Tuesday, October 5, 2004, including Plenary Sessions

A Multi-Institutional Analysis of Adjuvant and Salvage Radiotherapy After Radical Prostatectomy Presenter: Alan Pollack MDPresenter's Affiliation: Fox Chase Cancer CenterType of Session: ScientificBackground Radical prostatectomy is a definitive treatment option for patients with prostate cancer that appears localized to the prostate...
A Randomized Trial Comparing Conventional Dose 70.2GyE and High-Dose 79.2 GyE Conformal Radiation in Early Stage Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate: Results of an Interim Analysis of PROG 95-09 Presenter: Anthony Zietman, MDPresenter's Affiliation: Massacusetts General HospitalType of Session: ScientificBackground While historical results in treatment of prostate cancer have traditionally been fairly good, treatment failures still occur, as...
A Randomized Trial of Tamoxifen With or Without Breast Radiation in Women With Early Breast Cancer 50 Years of Age and Over Presenter: A. FylesPresenter's Affiliation: Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, CanadaType of Session: PlenaryBackground The search continues for a subset of women with favorable breast cancer characteristics in whom radiation may be avoided. ...
Definitive Radiotherapy +/- Erythropoietin for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck: Preliminary Report of RTOG 99-03 Presenter: Mitchell MachtayPresenter's Affiliation: RTOGType of Session: PlenaryBackground The presence of anemia has been associated with poor outcome in cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy. This has been particularly evident in...
Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Followed by Preoperative Radiochemotherapy (hfRTCT) Plus Surgery or Surgery Plus Postoperative Radiotherapy in Stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Results of a Randomized Phase III Trial of the German Lung Cancer Cooperative Group Presenter: C. BuchePresenter's Affiliation: German Lung Cancer Cooperative GroupType of Session: PlenaryBackground The optimal treatment for patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is controversial. Ideally, patients with NSCLC...
Post-Operative Radiotherapy (P-XRT) After Radical Prostatectomy (Px) Improves Progression-Free Survival (PFS) in pT3N0 Prostate Cancer (PC) (EORTC 22911) Presenter: M BollaPresenter's Affiliation: Radiotherapy, Centre Hospitalier Regional de Grenoble-La Tronche, Grenoble, FranceType of Session: ScientificBackground Radical Prostatectomy is a definitive treatment option for patients with low-risk,...
Preliminary Results of a Phase II Study of Cyclooxygenase-2 (Cox-2) Inhibition in Rectal Cancer Presenter: B. ChakravarthyPresenter's Affiliation: Vanderbilt UniversityType of Session: ScientificBackground Manipulation of arachidonic acid metabolism via the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) pathway is an active area of oncology research....
The German Multinational GPOH-HD 95 Trial: Treatment Results and Analysis of Failures in Pediatric Hodgkins Disease Using Combination Chemotherapy With and Without Radiation Presenter: Ruhl, UrsulaPresenter's Affiliation: Radiation Oncology, Moabit Hospital, Berlin, GermanyType of Session: PlenaryBackground Treatment results of pediatric Hodgkin's disease are excellent now and are difficult to improve with respect to...