(6) VCC Grand Rounds: TREATMENT OF SOLITARY BRAIN METASTASES — 8-9am, UHC Arnold 3431. Speakers: Susan Burdette-Radoux, MD, assistant professor of medicine, UVM/Fletcher Allen; Paul Penar, MD, professor of surgery, UVM/Fletcher Allen; James Wallace, MD, assistant professor of radiology, UVM/Fletcher Allen. For more information, call 802-847-3781.
(7) Vermont Cancer Center's "Ask the Expert" on Across the Fence: "WHAT ARE THE SUBTLE SIGNS OF OVARIAN CANCER?" — 12:10-12:30pm, WCAX Channel 3. Expert: Chueng Wong, MD, assistant professor of gynecologic oncology, UVM/Fletcher Allen.
(10) PREVENTING CERVICAL & OVARIAN CANCER: CRITICAL TIPS — 8am-Noon, Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, So. Burlington, VT. Speaker: Cheung Wong, MD, assistant professor of gynecologic oncology, UVM/Fletcher Allen. For more information or to register, call 847-5110.
(13) VCC Grand Rounds: NEW DIRECTIONS IN CHEMOTHERAPY FOR METASTATIC BREAST CANCER — 8-9am, UHC Arnold 3431. Speaker: Hope Rugo, MD, director, Breast Medical Oncology Clinical Trials Program, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center. For more information, call 802-847-3781.
(19) PROTECT YOURSELF FROM PROSTATE CANCER: WHAT MEN CAN DO — 6:30-7:30pm, Speaker: George Philips, MD, assistant professor of medicine, UVM/Fletcher Allen. For more information or to register, call 802-847-2278.
(20) UVM Community Medical School: HOW RADIATION THERAPY TECHNOLOGY TREATS CANCER — 6-7pm, Carpenter Auditorium, Given Building, UVM Campus. Speaker: James Wallace, MD, assistant professor of radiology, UVM/Fletcher Allen.
(4) UVM Community Medical School: MAKING HARD DECISIONS: ADVANCE DIRECTIVES & OTHER ETHICAL ISSUES IN MEDICINE — 6-7pm, Carpenter Auditorium, Given Building, UVM Campus. Speaker: Robert Macauley, MD, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics and interim medical director of clinical ethics, UVM/Fletcher Allen.
(4) VCC Grand Rounds: NONMYELOABLATIVE TRANSPLANATATION — 8-9am, UHC Arnold 3431. Speaker: Ted Alyea, MD, assistant professor of medicine, Dana Farber Cancer Institute. For more information, call 802-847-3781.
(5) SUN PROTECTION FOR ALL SEASONS: A KEY TO PREVENTING SKIN CANCER — 6:30-7:30pm, Speaker: Glenn Goldman, MD, associate professor of medicine, UVM/Fletcher Allen. For more information or to register, call 802-847-2278.
(17) Vermont Cancer Center's "Ask the Expert" on Across the Fence: "WHAT ARE CLINICAL TRIALS & WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT?" — 12:10-12:30pm, WCAX Channel 3. Expert: Susan Burdette-Radoux, MD, associate professor of medicine, UVM/Fletcher Allen.
(18) VCC Grand Rounds: UPDATE ON CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL ASPECTS OF PROSTATE CANCER — 8-9am, UHC Arnold 3431. Speaker: Philip Wayne Kantoff, MD, director of The Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology; chief of Div. of Solid Tumor Oncology; and professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School. For more information, call 802-847-3781.
(21) Annual Breast Cancer Conference — 8:30-5pm, Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center. Thirty presentations offered on various topics and issues related to cancer. For more information visit here or call 656-5665. Accreditation for nursing contact hours pending.
(1) UVM Community Medical School: THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF SECOND-HAND SMOKE — 6-7pm, Carpenter Auditorium, Given Building, UVM Campus. Speaker: Theodore Marcy, MD, MPH, professor of medicine, UVM and medical director, Pulmonary Ambulatory Center, Fletcher Allen.
(3) VCC's 20th Regional Annual Cancer Research Symposium: "GENOMIC STABILITY & CANCER STEM CELLS: Molecular Mechanisms & Mouse Models" — full day, Doubletree Hotel, (formerly known as The Clarion), South Burlington, VT. For more information or to register visit www.vermontcancer.org, or call 802-656-4414.
(9) COLON CANCER: THE TOTALLY PREVENTABLE DISEASE — 6:30-7:30pm, Speaker: Marc Greenblatt, MD, associate professor of medicine, UVM/Fletcher Allen. For more information or to register call 802-847-2278.
(14) Vermont Cancer Center's "Ask the Expert" on Across the Fence: "WHAT ARE THE LATEST TREATMENTS FOR GASTROINTESTINAL CANCERS?" — 12:10-12:30pm, WCAX Channel 3. Expert: Paul Unger, MD, clinical assistant professor of medicine, UVM/Fletcher Allen.