2007 Annual Meeting Schedule of Events - Monday
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Schedule of Events (As of September 12, 2007)

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Monday, October 29, 2007
7:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Educational Session 201
Concourse Hall
Breast Cancer Management

Douglas W. Arthur, M.D., Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,Va.

Bruce G. Haffty, M.D., UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, N.J.

7:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Educational Session 202
Room 501
Intra Cranial SRS Benign/Malignant Tumors and Functional Disorders


Jay S. Loeffler, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

Arnab Chakravarti, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

Jason P. Sheehan, M.D., Ph.D.,
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Va.
7:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Educational Session 203
Room 511
Interactions of Radiation with Novel Chemotherapy and Biological Targeting Agents

Kevin A. Camphausen, M.D., National Cancer Institute/NIH, Bethesda, Md.

George D. Wilson, Ph.D., William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich.

Paul M. Harari, M.D., University of Wisconsin Cancer Center, Madison, Wis.

7:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Educational Session 204
Room 409
Controversies in the Management of Endometrial Cancer

Steven C. Plaxe, M.D., University of California, San Diego, San Diego

Arno J. Mundt, M.D., University of California San Diego, San Diego

7:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Educational Session 205
Interative Session

Room 403
Challenging Lung Cancer Cases: Neuroendocrine/Small Cell Lung Cancer

David S. Ettinger, M.D., Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore

Paul A. Kvale, M.D.,
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit

Benjamin Movsas, M.D., Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit

Branislav Jeremic, M.D., Ph.D.,
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria

Walter Scott, M.D.,
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia

7:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.

Educational Session 206
Interactive Session

Room 502
External Beam Radiation Therapy for the Management of Localized and Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer

Anthony V. D'Amico, M.D., Ph.D.,
Brighamand Women's Hosital./Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston

Andrew K. Lee, M.D., M.P.H.,
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

7:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Educational Session 207
Room 408
Transitioning from 3-D IMRT to 4-D IMRT and Role of Image-guidance

Ping Xia, Ph.D.,
University of California, San Francisco

Jatinder Palta, Ph.D., University of Florida/Davis Cancer Center, Gainesville, Fla.

7:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Educational Session 208
Room 405
Molecular Mechanisms of DNA Damage and Repair

Kathryn D. Held, Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

Brendan D. Price, Ph.D., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston

7:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Educational Session 209
Room 407
Radiolabeld Monoclonal Antibodies
Susan J. Knox, Ph.D., M.D.,
The Center for Advanced Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
7:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Educational Session 210
Room 404
History of Radiation Oncology: Brachytherapy

Martin Colman, M.D.,
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

Gustavo S. Montana, M.D.,
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.

Roger Frank Robison, M.D.,
Good Samaritan, Vincennes, Ind.

Herman D. Suit, M.D., D.Phil.,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

J. Frank Wilson, M.D., FASTRO,
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Jesse N. Aronowitz, M.D.,
UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Mass.

9:00 a.m.- 10:00 a.m.

Keynote Speaker
Concourse Hall

 
Introduction: Steven A. Leibel, M.D., Stanford Cancer Center, Stanford, Calif.
Better Than Band-Aids: America Needs Comprehensive Health Care Reform

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Clinical Bioethics,
The Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda

10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Poster Discussion 1
Room 515B
Breast – Advances in Breast Radiation Techniques

Co-moderators:
Silvia Chiara Formenti
Abram Recht
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Poster Discussion 2
Room 518
Experimental Therapeutics
Co-moderators:
Kevin Camphausen
Bo Lu
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Scientific Session A
Room 515A
Clinical Trials
Co-moderators:
Stephen Hahn
Lynn Wilson
10:15 a.m.
7 - Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation (PCI) in Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (ES-SCLC) (EORTC 22993-08993)
B. Slotman
10:25 a.m.
8 - Differences between African American (AA) and Caucasian (C) Patients Treated with Conservative Surgery and Radiation Therapy (CS+RT) for Early Stage Breast Cancer
Meena Moran
10:35 a.m.
9 - Concomitant Radio-chemotherapy (CT-RT) versus Sequential CT-RT In Locally Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): A Meta-analysis using Individual Patient Data (IPD) from Randomised Clinical Trials (RCTs)
Walter Curran
10:45 a.m.
10 - Extended Field Irradiation and Intracavitary Brachytherapy Combined with Cisplatin Chemotherapy for Cervical Cancer with Positive Para-aortic or High Common Iliac Lymph Nodes: Results of Arm 2 of RTOG 0116
William Small
  10:55 a.m.
137 - Post-resectional CA 19-9 Values > 90 are Associated with Significantly Worse Survival in Patients with Pancreatic Carcinoma Treated with Adjuvant Therapy on RTOG 9704 - Implications for Current and Future Trials
William Regine
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Scientific Session B
Room 502
GU I - Late Toxicity After Treatment for Prostate Cancer

