Brain and Spinal Tumor Symposium-Updates on Research and Treatment Strategies
May
7
Friday
2010
Brain and Spinal Tumor Symposium-Updates on Research and Treatment Strategies
| Event Date: | Friday, May 7, 2010 |
| Event Time: | 8:00AM-4:45PM |
| Event Location: | Inn on the Lake in Canandaigua |
| Contact Telephone: | (585) 275-4392 |
Please note this is an archived calendar event.
Two guest lecturers will offer insight into advances in research and treatment for this often deadly disease. Jaishri Blakely, M.D., assistant professor of Neurology, Oncology, and Neurosurgery and director of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Comprehensive Neurofibromatosis Center will focus on new developments in brain tumor care and scientist Hai Yan, M.D., Ph.D., of the Molecular Oncogenomics Laboratory at Duke University, will share recent genomics research and how the findings can improve cancer care.
Updates about adult and pediatric brain tumor research and clinical trials will be the focus of the patient-oriented break-out sessions along with a session about living with a brain tumor.
The agenda for the healthcare attendees covers several areas. They include: improving patient monitoring and communications; advances in stereotactic radiosurgery; new findings from clinical trials; advances in pediatric brain tumors; sleep disorders and fatigue in cancer patients; stem cells and brain tumor therapy; and predicting recurrence.
Kevin Walter, M.D., associate professor of Neurosurgery and Oncology and director of the Program for Brain and Spinal Tumors at the Medical Center, said the conference was established because "more than 2,000 research articles are published in the field of neuro-oncology each year and the information found in these studies often results in profound changes in the management of patients suffering from malignant brain tumors.
"Our goal is to assist clinicians in keeping up-to-date on the latest treatments," he said.
"The program is also open to patients and their families to help them to develop broader understanding about the most recent advances in treatments and what that means for them."
The seminar, to be held at the Inn on the Lake in Canandaigua, is presented by Rochester Neurosurgery Partners in conjunction with the Medical Center departments of Neurology, Pathology, Pediatrics, and Radiation Oncology.
Registration is $20 and includes lunch. Call (585) 275-4392 to register.
Submitted by: RH Administrator, Rochester Health
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