Neuroscience
Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center and Brain Tumor Center are pleased to host the Penn Oncology Neurosurgery Symposium.
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Penn Medicine Co-Chairs: Arati Desai, MD, Steven Brem, MD & Robert Lustig, MD, FACR
Featuring talks from internationally-known experts, this symposium focuses on how the advances in the molecular biology of brain tumors have led to new treatment options in neuro-oncology. Advances in surgical techniques and intraoperative imaging have improved patient outcomes and there has been an integration of newly identified molecular biomarkers into clinical trials to provide individualized patient treatments.
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Neuroscience
Brain Tumor Symposium: Bridging Precision Science and Personalized Medicine
Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center and Brain Tumor Center are pleased to host the Penn Oncology Neurosurgery Symposium.
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When:
Friday, June 6, 2014Where:
Smilow Center for Translational ResearchPerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Penn Medicine Co-Chairs: Arati Desai, MD, Steven Brem, MD & Robert Lustig, MD, FACR
Featuring talks from internationally-known experts, this symposium focuses on how the advances in the molecular biology of brain tumors have led to new treatment options in neuro-oncology. Advances in surgical techniques and intraoperative imaging have improved patient outcomes and there has been an integration of newly identified molecular biomarkers into clinical trials to provide individualized patient treatments.
OBJECTIVES
At the completion of this course, participants should be able to:- Describe emerging concepts in the diagnosis and management of brain tumors.
- Discuss the risks and benefits of proton beam therapy and stereotactic intensity modulated radiation therapy for brain tumors.
- Describe advances in genome sequencing.
- Review clinical application of cancer gene panel sequencing.
- Explain new vaccine therapies tailored to individual patients.
- Neurosurgeons
- Neuro-oncologists
- Neurologists
- Radiologists
- Medical oncologists
- Radiation oncologists
- Pathologists
- Neuropsychologists
- Primary care physicians
- Oncology nurses
Register for Brain Tumors 2014: Bridging Precision Science and Personalized Medicine
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