The Group Room
Previously Aired Shows

Supportive Care During Treatment



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  • Lee Schwartzberg, M.D., F.A.C.P.
    Senior Partner and Medical Director, The West Clinic, Memphis, TN, President and Chief Medical Officer, ACORN (Community Oncology Clinical Trials), Editor-in-Chief of Community Oncology Magazine, Dr. Schwartzberg was named one of the area's Top Docs by Memphis Magazine for 2008
  • Jay Thomas, MD, PhD
    Chair, Division of Supportive Care Medicine, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA

Program #655
8/24/2008

Organizing and Managing Daily Life when Dealing with Cancer



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  • Matthew Loscalzo, MSW
    Administrative Director, Sheri & Les Biller Patient and Family Resource Center, Co-Chair, Division Supportive Care Medicine, Professor, Division of Population Sciences, City of Hope
  • Debby Bitticks
    Founder and CEO of Delphi Health Products, Co-author of The Elder Care Review: A guide for Quality Control, Co-author of the BioBinder series including Cherished Memories - The Story of My Life, Time Efficiency Makeover, and the Senior Organizer.
  • Kim Regenhard
    Manages the strategic aspects and day-to-day operations of RiverStone Journals - the business she started after successfully navigating breast cancer.
  • Susan Leigh, RN
    Oncology Nurse and Cancer Survivor

Program #654
8/17/2008

Lymphoma
Survivors Speak Out



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  • Jamie Reno
    Newsweek correspondent, author, singer-songwriter, and lymphoma survivor
  • Joe Schneider
    14-year survivor of Burkitt's Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, he has dedicated his life to making a difference in the cancer community from advocacy programs and public speaking, to fundraising and one-on-one support
  • Laura Higgins
    Singer, songwriter and Hodgkin's Lymphoma survivor
  • Leslie Popplewell, M.D.
    Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, Physician, Division of Surgery, Member, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center

Program #653
8/10/2008

Multiple Myeloma



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  • Dr. Brian Durie
    Senior Advisor, Hematologic Malignancies, National Director, Multiple Myeloma, Aptium Oncology, Inc., Attending Physician, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Outpatient Cancer Center at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Los Angeles, CA, Chairman, International Myeloma Foundation
  • Susie Novis
    President, International Myeloma Foundation

Program #652
8/3/2008

Navigating Your Way Through Oncology Care



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  • Avrum Bluming, M.D.
    Practicing Medical Oncologist, listed among The Best Doctors in America, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Southern California, Master of the American College of Physicians and Former Senior Investigator for the National Cancer Institute
  • Lee Schwartzberg, M.D., F.A.C.P.
    Senior Partner and Medical Director, The West Clinic, Memphis, TN, President and Chief Medical Officer, ACORN (Community Oncology Clinical Trials), Editor-in-Chief of Community Oncology Magazine. Dr. Schwartzberg was named one of the area's Top Docs by Memphis Magazine for 2008.
  • Patrick Cobb, M.D., F.A.C.P.
    Medical Oncologist with the Hematology-Oncology Centers of the Northern Rockies, principal investigator and researcher and past Medical Director for the Montana Cancer Consortium, Secretary and Clinical Practice Committee Chairman of the Community Oncology Alliance.

Program #651
7/27/2008

Melanoma and Skin Cancers



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  • Paula Kim
    Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Translating Research Across Communities (TRAC) and Director of the National Melanoma Alliance
  • Vijay Trisal, M.D.
    Surgical Oncologist, Melanoma Program, City of Hope, Duarte, CA. Dr. Trisal is a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) committee, which helps to formulate guidelines for the treatment of melanoma both nationally and internationally.

Program #650
7/20/2008

Gastrointestinal Cancers



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  • Dr. Heinz-Josef Lenz
    Professor of Medicine, USC Keck School of Medicine, Director, USC/Norris Gastrointestinal Oncology Program, Scientific Director, USC/Norris Cancer Genetics Unit, Los Angeles, CA
  • Dr. Angus Dalgleish
    Professor and Consultant Medical Oncologist, St. George's University of London, England/St George's Hospital NHS Trust, Foundation Chair in Oncology at St. George's University of London, Fellow of The Royal College of Physicians of the UK and Australia, Royal College of Pathologists and The Academy of Medical Scientists, member of the European Commission Cancer Board.

Program #649
7/13/2008

Prerecorded Remote Broadcast
from the 2007 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, TX



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  • Dr. C. Kent Osborne
    Co-Director of the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Director, Dan L.Duncan Cancer Center, Director, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center Professor of Medicine and Molecular and Cellular Biology, Dudley and Tina Sharp Chair for Cancer Research at Baylor College of Medicine, TX
  • Dr. Julie R. Gralow
    Chair, ASCO Cancer Communications Committee, Associate Professor of Medical Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Co-Chair of the Southwest Oncology Group's Breast Cancer Committee, Seattle, WA
  • Dr. Stefan Glück
    Professor of Medicine, Associate Division Chief, Clinical Affairs, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Clinical Director, Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute, UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL

Program #648
7/6/2008

Prostate Cancer
In Association with US Too International



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  • David I. Quinn, M.B.B.S. (Hons.), Ph.D., F.R.A.C.P.
    Medical Director, Norris Cancer Hospital and Clinics Co-Leader, Genitourinary Cancer Program, Head, G.U. Section, Division of Cancer Medicine and Blood Diseases, Kenneth J. Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Associate Professor, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
  • Rabbi Edgar Weinsberg, Ed.D., D.D.
    Gerontologist, educator, prostate cancer survivor and author of Conquer Prostate Cancer (book to be published in September 2008)
  • Fred R. Mills, FACHE
    President, Healthcare Project Management, LLC, Member of the Board of directors at US TOO International, Chairman of the US TOO Board of Membership Committee, and prostate cancer survivor

Program #647
6/29/2008

Highlights from the 2008 Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) Convention
Personalized Medicine, Oncology, and You



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  • Philippe Bishop, MD
    Vice President, Clinical Development, Oncology, Genentech BioOncology
  • Daryl E. Pritchard, PhD
    Director, Research Programs Advocacy, Biotechnology Industry Organization
  • Susan Samson, MA, MPH
    Research Advocate/Policy Strategist, Science Advocacy, UCSF Breast SPORE Advocacy Core

Program #646
6/22/2008

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