1: Basic Science Reaches the Bedside: New Developments in Cancer Research |
July 27 |
Session #1: Nanotechnology
Background Material : Online Tutorial: Understanding Nanodevices
Research Paper: In-Vitro Characterization of a Targeted, Dye-Loaded Nanodevice for Intraoperative Tumor Delineation |
1: Basic Science Reaches the Bedside: New Developments in Cancer Research |
Aug 10 |
Session #2: Gene Chips
Background Material : Online Tutorial: Understanding Molecular Diagnostics
Research Paper: Gene Expression Profiling Assays in Early-Stage Breast Cancer |
1: Basic Science Reaches the Bedside: New Developments in Cancer Research |
Aug 24 |
Session #3: Vaccines
Background Materials :
Sipuleucel-T R&D Profile
Prostate Cancer Vaccines: Current Status and Future Potential
Research Paper:
Integrated Data from 2 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 3 Trials of Active Cellular Immunotherapy with Sipuleucel-T in Advanced Prostate Cancer |
1: Basic Science Reaches the Bedside: New Developments in Cancer Research |
Sept 7 |
Session #4: SNPs
Background Material : Online Tutorial: Understanding SNPs and Cancer
Research Paper: Glutathione Pathway Genetic Polymorphisms and Lung Cancer Survival After Platinum-Based Chemotherapy |
1: Basic Science Reaches the Bedside: New Developments in Cancer Research |
Sept 21 |
Session #5: Receptors
Background Materials:
Erythropoietin Biology in Cancer
The Role of Erythropoietin and its Receptor in Growth, Survival and Therapeutic Response of Human Tumor Cells
Research Paper:
Effect of Treatment with Epoetin-Beta on Survival, Tumor Progression and Thromboembolic Patients with Cancer |
2: Personalized Medicine: The Dawn of a New Era |
Oct 5 |
Session #6: Genetics in Infectious Disease
Research Paper: CISH and Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases |
2: Personalized Medicine: The Dawn of a New Era |
Oct 19 |
Session #7: Genome-Wide Association Studies
Background Materials:
Failure to Validate Association between 12p13 Variants and Ischemic Stroke
Genomewide Association Studies and Human Disease
Genomewide Association Studies — Illuminating Biologic Pathways
Research Paper:
Genomewide Association Studies of Stroke |
2: Personalized Medicine: The Dawn of a New Era |
Nov 2 |
Session #8: Whole-Genome Sequencing
Background Material:
Individual Genomes on the Horizon
Research Paper:
Whole-Genome Sequencing in a Patient with Charcot–Marie–Tooth Neuropathy |
2: Personalized Medicine: The Dawn of a New Era |
Nov 16 |
Session #9: Pharmacogenetics
Background Materials:
Clopidogrel, Genetics, and Drug Responsiveness
Responding to the Clopidogrel Warning by the US Food and Drug Administration: Real Life Is Complicated
Research Paper:
Cytochrome P-450 Polymorphisms and Response to Clopidogrel |
2: Personalized Medicine: The Dawn of a New Era |
Nov 30 |
Session #10: Gene Therapy
Background Material:
Gene Therapy Fulfilling Its Promise
Ten Years of Gene Therapy for Primary Immune Deficiencies
Research Paper:
Gene Therapy for Immunodeficiency Due to Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency |
3: Controversies in Medicine: The Role of Evidence-Based Medicine |
Jan11 |
Session #11: Hormone Replacement Therapy
Research Papers:
Postmenopausal Estrogen and Porgestin Use and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Estrogen plus Progestin and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease |
3: Controversies in Medicine: The Role of Evidence-Based Medicine |
Jan 25 |
Session #12: Rise and Fall of Nesiritide
Background Material:
Nesiritide — Not Verified
Research Papers:
Intravenous Nesiritide, a Natriuretic Peptide, in the Treatment of Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure
Short-term Risk of Death After Treatment With Nesiritide for Decompensated Heart Failure |
3: Controversies in Medicine: The Role of Evidence-Based Medicine |
Feb 8 |
Session #13: Preeclampsia
Background Material:
Resolving Discrepancies Between a Meta-analysis and a Subsequent Large Controlled Trial
Research Papers:
Effect of Calcium Supplementation on Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension and Preeclampsia
Trial of Calcium to Prevent Preeclampsia |
3: Controversies in Medicine: The Role of Evidence-Based Medicine |
Feb 22 |
Session #14: Novel Treatments for Cholesterol
Background Material:
NCEP ATP III Guidelines
Research Papers:
MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study of Cholesterol Lowering with Simvastatin
Rosuvastatin to Prevent Vascular Events in Men and Women with Elevated C-Reactive Protein |
3: Controversies in Medicine: The Role of Evidence-Based Medicine |
March 8 |
Session #15: Measuring Complex Interventions
Background Material:
Rapid Response Systems in Acute Hospital Care
5 Million Lives Campaign Getting Started Kit: Rapid Response Teams
Research Paper:
Introduction of the Medical Emergency Team (MET) System |