Brain Tumours

Programme

TIME

TITLE

SPEAKER

DAY 1

SUNDAY 4-OCT- 2015

Introduction 8:45

Introduction

Michael Brada Ranj Bhangoo Paola Cassoni

9:00

Modern imaging of CNS tumours

10:00 10:30 11:00

What is new in brain tumour classification

Coffee break / Expo

Current surgical approaches

Ranj Bhangoo

Practical radiotherapy

11:30 11:50

Radiotherapy –preparing the patient for treatment Radiotherapy – treatment techniques, wide field irradiation Radiotherapy – treatment techniques, localised treatment

Michael Brada

Cristina Mantovani

12:10

Michael Brada

12:30 13:00 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 17:00

Discussion

Michael Brada

Lunch / Expo

Radiation tolerance of of the CNS

Damien Weber Patrick Roth

Systemic therapy issues – current chemotherapy Systemic therapy issues – novel therapies

Anthony Chalmers

Coffee break / Expo

Debate/cases – proton therapy for CNS tumours

Damien Weber Riccardo Soffietti

Quality of life issues in neuro-oncology