For Immediate Release
June 14, 2007

BUFFALO, NY – Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) will host “Highlights from ASCO 2007,” Saturday, July 7, 7:30 am – Noon, in the Research Studies Center, RPCI, Elm & Carlton Streets.

The program will offer primary care physicians, oncologists, urologists, gastroenterologists, gynecologists, pharmacists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants a summary of the latest advances in breast, lung, gastrointestinal and genitourinary cancers presented at the 2007 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). New therapeutic agents also will be a topic of discussion. The program will focus on how these advances will impact the practice of oncology and impact patient care.

Invited speakers are Philip D. Bonomi, MD, Director of the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Rush University Medical Center; Patricia M. Lorusso, DO, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute; and Joseph A. Sparano, MD, Albert Einstein Comprehensive Medical Center, Montefiore Medical Center. RPCI faculty presenters include Marwan Fakih, MD, and Michael K. Wong, MD, PhD, FRCPC, both from the Department of Medicine. 

"The Roswell Park program will summarize key research presented on several types of the most common cancers and will convey clinical findings so that the best treatment regimens can be made available to cancer patients throughout Western New York,” said Alex A. Adjei, MD, PhD, Senior Vice President for Clinical Research and Chair of the Department of Medicine, RPCI.

RPCI is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians and has designated this continuing medical education activity for a maximum of 3.75 Category 1 credits towards the AMA’s Physician's Recognition Award. The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmaceutical education. This continuing education activity has been assigned 3.75 contact hours.

"Highlights from ASCO 2007" is supported in part by Novartis Oncology and Genentech and Eli Lilly and Company. For more information, call 716-845-8686. To register on-line visit www.roswellpark.org/register.

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, founded in 1898, is the nation’s first cancer research, treatment and education center and is the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center in Upstate New York. RPCI is a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of the nation’s leading cancer centers. Roswell Park has affiliate sites and collaborative programs in New York, Pennsylvania, and in China. For more information, visit RPCI’s website at www.roswellpark.org, call 1-877-ASK-RPCI (1-877-275-7724) or e-mail askrpci@roswellpark.org.

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