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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Cancer Crusaders Gala, October 16, 2004, and Tennis Tournament, October 25 - 27, 2004
Overview of women's cancer programs
Archived calendars
Friedler Cancer Counseling Center support groups
Tulane committee and board meeting times
Holidays at Tulane
All times are given in local time, US Central Time Zone.

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Friday , October 1, 2004, 12:00 noon
Hematology-Oncology Fellows Journal Club
Location: Tulane Medical School Building, room 7022
Meets every Friday, same time and place
Next meeting: Friday, October 8, 2004.
Friday, October 1, 2004, 1:00 pm
Muscular Skeletal Conference
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic room CL-34
Contact Tumor Registry, (504) 988-3731.
See also: Meeting times and locations of all cancer conferences.
Next meeting: Friday, October 8, 2004
Friday, October 1, 2004
Doors to Discovery Symposium
Thursday, September 30, 2004 through Saturday, October 2, 2004
See Thursday, September 30, 2004 for cancer-related lectures to be presented that day.
Location: Sheraton Hotel, 500 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
Further information and full details: http://alumni.hsc.tulane.edu/170th/
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Monday, October 4, 2004, 12:00 noon
Lung Tumor Board
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, room CL-34
Contact Tumor Registrar, (504) 988-5432
Meets every Monday, same time and place
Next meeting: Monday, October 11, 2004.
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Tuesday, October 5, 2004, 12:00 noon
VA Tumor Board
Location: VA Hospital, 1601 Perdido St., fifth floor Medicine Conference Room
Contact V.A. Tumor Registrar, (504) 568-0811 x5477
Meets every Tuesday, same time and place
Next meeting: Tuesday, October 12, 2004.
Tuesday, October 5, 2004, 12:00 noon
Hematology-Oncology Fellows Weekly Seminar
Location: Tulane Medical School Building, room 7022
Contact Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology, (504) 988-5482
Meets every Tuesday, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Next meeting: Tuesday, October 12, 2004.
Tuesday, October 5, 2004, 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Pediatric Tumor Board
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, room CL-34
Contact Lynette Williams, (504) 988-5412, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Meets every Tuesday, same time & place.
Next meeting: Tuesday, October 12, 2004.
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Wednesday, October 6, 2004, 7:30 am
Breast Tumor Board
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, room CL-34
Contact Tumor Registrar, (504) 988-5432
Meets every Wednesday, same time and place
Next meeting: Wednesday, October 13, 2004.
Wednesday, October 6, 2004, 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Multidisciplinary Tumor Board
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, room CL-34
Contact Tumor Registrar, (504) 988-5432
Meets every Wednesday, same time and place
Next meeting: Wednesday, October 13, 2004.
Wednesday, October 6, 2004, 4:00 pm
Leukemia/Lymphoma Tumor Board
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, room CL-34
Contact Tumor Registrar, (504) 988-5432
Meets first, third, and fifth Wednesdays of each month, same time and place
Next meeting: Wednesday, October 20, 2004.
Wednesday, October 6, 2004, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
General Cancer Support Group
Location:
The group meets this week at the Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art in City Park near the corner of Esplanade and Carrollton
Contact Tim Pearman, Ph.D., (504) 988-6313, tpearman@tulane.edu
See also: Tulane's Friedler Cancer Counseling Center.
Next meeting: Wednesday, October 20, 2004.
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Thursday, October 7, 2004, 7:30 - 9:00 am
Bone Marrow Transplant Conference
Location: Tulane Comprehensive Cancer Care Clinic room CL-34
Contact Rosalind Huntington at (504) 988-6070, or by e-mail at rhuntin@tulane.edu
Meets every Thursday, same time and place.
Next meeting: Thursday, October 14, 2004
Thursday, October 7, 2004, 4:00 pm
Liver Conference
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic room CL-34
Contact Tumor Registry, (504) 988-3731.
Next meeting: Thursday, November 4, 2004
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Friday , October 8, 2004, 12:00 noon
Hematology-Oncology Fellows Journal Club
Location: Tulane Medical School Building, room 7022
Meets every Friday, same time and place
Next meeting: Friday, October 15, 2004.
Friday, October 8, 2004, 1:00 pm
Muscular Skeletal Conference
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic room CL-34
Contact Tumor Registry, (504) 988-3731.
See also: Meeting times and locations of all cancer conferences.
