Meeting Archives

Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium XXII
November 10-13, 2004
Marriott Marquis Hotel , New York , NY

Innovative Cancer Therapy for Tomorrow

Brain Tumors | Breast Cancer | GI Cancers
Gynecological Cancers | Head and Neck Cancer
Hematologic Malignancies | Lung Cancer | Prostate Cancer
Renal Cell Cancer | Sarcoma | Diverse Therapies
New Agents and Strategies for the Oncology Team

BRAIN TUMORS

Moderators: Edward Ambinder, M.D., Silvia Formenti, M.D.
TEMOZOLOMIDE AND IRINOTECAN IN RECURRENT MALIGNANT ASTROCYTOMA
Michael Gruber, M.D.
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CLINICAL TRIAL RESULTS OF RSR 13 (EFAPROXIRAL) IN THERAPY OF BRAIN METASTASES
John Suh, M.D.
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BREAST CANCER

Moderators: Larry Norton, M.D., George Raptis, M.D.
FASLODEX AND ARIMIDEX: 11/11/04
Anthony Howell, M.D.
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ROLE OF LETROZOLE IN ADJUVANT THERAPY
William J. Gradishar, M.D.
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TAMOXIFEN AND EXEMESTANE IN THE METASTATIC AND ADJUVANT SETTINGS: TRIAL RESULTS
Stephen E. Jones, M.D.
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GEMCITABINE PLUS PACLITAXEL IN BREAST CANCER
Denise Yardley, M.D.
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REMISSION RATE ADVANTAGE WITH NEOADJUVANT TRASTUZUMAB, PACLITAXEL AND EPIRUBICIN-CONTAINING CHEMOTHERAPY
Aman U. Buzdar, M.D.
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ORAL CHEMOTHERAPY FOR METASTATIC BREAST CANCER
Julie R. Gralow, M.D.
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ABRAXANE IN METASTATIC BREAST CANCER
Joanne C. Blum, M.D., Ph.D.
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ONCOTYPE DIAGNOSTIC ASSAY ON BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE
Norman Wolmark, M.D.
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FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA IN DOCETAXEL-TREATED BREAST CANCER: EVALUATING PEGFILGRASTIM
Charles Vogel, M.D.
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eTAG ASSAY EFFICACY IN SELECTION OF PATIENTS FOR RECEPTOR-TARGETED THERAPY
Sharat Singh, Ph.D.
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CIRCULATING TUMOR CELLS IN METASTATIC BREAST CANCER
Daniel F. Hayes, M.D.
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NEW STRATEGIES FOR ANTHRACYCLINE USE IN EARLY BREAST CANCER
Edith Perez, M.D.
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HORMONAL TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER: PROGRESS AND DIRECTIONS
Maura N. Dickler, M.D.
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GI CANCERS

Moderators: Howard S. Hochster, M.D., Steven Itzkowitz, M.D., Jonathan D. Schwartz, M.D.
OPTIONS WITH ORAL CHEMOTHERAPY IN CRC
Edward Chu, M.D.
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OXALIPLATIN AS ADJUVANT THERAPY OF COLON CANCER
Daniel Haller, M.D.
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RATIONAL TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR GIST: GLEEVEC, SU11248, RAD001 AND BEYOND
George D. Demetri, M.D.
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ORAL ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY IN COLORECTAL CANCER
Christopher Twelves, M.D.
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IFOX (GEFITINIB , FU, OXALIPLATIN) IN COLORECTAL CANCER
Branimir I. Sikic, M.D.
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OXALIPLATIN-BASED REGIMENS IN COMBINATION WITH BEVACIZUMAB IN COLORECTAL CANCER
Edward Chu, M.D
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OXALIPLATIN/FLUOROPYRIMIDE/AVASTIN IN METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER
Howard S. Hochster, M.D.
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PANITUMUMAB: A HUMAN ANTI-EGFR ANTIBODY IN COLORECTAL CANCER
J. Randolph Hecht, M.D.
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QOL AND PHARMACOECONOMICS: ENDPOINTS IN ADJUVANT THERAPY FOR COLON CANCER
John L. Marshall, M.D.
ANGIOGENESIS IN COLORECTAL CANCER
Heinz-Josef Lenz, M.D.
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BEVACIZUMAB PLUS GEMCITABINE FOR ADVANCED PANCREATIC CANCER
Hedy Kindler, M.D.
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CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC DOUBLETS IN PANCREATIC CANCER
Donald Richards, M.D.
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THALIDOMIDE/GEMCITABINE IN FIRST LINE PANCREATIC CANCER
Willam Maples, M.D.
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NOVEL APPROACHES TO ESOPHAGOGASTRIC CANCER
Peter C. Enzinger, M.D.
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GYNECOLOGIC CANCERS

