Solitary plasmacytoma of bone (SPB) occurs infrequently, therefore no clear prognostic factors for this ailment, when treated... |
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Single Dose Pegfilgrastin (SD/01) Is as Effective as Daily Filgrastim Following ESHAP Chemotherapy for Subjects wtih Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma or Hodgkin's Disease: Results of a Randomized, Open-Label Study
Presenter: Julie M. Vose Presenter's Affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE Type of Session: Scientific Background Pegfilgrastim is a pegylated form of filgrastim that has previously been shown to safely and effictively... |
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