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Session Information
2008 Annual Meeting
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Current Treatment and Controversies in Childhood Brain Tumors
Track
:
EDU
Program Code:
EDU207
Date:
Monday, September 22, 2008
Time:
7:15 AM to 8:45 AM
EST
Duration:
4610 Minutes
SPEAKER(S):
Thomas Merchant, Chief, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Shiao Woo, Professor, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
LEARNER OUTCOMES:
- Discuss the relative merits of radiation therapy compared to surgery for craniopharyngioma and radiation therapy compared to chemotherapy for low-grade astrocytoma.
- Identify important clinical and treatment-related factors which are responsible for side effects observed after treatment with radiation therapy.
- List current targeting guidelines and normal tissue dose constraints for the most common childhood brain tumors.
