SEMINAR AGENDA AND PARTICIPANTS
1) 1979 U.S.-JAPAN ANNUAL PROGRAM REVIEW: New Drugs under Clinical Evaluation and Their Application in Treatment of Solid Tumors
Sheraton-Palace Hotel, Market & New Montgomery San Francisco (Regency Room), May 21-22, 1979
AGENDA
| May 21 | ||
| 8:30 | Welcome and Introduction | Dr. Stephen K. Carter |
| I. Anthracyclines (Chairman: Dr. Abraham Goldin ) | ||
| 8:40 | Current Status of Studies with AD-32 | Dr. Ronald Blum |
| 8:55 | Current Status of U.S. Studies with Carminomycin | Dr. Robert Comis |
| 9:05 | Current Status of Japanese Studies with Aclacinomycin-A | Dr. Toshikazu Oki |
| 9:20 | Overview of the NCI Anthra-cycline Program | Dr. Nicholas Bachur |
| 9:40 | An Overview of the Anthra-cycline Cardiac Toxicity Studies Program at Stanford | Dr. John Daniels |
| 10:00-10:15 | Discussion | |
| 10:15-10:30 | Coffee Break | |
| II. Bleomycins (Chairman: Dr. Hamao Umezawa) | ||
| 10:30 | Current Status of PEP Bleomycin Studies in Japan | Dr. Shigeo Ikeda |
| 10:50 | Tallysomycin Studies in the U.S. | Dr. Stanley Crooke |
| 11:05 | Discussion | |
| III. Fluorinated Pyrimidines (Chairman: Dr. Michael Friedman) | ||
| 11:20 | Status of New Fluorinated Pyrimidine Analogues in Japan | Prof. Yoshio Sakurai |
| 11:40 | U.S. Studies on the Pharmacology of Ftorafur | Dr. Wolfgang Sadee |
| 12:00-12:30 | Discussion | |
| 12:15-2:15 | LUNCH | |
| IV. Nitrosoureas (Chairman: Prof. Yoshio Sakurai) | ||
| 2:20 | Current Status of GANU and Other Nitrosoureas in Japan | Dr. Makoto Ogawa |
| 2:40 | PCNU Studies in the Northern California Oncology Group | Dr. Michael Friedman |
| 2:55 | The Experimental Rationale for New Nitrosourea Development | Dr. Kurt Kohn |
| 3:15-3:30 | Discussion | |
| 3:30-3:45 | Coffee Break | |
| V. Other New Drugs (Chairman: Dr. Stephen K. Carter) | ||
| 3:45 | New Natural Products in Development | Dr. John Douros |
| 4:00 | The Current NCI Screening Approach and Its Status | Dr. Abraham Goldin |
| 4:20 | New Drugs in Phase I Study in the U.S. | Dr. Franco Muggia |
| 4:40 | Bestatin Studies in Japan | Dr. Hamao Umezawa |
| 5:00 | A Review of Clinical Studies on Bestatin | Dr. Sutemi Oka |
| 5:10 | N4-Behenoyl-Cytosine Arabinoside Studies in Japan | Dr. Kazumasa Yamada |
| 5:30-5:45 | Discussion | |
| 6:30 | DINNER FOR PARTICIPANTS | |
| May 22 I. Gastric Cancer (Chairman: Dr. Franco Muggia) |
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| 8:30 | Current Status of U.S. Studies with Chlorozotocin | Dr. Philip Schein |
| 9:10 | Current Status of FAM Studies | Dr. Philip Schein |
| 9:25 | Surgical Adjuvant Studies in the U.S. | Dr. George Higgins |
| 9:40 | The NCOG-Japanese Gastric Cancer Study | Dr, Michael Friedman and Dr. Makoto Ogawa |
| 10:10-10:15 | Discussion | |
| 10:15-10:30 | Coffee Break | |
| II. Oat Cell Lung Cancer (Chairman: Dr. Hugh Davis ) | ||
| 10:30 | Oat Cell Lung Studies in Japan | Dr. Harurnichi Ikegami |
| 10:50 | The Development of Non-cross resistant Combinations | Dr. Oleg Selawry |
| 11:10 | The NCOG Study Comparing POCC vs. VAM | Dr. John Daniels |
| 11:30 | Combined Modality Studies in the U.S.: An Overview | Dr. Robert Livingston |
| 11:55-12:15 | Discussion | |
| 12:15-2:00 | LUNCH | |
| III. Head and Neck Cancer (Chairman: Dr. Makoto Ogawa) | ||
