Goals
- To learn about the principles and challenges of radiation therapy for the treatment of cardiac
tumours - To learn about immune modulation in cancer treatments
- To learn about arrhythmias and their treatments, including the role of ionizing radiation in that
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Objectives
- Describe the principles behind radiation and its’ limitation in treatment of malignancy
- Know when to treat and not treat a cardiac tumour with radiation
- Describe the principles and role of immunotherapy in cancer treatments
- List the indications for and the results of standard and novel therapies for tachyarrhythmia in
cancer and non-cancer patients - Describe an approach to a patient with non-operable malignant cardiac tumour
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Program Director
Dr. Robert James Cusimano
BSc MSc MD FRCSC FACS
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery
Peter Munk Cardiac Centre
Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
The David and Stacey Cynamon Professorship in Cardiovascular Innovation and Education Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
Program Co-Chairs
Dr. Yolanda Augustin MBBS, MRCP, FRCR
Clinical Oncologist currently working in collaboration with University of Malaysia Sarawak, the Ministry of Health Malaysia
St. George's University of London on clinical oncology service development, research and training
Dr. Aisha Miah BMedSci, MBBS, MRCP, FRCR, PhD
Consultant Clinical Oncologist at the Sarcoma Unit, The Royal Marsden Hospital
Honorary Faculty of the Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging at The Institute of Cancer Research
Dr. Geoffrey Watson MuDr. Gen Med, MRCPI, BSc Hons., MSc.
Staff Medical Oncologist, Mount Sinai Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
Conference Planning Committee
Dr. Steven Lawrence Cusimano, BSc MD CCFP
Family Health Organization (FHO)
Hamilton Family Health Team (HFHT)
Parkdale Medical Centre
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