Co-moderators:
Mitchell Anscher
Ronald Ennis

11 - Gene Profile Highlights Late Rectal Bleeding Protection in Prostate Cancer 3D Conformal Radiation Riccardo Valdagni
12 - Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms as Predictors for Development of Erectile Dysfunction in African-american Men Treated with Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer Julian Moore
  Discussant:
Jeff Michalski
13 - A Comparison of Sexual Function Following Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer: Results of a Prospective, Randomized Trial of Hypofractionated Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy Mark Buyyounouski
14 - Late Pelvic Toxicity following Bladder-sparing Therapy in Patients with Invasive Bladder Cancer: Analysis of RTOG 89-03, 95-06, 97-06, 99-06
William Shipley
15 - Fit of a Generalized Lyman Normal-tissue Complication Probability (NTCP) Model to Grade > 2 Late Rectal Toxicity Data from Patients Treated on Protocol RTOG 94-06 Susan Tucker
16 - Dose-volume Analyses of Grade > 2 Late Rectal Toxicity among Patients Treated on Protocol RTOG 94-06 M. Cheung
17 - Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Reduces Gastrointestinal Morbidity in Patients Treated with Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer Navesh Sharma
18 - Spatial and Anatomical Indicators of Rectal Toxicity in IMRT of Prostate Cancer Reshma Munbodh
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Scientific Session C
Room 403
Head & Neck I - Chemo-Irradiation and Salvage

Co-moderators:
David Brizel
Madhur Garg
19 - Mitomycin-C and 5-Fluoro-Uracil containing Chemotherapy with Concurrent Hyperfractionated Accelerated RadioTherapy (C-HART) of 70.6 Gy is more Effective than Dose Escalated HART of 77.6 Gy alone - 10 Year Results of the German Multicenter Phase III Random Volker Budach
20 - Hyperfractionated Radiotherapy versus Hyperfractionated Radiotherapy and Concomitant Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Mohit Kasibhatla
21 - A Phase III Trial to Compare Standard versus Accelerated Fractionation in Combination with Concurrent Cisplatin for Head and Neck Carcinomas (RTOG 0129): Report of Compliance and Toxicity K. Kian Ang
22 - Phase II Randomized Trial of Surgery Followed by Chemoradiation Plus Cetuximab for High-risk Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck (RTOG 0234) Paul Harari

Discussant:
Robert Amdur

23 - Phase II Multi-institutional Study of IMRT +/- Chemotherapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (RTOG 0225): Preliminary Results

Nancy Lee
24 - FDG PET Accuracy in Assessment of Treatment Response in Head and Neck Cancer after Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy - Long-term Outcome Report Min Yao
25 - Lymph Node-positive Head and Neck Cancer Treated with Primary Radiotherapy: Can Treatment Response Determine the Extent of Neck Dissection? Anamaria Yeung
26 - Can Adjuvant Neck Dissection be Deferred in Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Patients with Complete Response to Definitive Chemoradiotherapy? Susannah Yovino
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Scientific Session D
The Theater
Lymphoma

Moderator:
David Hodgson

27 - Increased Overall Survival in Patients with Stages I and II Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Treated with Radiation Therapy: A Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Analysis Rachel Rabinovitch
28 - Decreased Incidence of Cardiac Mortality in Patients with Stages I and II Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Treated with Radiation: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End-results (SEER) Analysis Thomas Pugh
29 - Reduced Acute Toxicities with Image Guided Targeted Marrow Irradiation (TMI) using Helical TomoTherapy (HT) in Patients with Multiple Myeloma and Acute Leukemia Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) Jeffrey Wong
30 - Lung Blocking for Total Body Irradiation: Effect on Pulmonary Function Test Changes Carolyn Rutter
31 - A Non-stanford Mature Experience with Stanford V ± RT Regimen for Locally Extensive and Advanced Hodgkin Lymphoma (HL) Sophia Edwards-Bennett
  Discussants:
Andrea Ng
Lena Specht
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Scientific Session E
Room 408
Image Guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy

