FROM FUNDAMENTAL BRAIN TUMOR SCIENCE TO INTERDISCIPLINARY BEDSIDE CARE; THE OUTCOME REPORT FROM THE NEURO-ONCOLOGY SCIENTIFIC CLUB SECOND MEETUP (NOSC-2), 19th APRIL 2012, MASHHAD, IRAN
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical and Clinical Research - Year 2012, Vol 3, Issue 5
Abstract
The second session of the interval meetings of the Neuro-Oncology Scientific Club (NOSC-2)- Mashhad, took place on 19th April 2012 in Mashhad, Iran. NOSC is an interdisciplinary forum providing updates in brain tumor diagnosis and management. The focus for this scientific meeting was how fundamental brain tumor science can foster clinical advances in treating patients with glial brain tumors and glioblastoma multiforme in particular. Having experts from radiation oncology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology, pathology, neurology and medical genetics under one roof, turned this meeting to a touching platform for redirecting debates while putting brain tumor patients’ survival and quality of life first. This is expected to lead to provincial and later countrywide practice guidelines for interdisciplinary management of brain tumors. Translational research, bridging fundamental science to bedside care for brain tumors is also on schedule for NOSC activities. During the “NOSC-2†meeting, current brain tumor international guidelines were reviewed to ensure compatibility to our local setting and practice. Furthermore, strategies for brain tumor patient referral and bidirectional collaboration between various allied disciplines were lined up. Research opportunities in basic science and clinical neuro-oncology within Mashhad University of Medical Sciences cancer research center were shared and targeted. The current draft of the provincial brain tumor registry (PBTR) software was presented. PBTR was agreed to be installed in two distinguished oncology centers in Mashhad as pilot. Taking initial steps towards provincial practice guideline definition (primarily for high grade gliomas) will be the main agenda constituent for the upcoming NOSC session to be held in mid September 2012.
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M. TORABI-NAMI
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