Next meeting: Friday, October 15, 2004
Friday, October 8, 2004
Mauvernay Research Excellence Award Seminar
Location: J. Bennett Johnston Building first floor auditorium
Contact Melanie Cross, (504) 988-6592, mcross@tulane.edu
See full details.
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Monday, October 11, 2004
Columbus Day
Offices open.
Monday, October 11, 2004, 12:00 noon
Lung Tumor Board
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, room CL-34
Contact Tumor Registrar, (504) 988-5432
Meets every Monday, same time and place
Next meeting: Monday, October 18, 2004.
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Tuesday , October 12, 2004, 12:00 noon
VA Tumor Board
Location: VA Hospital, 1601 Perdido St., fifth floor Medicine Conference Room
Contact V.A. Tumor Registrar, (504) 568-0811 x5477
Meets every Tuesday, same time and place
Next meeting: Tuesday, October 19, 2004.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004, 12:00 noon
Hematology-Oncology Fellows Weekly Seminar
Location: Tulane Medical School Building, room 7022
Contact Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology, (504) 988-5482
Meets every Tuesday, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Next meeting: Tuesday, October 19, 2004.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004, 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Pediatric Tumor Board
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, room CL-34
Contact Lynette Williams, (504) 988-5412, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Meets every Tuesday, same time & place.
Next meeting: Tuesday, October 19, 2004.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004, 6:30 pm
Prostate Cancer Support Group
Contact Raju Thomas, M.D., (504) 988-6313, rthomas@tulane.edu
See also: Tulane's Friedler Cancer Counseling Center.
Meets at 6:30 pm on the second Tuesday of each even month.
Next meeting: Tuesday, December 14, 2004.
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Wednesday , October 13, 2004, 7:30 am
Breast Tumor Board
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, room CL-34
Contact Tumor Registrar, (504) 988-5432
Meets every Wednesday, same time and place
Next meeting: Wednesday, October 20, 2004.
Wednesday, October 13, 2004, 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Multidisciplinary Tumor Board
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, room CL-34
Contact Tumor Registrar, (504) 988-5432
Meets every Wednesday, same time and place
Next meeting: Wednesday, October 20, 2004.
Wednesday, October 13, 2004, 4:00 pm
Benign Hematology Conference
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, room CL-34
Contact Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology, (504) 988-5482
Meets second Wednesday of each month, same time and place
Next meeting: Wednesday, November 10, 2004.
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Thursday, October 14, 2004, 7:30 - 9:00 am
Bone Marrow Transplant Conference
"Hematology/Oncology Perspective on the Epidemiology of Fungal Infections"
Finn Bo Peterson, M.D.
Medical Director, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory University of Utah Hospital Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Salt Lake City, Utah
Location: Tulane Comprehensive Cancer Care Clinic room CL-34
Contact Rosalind Huntington at (504) 988-6070, or by e-mail at rhuntin@tulane.edu
Meets every Thursday, same time and place.
Next meeting: Thursday, October 21, 2004
Thursday, October 14, 2004, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Cancer Seminar
"Melanoma: Therapeutic Advances in High-Risk and Metastatic Disease"
Sanjiv Agarwala, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Location: J. Bennett Johnston Building room 403, Tulane
Sponsored by Schering
Contact Robin Alexander at (504) 988-6061 or by e-mail at rjalex@tulane.edu.
Lunch will be served at 11:45; lecture begins at noon.
Next seminar: Thursday, October 21, 2004
Thursday, October 14, 2004, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Key to the Cure Kick-off Gala for Saks Fifth Avenue's
"Key to the Cure" Charity Shopping Weekend, October 14-17, 2004,
to benefit women's cancers research at the Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium
Location: Saks Fifth Avenue New Orleans
301 Canal St., New Orleans, Louisiana, in the Canal Place shopping center.
Contact Melanie Cross, (504) 988-6592, mcross@tulane.edu
For full details see: http://www.som.tulane.edu/cancer/keytothecure.html
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Friday, October 15, 2004, 12:00 noon
Hematology-Oncology Fellows Journal Club
Location: Tulane Medical School Building, room 7022
Meets every Friday, same time and place
Next meeting: Friday, October 22, 2004.
Friday, October 15, 2004, 1:00 pm
Muscular Skeletal Conference
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic room CL-34
Contact Tumor Registry, (504) 988-3731.
See also: Meeting times and locations of all cancer conferences.