| 2:00 | Combination Chemotherapy of Head and Neck Cancer in U.S. | Dr. Robert Wittes |
| 2:20 | Platinum plus Methotrexate | Dr. Charlotte Jacobs |
| 2:40-3:00 | Discussion | |
| 3:00-3:15 | Coffee Break | |
| IV. Breast Cancer (Chairman: Dr. Philip Schein) | ||
| 3:30 | Current Status of Chemotherapy in Advanced Disease in the U.S. | Dr. Hugh Davis |
| 4:00 | Current Status of Chemotherapy in Advanced Disease in Japan | Dr. Tomio Wada |
| 4:20 | Adjuvant Chemotherapy-Where We are Today | Dr. Stephen K. Carter |
| 4:45-5:00 | Discussion | |
PARTICIPANTS
United States
Dr. Stephen Carter Northern California Cancer Program P.O. Box 10144 Palo Alto, CA 94303
Dr. Ronald H. Blum Sidney Farber Cancer Institute 44 Binney Street Boston, MA 02115
Dr. Robert Comis Upstate Medical Center 750 East Adams Street Syracuse, NY 13201
Dr. Nicholas R. Bachur Baltimore Cancer Research Center 655 West Baltimore Street Baltimore, MD 21201
Dr. John Daniels Stanford University Medical Center. Room MO11 Stanford, CA 94305
Dr. Stanley Crooke Bristol Laboratories P.O. Box 6575 Syracuse, NY 13201
Dr. Wolfgang Sadee D Room 840-S University of California M San Francisco, CA 94143
Dr. Michael Friedman1276 Moffitt University of California San Francisco, CA 94143
Dr. Charlotte Jacobs Stanford University Me Medical Center, Room C005 Stanford, CA 94305
Dr. Hugh David Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center 600 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53792
Dr. Kurt Kohn National Cancer Institute Building 37, Room 5D19 Bethesda, MD 20205
Dr. John Douros National Cancer Institute Blair Building, Room 312 8300 Colesville Road Silver Spring, MD 20910
Dr. Abraham Goldin National Cancer Institute Building 37, Room 6A17 Bethesda, MD 20205
Dr. Franco Muggia National Cancer Institute Building 37, Room 6A17 Bethesda. MD 20205
Dr. Philip Schein Georgetown University Medical Center 3800 Reservoir Road Washington, D.C. 20007
Dr. George Higgins Veterans Admin. Medical Center 50 Irving Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20422
Dr. Oleg Selawry 13720 S.W. 70th Avenue Miami, FL 33158
Dr. Robert Livingston University of Texas Health Sciences Center 703 Floyd Curl Drive an Antonio, TX 78284
Dr. Robert Wittes Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 275 York Avenue New York, NY 10021
Japan
Yoshio Sakurai, Ph.D. (Coordinator) Director, Cancer Chemotherapy Center Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Kami-Ikebukuro 1-37-1, Toshima-ku Tokyo 170 Tel.: 03-918-3716
Shigeo Ikeda, M.D., Professor Department of Dermatology Saitama Medical School Moro-hongo 38, Moroyama-machi Iruma-gun, Saitama Pref. 350-04 Tel.: 04929-4-1212
Harumichi Ikegami, M.D., Chief Department of Lung Cancer The Center for Adult Diseases, Osaka Nakamichi 1-3-3, Higashinari-ku Osaka 537 Tel.: 06-972-1181
Tomio Wada, M.D., Chief Department of Surgery, Breast Cancer Service The Center for Adult Diseases Osaka Nakamichi 1-3-3, Higashinari-ku Osaka 537 Tel.: 06-972-1181
Makoto Ogawa, M.D., Chief Division of Clinical Chemotherapy Cancer Chemotherapy Center Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research Kami-Ikebukuro 1-37-1, Toshima-ku Tokyo 170 Tel.: 03-918-0111 Ext. 2668
