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2009 Annual Meeting

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Pediatric Tumors (Non CNS) 2: Wilms, Ewings and Neuroblastoma

Track : Educational Session

Program Code: EDU306

Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Time: 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM EST

Duration: 90 Minutes

Location: W 183c

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John Kalapurakal, Professor, Northwestern Memorial Hospital

I am a Vice chair of renal tumors committee of COG. I am also the Radiotherapy Chair of renal tumors committee. Currently I am a Professor of Radiation Oncology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. I have been an active member of the Pediatric Oncology Group and Children's Oncology Group since 1997. I have been treating children since 1997 at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago and Northwestern University. The following are some of my recent publications: Breslow NE, Kalapurakal JA et al. Radiation Therapy for Favorable Histology Wilms Tumor: Prevention of flank recurrence did not improve survival on National Wilms Tumor Studies 3 and 4. Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 2006; 65: 203-209. Jeffrey S. Dome John A. Kalapurakal et al. Treatment of Anaplastic Histology Wilms Tumor: Results from the Fifth National Wilms Tumor Study J Clin Oncol 2006; 24: 2352-23258. Breslow NE, Kalapurakal JA et al.Radiation Therapy for Favorable Histology Wilms Tumor: Prevention of flank recurrence did not improve survival on National Wilms Tumor Studies 3 and 4. Int J Rad Onc Biol Phys 2006; 65: 203-209. Jeffrey S. Dome, M.D.John A. Kalapurakal, M.D. et al. Treatment of Anaplastic Histology Wilms Tumor: Results from the Fifth National Wilms Tumor Study J Clin Oncol 2006; 24: 2352-23258. Kalapurakal JA et al. Intraoperative spillage of favorable histology Wilms tumor cells: Influence of irradiation and chemotherapy regimens on abdominal recurrence. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. (in press 2009). Kalapurakal JA et al. Outcomes of children with favorable histology Wilms tumor and peritoneal implants treated on National Wilms tumor Studies-4 and -5. Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys (in press 2009) Warwick A, Kalapurakal JA et al. Portal Hypertension in children with Wilms Tumor: A report from the National Wilms Tumor Study Group. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (In press 2009) Ehrlich P, Kalapurakal JA et al. Hepatic metastasis at diagnosis in patients with Wilms tumor is not an independent adverse prognostic factor. A report from the National Wilms Tumor Study Group. Prognosis of favorable histology Wilms tumor and liver Metastases. Am J Surgery (In press 2009.

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