Moderator: Franco Muggia, M.D.
GEMCITABINE AND CARBOPLATIN IN 2ND LINE OVARIAN CANCER
Robert F. Ozols, M.D., Ph.D.
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LONG TERM SURVIVAL ADVANTAGE: LIPOSOMAL DOXORUBICIN PHASE II STUDY IN OVARIAN CANCER
Alan N. Gordon, M.D.
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DOXIL: MAKING DOXORUBICIN WORK IN OVARIAN AND ENDOMETRIAL CANCERS
Franco M. Muggia, M.D.
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WEEKLY SCHEDULES IN OVARIAN CANCER
Deborah Armstrong, M.D.
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TREATMENT AND PROTEOMIC MONITORING OF GEFITINIB IN ADVANCED OVARIAN CANCER
Elise Kohn, M.D.
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UPDATE ON CERVICAL CANCER THERAPY
Harry J. Long, M.D.
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Moderator: Edward Ambinder, M.D.
REDUCING CHEMORADIOTHERAPY-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER
Marshall R. Posner, M.D.
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UPDATE ON DOCETAXEL IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER
Marshall R. Posner, M.D.
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GEFITINIB IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER
Ezra E. W. Cohen, M.D
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HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES

Moderators: Janet Cutter, M.D., Janice Gabrilove, M.D., Jonathan Licht, M.D.
ERYTHROPOIETIC AGENTS: CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Charles Bennett, M.D., Ph.D., George Demetri, M.D. Janice L. Gabrilove, M.D., David Henry, M.D., M.P.H.
TARGETING THE UBIQUITIN-PROTEASOME PATHWAY IN HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES
Owen A. O’Connor, M.D.
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DENILEUKIN DIFTITOX AS NOVEL THERAPY FOR HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCIES
Nam Dang, M.D., Ph.D.
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PIXANTRONE: A NEW AND ACTIVE DRUG IN LYMPHOMA
Fernando Cabanillas, M.D.
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ZEVALIN IN DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA
Robin M. Joyce, M.D.
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R-CHOP FOLLOWED BY ZEVALIN IN FOLLICULAR NHL
John D. Hainsworth, M.D.
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TREATMENT OF MDS WITH HYPOMETHYLATING AGENTS
Stephen D. Nimer, M.D.
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AZACYTADINE: A NEWLY APPROVED AGENT IN MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES
Richard M. Stone, M.D.
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BORTEZOMIB: NOVEL APPROACHES IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA
Sundar Jagannath, M.D.
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TRISENOX REGIMEN IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA
James R. Berenson, M.D.
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ROLE OF ALEMTUZUMAB AND RITUXIMAB IN CLL
Kanti R. Rai, M.D.
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EXPERIENCE WITH DECITABINE IN CML AND MDS
Hagop Kantarjian, M.D.
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CHROMATIN REMODELING AND HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITORS IN AML
Guido Marcucci, M.D.
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CLOFARABINE PLUS ARA C COMBINATIONS IN AML
Stefan Faderl, M.D.
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CAN WE CURE APL WITHOUT CYTOTOXIC CHEMOTHERAPY?
Samuel Waxman, M.D.
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EFFICACY OF IMATINIB MESYLATE IN POLYCYTHEMIA VERA
Richard T. Silver, M.D.
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LENALIDOMIDE (REVLIMID) FOR ANEMIA IN MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES
Alan List, M.D.
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EVALUATING OPTIONS IN CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED ANEMIA
Roger Waltzman, M.D.
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NEUTROPENIA IN 1ST CYCLE OF CHEMOTHERAPY: IMPACT OF PEG-FILGRASTIM
Janice L. Gabrilove, M.D.
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LUNG CANCER

Moderator: Philippe Chahinian, M.D.
IRINOTECAN/CISPLATINUM VS. ETOPOSIDE/CISPLATINUM IN SCLC
Alan B. Sandler, M.D.
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PEMETREXED PLUS CARBOPLATIN OR OXALIPLATIN IN NSCLC
Gorgio Scagliotti, M.D.
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EPOTHILONES: CLINICAL DEVELOPMENTS
Edward S. Kim, M.D.
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OVERVIEW OF NEOADJUVANT AND ADJUVANT THERAPY FOR NSCLC
Chandra P. Belani, M.D.
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CETUXIMAB IN CHEMORADIATION IN LOCALLY ADVANCED NSCLC
Corey Langer, M.D.
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AVASTIN AND TARCEVA IN NSCLC
Roy Herbst, M.D., Ph.D.
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UPDATE ON EGFR INHIBITORS IN NSCLC
Roy Herbst, M.D., Ph.D.
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INHIBITION OF erbB PATHWAYS IN LUNG CANCER
Afshin Dowlati, M.D.
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CYTOTOXIC THERAPY IN PS 2 ADVANCED NSCLC
Cory Langer, M.D.
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BCI-2 ANTISENSE: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN LUNG CANCER
Roy S. Herbst, M.D., Ph.D
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PROSTATE CANCER

