The Group Room
Previously Aired Shows

Rebroadcast: Cancer and the Creative Force



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  • Jonna Tamases
    Writer and star of the film, 'Jonna's Body, Please Hold'
  • Adam Bluming
    The film's director, and son of a medical oncologist

Program #673
12/28/2008

Caregivers
How to Support and Be Supported



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  • Nick Trujillo, Ph.D.
    Caregiver to his wife and co-author of the book Cancer and Death: A Love Story in Two Voices
  • Greg Voisen
    Caregiver to his son and founder of Compassionate Communications
  • Lesley Daley
    Caregiver to her husband, and photographer and author of the book Goddesses Don't Buy Green Bananas
  • Mary Beth Gibson
    Breast cancer survivor and representative from Beyond Boobs, Inc., an organization for young women with breast cancer based in Williamsburg, VA
  • Leslie Ahern
    Volunteer from the National Family Caregiver's Association, has a gerontology degree and has spent her professional career in the areas of media and public advocacy on behalf of the elderly and caregiving issues.

Program #672
12/21/2008

8th Annual Remote Broadcast
from the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium



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  • C. Kent Osborne, M.D.
    Director, Breast Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas and Co-Chair of the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
  • Clifford A. Hudis, M.D.
    Chief, Breast Cancer Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
  • William J. Gradishar, M.D.
    Professor of Medicine, Director, Breast Medical Oncology, Program Director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
  • Julie R. Gralow, M.D.
    Director, Breast Medical Oncology Group and Associate Professor of Medical Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Associate Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Clinical Division, Vice-Chair of the Southwest Oncology Group's Breast Cancer Committee, Seattle, WA

Program #671
12/14/2008

Gynecologic Oncology
in association with the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation



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  • Robin Farias-Eisner, M.D., Ph.D.
    Professor, Chief Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, Co-Director, Women's Cancer Program for the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Director, Center for Biomarker Discovery and research at UCLA, Principle Investigator Gynecologic Oncology Group/NCI at UCLA, Department Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
  • Carol L. Brown, M.D.
    Associate Attending Surgeon, Gynecology Service Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York, GCF Communications Chair
  • Carolyn Y. Muller, M.D.
    Associate Professor, Director, Division of Gynecologic Oncology University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, Chair of the SGO Marketing and Communications Committee and member of the Board of Directors of the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation

Program #670
12/7/2008

Previously Aired Program
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 #669
11/30/2008

Mind - Body - Healing



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  • Uttam K. Sinha, MS, MD, FACS
    Associate Professor, Chief, and Program, Director, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • Sandy Brewer
    Speaker, therapist, coach, humanitarian and author of her personal memoir, Pursuit of Light, An Extraordinary Journey
  • Leo Lagasse, M.D.
    President, Medicine for Humanity, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of California Los Angeles

Program #668
11/23/2008

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness
Molecular Biology and Diagnostic Advances



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  • Mace Rothenberg, M.D., F.A.C.P.
    Ingram Professor of Cancer Research, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
  • Anitra Engebretson
    Director of Patient and Liaison Services (PALS), Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN)
  • Sydney Finkelstein, M.D.
    Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of RedPath Integrated Pathology, Inc., Adjunct Professor of Pathology at Drexel University, Pittsburgh, PA

Program #667
11/16/2008

Highlights from the 2008 CHEST Meeting



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  • W. Michael Alberts, M.D., M.B.A., F.C.C.P.
    Professor of Oncology and Medicine, Department of interdisciplinary Oncology, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Chief Medical Officer, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Past President of the American College of Chest Physicians, Chair of the guidelines panels for both the 1st and 2nd editions of Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
  • Gerard Silvestri, M.D., M.S., F.C.C.P.
    Professor, Medical University of South Carolina, Member of the editorial staff of Guidelines from the American College of Cheat Physicians on lung cancer, Chairman, Thoracic Oncology Network, American College of Chest Physicians
  • Barrie S. Cassileth, M.S., Ph.D.
    Laurance S. Rockefeller Chair in Integrative Medicine and Chief, Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Chapter Editor: Integrative Oncology, Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines (2nd Edition)

Program #666
11/9/2008

Hospice and Palliative Care



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  • Jay Thomas, M.D., Ph.D.
    Chair, Department of Supportive Care Medicine, City of Hope National Medical Center
  • W. Clay Jackson, M.D., DipTh
    Medical Director, Methodist Alliance Hospice and Palliative Services Director, University of Tennessee - Methodist Alliance Palliative Medicine Fellowship, Faculty Appointment, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tenn.

Program #665
11/2/2008

Nuclear Medicine



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  • Alan Waxman, M.D.
    Co-Chair of the S. Mark Taper Foundation Imaging Center at Cedars-Sinai. Dr. Waxman is also Chief of Nuclear Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and a clinical professor of radiology at Los Angeles County University of Southern California (USC) Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

Program #664
10/26/2008

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