Tuesday, October 21, 2003

A view of Temple Square in Salt Lake City.

A Multi-Institution Prospective Trial of Reduced-Dose Craniospinal Irradiation (23.4 Gy) Followed by Conformal Posterior Fossa (36 Gy) and Primary Site Irradiation (55.8 Gy) and Dose-Intensive Chemotherapy for Average-Risk Medulloblastoma Presenter: Thomas Merchant, MDPresenter's Affiliation: St. Jude Children's Research HospitalType of Session: ScientificBackground Neurocognitive, endocrine, and otic toxicity are of primary concern in treating pediatric patients with radiation...
Androgen Suppression Adjuvant to Radiotherapy in Carcinoma of the Prostate. Long Term Results of Phase III RTOG Study 85-31 Presenter: Miljenko V. PilepichPresenter's Affiliation: RTOGType of Session: ScientificBackground RTOG 85-31 was one of the first studies to evaluate the worth of adding androgen suppression to radiation therapy. It analyzed the effectiveness of...
Correlation Between External and Internal Markers for Abdominal Tumors: Implications for Respiratory Gating Presenter: D. GiergaPresenter's Affiliation: Massachusetts General HospitalType of Session: ScientificBackground Treating tumors in the abdomen with radiation can be challenging because patient respirations can cause tumor movement, thus making tumor...
Implementation of an On-Board Kilovoltage Cone-Beam CT Imaging System fo Clinical Applications Presenter: Daniel LetourneauPresenter's Affiliation: William Beaumont HospitalType of Session: ScientificBackground Cone-beam CT (CBCT) imaging is an emerging technology which uses a flat panel detector in conjuction with a kilovoltage or megavoltage...
Improved Sphincter Preservation of Low Rectal Cancer with High Dose Preoperative Radiotherapy: The Lyon R96-02 Randomized Trial Presenter: Jean Pierre GerardPresenter's Affiliation: Centre Antoine-Lacassagne, Nice, FranceType of Session: ScientificBackground Historically, the management of rectal cancer centered around extensive surgical resection, with local disease control...
Intramural Distal Spread of Rectal Cancer Following Preoperative Radiotherapy: The Results of a Multicentre Randomized Clinical Study Presenter: K. BujkoPresenter's Affiliation: Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, PolandType of Session: ScientificBackground Preoperative radiotherapy regimens have generally followed one of two basic schema: 5 fractions of 5 Gy each,...
Low-Dose Megavoltage Cone-Beam CT for Dose-Guided Radiation Therapy Presenter: Jean PouliotPresenter's Affiliation: UCSFType of Session: ScientificBackground Cone-beam CT scanning is an emerging technology that incorporates flat panel detectors for image acquisition rather than the ring-shaped detectors found in...
Pattern of Local Recurence After Conservative Surgery and Whole-Breast Irradiation: Implications for Partial Breast Irradiation Presenter: Gary Freedman, MDPresenter's Affiliation: Fox Chase Cancer CenterType of Session: ScientificBackground The standard treatment with radiation therapy (RT) for breast conservation therapy (BCT) is whole breast irradiation. 75-85% of local...
The Impact of Regional Nodal Radiation In Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer with Clinically Negative Nodes Treated with Breast-Conserving Therapy Presenter: T. VuPresenter's Affiliation: CHUQ, Pavillon Hotel-Dieu de QuebecType of Session: ScientificBackground Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women Axillary dissection is often part of breast conservation therapy (BCT) because it can...