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NCI-designated
Comprehensive Cancer Centers Science Writer’s Seminar
in New York City: New Frontiers in Prostate
Cancer Treatment and Prevention |
| What: |
National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated
Comprehensive Cancer Center Science Writers’ Seminar
Series at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC)
in New York City:
Please join us for an in-depth look at the latest scientific
discoveries about prostate cancer treatment and prevention.
The seminar will provide perspective on timely issues
such as new treatment drugs and procedures as well as
possible new agents to help prevent prostate cancer. |
| Who: |
Peter Scardino, M.D. (MSKCC) - Minimally
Invasive Surgery Techniques
Howard Scher, M.D. (MSKCC) - The Latest Chemotherapy
Drugs for Prostate Cancer
Michael Zelefsky, M.D. (MSKCC) - Intensity-modulated
Radiation Therapy
Leslie Ford, M.D. (NCI) - Health Implications
of the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial
Howard Parnes, M.D. (NCI) - The Prostate Cancer Prevention
Trial: What Have We Learned and Where Do We Go From Here? |
| When: |
Wednesday, March 23, 2005, from 9 a.m.
- 11:30 a.m.
Join us for a light breakfast, starting at 8:30 a.m.
Talks will begin at 9 a.m., and conclude by 11:30 a.m. |
| Where: |
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Rockefeller
Research Laboratory
430 East 67th Street, New York, NY
The Rockefeller Research Laboratory is located on the east side
of Manhattan, on 67th St. between 1st Ave. and York Ave. The Center
is 4 blocks east of the 68th St. subway stop on the 4, 5, or 6
line or by the 31 or 66 bus lines. |
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To register for the press briefing,
please contact Dorie Hightower or Ann Benner in the NCI
Press Office at (301) 496-6641 or at ncipressofficers@mail.nih.gov.
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