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Videos & Article Summaries

The newsletter publishes summaries from many of the lectures offered as part of the "Insights Into Cancer" lecture series. Many of the summaries are available here, although some are not included. The summaries vary with regard to detail and do not fully reflect all aspects of the lectures. We highly recommend that people attend the lectures when possible.  The live lectures provide opportunities for questions and answers.

For a complete listing of the Insights Into Cancer lectures that have been presented over the years, please review our Insights Lecture Historical Listing.

2013

• Parenthood after Cancer: Fertility Options from Diagnosis to Survivorship

  John Kuo, MD, PhD & Alice Crisci
     

• Nutrition and Cancer: An Integrative Approach to Shape one's Internal Landscape and Optimize Health

  Lise Alschuler, ND FABNO & Karolyn Gazella with Mary Hardy, MD, Moderator
     

• Early Breast Cancer: Evolving Strategies in Multidisciplinary and Personalized Care

  Nova Foster MD, Sara Hurvitz, MD, Susan McCloskey, MD, MSHS, Anne C Hoyt, MD, Nicole Dawson, MD, & Charles Tseng, MD
     

• Personalized Medicine and Cancer Treatments

  F. Charles Brunicardi, MD
     

2012

• Adolescent and Young Adults (AYA) and Cancer: Treatment and Survivorship

  Herbert Eradat, MD, Jacqueline Casillas, MD, Kauser Ahmed, PhD, Thomas J. Pier, LCSW
     

• Lung Cancer 2012: Traditional and Novel Approaches

  Edward Garon, MD
     

• Making Sense of Nutrition and Supplements in Cancer

  Karen Duvall, MD, MPH and Mary L. Hardy, MD
     

• Surveillance vs. Treatment for Prostate Cancer

  Leonard S. Marks , MD
     
• Breast Cancer Treatment 2012:
  Surgical & Medical Perspectives in Diagnosis, Treatment and Recurrence Prevention
  Raquel Prati, MD and Olga Olevsky, MD
     
• "Chemo Brain" --
  Cognitive Changes after Cancer:  "I can't find my…."
  Patricia Ganz, MD
       
• Cancer and the Internet: Making the Most of the Web
  Annette Stanton, PhD & Elizabeth Thompson, MA
       
• Get Up & Go for Cancer Wellness:
  Exercise & Nutrition Choices
  Mary L. Hardy, MD
     
• Environmental Exposures and Cancer
  Gina M. Solomon, MD, MPH
     
• The Meaning of healing and the Healing of Meaning after Cancer: Where AncientWisdom Meets Modern Medicine
  Rabbi Ed Feinstein
     

 

2011

• Prostate Cancer: What Happens Next?
  Stephen G. Wong , MD
       
• Lung Cancer Progress: 2011
  Edward Garon, MD
       
• Riding the Cancer Wave—Spiritually Speaking
  Michael Eselun
     
• Life Over Cancer: A New Model of Integrative Cancer Treatment
  Keith I. Block, MD & Penny B. Block, PhD
     
• Reclaiming Sexuality: A Roadmap for Survivors and Partners
  Beth Leedham , PhD
     
• Chinese Medicine as a Support System In Care of the Cancer Patient
  Lucy Postolov, LAc
       
• Skin Cancer: Prevention Strategies, Early Recognition, and Treatment
  Teresa Soriano, MD
       
• Evolving Insights into the Rational Treatment of Breast Cancer 2011
  Sara Hurvitz, MD
       
• Bladder Cancer 2011: The Surgeon's and Medical Oncologist's Perspective
  Mark S. Litwin, MD, MPH & Steven G. Wong, MD
     
• Colorectal Cancer 2011: Updates in the Biology and Treatment
  Zev Wainberg, MD
       
• Cancer and the Importance of Vitamin D
  Mary Hardy, MD
       

• Symptom Management During Cancer Treatment: 2011 Update
  Thomas Strouse, MD
       
  

2010

• ANTICANCER: A new way of life.
  David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD
     
• ANTICANCER: A new way of life - Post Lecture Q & A.
  David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD
     
• Best Practices in Surgery and Reconstruction for Breast Cancer
  Amer Karam, MD & Joan Lipa, MD, MSc, FRCS(C), FACS
       
