CA Carcinoid Fighters Seminar 2003
 Santa Ana, California 

Carcinoid Treatment Today & Tomorrow

This Conference was brought to you by The California Carcinoid Fighters
and was under written through a generous grant from Novartis Oncoloyg.
 Specail thanks to the assistance provided by The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation
and The Wellness Community-South Bay Cities

Click here for - Photographs from this Conference, October 24 & 25, 2003, Santa Ana, California

Friday, October 24, 2003
6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Welcome & Reception with finger foods and nibbles

Saturday, October 25, 2003 
7:00 a.m.  Registration and Breakfast shall be served, NO standing in buffet lines
7:50 a.m.  Welcome & Introduction
8:00 a.m.  Richard Warner, M.D. "Carcinoid Tumors and Carcinoid Syndrone: What Are They,
                     How They Behave, and How They are Diagnosed"
9:00 a.m. - 9:05 a.m.  Short Break
9:05 a.m.  Thomas M. O'Dorisio, M.D.  " Peptides and Amines: What Are They and What Do They Do"
10:05 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.  Short Break
10:15 a.m.  Rodney Pommier, M.D. "Management of Carcinoid"
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.  Short Break
11:30 a.m.  Kjell Öberg, M.D.  "The Role of Interferon in Patients With Carcinoid and Other Neuroendocrine Tumors"
12:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.  Lunch shall be served, NO standing in buffet lines
1:50 p.m.  Eugene Woltering, M.D.  "New Concepts in the Treatment of Carcinoid Tumors:
                      What's New, What's Not and What's Hot"
2:50 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  Short Break
3:00 p.m.   Larry Kvols, M.D.  "Radiolabeled Somatostatin Analogs:  Their Use In Diagnosis and Therapy"
4:00 p.m.   Concluding Remarks

Sunday, October 26, 2003
8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.  Breakfast for Carcinoid Support Group Leaders, hosted by Howard & Susan Anderson

Location:  Doubletree, 201 East MacArthur Blvd., Santa Ana, CA 92707


California Carcinoid Fighters -- Board of Directors

Click on image to see a larger picture of the CalCF Board of Directors.


November 2001
Stephen Pazan, President
Nik Neville, Publicity
Morris Bialick, Treasurer
Susan Anderson, Board Member
Terry Wright, Secretary
May 4, 2002
Stephen Pazan, President
     Morris Bialick, Treasurer  
Nik Neville, Publicity
     Terry Wright, Secretary
     Dr. Eugene Woltering, (Medical Advisor)  
     Susan Anderson, (Arizona representative)
Oct. 2003
Susan Anderson, Board Member
Pat Gerenday, Secretary
Stephen Pazan, President
Morris Bialick, Treasurer

Oct. 2003
Dr. Eugene Woltering
Medical Advisor

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Some of the presentations from this conference are in the Conference Presentations section.  Click here


CALIFORNIA CARCINOID FIGHTERS SEMINAR 2003:

CARCINOID TREATMENT TODAY AND TOMORROW

For Carcinoid patients, family, friends and medical professionals

Saturday October 25, 2003
7:00AM-4:30PM

Doubletree Hotel Santa Ana/Orange County Airport
201 East MacArthur Boulevard, Santa Ana, CA 92707

Meet six of the world's leading clinicians and researchers on carcinoid and neuro-endocrine tumors

Speakers starting at 8 AM:
Larry Kvols M.D.
Kjell Öberg M.D.
Thomas O'Dorisio M.D.
Rodney Pommier M.D.
Richard Warner M.D.
Eugene Woltering M.D.

Registration and Breakfast at 7 AM -- Lunch Included
 Friday October 24 from 6:00 - 10:00 PM: pre-registration check-in and informal networking
Registration is $25 payable by check or money order and will be accepted in the order received.
Attendance is limited to 250

FOR COPY OF REGISTRATION FORM CLICK HERE

For hotel reservations:
call the Doubletree Registration #1-800-222-8722 or 1-714-825-8733
or register online:  click here Doubletree Online Registration (group/convention code is CAR)

Mention the "Carcinoid Seminar" for the special room rate and to request "special needs".

