Focus on Cancer

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD

Guest: Daniel P. Petrylak, MD

Why is it so difficult to recommend the best course of treatment for your prostate cancer patients? This segment addresses some of the reasons we have not made as quick progress in developing prostate cancer treatments as we have in some other areas of cancer research. What can we do to advance treatment options for prostate cancer more quickly? Join host, Dr. Larry Kaskel talking with Dr. Daniel Petrylak.

Host: Bruce Japsen

Guest: Edgar Staren, MD, PhD, MBA

The customer is often first when seated at a restaurant table or when he or she walks into the lobby of the Ritz Carlton, but such an experience can still be a new phenomenon in health care. Dr. Edgar Staren, Senior Vice President for Clinical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer at Cancer Treatment Centers of America tells the Chicago Tribune's Bruce Japsen how these hospitals provide customer-friendly care with specialized food, massage therapies and alternative treatments to complement the traditional chemotherapy and cancer treatment regimens.

Guest: Devra Davis, PhD

Host: Leslie P. Lundt, MD

In America and the UK, one out of every two men and one of every three women will develop cancer in their lifetime. How did a disease that was once so atypical become so ordinary? Author and researcher Dr. Devra Davis joins host Dr. Leslie Lundt to discuss why cancer may be so common.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD

Guest: Robert Schimmel

Robert Schimmel, one of Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Comics, authored Cancer on $5 a day* *chemo not included: How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life. Mr. Schimmel discussed how he survived his battle with stage three non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD

Guest: Robert Schimmel

Robert Schimmel, named one of Comedy Central's 100 greatest Comics, had Showtime and HBO specials, bestselling CDs, a Fox pilot, and consistently sold-out club dates. A recipient of the celebration of Life Award from the National Lymphoma Society, Mr. Schimmel was the author of the book, Cancer on $5 a Day* * Chemo Not Included: How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD

Guest: Robert Schimmel

Robert Schimmel, named one of Comedy Central's 100 greatest Comics, had Showtime and HBO specials, bestselling CDs, a Fox TV pilot, and consistently sold-out club dates. He was a recipient of the Celebration of Life Award from the National Lymphoma Society and author of the book, Cancer on $5 a day* * Chemo Not Included How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life. Mr. Schimmel discussed how humor helped save his life during his battle with stage 3 non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.

Host: Susan Dolan, RN, JD

Guest: Robert Schimmel

Robert Schimmel, named one of Comedy Central's 100 greatest Comics, had Showtime and HBO specials, best selling CDs, a Fox TV pilot, and consistently sold-out club dates. He was a recipient of the Celebration of Life Award from the National Lymphoma Society. Mr. Schimmel discussed his book, Cancer on $5 a day* *Chemo Not Included: How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life.

Guest: Loren Walensky, MD, PhD

Host: Bruce Bloom, DDS, JD

Loren D. Walensky MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Oncology at Harvard Medical School and Medical Director of the Program of Cancer Chemical Biology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, discusses life as a research scientist in cancer research.

Host: Lee Freedman, MD

Guest: Aditya Bardia, MD

Guest: Victor Montori, MD

What is the efficacy of Vitamins and Antioxidants in cancer prevention? Dr. Aditya Bardia and Dr. Victor Montori, from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN discuss a meta-analytical study designed to answer this question. Specifically covered are beta carotene, vitamin E, and selenium.