Prostate MR Imaging in 2011: Current Role in Staging and Surveillance; Nov. 28, 8:30am-10:00am

A team of researchers will review the basics of prostate MR imaging, including the limitations of current therapeutic approaches; prostate cancer care guidelines; indications for prostate MR imaging and its role in diagnosis, management and biopsy.

When: Monday, Nov. 28, 8:30-10:00am
Where: S406B

Speaker information:
Peter L. Choyke, MD, chief senior clinician molecular imaging, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md.
Masoom Haider, MD, clinician scientist, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto
Neil M. Rofsky, MD, chief MRI, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston

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