NCI/Penn Medicine Science Writers' Seminar: Radiation Therapy for Cancer |
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| Air date: | Thursday, October 15, 2009, 12:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local |
| Category: | Special |
| Description: | A NCI science writers' seminar to discuss new treatments, technologies and research advances in radiation therapy for cancer.
Welcome: Mike Miller, NCI Office of Media Relations; Holly Auer, Penn Medicine Stephen Hahn, M.D., Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Penn Medicine Proton therapy and conventional radiation: What clinical trials can teach us James Metz, M.D., Vice Chair, Clinical Operations Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, Penn Medicine Multi-modal therapy: How proton therapy can combine with novel chemotherapy agents and surgery to improve outcomes (Case study: Lung cancer) Bhadrasain Vikram, M.D., Chief, Clinical Radiation Oncology Branch, NCI Drugs developed as preventive in case of nuclear attack could be used to lessen side-effects from radiation therapy for cancer; comparative effectiveness studies Richard Maughan, Ph.D., Director of Medical Physics, Penn Medicine High-Tech, Personalized Care: Behind the scenes with proton therapy technology For more information, visit http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter |
| Author: | Bhadrasain Vikram, Stephen Hahn, James Metz and Richard Maughan |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| CIT File ID: | 15386 |
| CIT Live ID: | 8191 |
| Permanent link: | http://videocast.nih.gov/launch.asp?15386 |