Name: Cutting-Edge Cancer Care: New Approaches to Tricky Tumors
Uploaded: 2022-05-19T00:00:00+00:00
Description: UCSF specialists report from the front lines of treatment for neuroendocrine tumors, pancreatic cancer and sarcomas.

UCSF specialists report from the front lines of treatment for neuroendocrine tumors, pancreatic cancer and sarcomas. This three-part video covers:

An update on classifying NETs, who’s a candidate for resection, the latest drugs for NETs (including peptide receptor radionuclide therapy) and how to time treatment
Why pancreatic cancer is common and aggressive, a look at the FOLFIRINOX regimen, whether “chemo holidays” are safe, and new guidelines on germline testing and tumor analysis
Why multidisciplinary collaboration is essential to treating sarcomas, how surgical creativity can preserve function, and a look at using a 3D model to plan a complicated surgery

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