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Cutting-edge Research to be Presented at 4th Annual International
Symposium on Lung-Sparing Therapies for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
in Santa Monica
LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 7, 2014 global
experts on malignant pleural mesothelioma will convene in Santa
Monica, CA at the 4th Annual International Symposium on Lung-Sparing
Therapies for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer
that results from exposure to asbestos and commonly affects the pleura
- the lining of the chest. The event is co-hosted by UCLA and the
Pacific Meso Center (PMC), a division of the Pacific Heart, Lung and
Blood Institute (PHLBI).
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This year's seminar will again be led by Robert B. Cameron, MD, FACS,
Director of the UCLA Mesothelioma Comprehensive Research Program, and
Chief of Thoracic Surgery at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center.
Dr. Cameron is a long-time staunch advocate of the lung-sparing
pleurectomy/decortication surgery, now considered one of the best
therapeutic options for increasing survival in mesothelioma patients.
Dr. Cameron and his colleagues at PMC and UCLA are investigating novel
interventions for mesothelioma such as Betadine Lavage Therapy, The
Role of Genes and Molecular Mechanisms in Mesothelioma and they are
also evaluating a multimodality approach to halting highly
intractable, rapidly spreading, sarcomatoid-type mesothelioma.
The seminar will be geared toward physicians, and offers continuing
medical education (CME) credit. It also will provide up-to-date
information on mesothelioma for medical students, nurses, and other
healthcare professionals as well as mesothelioma patients, their
families, and interested individuals from the community.
This year's roster of distinguished international faculty at the
Symposium will include Joachim Aerts, MD, of Erasmus MC Cancer
Institute in the Netherlands; Jan P. van Meerbeeck, MD of Antwerp
University Hospital in Belgium, Percy Lee, MD, Chief Thoracic
Radiation Oncology at UCLA; Olga Olevsky, MD, of UCLA Medical Center;
Dr. Richard Lemen, Former Assistant Surgeon General of the United
States; Linda Reinstein, President/CEO and Co-Founder Asbestos
Disease Awareness Organization, Irene I-Lan Wu, MD, UCLA Pain
Management Center and other local experts.
"Over the past four years we've seen unprecedented advances in
mesothelioma research that we never would have predicted a decade
ago," Dr. Cameron said. "Our intensive collaborations between
laboratory and clinical scientists are yielding new insights into
promising future treatments for mesothelioma such as immunotherapy and
ethical placenta-derived stem cells. The symposium gives an unrivaled
opportunity for both the medically savvy and general public, including
mesothelioma patients, to not only learn first-hand about
groundbreaking discoveries, but also to exchange ideas."
Worthington & Caron P.C (http://mesothel.com) is once again sponsoring
the symposium as a Platinum sponsor. Gold sponsor is Simons Greenstone
Panatier Bartlett P.C. (http://sgpblaw.com/) Silver sponsors are
Lilly Pharmaceuticals (www.lilly.com) and Waters Kraus & Paul
(www.waterskraus.com) and the Travel Sponsor is asbestos.com
Early Bird tickets can be purchased before May 23rd online at
www.cme.ucla.edu/courses.
For more information, please contact UCLA at 310-794-2620 or call
Clare Cameron at the Pacific Meso Center at the Pacific Heart, Lung,
Blood Institute at 310-478-4678.
www.pacificmesocenter.org.
Contact: Clare Cameron
310-478-4678
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