The content from the Meso Foundation’s regional conference, presented as a collaboration between the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation and Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center, held in Philadelphia on September 26, 2014, is now available for viewing online on the Abramson Cancer Center website.
The conference featured area experts in the field of mesothelioma.
All sessions are now available online at OncoLink.org/Conference/Mesothelioma.
The conference was co-chaired by Mary Hesdorffer, CRNP, of the Meso Foundation, and Joseph Friedberg, MD, and Daniel Sterman, MD, of the Penn’s Mesothelioma and Pleural Program.
Among topics of discussion were clinical trial participation, latest advances in peritoneal and pleural mesothelioma, palliative care, early detection, genetics, coping with mesothelioma, and survivorship.
Speakers included:
Mary Hesdorffer, CRNP, Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation
Joseph Friedberg, MD, Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center
Chi Dang, MD, PhD, Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center
Richard Alexander, MD, University of Maryland
Lee Krug, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Andreas Rimner, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Daniel Sterman, MD, Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center
Suzanne Walker, CRNP, MSN, AOCN, BC, Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center
Anil Vachani, MD, Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center
Joseph Testa, PhD, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Eleanor Anderson, MD, Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center
The Meso Foundation is hosting a second regional mesothelioma conference with The University of Chicago Medicine on October 10 in Chicago. To learn more about this conference, visit curemeso.org/chicago.