Co-moderators:
Nesrin Dogan
David Jaffray
32 - Investigations in the Design of a Novel Linac-MRI System Gino Fallone
33 - Adaptive Field Aperture Modification for the Management of Patient Setup Errors Mohammad Islam

34 - Quality Control for Image Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy of Prostate Cancer

Jennifer Wloch
35 - On-line Adaptive Planning System for Prostate IMRT Treatment Danthai Thongphiew
36 - Improved Target Localization with 3D Cone Beam CT On-board Imaging in Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy John Kirkpatrick
37 - Are Pre and Post Imaging Sufficient to Assess Intrafraction Prostate Motion? Camille Noel
38 - An On-line Adaptive Planning Strategy for Inter-fraction Image Guidance Ergun Ahunbay
39 - Dosimetric Consequences of Intrafraction Prostate Motion on Patients Enrolled on Multi-institutional Hypofractionation Study Beth Pierburg
40 - Predictive Adaptive Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer Chester Ramsey
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Educational Session 211
Room 409
Normal Tissue Tolerances in Clinical Practice

Soren M. Bentzen, Ph.D., D.Sc.,
University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisc.

Louis S. Constine, M.D., University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, N.Y.

Joseph O. Deasy, Ph.D., Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis

Lawrence B. Marks, M.D.,
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.

Randall K. Ten Haken, Ph.D.,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Educational Session 212
Room 511
Stereotactic Body RT: Clinical and Biological Perspectives

Brian Kavanagh, M.D., University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colo.

Robert D. Timmerman, M.D.,
University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas

Stanley H. Benedict, Ph.D.,
University of Virginia Health Systems, Charlottesville, Va.
11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Socioeconomic Lunch  
11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. ARRO Poster Walk  
11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. MITA- NEMA Code of Ethics  
1:15 p.m.- 1:45 p.m. Presidential Address
Introduction Zvi Fuks, M.D.,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Thoughts About Image, Substance and Adaptation- What Radiation Oncology Can Learn From Hollywood Louis B. Harrison, M.D., Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals and The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Nurses Session 11
Room 501
Proton Therapy

Ray Lin, M.D.,
Scripps Health, La Jolla, Calif.

Elizabeth Brunton, R.N., M.S.N., O.C.N.,
Scripps Health, La Jolla, Calif.

Yolanda Magana, R.N., B.S.N., M.B.A.,
Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, Calif.

Julihana Madison, R.N., B.S.N.,
Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, Calif.
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Plenary Session
Interactive
Concourse Hall

 
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Nurses Session 12
Room 504
Depression & the Oncology Patient: Increased Distress, Decreased Coping
Belinda Anderson, R.N., M.S.N, M.B.A.,
Overton Brooks Medical Center, Shreveport, La.
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Nurses Session 13
Room 505
PCI for Brain Mets
Pamela Devine, R.N., B.S.N., M.S.N.,
Philadelphia Veteran Administration Hospital, Philadelphia
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Nurses Session 14
Room 503
Infection Control: MRSA and Other Infections: Caring for Our Patients and Staff
Bonnie Wivell, R.N., B.S.N., O.C.N.,
Lakewood, Colo.
3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Educational Session 213
The Theater
Brachytherapy for Gyn Neoplasms: (HDR and LDR)
Patricia J. Eifel, M.D.,
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

Akila N. Viswanathan, M.D., M.P.H.,
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Educational Session 214
Interactive Session

Room 511
Case Presentations in Hodgkin's Disease and Lymphoma
Mary Gospodarowicz, M.D.,
Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Richard T. Hoppe, M.D., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.

Andrew Zelenetz, M.D., Ph.D.,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York

Peter M. Mauch, M.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

Joachim Yahalom, M.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Panel 06
Room 403
Perspectives in Surgical Oncology

Advances in Surgical Oncology are often important to the Radiation Oncologist, as well, working hand-in-hand toward the regional management of cancer. After participating in this session, attendees should be familiar with past and current contributions of Surgical Oncology, i.e., the century old background of pathologic data supporting the use of neo-adjuvant therapy in rectal cancer, should be aware of surgical advances in performing total mesorectal excision intended to minimize operative morbidity, should be familiar with methods of achieving trans-hiatal esophagectomy with minimal morbidity, should be familiar with the evolving role of minimally invasive diagnosis and surgery for breast cancer and with the advances in VATS lobectomy for reducing the morbidity of lung cancer resection.
Moderator:
Warren E. Enker, M.D.,
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York

Thomas E. Read, M.D.,
Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Temple University School of Medicine, Pittsburgh

Andrew C. Chang, M.D.,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich

Sheldon Feldman, M.D.,
Beth Israel Medical Center, New York

Scott Swanson, M.D.,
Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York

Eugene W. Friedman, M.D.,
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Panel 07
Room 502

The Rush to IMRT : Are We Overlooking the Ob vious?

