Cordially invites You to a lecture
Search for a Cancer Cure – Why Progress is Disappointingly, Slow An Experimental Oncologist’s View.
Professor of Pathology, Medicine and Microbiology/Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
(More information about Dr. Darzynkiewicz can be found at: www.darzynkiewicz.com/zbigniew/)
A Clinical Oncologist’s View:
Stefan Madajewicz, M.D., Ph. D, Professor Emeritus,
Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY
Abstract of the presentation
The goal of our presentation is to provide information about directions and progress in cancer treatment, in a concise, uniform and logical format. We will emphasize a collaborative multidisciplinary approach to patient management that involves a surgeon, a radiologist and a medical-hematologic oncologist as well as other health care professionals working as a cohesive team. Recent scientific advances in the field of molecular oncology have led to the identification of large numbers of potential targets for novel approaches to anticancer therapies. New drugs and new anticancer strategies utilizing drug combinations have emerged and changed our treatment paradigms. Delivery of treatment is often slow, and painful mistakes are unavoidable but progress is being made. We will discuss reasons why new treatments, initially considered promising in preclinical trials, often meet difficulties in successful clinical application.