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Article Date: 09 May 2011 – 8:00 PDT

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The UCLA Mesothelioma Research
Program is sponsoring the 1st International Symposium on
Lung-Sparing Therapies for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
(MPM) at the Sheraton Hotel in Santa Monica, California.
This unique one-day symposium will take place on Saturday,
May 21st from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The course will be led by Dr. Robert Cameron, MD, FACS,
Director of the Mesothelioma Research Program at the David
Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Chief of Thoracic Surgery
at the West Los Angeles Veterans’ Administration Medical
Center, and a long-time advocate for lung-sparing surgery.

The seminar’s distinguished international faculty includes
both Mr. Tom Treasure, MD and Mr. David A Waller, MD, who
will discuss the recent results announced from the
Mesothelioma and Radical Surgery (MARS) Trial conducted in
the U.K. The program will feature additional experts in the
fields of surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and pulmonary
medicine. The symposium was designed primarily for
physicians needing continuing medical education (CME) credit
but other interested parties may attend.

For a brochure on the seminar and to enroll online, go here.

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UCLA Mesothelioma Research Program

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