Oncology Times Broadcast News with the Audio Journal of Oncology - February 2009

ONCOLOGY TIMES BROADCAST NEWS WITH THE AUDIO JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY
February 2009

Peter Goodwin interviews more speakers from the 50th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, December 6-9, 2008

IN THIS EDITION:
Greater Role for Umbilical Cord Blood in Adult Transplants
Mary Eapen, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
COMMENT: Armand Keating, University of Toronto

Ex Vivo Expansion Of Cord Blood Derived Progenitor Cells: Patient Transplant Data
Colleen Delaney, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle
COMMENT: Armand Keating

Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents in Cancer Patients: Meta-Analysis Mortality Findings
Julia Bohlius, University of Bern
ON BEHALF OF: Erythropoiesis Stimulating Agents Individual Patient Data (EPO IPD) Meta-Analysis Collaborative Group
COMMENTS: Linda Burns, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
George Canellos, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston

Imatinib: Durable Responses And Survival in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: 7-Year IRIS Study Results; Can Imatinib Be Stopped?
Stephen O'Brien, Newcastle University, England