Welcome to the Power of the Combination Media Workshop
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Every year 10 million new cases of cancer are diagnosed globally, only a third of which can be effectively treated. Combination therapy, however is promising to become the cornerstone for cancer treatments, offering patients improved response rates and tolerability. Phase III clinical data, to be presented at the media briefing discusses the role of Gemzar® based therapies in increasing treatment effectiveness and how they are one of the tools necessary to transform cancer from an acute to a chronic and manageable disease.
This webcast is based on information presented at the Power of the Combination Media Workshop conducted at the European Society for Medical Oncology congress in Nice, France, October 19, 2002.
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Agenda
| 10:30 | ACE Reporter Award (also see ACE Reporter Award - 2003)
Alberto Costa, Director of The European Society of Medical Oncology, will announce The launch of the ACE Reporter Award
Lynn Faulds Wood, UK broadcast journalist and bowel cancer survivor, will present The impact of the media on cancer patients.
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| 10:45 | Welcome
Dr. Jorge Otero
Medical Director of the Gemzar Product Team
Eli Lilly and Company |
| 10:50 | Gemzar: The history, the progress, the future
Dr. Lucio Crino
Bellaria Hospital
Bologna, Italy |
| 11:10 | Gemzar: Innovative Combinations for Optimal Cancer Care
Dr. Christian Manegold
Professor of Medicine, University of Heidelberg
Thoraxklinik-Heidelberg GmbH, Germany |
| 11:30 | Question & Answer Session
Chaired by Dr. Christian Manegold |
For additional news about novel cancer treatments please see these articles:
Phase III single-blinded study of premexetred + cisplatin vs. cisplatin alone in chemonaive patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma
Pemetrexed performs well in metastatic breast cancer trials
Gemcitabine (G) compared with gemcitabine plus carboplatin (GC) in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): a phase III study by the Swedish Lung Cancer Study Group (SLUSG)
Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Eli Lilly and Company.
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