• Cancer and other Illness as part
  of a Spiritual Story
  Rabbi David Wolpe
     
• Breast Cancer Treatment 2010:
  Medical Oncology
  Sara Hurvitz, MD
       
• Confessions of a Cancer Husband:
  The Things Guys Get Wrong —
  And What They Should Do Insteady
  Marc Silver
       
• Making the Transition from Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor
  Patricia Ganz, MD & Janet P. Pregler, MD
       
• Recent Treatment Advances in Radiation Oncology
  Percy Lee, MD
       
• Complementary Medicine in Cancer:
  A Panel of East-West, Manipulative Therapies and Herbalism
  Moderator: Mary L. Hardy, MD
  Panelists: Ka Kit Hui, FACP; Keith Henry, BS, DC & Amanda McQuade Crawford, BA, MNIMH
       
• Skin Changes and Cancer Treatments: Tips for Healthy Skin and Hair
  Carolyn Goh, MD & Jenny Kim, MD, PhD
       
• Lung Cancer 2010: Updates in Treatment
  Fairooz Kabbinavar, MD, FACP
       
• Update 2010: Lymphoma and Chronic Lymphoid Leukemia
  Lauren Pinter-Brown, MD
     
• State-of-the-Art Approaches to the Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer
  Matthew Rettig , MD
       
  

2009

• “Chemo Brain” after Cancer Therapy: What is it? What is it Not?
  Patricia Ganz, MD & Eve Maremont, MD
     

• New Treatment Strategies for Ovarian Cancer offer Hope for a Better Prognosis
  Oliver Dorigo, MD, PhD
     

• Cardiovascular Health after Cancer: Challenges and Strategies
  Barbara Natterson, MD
     

• Finding the Courage to Keep Living after a Cancer Diagnosis
  Rabbi Edward Feinstein
   

• PET/CT Cancer Imaging: Cancers Eat a Lot of Sugar
  Johannes Czernin, MD
     
• Optimizing Wellness from Cancer Diagnosis through Survivorship:
  A Discussion with an Oncologist and Integrative Medicine Physician
  John Barstis, MD & Mary Hardy, MD
   
• Can Natural Nutrients Prevent Cancer and Its Recurrence?
  Tame the Volcano of Inflammation with Phytonutrients
  Zhaoping Li, MD
     
• Breast Cancer Treatment in the 21st Century
  Olga Olevskyi, MD
     
• Colon and Other Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers: Treatment Advances
  J. Randolph Hecht, MD
   
• Prostate Cancer: New Treatments in the Operating Room and on the Horizon for Localized Prostate Cancer
  Christopher Saigal, MD
     
• Introduction to Mindfulness for Patients with Cancer and their Caregivers
  Dr. Susan Smalley
     
• Lung Cancer 2009: Imaging in Lung Cancer Detection and Treatment
  Denise R. Aberle, MD &
  Martin Allen-Auerbach, MD
    

2008

• The Mind/Body Connection: A Sixth Vital Sign in Patients with Cancer
  Michael Irwin, MD
     

• Understanding New Cancer Treatments and Clinical Trials in Cancer Care
  William Tap, MD
     

• Breast Cancer: Traditional Treatments and New Approaches 2008
  Sara Hurvitz, MD
     

• Screening and Diagnosing Breast Cancer: Breast Imaging in 2008
  Lawrence W. Bassett, MD
    

• Eating and Walking Your Way to Wellness as a Cancer Survivor
  William J. McCarthy, PhD
    
• Update on the Genetics Revolution and Implications
  for Personalized Medicine in Cancer
  Patricia Ganz, MD & Joyce Seldon, MS, CGC
   
• Stem Cells and Cancer: New Frontiers
  Hanna Mikkola, MD, PhD
  
• Complementary Medicine in Cancer:
  A Panel of East/West, Manipulative Therapies and Herbalism
  Moderator: Mary Hardy, MD; Panelists: Ka Kit Hui, MD, LAc, Keith Henry, BS, DC,Amanda McQuade Crawford, BA, MNIMH
  
• Insomnia and Cancer: Causes and Treatments throughout the Continuum
  Sarosh J. Motivala, PhD
     
• Melanoma of the Skin and Eye:
  Treatment Strategies for Local and Widespread Disease
  Antoni Ribas, MD & Tara McCannell, MD, PhD
    
