Educational Teleconference - Cancer Care: New Advances in Melanoma Jim Breitfeller

Date: 1/21/2009
Contact: education@melanoma.org


This teleconference will focus on the new advances in treatment for melanoma. Whether you are newly diagnosed or are years after diagnosis, this program will keep you up-to-date on the new treatments available to melanoma patients. The conference is intended for patients with melanoma along with their friends, or family members.



Speaker: Dr. Keith Flaherty, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania



Moderator: Dr. Lynn Schuchter, Professor of Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania



Join us for a free teleconference, Cancer Care: New Advances in Treatment, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on January 21, 2009. After Dr. Flaherty’s presentation, there will be time for live question and answer period.

Melanoma Educational Teleconference


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I have read some of Dr. Flaherty's papers

Description of Research Expertise
Experimental therapies

Description of Clinical Expertise
Melanoma
Renal cell carcinoma

Selected Publications
Flaherty KT, Malkowicz SB, Vaughn DJ: A Phase I Study of Weekly Liposome-encapsulated Doxorubicin in Patients with Advanced, Androgen-independent Prostate Cancer. Am J Clin Oncol. 27(2): 136-9, Apr 2004.

Flaherty KT, Stevenson JP, Redlinger M, Giantonio B, Algazy KM, O’Dwyer PJ: A Phase I, Dose Escalation Trial of ZD0473, a Novel Platinum Analogue, in Combination with Gemcitabine. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. Jan 29 2004.

Bilenker JH, Stevenson JP, Flaherty KT, Algazy K, McLaughlin K, Haller DG, Giantonio BJ, Koehler M, Garcia-Vargas JE, O'Dwyer PJ. : Phase I trial of the antifolate ZD9331 in combination with cisplatin in patients with refractory solid malignancies. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 53(4): 357-60, Apr 2004.

Flaherty KT: New molecular targets in melanoma. Curr Opin Oncol. 16(2): 150-4, Mar 2004.

Flaherty KT., Stevenson JP., Hahn SM., Redlinger M., O'Dwyer PJ.: Phase I combination trial of gemcitabine, paclitaxel, and carboplatin in patients with advanced malignancy. Cancer Chemotherapy & Pharmacology 52(3): 217-22, Sep 2003.

Flaherty KT., Stevenson JP., Gallagher M., Giantonio B., Algazy KM., Sun W., Haller DG., O'Dwyer PJ.: Dose escalation study of tezacitabine in combination with cisplatin in patients with advanced cancer. Cancer 97(8): 1985-90, Apr 15 2003.

Flaherty KT, Tuveson D, Brose M, Rosen M, Lee RJ, Schwartz B, Schuchter LM, O’Dwyer PJ: Pharmacodynamic Study of BAY 43-9006 in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma and Melanoma. NCI-AACR-EORTC 2003, poster #A84. 2003.

Flaherty KT, Lee RJ, Humphrey R, O’Dwyer PJ, Schiller J: Phase I trial of BAY 43-9006 in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel. ASCO 2003, oral presentation, abstract #2854 2003.

Flaherty KT, O’Dwyer PJ: Phase II trials: Conventional Design and Novel Strategies in the Era of Targeted Therapy. Anticancer Drug Development Guide. Teicher BA (eds.). Feb 2003 Notes: In press.

Tao J., Flaherty K., Bagg A.: Unusual hematologic malignancies. Case 1. Hematologic malignancy presenting with diarrhea and bony lesions: systemic mastocytosis. Journal of Clinical Oncology 20(17): 3737-9, Sep 1 2002.


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