Neuro Oncology Updates 2016

MEDLAB Asia Pacific“Neuro Oncology Updates”(24 March 2016, The Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore) 

MEDLAB Asia Pacific presents Neuro Oncology Updates on the Friday, 24th of March 2016 at The Sands Expo and Convention Centre, where leading practitioners in the field will congregate and share their views and experiences on the multidisciplinary approach in neuro-oncology (principles and practices). Registration for this update is Free.

The impressive faculty comprises of multi-disciplinary international experts from Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, USA; Epitopoietic Research Corporation (ERC), Belgium; Bangkok Hospital, Thailand; Beacon, Malaysia; as well as the local panel from Asian American Radiation Oncology (AARO); OncoCare Cancer Centre; National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS); National University Cancer Institute; Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre; National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) and Singapore General Hospital (SGH). Click here to view the complete speaker faculty.

This is a one-day event with opportunities for in-depth discussions regarding the key topics of

• Glioblastoma – surgical treatment; modality approach, imaging
• Biomarkers, targeted agents and vaccines in brain tumours
• Brain metastases –  cancer cells that have spread to the brain

Agenda
09:40	Opening remarks by the chair: Dr Daniel Tan, Medical Director and Consultant Radiation Oncologist, Asian American Radiation Oncology, Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore
SESSION 1: TREATMENT OF GLIBOBLASTOMA IN 2016 Moderator: A/Prof Keith Lim, Assistant Director (Clinical Education – Global Health), National University Cancer Institute, Singapore
09:45	Surgical treatment of GBM A/Prof Ng Wai Hoe, Medical Director, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore
10:05	Combined modality approach to GBM Dr Tho Lye Mun, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Beacon Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
10:25	First clinical results of a personalised immunotherapeutic vaccine against recurrent, incompletely resected, treatment-resistant (GBM) tumors Prof Dr Virgil Schijns, Vice President, International Consortium for Cell Therapy and Immunotherapy (ICCTI); Chief Scientific Officer, Epitopoietic Research Corporation (ERC),Isnes, Belgium
SESSION 2: BIOMARKERS, TARGETED AGENTS AND VACCINES IN BRAIN TUMOURS Moderator: Dr Tay Miah Hiang, Consultant Medical Oncologist, OncoCare Cancer Centre, Singapore
10:45	Prognostic and predictive biomarkers in neuro-oncology Assoc Prof Lai Siang Hui, Senior Consultant in the Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
11:05	Targeted therapies in Neuro-oncology Speaker to be confirmed
11:25	Tumour Vaccines in GBM; different approaches and summary of trial results A/Prof Sith Sathornsumetee, Neuro-Oncologist, Bangkok Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
11:45	Visit exhibition
SESSION 3: NEURO-ONCOLOGY SPECIALITIES I Moderator: Dr Daniel Tan, Medical Director and Consultant Radiation Oncologist, Asian American Radiation Oncology, Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore
13:30	Latest approach to management of low grade glioma Dr Jonathan Knisely, Director, Radiosurgery & Stereotactic Radiotherapy, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, New York, USA
13:50	Treatment of brain metastases in 2016 Dr Jonathan Knisely, Director, Radiosurgery & Stereotactic Radiotherapy, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, New York, USA
14:10	Imaging in Neuro-Oncology Dr Yu Wai-Yung, Senior Consultant, Neuroradiology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore
14:30	Visit exhibition
SESSION 4: NEURO-ONCOLOGY SPECILAITIES II Moderator: Dr Kevin Chua, Assoc Consultant, Division of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Centre, Singapore
15:15	Latest updates in management of paediatric brain tumours Dr Yap Tsiao Yi, Medical Lecturer, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
15:35	Combined Modality Approach in Primary CNS Lymphoma A/Prof Yeoh Kheng Wei, Senior Consultant, Division of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Centre, Singapore
15:55	Management of benign brain lesions A/Prof (Dr) John Thomas, Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon; Medical Director, Immanuel Centre for Neurosurgery, Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre, Singapore
16:15	CLOSE OF ONCOLOGY