Moderator: Anna Ferrari, M.D.
THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS IN ADVANCED PROSTATE CANCER
Daniel Petrylak, M.D.
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ADJUVANT THERAPY IN HORMONE REFRACTORY PROSTATE CANCER
Mario Eisenberger, M.D.
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ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS IN PROSTATE CANCER
Michael A. Carducci, M.D.
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SOMETHING OLD; SOMETHING NEW: CHEMOIMMUNOTHERAPY IN PROSTATE CANCER
Jack Goldberg, M.D.
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PSMA: A TARGET IN FLUX FOR PROSTATE CANCER VACCINES
Susan F. Slovin, M.D., Ph.D.
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PROVENGE: A NOVEL IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR PROSTATE CANCER
Anna C. Ferrari, M.D.
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RENAL CELL CANCER

ONCOPHAGE: AN AUTOLOGOUS HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN VACCINE
Ronald M. Bukowski, M.D.
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REVLIMID (LENALIDOMIDE) IN RENAL CELL CANCER
Robert J. Amato, M.D.
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SUGEN11248: A MULTITARGETED TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR IN METASTATIC KIDNEY CANCER
Robert J. Motzer, M.D.
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DIVERSE THERAPIES

Moderators: Edward P. Ambinder, M.D., Silvia Formenti, M.D.
BAY 43-9006: A NOVEL RAF AND VEGF INHIBITOR WITH CARBOPLATIN AND PACLITAXEL IN METASTATIC MELANOMA
Keith T. Flaherty, M.D.
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YONDELIS – A NEW AGENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF SARCOMA
Brian L. Samuels, M.D.
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CLINICAL UPDATE ON THE NOVEL mTOR-INHIBITOR RAD001
Howard A. Burris, III, M.D.
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UPDATE ON CLINICAL TRIALS WITH XYOTAX (CT-2103)
Howard A. Burris, III, M.D.
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UPDATE ON RUBITECAN IN SOLID TUMORS
Emiliano Calvo, M.D.
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BIOMARKERS AND GENETIC MUTATIONS
Roy Herbst, M.D., Ph.D.
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MUC-1 CANCER VACCINES: ARE WE THERE YET?
Charles A. Butts, M.D.
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ANTIANGIOGENIC THERAPY WITH VEGF OR VEGF RECEPTOR TARGETING AGENTS
Robert S. Kerbel, Ph.D.
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MOTEXAFIN GADOLINIUM: TUMOR SELECTIVE ANTICANCER AGENT WITH NOVEL MECHANISM OF ACTION
Leo I. Gordon, M.D.
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PREVENTION TARGETS IN p16INK4a METHYLATED EPITHELIAL CELLS
Mona Gauthier, M.D.
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CANCER TREATMENT-INDUCED BONE LOSS: EMERGING PROBLEM IN BREAST AND PROSTATE CANCER
Allan Lipton, M.D.
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EGFR TESTING AND INTERPRETATION
Meera Hameed, M.D.
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EGFR EXPRESSION RASH: ASSESSMENT, GRADING, TREATMENT
Madeleine Duvic, M.D.
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LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARINS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MALIGNANCY-ASSOCIATED THROMBOSIS
Jawed Fareed, Ph.D.
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NEW AGENTS AND STRATEGIES FOR THE ONCOLOGY TEAM CHEMOTHERAPY ... AND BEYOND

UTILIZING RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY: CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE ONCOLOGY TEAM
Jennifer Fiore, R.N., M.A., A.N.P-C, O.C.N.
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CASE STUDIES CONTROVERSIES IN SUPPORTIVE CARE EASING THE CHEMOTHERAPY EXPERIENCE: SUPPORTIVE CARE OPTIONS
Maureen Major, R.N., M.S.
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PAIN MANAGEMENT: STILL AN ISSUE?
Larry Driver, M.D.
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IMPLEMENTING BEST PRACTICES AND APPROPRIATE USE GUIDELINES
Dwight Kloth, Pharm.D., F.C.C.P., B.C.O.P.
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PROJECTING AND CONTROLLING COSTS: THE M. D. ANDERSON EXPERIENCE
Rebecca Arbuckle, M.S., R.Ph.
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HOW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVES THE CANCER CARE TEAM
Edward P. Ambinder, M.D.
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AVOIDING MEDICATION ERRORS
Raymond Muller, M.S., R.Ph., F.A.S.H.P.
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EZRA M. GREENSPAN, M.D.
1919-2004

TALKING ABOUT EZRA
Recollections by Friends and Colleagues of His Trailblazing Achievements in the Control and Cure of Cancer