Where
Crowne Plaza Charleston Airport Convention Center
4831 Tanger Outlet Blvd
Charleston, SC 29418
The hotel iis sold out. However use this link for the Hilton Garden
Book room here
Do you need more information?
Maryann WahmannNeuroendocrine Cancer Awareness Network
866-850-9555
Email me! info@netcancerawareness.org
Sponsorship Provided By:
2019 Carolina Neuroendocrine Cancer Patient Conference
About This Event
Hal Gerstein MD Yi-Zarn Wang MD Salvatore Borges MD Marcelo Guimaraes MD
Some of the topics are brand-new and just published, sprinkled in with advice from the EXPERTS on the top issues faced by NET patients. Topics that will be covered are useful to an audience of all levels, including patients, family members and caretakers of patients.
Plus, you'll get to network with dozens of other patients who understand what you are going through and share your concerns. This is a perfect opportunity to build your knowledge and become a better advocate for your health!
Please join us on Saturday, March 2, 2019 for the not-to-be-missed Carolina Neuroendocrine Cancer Patient Conference in Charleston. Dr. Salvatore Borges from Duke University, Dr. Yi-Zarn Wang from Baylor, Dr. Hal Gerstein of the Cancer Institute of Long Island and Dr. Marcelo Guimaraes will be there to give you the information you need to make sure you get the best treatment possible in your fight against neuroendocrine cancer.
Registration includes your continental breakfast, buffet lunch, 2 coffee breaks and snacks.
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8:00 AM – 9:00 AM |
Registration and Breakfast |
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9:00 AM – 9:30 AM |
Welcome / Why You Need to be Your Own Advocate |
Maryann Wahmann Executive Director, NCAN |
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9:30 AM – 10:10 AM |
An Overview of NETs |
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10:10 AM – 10:55 AM |
Interventional Radiology for Neuroendocrine Tumor Patients |
Marcelo Guimaraes MD FSIR Director, Vascular & Interventional Radiology Medical University of South Carolina |
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10:55 AM – 11:10 AM |
Break |
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11:10 AM – 11:50 AM |
What Can Be Done When Your Neuroendocrine Tumor Metastasizes to the Liver? |
Yi-Zarn Wang, MD Chairman of the NET Research & Treatment Center Baylor University Medical Center |
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11:50 AM – 12;30 PM |
Question and Answer |
Physician Panel |
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12:30 PM – 1:30 PM |
Lunch |
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1:30 PM – 2:15 PM |
The Voice of the Patient: How You Can Affect Your Care Helping Caregivers Cope |
Patient Panel Maryann Wahmann Executive Director, NCAN Kathleen Cartland Executive Director, Charleston Area Sports Commission Roger Jones President, Companion Associates, Charleston, SC |
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2:15 PM – 3:00 PM |
Clinical Trials- What’s Coming for Treatment of NETs The Importance of Controlling Serotonin in NET Patients |
Hal Gerstein, MD Medical Director Cancer Institute of Long Island |
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3:00 PM – 3:15 PM |
Break |
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3:15 PM – 4:00 PM |
Diagnostic Scans and PRRT for NET Patients |
Salvadore Borges-Neto, MD Professor of Radiology (Nuclear Medicine) Duke University Medical Center |
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4:00 PM – 4:45 PM |
Question and Answer |
Physician Panel |