The development of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) along with inverse treatment planning algorithms stand out as two of the most significant advances in the elivery of radiation therapy in the last twenty years. Many physicians believe that for multiple clinical situations,IMRT is the standard of care radiation therapy technique, allowing for deposition of photons with unparalleled sophistication. It is not clear, however, that in all circumstances, we have: 1) fully studied the ramifications of target definition uncertainty and tumor localization on IMRT planning, 2) completely appreciated the radiobiologic implications of IMRT dosing on tumor and normal tissues and 3) minimized previously collected data using non-IMRT techniques
that may have equivalent or superior outcomes. This session is designed to provide a balanced, clinically-oriented discussion of the physics, radiobiologic and clinical implications of IMRT in those areas that are well understood as well as a review of those concepts in each where uncertainty exist and which require more research.

Moderator:
Theodore L. DeWeese, M.D.,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore

John W. Wong, Ph.D.,

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore

Brian Marples, Ph.D.,
William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich.

Mohan Suntha, M.D., University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore

3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Panel 08
Interactive

Concourse Hall
On Board Imaging: Challenges and Future Directions












Moderator:
Mack Roach III, M.D.,
University of California, San Francisco

Fang-Fang Yin, Ph.D., Duke University, Durham, N.C.

Patrick Kupelian, M.D.,
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center – Orlando, Orlando, Fla.

Jean Pouliott, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco

Mack Roach III, M.D., University of California, San Francisco
3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Panel 09
Room 408
Pancreas Cancer



Moderator:
Ross A. Abrams, M.D.,
Rush University, Chicago

Christi Iacobuzio-Donahue, M.D., Ph.D.,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore

Vincent J. Picozzi Jr, MD,
Virginia Mason, Seattle, Wash.
3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Panel 10
Room 515A
Practice Quality Improvement (PQI)

A major challenge for individual or group practices involved in Quality Improvement projects is the effort required in obtaining the data. This panel will discuss software data mining of the treatment systems/data already in use for efficiency or quality purposes.

Moderator:
Peter A.S. Johnstone, M.D.,

Emory University, Atlanta

Larry E. Kun, M.D.,
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tenn.

Christopher M. Rose, M.D.,
Valley Radiological Associates, Los Angeles, Calif.

Eliot Levitt,
Valley Radiological Associates, Los Angeles, Calif.

Timothy Fox, Ph.D.,
Emory University, Atlanta
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Nurses Session 15
Room 501
Lung Cancer "What are we doing"?

Michelle Phelan, A.C.N.P., A.O.C.N.,
Overton Brooks Medical Center, Shreveport, La.
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Nurses Session 16
Room 505
Complementary Therapies Used by Cancer Patients: Herbals, Praying, Yoga, and Healers
James M. Metz, M.D., University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Nurses Session 17
Room 504
Hospice: Caring for the Patient Across the Continuum
Linda Filipczak, R.N., B.S.N., M.B.A.,
21st Century Oncology, Plymouth, Mich.
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. NCI/ASTRO Cancer Disparity Symposium/Reception- Accrual Strategies to Clinical Trials
Location TBD

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn more about the accrual strategies to cancer clinical trials from these two experts. Session will identify strategies to use with different cancer populations to recruit to clinical trials thereby bringing the benefits of clinical research to disparity communities.


David G. Brachman M.D.,
St. Josephs Hospital/Barrow Neurological Institute, and
Vice President, Arizona Oncology Services and Foundation, Phoenix.

William J. Hicks, M.D., James Cancer Hospital, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. What's Happening in Radiation Therapy Reimbursement - Future Trends
Millennium Biltmore Hotel
Emerald Room

Policymakers responsible for reforming the Medicare program to achieve long term stability are focusing on providing physicians with individualized reports on both the quality and efficiency of the care they provide. Learn more about this new trend and how it may impact your bottom line.


 

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