• New Discoveries in Nutrition and Prostate Cancer
  William Aronson, MD
     
• Lung Cancer 2008: Traditional and Novel Approaches
  Jay M. Lee, MD, & Edward Garon, MD
   

2007

• Using Natural Therapies to Enhance Your Cancer Care:
  Understanding the Evidence
  Jay Udani, MD
   

• Cancer Vaccines and Cellular Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Cancer
  Antoni Ribas, MD
   

• Cancer and the Environment
  Gina M. Solomon, MD, MPH
   

• Understanding Breast Cancer Therapy: 
  From Conventional Approaches to Novel Advances
  Sara A. Hurvitz, MD
   

• UCLA-LIVESTRONG Cancer Survivorship Center of Excellence
  Update for Survivors of Childhood and Adult Cancers
  Patricia A. Ganz, MD and Jacqueline Casillas, MD
   

• Building a Spiritual Toolbox For Cancer
  Rabbi Carla Howard
    

• Meditative Awareness and Cancer: Embracing the Moment
  Marjorie Schuman, PhD
   

• Lymphomas 2007 - The Latest News
  Sven de Vos, MD, PhD
   

• Lung Cancer and Its Treatment - 2007
  Edward Garon, MD
   

• Prostate Cancer: Now What?
  Steven G. Wong, MD
   

• Herbal and Natural Compounds in Cancer Therapy
  Richard Pietras, MD, PhD
   

• Cancer and Nutrition
  Karen Duvall, MD, MPH
   

2006

• Anti-Cancer Therapies:  Understanding Old and Integrating New Treatments
  Richard S. Finn, MD
   

• Brain Cancer: Strides in Molecular Biology for Individualized Care
  Timothy Cloughesy, MD
   

• Choosing Wisely:  Herbs and Dietary Supplements During Cancer Care
  Mary L. Hardy, MD
   

• Stepping Out of Cancer’s Darkness
  Rabbi Edward Feinstein
  

• PET/CT Cancer Imaging:  From Screening to Staging to Assessment
  Johannes Czernin, MD
   

• Can You Reduce Your Cancer Risk Through Nutrition?  What is the Evidence?
  Karen Duvall, MD, MPH
   

• Gynecologic Cancers:  Immunologic Therapy and Vaccines
  Robin Farias-Eisner, MD, PhD
   

• Everything You Need to Know about Prostate Cancer
  Mark S. Litwin, MD, MPH
   

• Not Just Tired:  Understanding and Treating Cancer-Related Fatigue
  Julienne E. Bower, PhD
   

2005

• Nutrition and Cancer
  David Heber, MD, PhD
   

• Prostate Cancer: Update and the Role of Nutrition
  Allan J. Pantuck, MD
   

• Cancer, the Law and You
  Barbara Ullman Schwerin, Esq.
   

• Living Well with Cancer:
  Toward the Goal of Making it Just Another Chronic Disease
  John Barstis, MD
   

• Making Sense of Complementary Therapies for Patients with Cancer
  Mary L. Hardy, MD
   

• Clinical Trials in Cancer: Advancing Science, Patient Care and Hope
  Carolyn Britten, MD, FRRPC
   

• Colon Cancer and Other Gastrointestinal Intestinal Cancers
  J. Randolph Hecht, MD
   

• Life After Cancer: Understanding the Late Effects of Cancer Treatment
  Patricia A. Ganz, MD
   

2004

• Fatigue and "Chemo Brain" after Cancer Treatments
  By John Glaspy, MD
   

• Helping Cancer Patients: The Integrative East-West Approach
  Ka-Kit Hui, MD, FACP
   

• Cancer Fighting Powers of Herbs and Natural Compounds
  Richard J. Pietras, PhD, MD
   

• How Do I Take Care of Myself While the Doctors Care For My Cancer?
  Brenda Bursch, PhD
   

• How to Survive a Cancer Diagnosis: Practical Strategies to Improve Care
  Paul M Zeltzer, MD
   

• Nutrition and Cancer: What’s a Person to Do?
  Karen Duvall, MD, MPH
   

• Cancer and Aging
  Arash Naeim, MD, PhD
   

• Breast and Ovarian Cancer Update and Links
  Dennis Slamon, MD
   

• The Questions That Won't Go Away
  Rabbi Ed Feinstein
   

• Medical Advances in the Treatment in Prostate Cancer
  Fairooz Kabbinavar, MD
   

2003

• Traditional Chinese Medicine and Cancer: An Integrative Approach
  David L. Boyd, PhD, LAc,and Master Wen Mei Yu
   

