prIME Oncology invites you to view a daily Webcast of interviews with Nordic Region Experts from the 45th ASCO Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

 

Follow the links below to view the expert interviews conducted by Lee Lokey, MD discussing key abstracts presented on Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31, 2009.

 


View Expert Interview with Jan-Erik Frödin, MD, and Jan-Olof Fernberg, MD

View Expert Interview with Stein Sundstrøm, MD


 

This clinical update focuses on the following data releases:



Gastrointestinal cancer:

 

  • Abstract #4000: A quantitative multigene RT-PCR assay for prediction of recurrence in stage II colon cancer: Selection of the genes in four large studies and results of the independent, prospectively designed QUASAR validation study

  • Abstract #LBA4: A phase III trial comparing mFolfox6 to mFolfox6 + bevacizumab in stage II or III carcinoma of the colon: Results of NSABP Protocol C-08

  • Abstract #10550: Neoadjuvant imatinib and organ preservation in locally advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors


 
Lung cancer:

 

  • Abstract #8001: SATURN: A double-blind randomized phase III study of maintenance erlotinib versus placebo following nonprogression with first-line platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with advanced NSCLC

  • Abstract #LBA8002: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase IIIb trial (ATLAS) comparing bevacizumab (B) therapy with or without erlotinib (E) after completion of chemotherapy with B for first-line treatment of locally-advanced, recurrent, or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

  • Abstract #CRA8000: Maintenance pemetrexed (Pem) plus best supportive care (BSC) versus placebo (Plac) plus BSC: A randomized phase III study in advanced NSCLC

Click here for the daily Nordic Interviews from ASCO


Saturday, May 30, 2009


Sunday, May 31, 2009

Monday, June 1, 2009

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Breast Cancer

       Professor Per E. Lønning, MD, PhD



Gastrointestinal Cancer

       Jan-Erik Frödin, MD
       Jan-Olof Fernberg, MD

       Professor Kjell E. Öberg, MD, PhD



Genitourinary Cancer

       Petri Bono, MD
       Daniel Heinrich, MD



Hematologic Malignancies

       Professor Hans Wadenvik, MD, PhD



Lung Cancer

       Stein Sundstrøm, MD

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