Sutemi Oka, M.D., Consultant Institute of Microbial Chemistry Kami-Osaki 3-14-23 Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141 Tel.: 03-441-4173
Hamao Umezawa, M.D., Director Institute of Microbial Chemistry Kami-Osaki 3-14-23 Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141 Tel.: 03-441-4173
Kazumasa Yamada, M.D. Associate Professor The 1st Dept. of Internal Medicine Nagoya University, School of Medicine Tsurumai-cho 65, Showa-ku Nagoya 466 Tel.: 052-741-2111
Toshikazu Oki, Ph.D., Chief Central Research Laboratory Sanraku-Ocean Co., Ltd. Jonan Fujisawa, Kanagawa Pref. 251 Tel.: 0466-34-4176
Akira Matsuda, Ph.D. Research Director Research Laboratories Dept. of Anticancers and Anti-microbials Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. Shimo 3-13-12, Kita-ku Tokyo 115
2) Seminar on High LET and Allied Areas in Radiotherapy
Kyoto, Japan, May 22-23, 1979
AGENDA
| May 22, 1979 | ||
| 8:10 | Opening Remarks | Glenn E. Sheline, Ph.D., M.D. and Akira Tsuya, M.D. Radiation Therapy Program Coordinators |
| I. HIGH LET A. Accelerator Design (Moderators: M. Goitein & T. Fukumoto) |
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| 8:15 | Design of heavy ion accelerator for medical use | Y. Hirao (Institute for Nuclear Study, Tokyo Univ.) |
| 8:30 | Negative-pion production by electrons from thick nuclear targets at immediate energies | K. Tsukada (Institute for Nuclear Energy, Nippon Univ.) |
| 8:35 | PIGMI-pion generator for medical irradiation | E. Knapp (Los Alamos Sci. Lab. Univ. of California) |
| B. Particle Physics (Moderators: M. Goitein & Y. Hirao) | ||
| 8:55 | Characterization of pion therapy beam at LAMPF | A. Smith (Los Alamos Sci. Lab. Univ. of California ) |
| 9:15 | Radiobiological physics of heavy-ion beams | C. Tobias (Donner Lab., Univ. of California, Berkeley) |
| 9:35 | Proton field shaping by spot scanning | T. Inada (Div. of Clin. Res. Tsukuba Univ.) |
| 9:55 | Microdosimetry of high LET therapeutic beam | A. Ito (Cyclotron Unit, Inst. of Medical Sci. (IMS), Tokyo Univ.) |
| 10:15 | Break for Coffee (15 mins.) | |
| C. Biology (Moderators: T. Phillips & K. Sakamoto ) | ||
| 10:30 | Biological basis of high LET radiation therapy | K. Sakamoto (Dept, of Rad. Biophys Tokyo Univ.) |
| 10:50 | Biological effectiveness of the NIRS cyclotron produced neutron beams for radiotherapy | H. Ohara (Div. of Physiol. and Path., Natl. Inst. of Rad. Sci. (NIRS) ) |
| 11:10 | Update of neutron radiation biology | E. Hall (Dept. of Radiol. Columbia Univ.) |
| 11:30 | Radiobiology of heavy ions | M. Raju (Los Alamos Sci. Lab. Univ. of California) |
| 11:50 | LUNCH | |
| 1:00 | The RBE as a function of fraction size for heavy particles | T. Phillips (Dept. of Rad. Oncol., Univ. of California, SF) |
| 1:20 | Radiobiology of pions | M. Raju (Los Alamos Sci. Lab. Univ. of California) |
| D. Treatment Planning (Moderators: T. Phillips & T. Inada) | ||
| 1:40 | Treatment planning for pion therapy patient. at LAMPF | A. Smith (Cancer Research and Treatment Center, Univ of New Mexico) |
| 2:00 | NIRS proton therapy facility | K. Kawachi Div. of Physics, Natl. Inst. of Radiol. Sci. |
| 2:20 | Treatment planning with proton beams with special emphasis on the use of computed tomography | M. Goitein Dept. of Rad. Med. Harvard Med. Sch. |
