Session 9: Cancer Precision Medicine

Faculty Bio: 

Ben George, MD is an Associate Professor of Medicine and the William F. Stapp Endowed Chair in the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI. Dr. George is a GI medical oncologist with a research and clinical focus on Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. He is the Associate Director of Cancer Genomics and Precision Medicine at the Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin and serves as the Director of the Phase 1 Clinical Trials program. 

  • This course will give an overview of Cancer Precision Medicine and Precision Therapeutics in healthcare today.

Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  1. Develop a broad understanding of cancer therapy targets in the somatic and germline genome.
  2. Recognize the differential functional and therapeutic significance of genomic alterations in a context dependent fashion.
  3. Appreciate the relevance of spatiotemporal heterogeneity and clonal evolution as it pertains to targeted therapy in cancer.
Additional information
AttachmentSize
PDF icon Liquid biopsy to capture tumor evolution.pdf1.88 MB
PDF icon NCI Match Trial.pdf1.46 MB

Contact

Name: 
Kellie LeGrave
Phone Number: 
+1 (414) 955-4139
Email: 
klegrave@mcw.edu
Course summary
Course opens: 
09/09/2023
Course expires: 
11/28/2023
Cost:
$0.00
Part of: 
Precision Medicine Continuing Education Program
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