Working to Eradicate Gynecologic Cancers

RF5
Focused Plenary V: Obesity Induced Challenges in Endometrial Cancer

Sunday, March 23, 2014: 1:45 PM-3:00 PM
Ballroom A (Tampa Convention Center)
Description:
Moderators:  Angeles Alvarez Secord, MD, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC and Pamela JB Stone, MD, Rocky Mountain Cancer Center, Boulder, CO
1:45 PM
Moderator Introductions
A. A. Secord1 and P. J. Stone2
1Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 2Rocky Mountain Cancer Center, Boulder, CO
 

 
1:51 PM
75 - Focused Plenary
The economic impact associated with caring for the morbidly obese with endometrial cancer: a nationwide study of 6,560 women
J. K. Chan1, K. W. Blansit1, L. M. Chen1, R. A. Brooks1, S. M. Ueda1, X. Yu2 and D. S. Kapp3
1UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA, 2University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 3Stanford University, Stanford, CA
 

 
2:00 PM
76 - Focused Plenary
Complications and surgical staging of endometrial cancer with respect to obesity: a Gynecologic Oncology Group LAP2 ancillary data study
C. C. Gunderson1, J. Java2, K. N. Moore1 and J. L. Walker1
1The University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, 2Gynecologic Oncology Group Statistical and Data Center, Buffalo, NY
 

 
2:16 PM
Tips and Tricks for Operating on the Super Morbidly Obese
P. J. Stone
Rocky Mountain Cancer Center, Boulder, CO
 

 
2:22 PM
77 - Focused Plenary
The link between obesity and endometrial cancer: a lack of knowledge but an opportunity for intervention
A. F. Haggerty, K. Allison, D. B. Sarwer and C. Chu
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
 

 
2:31 PM
78 - Focused Plenary
Novel exercise, weight-loss, and dietary approach to your life study (NEWDAY) in overweight endometrial and breast cancer survivors
M. L. McCarroll1, S. Armbruster1, R. J. Pohle-Krauza1,2, A. M. Lyzen1, N. Fagan1, S. Min3, G. D. Roulette1,3, S. J. Andrews1,3 and V. E. Von Gruenigen1,3
1Summa Health System, Akron, OH, 2Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH, 3Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), Rootstown, OH
 

 
2:40 PM
79 - Focused Plenary
Metformin and the risk of endometrial cancer: a population-based cohort study
E. M. Ko1,2, T. Sturmer2, J. L. Hong2, W. Camelo2, V. L. Bae-Jump3 and M. J. Funk2
1University of Pennsylvania, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 2University of North Carolina Gillings School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC, 3University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
 
2:48 PM
Overview of Obesity in Endometrial Cancer and Future Directions
A. Alvarez-Secord
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
 
2:58 PM
Question & Answer
 
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