Course Description:
This course will provide attendees with an update in major areas of neuroscience and oncology research from basic science, translational laboratories and clinical trials research. Lectures will cover neuroscientific arenas including brain tumor biology and growth, vascular neogenesis, nanotechnology for tumor suppression, viral vectors for tumor destruction, and other new agents to target and destroy brain tumors. The conference will discuss basic tumors of the brain and other sites including breast in addition to metastatic brain tumor therapies. Also, the course will cover the latest diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to tumors.
Target Audience:
This course is designed for neurologists, neurosurgeons, medical oncologists, neuropathologists, neurointerventional surgeons, radiation oncologists, pathologists, ARNPs/PAs, nurses and other healthcare personnel who are interested in this field.
Accommodations:
Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World
Orlando, Florida
Four Seasons is offering rooms starting at $249 per night, plus tax for attendees and their guests. When calling to make a reservation, identify yourself as a participant of the Mayo Clinic Neurosurgical Symposium. Special room rates are available until the block is sold out or August 7, 2017, whichever comes first.
From a transcendent resort spa inspired by the Everglades to a rooftop steakhouse with views of fireworks spectaculars over the skyline, no one brings dreams to life quite like Four Seasons and the magic of Disney. At Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World®, find all this and more nestled in a tranquil, Floridian landscape within the gates of the Golden Oak community at Walt Disney World®.
Course Directors:
William D. Freeman, M.D., Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, M.D., Joon H. Uhm, M.D., and Betty Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
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