Coordinated by California Carcinoid Fighters (CalCF)
Underwritten through a generous grant from Novartis Oncology

For more information visit the CalCF website http://www.sccfighters.org  
or contactt Tom May of The Wellness Community-South Bay Cities  
1-310-376-3550 extension 22



CALIFORNIA CARCINOID FIGHTERS SEMINAR 2003
Saturday October 25, 2003
MAIL the completed registration form below with your check or money order, $25 per person,
made payable to “California Carcinoid Fighters Seminar 2003” to:
California Carcinoid Fighters, PMB # 231, 17939 Chatsworth Street, Granada Hills, CA 91344-5606 
Registration is limited to the first 250 people who register.
Registration Deadline is October 10, 2003
PLEASE PRINT YOUR INFORMATION BELOW:

Name ________________________________________________________

Address ______________________________________________________

City ____________________________ State _____ Zip _______________

Phone number _________________________________________________

Spouse/Caregiver’s Name ________________________________________

Number attending conference: ________________

E-mail Address: ________________________

Do you wish to include your Email address on registration roster?  Yes____   No____

Will you attend an Informal WELCOME RECEPTION, Friday night (Oct. 24, 2003)
       at the hotel?  Yes__ No __

Confirmation of receipt for registration will be made via mail or e-mail.
Those wishing overnight accommodations must call the Doubletree Hotel 
       1-714-825-3333  or 1-800-222-8733
Mention the "Carcinoid Seminar" for special room rate and request "special needs"
For more information about the Doubletree Hotel  CLICK HERE

 For additional information contact Tom May of The Wellness Community-South Bay Cities
1-310-376-3550 extension 22 Doubletree Map and Information  CLICK HERE

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   Below is a list of links that was in the registration packet at the
               Carcinoid Conference in Santa Ana, CA, October 25, 2003
                   ALL of these links and many more are on the opening page of this web site. 

