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Case Presentations in Hodgkin's Disease and Lymphoma
Program Code:
EDU311
Date:
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
SPEAKER(S):
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about each speaker.
Arnold Freedman, Assocaite Professor of Medicine,
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dr. Freedman received his MD in 1979 and training in internal medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He then completed a fellowship in adult oncology at DFCI and studied cell surface antigens of normal and malignant B lymphocytes. Since 1985 Dr. Freedman has continued laboratory studies of normal and malignant B cells with a special interest in how normal and neoplastic microenvironments affect B cell function. His clinical research involves the development of new therapies for non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
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Mary Gospodarowicz, Professor, Princess Margaret Hospital
Dr. Richard Hopp's research interests include irradiation immunosuppression; total body irradiation;, psychosocial effects of cancer treatment; treatment of lymphoma; and mycosis fungoides.
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Peter Mauch, MD, FASTRO, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Joachim Yahalom, Professor, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
LEARNER OUTCOMES:
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Consider the role of radiation therapy in management of chemosensitive and chemorefractory recurrent Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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Improve the understanding of curative and salvage chemotherapy in the management of Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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Practice management of actual cases of Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma with emphasis on patient assessment, decision making, role of radiation therapy and follow-up.