Breast Cancer Management Part I: Early Stage Disease
Track
:
EDU
Program Code:
EDU201
Date:
Monday, September 22, 2008
Time:
7:15 AM to 8:45 AM
EST
Duration:
4610 Minutes
Location:
253
SPEAKER(S):
Bruce Haffty, M.D, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Julia White, Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin
Dr. Julia White received her medical degree from Michigan State University in 1988. She is currently a Professor of Radiation Oncology at Medical College of Wisconsin. She has clinical practices at Froedtert Hospital and Community Memorial Hospital, where she is the Medical Director for Radiation Oncology. She has authored or co-authored numerous papers, abstracts and book chapters on Radiation for Breast Cancer. Dr. White is involved in the cooperative clinical trial process evaluating new therapies for breast cancer. She is the breast committee chair for the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) and co-principle investigator for the large Phase III Study that is collaboration between the National Surgical Adjuvant Bowel and Breast Program (NSABP) and RTOG, evaluating partial breast irradiation versus standard whole breast irradiation following lumpectomy.
LEARNER OUTCOMES:
Discuss the data supporting breast conservation in the managementof early stage breast cancer and the selection of patients for breast conserving therapy with or without radiation.
Realize the current role and future directions for partial breast irradiation and alternative treatment strategies.
Review and understand the technical issues of radiation delivery including IMRT, partial breast irradiation, alternate fractionation and prone breast irradiation.