BNOS/NCRI Neuro-oncology Symposium
NCRI Annual Conference Liverpool
Monday 7th November 2011
09.30 - 12.00
Session 1 Biological consequences of anti-angiogenic therapy
09.30 -09.40 Introduction
Professor Geoff Pilkington (President, BNOS)
09.40 - 10.00 Favourable results of anti-angiogenic treatment protocols in benign and rare
nervous system tumours
Professor Oliver Hanemann (Plymouth)
10.00 - 10.20 Relationship between angiogenesis and local invasion – the role of micro-
environment and cancer stem cells
Professor Rolf Bjerkvig (Bergen)
Session 2 Metastatic disease in the brain – the nature and extent of the problem
10.20-10.40 Introduction
Professor David Walker (Vice-President, BNOS)
10.40 – 11.00 Neuropathology of CNS metastases – Incidence, types, frequency and prognostic
implications
Dr Sarah Bell, Glasgow
11.00-11.20 Use of sophisticated MRI in brain metastases
Dr Nicola Sibson (Oxford)
11.20-11.40 Whole brain radiotherapy versus radiosurgery for brain metastases
Dr Jeremy Rowe (Sheffield)
11.40-12.00 In vivo modelling of metastatic disease in the brain
Professor Ruth Muschel (Oxford)