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Current Treatment and Controversies in Childhood Brain Tumors
Program Code:
EDU207
Date:
Monday, September 22, 2008
SPEAKER(S):
Thomas Merchant, Chief, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Shiao Woo, Professor, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
LEARNER OUTCOMES:
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Discuss the relative merits of radiation therapy compared to surgery for craniopharyngioma and radiation therapy compared to chemotherapy for low-grade astrocytoma.
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Identify important clinical and treatment-related factors which are responsible for side effects observed after treatment with radiation therapy.
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List current targeting guidelines and normal tissue dose constraints for the most common childhood brain tumors.