POLITIK: Medizinreport
Onkologie: Highlights einer Großveranstaltung
Dtsch Arztebl 2002; 99(42): A-2755 / B-2348 / C-2203
| 1. | STI571 (Gleevec/Glivec, imatinib) versus interferon (IFN) + cytarabin as initial therapy for patients with CML: results of a randomized study. BJ Druker, for the IRIS (International Randomized IFN vs. STI571) Study Group; Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR. ASCO 2002, abstr. 1. |
| 2. | High incidence of durable responses induced by Imatinib Mesylate (GleevecTM) in patients with unresectable and metastatic gastrointestinal stroma tumors (GISTs). Margaret von Mehren, Fox Chase Cancer Ctr., Philadelphia, PA; Charles Blanke, OHSU, Portland, OR; Heikki Joensuu, University Hospital, Helsinki Finland; Mike Heinrich, OHSU, Portland, OR; Peter Roberts, University Hospital, Helsinki Finland; Burton Eisenberg, Fox Chase Cancer Ctr, Philadelphia, PA; Sandra Silberman, Novartis Oncology, East Hanover, NJ; Sasa Dimitrijevic, Beate Kiese, Novartis Oncology, Basel Switzerland; Jonathan Fletcher, Christopher Fletcher, George Demetri, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA. ASCO 2002, abstr. 1608. |
| 3. | N9741: oxaliplatin (oxal) or CPT-11+5-fluorouracil (5FU)/leucovorin (LV) or oxal+CPT-11 in advanced colorectal cancer (CRC). Initial toxicity and response data from a GI Intergroup study. RM Goldberg, RF Morton, DJ Sargent, CS Fuchs, RK Ramanathan, SK Williamson, BP Findlay; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; NCCTG, Des Moines, IA; CALGB, Boston, MA; ECOG, Pittsburgh, PA; SWOG, Kansas City, KS; NCIC, St. Catharines, Canada. ASCO 2002, abstr 511. |
| 4. | PSA Testing Interval Reduction in Screening Intervals: Data from the Prostata, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer (PLCO) Screening Trial. E.D. Crawford, Univ of Colorado Health Sciences Ctr., Denver, CO; David Chia PhD, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Gerld L Andriole MD, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Douglas Redding, Marshfield Clinic and Medical Center, Marshfield, WI; Edward P Gelmann, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC; John K Gohagan, Paul Pinsky, Richard B Hayes, David L Levin, Richard M Fagerstrom, NCI, Dividion of Cancer Prevention, Bethesda, MD; Barnett S Kramer, NIH/NCI, Office of Medical Applications of Research, Bethesda, MD. ASCO 2002, abstr. 4. |
| 5. | Baum M et al.: The ATAC (Arimidex, Tamoxifen Alone or in Combination) adjuvant breast cancer trial in postmenopausal women. Br Cancer Res Treat 2001; 69 (3): abstract 8. |