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UICC World Cancer Congress 2006Bridging the Gap: Transforming Knowledge into ActionJuly 8-12, 2006, Washington, DC, USA |
Sunday, 9 July 2006 - 3:30 PM
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Case Presentations in Hepatoma and Colon Cancer
Frederick L. Greene, MD, FACS, Department of General Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Blvd., MEB 6th Floor, Charlotte, NC 28203, Reid Adams, MD, FACS, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, PO Box 800709, School Of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0709, Carolyn Compton, MD, PhD, National Cancer Institute, 31 Center Drive Bldg 31, Rm 10A 31, Bethesda, MD 20892, Jeff Geschwind, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Blalock 545, Baltimore, MD 21287, and James D. Brierley, MBBS, FRCR, FRCP, Radiation Medicine Program, University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Hospital, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G2M9, Canada.
The modern approaches to cancer management are based on the interaction of specialists in a number of oncologically-related areas. The hospital Tumor Conference provides a venue for open discussion of patients and for the inclusion of clinical, imaging and pathological information that will add directly to a patient's course of therapy. This dialog should ideally be undertaken prior to the initiation of therapy. The tumor conference also allows for the appropriate staging of the cancer patient using the TNM system or related strategies. Clinical trial information can be discussed as well as treatment guidelines. The Conference can also serve as an educational mechanism for medical and non-medical personnel. The Tumor Conference is a major standard in the American College of Surgeons Hospital Approvals Program.
This mock Tumor Conference will discuss the elements of a successful Conference and will feature the presentations of prospective clinical cases to illustrate the benefit of mutidisciplinary care.
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