PAST Medical and Scientific Meetings

Staff members from the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network attend and participate in a number of medical and scientific meetings throughout the year.  On this page you will find summaries of educational information from various meetings.  This information is intended to summarize a selection of sessions. 

2010 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium
January 22-24, 2010
Orlando, Florida
Select Pancreatic Cancer Sessions

Detailed summaries are downloadable in pdf format.

Session IV - Prevention, Screening and Diagnosis

The role of Octreotide Imaging in Detecting Neuroendocrine Tumors (NETs) in 2010: Do we still need it?

Session V – Translational Research

Drug Delivery in Pancreatic Cancer

Session VI – Multidisciplinary Treatment

Updated Results of the Phase III Trial of Sunitinib Versus Placebo for the Treatment of Advanced Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

Oral Abstract Session

Phase I study of MK-0646 (dalotuzumab), a Humanized Monoclonal Antibody Against IGF-1R in Combination with Gemcitabine or Gemcitabine plus Erlotinib for Advanced Previously Untreated Pancreatic Cancer

Multi-institutional Phase II Trial of Induction Cetuximab, Gemcitabine and Oxaliplatin Followed by Radiotherapy with Concurrent Capecitabine and Cetuximab for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

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