     Resources for Carcinoid Patients, Families and Friends

               Compiled by “Sunny” Susan L. Anderson, Sept. 2003

 
          Carcinoid Cancer Foundation, Inc. (CCF) http://www.carcinoid.org

California Carcinoid Fighters (CalCF)  http://www.sccfighters.org 
Association of Cancer Online Resources  http://www.acor.org/
FDA Approves Sandostatin (1988) http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/c792a.htm
Sandostatin & Sandostatin LAR info from Novartis  http://www.sandostatin.com/home.jsp
Sando LAR mixing & injection instructions
http://www.us.sandostatin.com/hcp/pages/product/preparation.do#ee
Chromogranin-A  http://www.carcinoid.org/ChromograninAReferences.htm
5-HIAA (urine test) http://medic.med.uth.tmc.edu/hcprof/00000993.htm
Serotonin, Whole Blood  http://webserver01.bjc.org/labtestguide/Serotonin.htm
Serotonin, Serum & Whole Blood http://www.aruplab.com/guides/clt/tests/clt_184b.htm
Interferon  http://www.hepatitis-c.de/whatinf.htm
Peg Intron-A (Peginterferon alfa-2b) http://www.spfiles.com/piintrona.pdf
Combination Therapy: Octreotide & Alfa-Interferon
http://www.carcinoid.org/CombinationTreatment.htm
Liver Tumor Ablation Program http://rfa.ucsf.edu
Chemoembolization http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/interventional/chemoembol.htm
Chemoembolization http://www.miit.com/2002/abst/soulen_chemo.pdf
Treatments for liver metastases. http://www.sirweb.org/patPub/cancerTreatments.shtml
Color Photos of Malignant Carcinoid
http://www.bioscience.org/atlases/tumpath/gitract/smbowel/1/1.htm
Carcinoid Malignancy  http://www.oncologychannel.com/cancermalignancy/index.shtml
Clinical Trials http://clinicaltrials.gov/
"Coping With Carcinoid Diarrhea"   http://www.carcinoid.org/BENNET1.htm
Diagnostic Imaging  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diagnosticimaging.html
Laboratory Tests http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/laboratorytests.html
Lab Tests On-Line http://www.labtestsonline.org/
"Nutritional Concerns For The Carcinoid Patient” http://www.carcinoid.org/MwarnerlectureSept2.htm
Nutrition News Focus http://www.nutritionnewsfocus.com/
Cancer & Nutrition   http://www.cancerrd.com/ 
Quack Watch -- battles health related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies
http://www.quackwatch.org/
Neupogen    http://www.neupogen.com
Rosacea - flushing with "adult acne" http://www.rosacea.org/
RxMed - Family Physicians Site - drug monographs   http://www.rxmed.com/index.html
RxList - The Internet Drug Index  http://www.rxlist.com/
PharmWeb - Drug Information  http://www.pharmweb.net/
Medical Dictionary from Cancer Web  http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/
Medical Glossary  http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/
Medical Dictionary from MedicineNet  http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp
Medical Encyclopedia via MEDLINE plus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
MdHub - for doctor and patient communications  http://www.mdhub.com/
Web MD - general medical information  http://www.webmd.com/
Medicine Online  http://www.meds.com/index.html
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) http://www.asco.org/ac/1,1003,_12-002138,00.asp
Cancer Support & Resources from National Cancer Institute
    http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/support/
Coping With Cancer from National Cancer Institute  http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/coping/
American Medical Association    http://www.ama-assn.org/
Society of Interventional Radiology (they do CE's and RFA's) http://www.sirweb.org/
Society of Nuclear Medicine (they do OctreoScans) http://www.snm.org
Journal of the American Medical Assoc. (JAMA)  http://jama.ama-assn.org/
A Pathologist is http://www.ascp.org/general/pub_resources/pathologist.asp
Radiological Society of North America http://www.radiologyinfo.org/index.htm
National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) http://www.nccn.org/physician_gls/index.html
Standard clinical guidelines for various procedures  http://www.guidelines.gov/
American Cancer Society  http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp
National Cancer Institute  http://www.cancer.gov/
National Cancer Institute (Cancer Web) http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cancernet/
National Institute of Health's Office of Alternative Medicine  http://nccam.nih.gov/
National Organization of Rare Diseases (NORD)  http://www.rarediseases.org/
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS)    http://www.canceradvocacy.org/
Patient Advocate Foundation    http://www.patientadvocate.org/
R. A. Bloch Cancer Foundation, Inc.   http://www.blochcancer.org/
Steve Dunn's Cancer Guide  http://cancerguide.org/index.html
Univ. of Penn.'s OncoLink  http://oncolink.upenn.edu/  
Cancer Center at Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY City  http://info.neoplastics.mssm.edu/
Journey of The Heart - A Healing Place in CyberSpace   http://www.journeyofhearts.org/jofh
Therapeutic Humor   http://aath.org/  
The Wellness Community   (National information)   http://www.thewellnesscommunity.org/
Advance Care Planning: Dorothy Garske Foundation   http://www.dgcenter.org/
Today's Caregiver Online     http://www.caregiver.com/
Pain Management http://cancer-pain.org/
Pain Partners  http://www.partnersagainstpain.com/html/main/
National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA)  http://www.nfcacares.org/
Last Acts: Care and Caring at the End of Life    http://www.lastacts.org/
Hospice with world-wide listings http://www.hospiceweb.com/links.htm
Personal Stories http://www.carcinoidinfo.info/#Personal_Stories
Personal Web Pages http://www.carcinoid.org/#personal
Local Carcinoid Support Groups http://www.carcinoidinfo.info/support.htm
YAHOO Carcinoid Mailing-List  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Carcinoid/
ACOR Mailing-List  http://www.acor.org/
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CANCELED as of 5 October 2003

CARCINOID 2003: RECENT ADVANCES IN DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY 

8 AM - 5 PM (for Medical Professionals)

Jointly sponsored by the University of California, Irvine College of Medicine and California Carcinoid Fighters.
General surgeons, surgical oncologists, endocrinologists, oncologists, gastroenterologists, radiologists, internists, other specialists and other healthcare professionals will have a "once in a lifetime" opportunity to learn about carcinoid cancer from a panel of world renowned physicians. At the conclusion of the lectures, participants will be able to identify the signs and symptoms of carcinoid syndrome; cite how the location of the carcinoid tumors affects its presentation and the co-occurrence of the carcinoid syndrome; discuss the effectiveness of somatostatin analogs and other treatment modalities in the control of carcinoid syndrome and tumor growth.
Physicians and healthcare professionals from 37 states and Canada are expected to attend this unique program.
Physicians and other healthcare providers will earn CME credits during this full day program.

Canceled as of 5 October 2003  For more information and to sign up go to PROGRAM / CME Brochure (click here)  
or
CALL The Wellness Community - South Bay Cities (TWC-SBC) for details.
Redondo Beach, California 90277
Phone: 310-376-3550
Fax: 310-372-2094
E-Mail: twcsbc@aol.com

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