Oncology Symposium To Honor Dr. Larry Einhorn

INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana University School of Medicine is hosting Advances in Oncology 2002: A Symposium in Honor of Lawrence H. Einhorn, MD, in recognition of Dr. Einhorn’s election to the National Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Einhorn, a distinguished professor and professor of medicine at IU, is an internationally recognized authority on urologic and lung cancers, as well as certain other tumors. He most frequently is lauded for his development in 1974 of a chemotherapy regimen for testicular cancer that revolutionized the results of therapy and dramatically improved the cure rate of what previously had been a rapidly fatal disease.

The symposium will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, April 20, in the University Place Conference Center and Hotel on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus.

IUSM faculty members and former faculty will be presenters. Topics will include new diagnosis and treatment options for leukemia, urological, ovarian, breast and lung cancers; how and where targeted therapy may be effective in cancer treatment; the multidisciplinary approach in treatment and management of testicular cancer; and recognizing the symptoms of depression in cancer patients.

Election to membership in the NAS recognizes distinguished and continued achievement in original research. Dr. Einhorn, who received the honor in 2001, is the only current School of Medicine faculty member to hold NAS membership.

For additional information or to register, contact the IU School of Medicine Division of Continuing Medical Education at 317-274-8353.

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