CANCER TREATMENT PROGRAM AREA
| Program Coordinators: | Stephen K. Carter, United States Yoshio Sakurai, Japan |
| Principal Advisors: | Hirokoi Koyama, Japan (Breast Cancer) Tadao Niijima, Japan (Bladder Cancer) Shoji Hattori, Japan (Lung Cancer) Franco Muggia, United States (Chemotherapy) Steven Rosenberg, United States (Immunotherapy) Yuichi Yamamura, Japan (Immunotherapy) Glenn Sheline, United States (Radiation Oncology) Yoichiro Umegaki, Japan (Radiation Oncology) |
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
SEMINARS AND MEETINGS
| Sixth Annual Program Review meeting of the Cancer Treatment Program Area of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Cancer Research Program | ||
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Dates: | June 7 and 8, 1980 | |
| Seminar on "High LET Radiation and Combined Modalities" | ||
| Location: | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
| Dates: | November 10 to November 12, 1980 | |
| Organizers: | Glenn Sheline and Yoichiro Umegaki | |
EXCHANGE OF SCIENTISTS
| Dr. Lynn James Verhey, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Dates: | April 16 to April 25, 1980 | |
| Host Scientist: | Dr. Yoichiro Umegaki, National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), Chiba | |
| Subject: | Study of dosimetric intercomparisons in both cobalt-60 treatment beams and proton beams. | |
| George T. Bryan, M.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin | ||
| Dates: | July 17 to August 16, 1980 | |
| Host Scientists: | Various sponsors at several centers | |
| Subject: | Study of Japanese bladder cancer research; review and stimulation of U.S.-Japan collaborative research on bladder cancer. | |
| Takeshi Horai M.D., The Center for Adult Diseases, Osaka |
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| Dates: | February 9 to March 30, 1981 | |
| Host Scientist: | Dr. Myron R. Melamed, Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York Dr. Clifton F. Mountain, Thoracic Oncology, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston, Texas Dr. John D. Minna, NCI-VA Medical Branch, Veterans Administration Hospital, Washington, D.C. |
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| Subject: | Intensive chemotherapy of lung cancer in the United States. Subtypes of small cell carcinoma, and the relation between prognosis of patients and cytologic findings. Cell kinetics and its application to the treatment of lung cancer. |
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EXCHANGE OF MATERIALS
A continued exchange of drugs for preclinical study has occurred during the past year. The data on screening, as well as some number of compounds themselves, were put into the screening program of the United States' National Cancer Institute.
| Meeting on "Chemo-endocrine Therapy of Breast Cancer" | ||
| Location: | San Antonio, Texas | |
| Dates: | March 2 to March 4, 1981 | |
| Organizers: | William McGuire and Hiroki Koyama | |