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Faculty Affiliations

	Alan P Venook, MD Professor of Clinical Medicine University of California San Francisco San Francisco, California		Daniel G Haller, MD Professor of Medicine Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
	Axel Grothey, MD Professor of Oncology Department of Medical Oncology Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota

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FACULTY — The following faculty (and their spouses/partners) reported real or apparent conflicts of interest, which have been resolved through a conflict of interest resolution process: Dr Venook — Advisory Committee: Amgen Inc, ImClone Systems Incorporated; Grant Funding: Genentech BioOncology; Paid Research: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Pfizer Inc. Dr Grothey — Advisory Committee: Genentech BioOncology, Genomic Health Inc, Pfizer Inc, Roche Laboratories Inc, Sanofi-Aventis; Consulting Agreements: Amgen Inc, Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Genentech BioOncology, Roche Laboratories Inc. Dr Haller — Advisory Committee: Abraxis BioScience, Amgen Inc, Genentech BioOncology, Sanofi-Aventis; Consulting Agreement: Sanofi-Aventis.

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Medical Oncologist Community Panel

Samuel N Bobrow, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale University Attending Physician at Yale- New Haven Hospital Attending Physician at the Hospital of St Raphael New Haven, Connecticut Lowell Hart, MD Research Director, Florida Cancer Specialists Fort Myers, Florida

William N Harwin, MD Hematologist/Oncologist Florida Cancer Specialists Fort Myers, Florida Kenneth R Hoffman, MD, MPH Teaneck, New Jersey Steven P Kanner, MD Oncology Associates of South Florida Hollywood, Florida

Malek Safa, MD Medical Oncology Hematology Associates Dayton, Ohio Michael A Schwartz, MD Attending, Mount Sinai Medical Center Miami Beach, Florida