Colon Cancer Alliance

San Francisco Seminar Podcast

Saturday, October 31, 2009
San Francisco, California

Presented in partnership with UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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Session	Speaker	Run Time	Description
Introduction and Welcome	Donna Quinlan Program Director Colon Cancer Alliance Gerrie Shields Director UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Naomi Hoffer Program Manager Ida & Joseph Friend Cancer Resource Center at UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center	10:50 minutes	Welcome and overview by the seminar partners.
Advances in Oncology	Dr. Alan Venook Chief of the Gastrointestinal Oncology Clinical Program and Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology	30:04 minutes	Highlighting current options for colorectal cancer oncology treatment and what is on the horizon including an overview of clinical trials and why they are important options.
Advances in Radiation Oncology	Dr. Kim Huang Radiation Cancer Specialist	26:25 minutes	Updates on the use of external and internal radiation therapies for the treatment of colorectal cancer. Topics covered will include the use of stereotactic radiation therapy and brachytherapy.
Advances in Surgery	Dr. Madhulika Varma Chief of Colorectal Surgery and an Associate Professor of Surgery	30:07 minutes	Updates on new surgical therapies for colorectal cancer including management of the primary tumor and metastatic disease. Topics covered will include the role of laparoscopic surgery, new techniques for rectal cancer surgery, advances in liver and lung resection and ablative techniques for metastases.
Advances in Interventional Radiology	Dr. Robert Kerlan Chief of Interventional Radiology	28:52 minutes	Highlighting advances in minimally invasive treatments for colorectal cancer such as chemoembolization, radiofrequency ablation, sir-spheres and cryoablation.
Questions and Answers	Speaker Panel	1:00:28 minutes	Opportunity for attendees to ask the panel of speakers questions.

The 2009 Conversations About Colorectal Cancer Seminar Tour was funded by an unrestricted educational grant from: Amgen Oncology, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Genentech and Sanofi-Aventis.

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