Gastric Cancer - Current Treatment Approach and New Developments
Track
:
Educational Session
Program Code:
EDU408
Date:
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Time:
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
EST
Duration:
90 Minutes
Location:
W179
SPEAKER(S):
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Harvey Mamon, Assistant Professor, Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
This is Dr. Mamon's fourth year co-teaching the ASTRO refresher course on gastric cancer. He is the Clinical Director of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he has specialized in the treatment of GI malignancies for over ten years. Dr. Mamon is an active member of the CALGB Gastrointestinal Cancer Committee, and he is currently responsible for the radiation quality assurance of CALGB 80101, a randomized trial of two different chemoradiation regimens in the adjuvant therapy of gastric cancer.
Charles Fuchs, Director, Center for Gastroinestinal Cancer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
I have conducted research in gastric cancer for 20 years, direct the GI Program at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and lead the recent national trial of adjuvant therapy for gastric cancer.