| 2:40 | An update on treatment planning for heavy-ion therapy | J. Castro Saroni Tumor Inst. of Mount Zion Hosp. and Lawrence Berkeley Lab. of the Univ. of California, Berkeley |
| 3:00 | Break for Coffee (15 mins.) | |
| E. Therapy (Moderators: H. Suit & Y. Umegaki ) | ||
| 3:15 | Results of clinical trial with 30 MeV dl-Be neutrons at NIRS | H. Tsunemoto Div. of Clin. Res. Natl. Inst. of Radiol. Sci. |
| 3:35 | Fast neutron therapy at IMS | Y. Iino Dept. of Radiol., IMS, Tokyo Univ. |
| 3:55 | Update on clin. neutron trials in the U.S. | S. Kramer Dept. of Rad. Therapy & Nucl. Med., Thomas Jefferson Univ. Hosp. |
| 4:15 | Fast neutron therapy for squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix | S. Morita Div. of Clin. Res. Natl. Inst. of Radiol. Sci. |
| 4:35 | Fast neutron therapy for carcinoma of the prostate and urinary bladder | Y. Honke Div. of Hosp., Natl. Inst. of Radiol. Sci. |
| 4:55 | Adjourn | |
| 7:00 to 9:00 | RECEPTION AT CHAGETSU | |
| May 23, 1979 (Moderators: Y. Umegaki & H. Suit ) |
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| 8:15 | Current status of clinical particle radio-therapy at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory | J. Castro Saroni Tumor Inst. of Mount Zion Hosp. and Lawrence Berkeley Lab. of the Univ. of California, Berkeley |
| 8:35 | Current observations of pion radiation therapy at LAMPF | M. Kligerman Cancer Res. & Treatment Center, Univ. of New Mexico |
| 8:55 | Implementation of fractionated proton radiation therapy at the Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory | M. Goitein Dept. of Radiation Medicine, Harvard Medical School |
| 9:15 | Clinical evaluation of fractionated proton beam therapy in human cancer patients | H. Suit Dept. of Radiation Medicine, Harvard Medical School |
| II HYPOXIC CELL SENSITIZERS, HYPERTHERMIA AND RADIOPROTECTORS (Moderators: E. Hall and Abe ) | ||
| 1:20 | Biological basis of cell sensitizers for radiation therapy | T. Sugahara Dept. of Fundamental Radiology, Kyoto Univ. |
| 4:45 | Phase I-II clinical studies of the hypoxic cell sensitizer misonidazole in the RTOG | T. Phillips Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Univ. of California, SF |
| 10:00 | Radiosensitization by misonidazole in animal tumor and prospects of its clinical trial in Japan | Y. Onoyama & K. Masuda Dept. of Radiology Kawasaki Med. Col. and Kyushu Univ. Hosp. |
| 10:20 | Cytotoxicity of hypoxic cell sensitizers | E. Hall Dept. of Radiology Columbia University |
| Break for Coffee (15 mins.) | ||
| 11:00 | The biological basis Oncology, and clinical potential of sulfhydryl radio-protectors | T. Phillips Dept. of Radiation Univ. of California, SF |
| 11:35 | Protective effect of WR-2721 | K. Tanaka Dept. of Radiology, Tenri Hospital |
| 11:45 | Hypoxic cell sensitizer | G.E. Adams Inst. for Cancer Research, U.K. |
| 12:00 | Hyperthermia and radiation therapy | R. Johnson Dept. of Radiation Medicine, Roswell Park Memorial Hosp. |
| LUNCH | ||
| F. High LET Late Damage (Moderators: J. Castro & H. Tsunemoto) | ||
| 1:40 | Complications of particle radiotherapy; the RTOG registry and development of a scoring system | S. Kramer Dept. of Radiation Therapy and Nuclear Medicine, Thomas Jefferson Univ. Hosp. |
