V SIMPOSIO DÍA DE LA CONCIENTIZACIÓN EN TUMORES CEREBRALES. Bucaramanga, Colombia. Noviembre 7 de 2015

4TO DÍA DE LA CONCIENTIZACIÓN DE LOS TUMORES CEREBRALES. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Octubre 27 de 2015

The 4th Brain Tumor Awareness Day In Argentina

The fourth annual “Brain Tumour Awareness Day,” took place on October  27th, 2015 in the building of the Argentine Medical Association AMA (Buenos Aires). The Argentine Association of Neurosurgery AANC; the Section of Neurooncology of the LatinAmerican Federation of Neurosurgical Societies FLANC; and SNOLA gave also their academic support to the meeting. 

During 2015, we conducted The Argentine Survey about “The accessibility to diagnostic methods and treatment of brain tumors in Argentina”; and this was the first observatory on brain tumors  performed in our region to make a situation diagnosis. The results and the analysis were reported at the 4^th Brain Tumor Awareness Day. People from different disciplines such as neurosurgery, neurooncology, pathologist, radiation therapies, palliative care and psychooncologists, and professionals of the health public areas have attended to the meeting.  We expect that would be the initial step to give academic support for quality management improvement.

The Study will be published soon in the “Revista Argentina de Cancerología”; also in the “Revista Argentina de Neurocirugía” and will be post in the website of the Society. (www. socargcancer.org.ar) . Through these efforts, we hope to continue foster education with the ultimate goal to provide an equitable neurosurgery practice for the people of Argentina.

 Dr Silvia Berner (Coordinator of the AANC Section on Tumors); Dr Blanca Diez (Oncologist); Dr Ricardo Shrek (Neurosurgeon); Dr Rafael Torino (President of the AANC); Dr Alejandra T Rabadán (President of the SAC Section of Neuroncology); Dr Néstor Vazquez (Head of Public Health Dept University of Buenos Aires); Dr Marcelo Blanco 

Dr Alejandra T Rabadán, MD PhD

President  of the Section of Neurooncology. Argentine Society of Cancerology.SAC

Honorary President of the Section of Neurooncology.Latinamerican Federation of Neurosurgical Societies FLANC

International  Comittee Chair of the AANS/CNS Section of Tumors American Association of Neurological Surgeon