Primary Brain Tumours in the Era of COVID-19
The programme is designed to offer an expert opinion exchange and provide some practical approaches for management of primary brain tumours during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Primary Brain Tumours in the Era of COVID-19
Chair: Matthias Preusser
Speakers: Vincenzo Di Nunno, Emile Le Rhun
*The ESMO Webinar Series is freely available to all healthcare professionals working in Oncology
Programme
- Introduction, Matthias Preusser, MD, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Clinical case presentation, Vincenzo Di Nunno, MD, Department of Oncology, AUSL- ISBN, Bologna, Italy
- Management of primary brain tumours according to the recent ESMO COVID-19 recommendations, Matthias Preusser, MD, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Discussion, Matthias Preusser, MD, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Vincenzo Di Nunno, MD, Department of Oncology, AUSL- ISBN, Bologna, Italy
Emile Le Rhun, MD, Departments of Neurosurgery, Neurology & Brain Tumor Center, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland - Closing Remarks, Matthias Preusser, MD, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Learning objectives
- Understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the management of patients with primary brain tumours
- Review the recent ESMO adapted recommendations on primary brain tumours in the COVID-19 era
- Present a case of primary brain tumour patient
- Discuss the case of primary brain tumour patient under the guidance of a moderator senior expert, author of the ESMO COVID-19 recommendations assisted with the speakers’ panel
*The ESMO Webinar Series is freely available to all healthcare professionals working in Oncology