| 2:00 | NIRS Modification of NSD and TDF for the assessment of the figure of merits in radiation therapy | Y. Umegaki formerly head of Div. of Clin. Res. |
| III. INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY (Moderators: J. Castro & M. Abe ) | ||
| 2:20 | Intraoperative therapy for malignant disease in Japan | M. Abe Dept. of Radiology Kyoto Univ. Hosp. |
| 2:40 | Intraoperative electron beam radiation therapy | H. Suit Dept. of Radiation Medicine, Harvard Medical School |
| 3:00 | Intraoperative therapy for carcinoma of the stomach | M. Odaka Dept. of Surgery Chiba Univ. Hosp. |
| Break for Coffee (15 mins.) | ||
| 3:30 | Clinical experience of intraoperative radiotherapy for pancreatic cancer and brain tumors | T. Matsuda Dept. of Radiotherapy Metropolitan Komagome Hospital |
| 3:50 | Intraoperative radiotherapy of biliary duct carcinoma | K. Todoroki Div. of Clin. Res. Tsukuba Univ. |
| IV. DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS OF PARTICLES (Moderators: M. Goitein & T. Inada) |
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| 4:10 | Heavy ion radiography with comments by M. Goitein | C. Tobias Lawrence Berkeley Lab. Univ. of California Berkeley |
| 4:35 | Closing Remarks | |
| 4:45 | Adjourn | |
| January 28 (Monday) | ||
| 13:00 | Opening Remarks | Dr. S. Hattori (Organizer) Dr. Y. Yamamura (Steering Comm.) |
| I. INTRODUCTION (Chairman: Dr. Y. Sakurai) | ||
| 13:10 | Multidisciplinary opportunities in the treatment of bronchogenic carcinoma. (20 min.) Discussion (10 min.) |
Dr. S. K. Carter |
| II. EXPERIMENTAL MODELS AND NEW DRUGS Moderators: Dr. S. K. Carter and Dr. Y. Yamamura |
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| 13:40 | l. Experimental models for predictive drug effects in lung cancer. (20 min.) Discussion (10 min.) |
Dr. A. Goldin |
| 14:10 | 2. Lung metastasis in mice-experimental models and chemotherapy. (20 min.) Discussion (10 min.) |
Dr. T. Tsuruo |
| 14:40 | 3. New synthetic immunopotentiating agents and their antitumor activities.(20 min.) Discussion (10 min.) |
Dr. Y. Yamamura |
| 15:10-15:30 | Coffee Break (20 min.) | |
| Moderators: Dr. A. Goldin and Dr. S. Hattori | ||
| 15:30 | 4. New drugs of interest and old drugs of renewed-Interest in cancer chemotherapy.(20 min.) Discussion (10 min.) |
Dr. J. Macdonald |
| 16:00 | 5. An overview of combination chemotherapy studies in Japan (20 min.) Discussion (10 min.). |
Dr. M. Ogawa |
| 16:30 | 6. Combination chemotherapy of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. (20 min.) Discussion (10 min.) |
Dr. J. Macdonald |
| 17:00-17:30 | Discussion on chemotherapy and experimental models (Modulators: Dr. S. K. Carter and Dr. Y. Sakurai) | |
| 17:30 | Adjourn | |
| 19:00-21:00 | Reception (Buffet style) at International Hotel, Osaka | All attendants |
| January 29 (Tuesday) |
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| III. IMMUNOTHERAPY Moderators: Dr. W. R. Salyer and Dr. Y. Hayata |
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| 9:00 | 1. Non-specific adjuvant immunotherapy of lung cancer with BCG-CWS and Nocardia-CWS.(20 min.) Discussion (10 min.) |
Dr. K. Yasumoto |
| 9:30 | 2. Surgical adjuvant immunotherapy of lung cancer (20 min.) Discussion (10 min.) |
Dr. E. C. Holmes |
| 10:00-10:20 | Break (20 min.) | |
