Overview

When a child is diagnosed with a brain tumor, it can be overwhelming to the family and to the clinicians who treat the patient! We are pleased to bring you a webinar series featuring an up-to-date and thorough review on pediatric brain tumors. This webinar series will cover a wide range of topics that span from clinical presentation and diagnosis to multidisciplinary treatment of pediatric brain tumors. In addition to presenting the latest developments in pediatric brain tumor therapies, this webinar series will provide insights into the unique aspects of pediatric oncology that integrate caring and supporting not only the patients but also their families from diagnosis through long term follow up.

Who Should Attend?

This educational activity is intended for pediatricians, family practice physicians, emergency medicine physicians, neurosurgeons, primary care physicians, residents, fellows, nurse practitioners, nurses, physician assistants, and allied health professionals.

Learning Objectives

After completing this educational activity, participants will be able to do the following:

• Recognize the common clinical signs and symptoms of pediatric brain tumors.
• Outline approaches to effectively deliver difficult news to patients and families.
• Summarize the implications of constitutional and tumor genomics on pediatric brain tumors.
• Review optimal and specialized tumor-directed surgical treatments.
• Describe novel technological innovations in surgical and gamma knife techniques for treating brain tumors and skull-based tumors and define their role in clinical practice.
• Critically discuss the options for preserving fertility in cancer patients while achieving desired therapeutic outcomes.
• Use a wide spectrum of holistic strategies, including music and animal therapy, to improve outcomes, especially quality of life, in pediatric patients with cancer.