From: www.ecancer.tv on Wed, Oct 06 2010 5:34 PM

Prof Vincent Gregoire speaks about some of the key clinical trials being presented at ESTRO 2010 and discusses the work ESTRO does running educational courses across the world. Prof Gregoire discusses what he hopes to see at future ESTRO conferences and emphasises the importance of clinical trials.

From: www.ecancer.tv on Wed, Oct 06 2010 5:32 PM

Prof Jean Bourhis, the president of ESTRO, speaks to ecancer.tv about his vision for the future of the organisation. This includes improving their educational work, increasing the portfolio of conferences offered and building on the relationship with other organisations such as ECCO. Prof Bourhi...

From: www.ecancer.tv on Wed, Oct 06 2010 5:08 PM

Dr Jereczek-Fossa speaks about radiotherapy treatment of prostate cancer and specifically the advances that have been made in smart technologies. Image guided radiotherapy allows the treatment to accurately target tumour cells and consequently allows much higher doses of radiation to be used. Dr ...

From: www.ecancer.tv on Wed, Oct 06 2010 4:59 PM

Prof Dietmar Georg, Chair of the Scientific Programme Committee, discusses the highlights from the 2010 ESTRO conference and future aims for conference. Prof Georg considers the possibility of radiotherapy cancer treatments that use particles instead of electrons or photons, talks about intensit...

From: www.ecancer.tv on Wed, Oct 06 2010 4:34 PM

Prof Gerard speaks about recent clinical trials investigating the best programme of concurrent radiotherapy and chemotherapy for the treatment of rectal cancer. Although these trials have had positive results and increased sterilisation rates there were no improvement on sphincter preservation ra...

From: www.ecancer.tv on Wed, Oct 06 2010 4:34 PM

Prof Jordi Giralt speaks to ecancer.tv about the results his recent trial into head and neck cancer. This trial showed that less than optimal quality radiotherapy led to a 20% drop in survival rates. This research has important implications including the need for quality control at the start of a...

From: www.ecancer.tv on Wed, Oct 06 2010 3:31 PM

ecancer Managing Editor Professor Gordon McVie, European Institute of Oncology, gives his highlights of the 2010 European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology meeting (ESTRO 29), in Barcelona, September 12-16th

From: www.ecancer.tv on Tue, Oct 05 2010 8:58 AM

Satellite Symposium: The Role of Biosimilars in Improving Cancer Care. Official EHA 2010 Sponsored Satellite Symposium: 08.00 - 10.00am Thursday 10th June 2010.

From: www.ecancer.tv on Tue, Oct 05 2010 8:57 AM

Satellite Symposium: The Role of Biosimilars in Improving Cancer Care. Official EHA 2010 Sponsored Satellite Symposium: 08.00 - 10.00am Thursday 10th June 2010.

From: www.ecancer.tv on Tue, Oct 05 2010 8:57 AM

Satellite Symposium: The Role of Biosimilars in Improving Cancer Care. Official EHA 2010 Sponsored Satellite Symposium: 08.00 - 10.00am Thursday 10th June 2010.

From: www.ecancer.tv on Wed, Sep 29 2010 8:10 AM

Prof Baumann speaks about his vision for the upcoming ECCO/ESMO meeting in Stockholm. Among the priorities are the importance of a multi-discipline approach to clinical trials, education and research. Prof Baumann goes onto discuss the technological advances that have been presented at ESTRO 201...

From: www.ecancer.tv on Wed, Sep 29 2010 8:10 AM

Dr Licitra talks about the causes of head and neck cancer and considers the role concomitant radiotherapy and neoadjuvant chemotherapy can play in the treatment this disease. Dr Licitra also discusses how recent advances in radiotherapy can benefit head and neck cancer patients and explains the s...

From: www.ecancer.tv on Wed, Sep 29 2010 8:10 AM

Prof Helleday and Prof Chalmers speak to ecancer.tv about PARP inhibitors, their significance to cancer treatment and their potential for use in combination with radiotherapy. PARP inhibitors allow clinicians to target treatment specifically at the cancer cells which dramatically reduces side ef...

From: www.ecancer.tv on Mon, Sep 20 2010 12:54 PM

Dr Angelo Di Leo of the Sandro Pitigliani Medical Oncology Unit, Prato Hospital, Italy, speaking at the 12th Milan Breast Cancer Conference. Targeting cytotoxic treatments in advanced breast cancer patients by defining molecular profiles on circulating tumour cells. Download the slides here.

From: www.ecancer.tv on Fri, Sep 03 2010 7:47 AM

Dr Pietro Panizza of the Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy, speaking at the 12th Milan Breast Cancer Conference, June 2010. Breast imaging with MRI: how to use? Download the accompanying slides here.

From: www.ecancer.tv on Fri, Sep 03 2010 7:47 AM

Dr Leslie Ford of the Prevention National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, USA, speaking at the 12th Milan Breast Cancer Conference, June 2010. Update of the NSABP STAR trial: preventing breast cancer. Download the slides here.

From: www.ecancer.tv on Fri, Sep 03 2010 7:47 AM

Dr Judy Garber of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA, speaking at the 12th Milan Breast Cancer Conference, June 2010: High-risk genes for breast cancer: the genetic 'Foucault pendulum'. Download the accompanying slides here.

From: www.ecancer.tv on Fri, Sep 03 2010 7:47 AM

Dr Rowan Chlebowski - Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA, speaking at the 12th Milan Breast Cancer Conference, June 2010: Potentially useful treatment proposals for predisposition gene carriers. Download the slides here.

From: www.ecancer.tv on Fri, Sep 03 2010 7:47 AM

Prof Jack Cuzick - Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, London, UK, speaking at the 12th Milan Breast Cancer Conference, June 2010: New endocrine agents for prevention of breast cancer. Download the accompanying slides here.

From: www.ecancer.tv on Thu, Sep 02 2010 1:21 PM

Dr Alfonso Fausto , Department of Diagnostic Imaging, San Giovanni di Dio General Hospital, Gorizia, Italy, speaking at the 12th Milan Breast Cancer Conference, June 2010: MRI and ultrasound dynamic coregistration. Download the slides here.