Pre-Conference Workshop: Neuroimaging: What Oncology Advanced Practitioners Need to Know

Faculty(s)

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  David Pettersson, MD

  Assistant Professor of Neuroradiology
  Oregon Health & Science University

Session Chair(s)

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  Pamela Hallquist Viale, RN, MS, CNS, ANP

  Editor, JADPRO
  Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF Dept of Physiological Nursing, Volunteer status

Learning Objectives:

• Demonstrate how to describe findings on imaging studies
• Describe brain anatomy, with an emphasis on functionally important areas
• Distinguish the imaging appearance of different tumor types
• Distinguish tumor progression from non-progression
• Explain the concepts of pseudoprogression, pseudoresponse, and radiation necrosis