Next meeting: Friday, October 22, 2004
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Saturday, October 16, 2004, 8:00 pm
Cancer Crusaders Gala
Location: Hotel Intercontinental, Ballroom
444 St. Charles Ave., New Orleans, LA 70130
Auction and raffle.

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Monday, October 18, 2004, 12:00 noon
Lung Tumor Board
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, room CL-34
Contact Tumor Registrar, (504) 988-5432
Meets every Monday, same time and place
Next meeting: Monday, October 25, 2004.
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Tuesday , October 19, 2004, 12:00 noon
VA Tumor Board
Location: VA Hospital, 1601 Perdido St., fifth floor Medicine Conference Room
Contact V.A. Tumor Registrar, (504) 568-0811 x5477
Meets every Tuesday, same time and place
Next meeting: Tuesday, October 26, 2004.
Tuesday, October 19, 2004, 12:00 noon
Hematology-Oncology Fellows Weekly Seminar
Location: Tulane Medical School Building, room 7022
Contact Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology, (504) 988-5482
Meets every Tuesday, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Next meeting: Tuesday, October 26, 2004.
Tuesday, October 19, 2004, 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Pediatric Tumor Board
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, room CL-34
Contact Lynette Williams, (504) 988-5412, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Meets every Tuesday, same time & place.
Next meeting: Tuesday, October 26, 2004.
Tuesday, October 19, 2004, 5:00 to 7:00 pm
Free gynecological cancer screenings
See details

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Wednesday, October 20, 2004, 7:30 am
Breast Tumor Board
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, room CL-34
Contact Tumor Registrar, (504) 988-5432
Meets every Wednesday, same time and place
Next meeting: Wednesday, October 27, 2004.
Wednesday, October 20, 2004, 11:30 am
Gynecological Cancer Support Group
Contact Tim Pearman, Ph.D., (504) 988-6313, tpearman@tulane.edu
Meets at 11:30 am on the third Wednesday of each month.
See also: Tulane's Friedler Cancer Counseling Center.
Next meeting: Wednesday, November 17, 2004.
Wednesday, October 20, 2004, 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Multidisciplinary Tumor Board
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, room CL-34
Contact Tumor Registrar, (504) 988-5432
Meets every Wednesday, same time and place
Next meeting: Wednesday, October 27, 2004.
Wednesday, October 20, 2004, 4:00 pm
Leukemia/Lymphoma Tumor Board
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, room CL-34
Contact Tumor Registrar, (504) 988-5432
Meets first, third, and fifth Wednesdays of each month, same time and place
Next meeting: Wednesday, November 3, 2004.
Wednesday, October 20, 2004, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
General Cancer Support Group
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, room PS-09
Contact Tim Pearman, Ph.D., (504) 988-6313, tpearman@tulane.edu
See also: Tulane's Friedler Cancer Counseling Center.
Next meeting: Wednesday, November 3, 2004.
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Thursday, October 21, 2004, 7:30 - 9:00 am
Bone Marrow Transplant Conference
CANCELLED
Location: Tulane Comprehensive Cancer Care Clinic room CL-34
Contact Rosalind Huntington at (504) 988-6070, or by e-mail at rhuntin@tulane.edu
Meets every Thursday, same time and place.
Next meeting: Thursday, October 28, 2004
Thursday, October 21, 2004, 11:30 am- 12:30 pm
Genetics Seminar
"Genetic Analysis of Ordinal Traits and Statistical Challenges"
Heping Zhang, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and Professor of Child Study
Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine
Location: Tidewater Building room 1208, Tulane
Contact Prescott L. Deininger, PhD at (504) 988-6012 or by e-mail at pdeinin@tulane.edu.

Thursday, October 21, 2004, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Cancer Seminar
"Skeletal Complications of Cancer"
Katherine Weilbaecher, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Location: J. Bennett Johnston Building room 403, Tulane
Sponsored by Novartis
Contact Robin Alexander at (504) 988-6061 or by e-mail at rjalex@tulane.edu.
Lunch will be served at 11:45; lecture begins at noon.
Next seminar: Thursday, October 28, 2004
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Friday, October 22, 2004, 12:00 noon
Hematology-Oncology Fellows Journal Club
Location: Tulane Medical School Building, room 7022
Meets every Friday, same time and place
Next meeting: Friday, October 29, 2004.
