Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) 21st Annual Meeting and Education Day is organized by Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) and would be held during Nov 17 - 20, 2016 at Scottsdale Fairmont Princess Hotel, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America.
The target audience for this medical event basically for neuro-oncologists, medical oncologists, adult and pediatric neurosurgeons, pediatric neuro-oncologists, neuroradiologists, neuropathologists, radiation oncologists, neuro-psychologists, epidemiologists, basic and translational scientists and nurses.
This year's Education Day will focus on Precision Medicine and the new WHO
Classification of central nervous system tumors. The day begins with a joint
session of Basic Science and Clinical & Applied Science. This CME conference has been approved with 26.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.
Educational Objectives :
After attending this conference, participants should be able to:
• Discuss new CNS tumor immunology research concerning cell biology, tumor microenvironment, signal transduction, genomics, epigenomics, proteomics, immunology and metabolomics (knowledge)
• Incorporate precision medicine in neuro-oncology tailored to the individual patient’s diagnosis based on genetic content, circulating biomarkers and cell analysis (knowledge, competence, performance, patient outcomes)
• Discuss new research on CNS immunotherapy (knowledge)
• Apply advances in neuro-imaging and neuropathology to diagnose, prognose, and measure response to therapy for patients with CNS tumors (knowledge, competence, performance, patient outcomes)
• Provide overview of WHO revisions of adult and pediatric brain tumors (knowledge)