Assessing Brain Tumor Treatments, Patient Tips: Patient, Survivor, Caregiver Conference Day 2

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07/06/23

From brain tumor boards to holistic management, such as acupuncture, stress management, yoga and more, watch the 2020 ABTA National Conference, Day 2 to help you make informed decisions along the brain tumor journey.

This conference is chaired by:

Mark R. Gilbert, MD, Chief and Senior Investigator, The Neuro-Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health and

Jean Arzbaecher, RN, APN, CNRN, Advanced Practice Nurse at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

--Video Contents--

00:00 Welcome
08:21 Brain Tumor Board
1:19:21 NeuroD1 Dictates Tumor Cell Differentiation in Medulloblastoma
1:24:27 The Importance of Patient Outcomes Assessments in Determining Optimal Treatment
2:07:47 Meet the ABTA Board of Directors
2:26:56 Selinexor in GBM: XPORT-GBM-029. A Phase 1/2 Study of Selinexor in Combination with Standard of Care Therapy for Newly Diagnosed or Recurrent Glioblastoma
2:30:31 NorthShore Neurological Institute’s Brain Tumor Program: Procedures, Innovations, Clinical Trials, and a Multispecialty Team – NorthShore University Health System
2:33:24 A Novel Pressure-Reducing Therapy to Abrogate Tumor Invasiveness and Immune Infiltration in Glioblastoma
2:37:50 Microcircuit Platform to Screen Ion Channel Blockers for Medulloblastoma
2:42:19 Programming Tumor-Clearing Macrophages with Targeted Gene Therapy
2:46:22 DCVax® Personalized Immune Therapies: Explanation of what dendritic cell therapies (such as DCVax) are, how they work and how they are different from other kinds of treatments for GBM
2:53:47 Zero in on Brain Metastases: Leksell Gamma Knife Icon
2:56:59 Thought Leader Liaison: An FDA Approved treatment for Glioblastoma
3:06:18 Clinical Trials: A Primer
3:49:10 Clinical Trials: Panel Discussion with Experts
4:15:31 Radiogenomic Prediction of Pediatric Medulloblastoma Molecular Subgroup
4:21:04 Holistic Management of Brain Tumor Symptoms
5:04:53 An Investigation of Telomere Maintenance Mechanism in ATRX Mutant Gliomas
5:10:40 Caring for The Caregiver
5:54:52 Targeting TLR2 in EGFR/EGFRvIII+ Glioblastoma
5:59:30 Living with a Brain Tumor: Patient and Caregiver Panel - Facilitator: Jean Arzbaecher, RN, APN, CNRN and 3 Patient and Caregiver Panelists: Donna and Paul Van Ryn, Aisha Khalid Khan and Khola Shuaib, Steffanie and Scott Flack
6:45:23 Closing Comments & Adjournment

The ABTA National Conference is the largest brain tumor educational event, designed for patients, caregivers and their loved ones, presented by our nation's leading brain tumor experts. For upcoming conferences, visit https://www.abta.org/national-conference/.

For more information about brain tumors, resources and/or support, call the ABTA CareLine at 800-882-2282, email info@abta.org or visit https://www.abta.org/.