• Modern Cancer Care:
  Increasing Longevity and Quality of Life with Optimal Pain Management
  Joshua P. Prager, MD, MS
   

• The Bogeyman in the Closet:
  Reducing Fears of Cancer Recurrence, Death and Dying
  David Kessler
   

• Mind-Body Interactions: Implications for Chronic Disease
  Michael Irwin, MD
   

• Lymphedema After Cancer Treatment: Management and Prevention
  Mary Rosenberg, PT, CLT-LANA
   

• Prostate Cancer: Current Treatments and Quality of Life
  Mark S. Litwin, MD, MPH and Steve P. Lee, MD, PhD
   

2002

• Cancer, the Law and You
  Barbara Ullman Schwerin, Esq.
   

• Fatigue and “Chemo Brain”after Cancer Treatment
  John Glaspy, M.D.
   

2001

• Laughter is the Best Medicine
  Christine K. Clifford
   

• Cancer Survivorship:
  Understanding and Managing the Late Effects of Cancer Treatment
  Patricia A. Ganz, M.D.
   

• Quality of Life and Symptom Management in Cancer
  Judith M. Ford, M.D., Ph.D.
   

• Sun Damage and Skin Cancer: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment
  Ronald L. Moy, M.D.
   

• Cancer and the Family:
  Enhancing Communication When a Child or Parent has Cancer
  Margaret L. Stuber, M.D.
   

• Herbal Medicines for Well-Being as an Adjunct to Cancer Therapy
  Michael W. Smith, M.D.
   

• Cancer and the Spirit: Stories that Hurt, Stories that Heal
  Rabbi Edward Feinstein
   

2000

• Healthy Survivorship: Embracing Life Through Cancer
  Wendy Schlessel Harpham, M.D.
   

• Cancer and Fatigue: Information and Management Strategies
  John Glaspy, M.D. and Angela Garrido, RN, BSN, OCN
   

• Healing and the Mind: Emotions and the Immune System
  Margaret Kemeny, Ph.D.
   

• Life Lessons: Two Experts on Death and Dying Teach Us
  About the Mysteries of Life and Living
  David Kessler, RN
   

1999

• Spirituality, Healing and Cancer
  Christina M. Puchalski, M.D.
   

• Mind-Body Medicine and Cancer
  Roger Dafter, Ph.D., David Rapkin, Ph.D. and Charlene Williams, Ph.D.
   

• Acupuncture and QiGong
  David Diehl, M.D., Master Wen Mei Yu and Theresa Hoff
   

• Preparation for Surgery: A Mind-Body Approach
  John L Reeves, II, Ph.D.
   

1998

• Laugh! Jest for the Health of It!
  Patty Wooten, RN
   

• Cancer and the Search for Meaning
  Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.
   

• Alternative Medical Therapies: Friend or Foe in Cancer Treatment
  Jill Klessig, MD
   

• Your Appearance and How You Feel: The Unwritten RX for Cancer
  Christine Kunzelman Schwab
   

• The Rights of the Dying
  David Kessler, RN
   

1997

• Skin Cancer Update: Early Detection, Prevention and Treatment
  Vincent C. Hung, M.D.
   

• Impact of Cancer and Menopause on Women's Sexuality
  Beth Meyerowitz, Ph.D. and Patricia Ganz, M.D.
   

1996

• Choices in Healing Integrating the Best of Conventional
  and Complementary Approaches to Cancer
  Michael Lerner, Ph.D.
   

• Deep Relaxation & Meditation:
  Gaining Spiritual Strength to Face the Challenge of Cancer
  Janet Weathers, Ph.D., MATS, MA
   

• Cancer Survivorship: A Consumer Perspective
  Susan Leigh, RN
   

1995

• Sexuality and Cancer: the Personal and the Interpersonal
  Beth Meyerowitz, Ph.D.
   

1994

• Family Ties: Their Importance for Health
  David Wellisch, Ph.D.
   

• The Human Spirit and Spirituality
  Selma Schimmel and Rabbi Schimmel