Working to Eradicate Gynecologic Cancers

SS2
Sunrise Seminar II: Cancer in the Elderly: Chemo, Surgery, and Frailty

Sunday, March 23, 2014: 6:30 AM-7:30 AM
Ballroom A (Tampa Convention Center)
Description: The course will provide an overview of demographics regarding age and gynecologic malignancies. Additionally, faculty will discuss data on how elderly patients are treated today (comparing to younger age groups) focusing on surgical therapy, and outcomes of such therapy. During this session, the concept of geriatric assessment will be introduced and we will discuss the data and planned trials using it preoperatively.
Faculty:  Kathleen N. Moore, MD, The University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK and William Tew, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New york City, NY
Course Directors:  Gini Fleming, MD, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
6:30 AM
Welcome & Introduction
G. Fleming
University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
 
6:34 AM
Peri-Operative Considerations in the Elderly Patient with Ovarian Cancer
K. N. Moore
The University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
 
6:59 AM
Ovarian Cancer in the Elderly: Surgery & Geriatric Assessment
W. Tew
Memorial Sloan Kettering, New york City, NY
 
7:24 AM
Panel & Floor Discussion
 
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