PNOC Ependymoma Informational Webinar May 21, 2021

The Pacific Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium (PNOC) is an international consortium, led by Dr. Sabine Mueller and Dr. Michael Prados, with centers within the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia. PNOC are dedicated to bringing new therapies to children and young adults with brain tumors. PNOC's goal is to improve outcomes by translating the latest findings in brain tumor biology into better treatments for these children.

As part of our ongoing webinar series on May 21st we presented the PNOC Ependymoma webinar to provide updates on research and clinical trials and to answer patient family questions.

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Dr. Mariella Filbin Co-Director for Research, Pediatric Neuro-oncology Program, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Associate Member, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorder Center

Dr. Eugene (Gene) Hwang Pediatric Neuro-Oncologist, PNOC Ependymoma Research Group; Associate Division Chief, Oncology, Children's National Hospital

Dr. Torunn Yock Director, Pediatric Radiation Oncology, MGH; Professor, Harvard Medical School; Chair, Quality Improvement Committee, Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center

and

Dr. Sabine Mueller PNOC Co-Founder and Project Leader, Professor of Clinical Neurology, UCSF

Dr. Cassie Kline Attending Physician, Director, Neuro-Oncology Clinical Research; Kortney Rose Foundation Clinical Researcher in Neuro-Oncology; Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; PNOC Director of Data Quality and Integration

Thank you to Lindsay for sharing her story today and all the patient families who tuned in live and asked questions.

For more information on PNOC and PNOC's Ependymoma Research Group please visit https://pnoc.us

If you would like to learn more about PNOC Foundation or support Ependymoma research please visit https://www.pnocfoundation.org

PNOC is not only a collaboration of doctors, scientists and patient families, it also represents a collaboration of funders and advocates. We gratefully acknowledge the support of PNOC's Ependymoma work and this webinar by following collaborations foundations: Dragon Master Foundation, Tommy Strong Foundation, National Brain Tumor Society, Robert Dawes Foundation and CERN Foundation.

• Category

  Ependymoma - Childhood