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Missed a session or were unable to attend ASTRO's 49th Annual Meeting? Now you can access sessions (as released for inclusion) from ASTRO’s 49th Annual Meeting at home or from your office as they happened in Los Angeles.

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Make sure to preserve the conference and all its vital information. Listen once again to a motivating, informative address or hear for the first time a compelling session that you may have missed. This archived content provides an excellent recap for attendees, and it is an especially great information source for those who could not attend in person.

With access you will receive streaming content that has been digitally recorded live and published with the audio synchronized to PowerPoint presentations. Included are keynote addresses, Presidential Symposium sessions, educational sessions, panel presentations scientific program sessions and eContouring workshop sessions recorded live at the Annual Meeting. For your added convenience, MP3 files are also being made available. Simply download the audio to your MP3 player.


You can view the Presidential Symposium sessions from ASTRO’s 49th Annual Meeting.

Lecture Set I:
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Presidential Symposium
“Organ and Function Preservation in the Management of Cancer”
Opening Remarks

Louis B. Harrison, M.D.,
ASTRO President, Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals and The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Presidential Symposium
Introductory Lecture
Breast Cancer as the Model for Organ and Function Preservation in Radiation Oncology

Jay R. Harris, M.D., FASTRO, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Presidential Symposium
Session I: Prostate Cancer

Moderator:
Michael Zelefsky, M.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York

Functional Imaging and Target Delineation – Importance in the Intensification of Radiation Therapy and the Optimization of Outcomes Michael Zelefsky, M.D., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Image-Guided Approaches and Their Importance in the Optimization of Outcomes Alan Pollack, M.D.,
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia
Organ Function and Preservation After the Treatment of Prostate Cancer Anthony J. Zietman, M.D.,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

 

Lecture Set 2:

10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.



Presidential Symposium
Session II: Head and Neck Cancer
Moderator:
Kenneth Hu, M.D.,
Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals and The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
Larynx-Hypopharynx Cancer- Combined Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy Approaches to Preserve the Larynx
Ezra Cohen, M.D.,
University of Chicago Division of Biological Sciences, Chicago
Quality of Life Aspects, Current Practice Patterns and Future Modifications of Brachytherapy integrated in the Treatment of Cancers of the Oropharynx
Peter Levendag, M.D.,
Erasmus Medical Center-Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Reducing Dysphagia and Xerostomia by IMRT: What We Can, and Cannot, Achieve Avraham Eisbruch, M.D.,
University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) and Adaptive Radiation Therapy (ART) - Evolving Role in the Pursuit of Perfection in Head and Neck Radiation Therapy Kenneth Hu, M.D.,
Continuum Cancer Centers of New York; Beth Israel Medical Center, St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospital, and the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York

 

Lecture Set 3:

12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Presidential Symposium
Session III: Part I - Lung Cancer
Moderator:
Benjamin Movsas, M.D.,
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
Use of Functional Imaging and External Navigational techniques in the Evaluation and Target Delineation in the Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer Michael J. Simoff, M.D.,
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
Stereotactic Radiosurgery as Definitive Treatment for Early-Stage Lung Cancer - Local Control and Quality of Life Outcomes Robert Timmerman, M.D.
Stereotactic Radiotherapy- Future Potential for Improving Outcomes for Central Lesions in the Context of Combined Modality Therapy Benjamin Movsas, M.D.,
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Presidential Symposium
Session III: Part II - Musculo-Skeletal Tumors - Spine
Moderator:
Brian O’Sullivan, M.D.,
Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Stereotactic Radiation Therapy and Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Paraspinal Tumors and Spinal Cord Compression: Preserving Spinal Cord Function Without Surgery
Samuel Ryu, M.D.,
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit
Multidisciplinary Collaborative Approaches for Planning and Delivery of Radiotherapy for Soft Tissue Sarcoma Brian O’Sullivan, M.D.,
Princes Margaret Hospital, Toronto

 

Lecture Set 4:

2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Presidential Symposium
Session IV: Gastro-intestinal Tumors

Moderator:
Christopher Willet, M.D.,
Duke University, Durham, N.C.
Liver Cancer: Innovative Radiation Therapy Approaches to Preserve Function and Avoid Major Resection Laura Dawson, M.D.,
Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto
Rectal Cancer I - Total Mesorectal Excision with Sphincter and Autonomic Nerve Preservation: the Standardized Surgery for Rectal Cancer Warren E. Enker, M.D.,
Beth Israel Medical Center and the Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
Rectal Cancer II - Radiation Therapy and Combined Modality Approaches to Rectal Cancer That Maximize Organ and Function Preservation, Avoid Colostomy and Maximize Quality of Life Christopher G. Willet, M.D.,
Duke University, Durham, N.C.

 


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