| Moderators: Dr. E. C. Holmes and Dr. K. Yasumoto | ||
| 10:20 | 3. Experimental lung cancer and its application to clinical model. (20 min.) Discussion (10 min.) |
Dr. M. Yoshimoto |
| 10:50 | 4. New developments in immunotherapy-Intralesional BCG. (20 min.) Discussion (10 min.) |
Dr. E. C. Holmes |
| 11:20-11:50 | Discussion on immunotherapy (Modulators: Dr. E. C. Holmes and Dr. K. Yasumoto) | |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | |
| IV. OAT-CELL CARCINOMA AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITY Moderators: Dr. J. Macdonald and Dr. M. Ogawa |
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| 13:10 | 1. Overview of current oat-cell carcinoma studies in the United States. (20 min.) Discussion (10 min.) |
Dr. P. Bunn |
| 13:40 | 2. Combined modality therapy of small cell carcinoma in Japan. (20 min.) Discussion (10 min.) |
Dr. S. Hattori |
| 14:10 | 3. A Phase III trial of an alternating VS. A sequential multidrug chemotherapy program for oat-cell cancer-An NCOG study. (20 min.) Discussion (10 min.) |
Dr. M. Friedmar |
| 14:40-15:00 | Coffee Break (20 min.) | |
| Moderators: Dr. H. G. Seydel and Dr. T. Kitagawa | ||
| 15:00 | 4. Clinical results of combined radiotherapy and chemotherapy. (20 min.) Discussion (10 min.) |
Dr. T. Kitagawa |
| 15:30 | 5. Radiation therapy of oat-cell lung cancer-Current status and new developments. (20 min.) Discussion (10 min.) |
Dr. H. G. Seydel |
| Moderators: Dr. M. Friedman and Dr. S. Hattori | ||
| 16:00 | 6. Small cell lung carcinoma-Histologic sub-typing. (20 min.) Discussion (10 min.) |
Dr. W. R. Salyer |
| 16:30 | 7. Morphologic aspects of cases with small cell carcinoma which survived over 30 months. (20 min.) Discussion (10 min.) |
Dr. Y. Shimosato |
| 17:00-17:30 | Discussion concerning oat-cell lung cancer (Modulators: Dr. M. Friedman and Dr. S. Hattori) |
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| 17:30 | Adjourn | |
| 19:00-21:00 | Dinner at Restaurant Alaska | (Invited Speakers) (Invited Guests) |
| January 30 (Wednesday) | ||
| V. NON-OAT CELL CARCINOMA AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY OPPORTUNITY Moderators: Dr. P. Bunn and Dr. Y. Shimosato |
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| 9:00 | Chemotherapy adjuvant trials in resectable disease. (20 min.) Discussion (10 min.) |
Dr. C. Mountain |
| 9:30 | 2. Chemotherapy of advanced non-oat cell carcinoma of the lung-In relation to combined therapeutic modalities. (20 min.) Discussion (10 min.) |
Dr. Y. Hayata |
| 10:00-10:20 | Coffee Break | |
| Moderators: Dr. C. Mountain and Dr. Y. Hayata | ||
| 10:20 | 3. Current approaches to radiation therapy in non-oat cell lung cancer (20 min.) Discussion (10 min.) |
Dr. H. G. Seydel |
| 10:50 | 4. The staging of bronchogenic carcinoma and its impact on clinical trials. (20 min.) Discussion (10 min.) |
Dr. C. Mountain |
| 11:20-11:50 | Discussion concerning non-oat cell lung cancer (Modulators: Dr. C. Mountain and Dr. Y. Shimosato) |
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| 11:50-12:10 | SUMMARY AND CLOSING REMARKS | Dr. S. K. Carter (Coordinator) Dr. Y. Sakurai (Coordinator) |
| 12:10-13:00 | Lunch | |
| l 3:00 | Adjourn | |
| 13:00-15:00 | BUSINESS MEETING | Members of Steering Comm. |