Friday, October 22, 2004, 12:30 pm
Biostatistics Seminar
"Resolvable Designs in Clinical Trials"
Sudesh Srivastav, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Candidate for Co-Directorship of the Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium (LCRC) Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Core
Location: J. Bennett Johnston Building room 603, Tulane
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION
Contact Robin Alexander at (504) 988-6061 or by e-mail at rjalex@tulane.edu.
Lunch will be served at noon.
Friday, October 22, 2004, 1:00 pm
Muscular Skeletal Conference
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic room CL-34
Contact Tumor Registry, (504) 988-3731.
See also: Meeting times and locations of all cancer conferences.
Next meeting: Friday, October 29, 2004
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Monday , October 25, 2004, 12:00 noon
Lung Tumor Board
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, room CL-34
Contact Tumor Registrar, (504) 988-5432
Meets every Monday, same time and place
Next meeting: Monday, November 1, 2004.
Monday - Wednesday, October 25 - 27, 2004
Cancer Crusaders Tennis Tournament
Further details to be announced.
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Tuesday , October 26, 2004, 12:00 noon
VA Tumor Board
Location: VA Hospital, 1601 Perdido St., fifth floor Medicine Conference Room
Contact V.A. Tumor Registrar, (504) 568-0811 x5477
Meets every Tuesday, same time and place
Next meeting: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
Tuesday, October 26, 2004, 12:00 noon
Hematology-Oncology Fellows Weekly Seminar
Location: Tulane Medical School Building, room 7022
Contact Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology, (504) 988-5482
Meets every Tuesday, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Next meeting: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
Tuesday, October 26, 2004, 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Pediatric Tumor Board
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, room CL-34
Contact Lynette Williams, (504) 988-5412, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Meets every Tuesday, same time & place.
Next meeting: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
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Wednesday, October 27, 2004, 7:30 am
Breast Tumor Board
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, room CL-34
Contact Tumor Registrar, (504) 988-5432
Meets every Wednesday, same time and place
Next meeting: Wednesday, November 3, 2004.
Wednesday, October 27, 2004, 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Multidisciplinary Tumor Board
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, room CL-34
Contact Tumor Registrar, (504) 988-5432
Meets every Wednesday, same time and place
Next meeting: Wednesday, November 3, 2004.
Wednesday, October 27, 2004, 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Clinical Research Advisory Board (CRAB)
Location: Tulane Comphrensive Cancer Care Clinic, room CL-34
Meets fourth Wednesday of each month.
Contact the Office of Clinical Research at (504) 988-6121
Next meeting: Wednesday, November 24, 2004.
Wednesday, October 27, 2004, 4:00 pm
Morphology Conference
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic, room CL-34
Contact Tumor Registrar, (504) 988-5432
Meets fourth Wednesday of each month, same time and place
Next meeting: Wednesday, November 24, 2004.
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Thursday, October 28, 2004, 7:30 - 9:00 am
Bone Marrow Transplant Conference
"Myeloma Novel Therapeutics"
Rafael Fonseca, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Location: Tulane Comprehensive Cancer Care Clinic room CL-34
Contact Rosalind Huntington at (504) 988-6070, or by e-mail at rhuntin@tulane.edu
Meets every Thursday, same time and place.
Next meeting: Thursday, November 4, 2004
Thursday, October 28, 2004, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Cancer Seminar
"Myeloma Biology"
Rafael Fonseca, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Location: J. Bennett Johnston Building room 403, Tulane
Sponsored by Millennium
Contact Robin Alexander at (504) 988-6061 or by e-mail at rjalex@tulane.edu.
Lunch will be served at 11:45; lecture begins at noon.
Next seminar: Thursday, November 4, 2004
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Friday , October 29, 2004, 12:00 noon
Hematology-Oncology Fellows Journal Club
Location: Tulane Medical School Building, room 7022
Meets every Friday, same time and place
Next meeting: Friday, November 5, 2004.
Friday, October 29, 2004, 1:00 pm
Muscular Skeletal Conference
Location: Tulane Cancer Center Comprehensive Clinic room CL-34
Contact Tumor Registry, (504) 988-3731.
See also: Meeting times and locations of all cancer conferences.
Next meeting: Friday, November 5, 2004
Friday, October 29, 2004, 1:00 pm
Steering Committee
Location: JBJohnston Building, room A122, mezzanine
Contact Robin Alexander at (504) 988-6061 or by e-mail at rjalex@tulane.edu.
Meets fourth Friday of each month, same time and place

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Sunday, October 31, 2004
Hallowe'en

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