The 7th Annual Ruesch Symposium is Just Weeks Away!
Join us at the 7th Annual Ruesch Symposium, December 1,2,3!
CLICK HERE to view the current agenda. Patients and caregivers are encouraged to attend.
The Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers Mission: Combining expertise in molecular medicine, translational research, and a patient-centered philosophy, the Ruesch Center will realize the dream of individualized curative therapies through research, care, and advocacy.
This years program will broken out into 3 parts over the course of 3 days with the last day featuring a patient symposium.
- PART 1 of the Symposium, on December 1, “GI Cancers 2016: Year in Review,” will present disease-specific in-depth updates on progress in research and care of GI cancer patients, from our Ruesch medical oncology team.
- PART 2 of the symposium, on December 2, is titled, “Collaborative Cancer Care – A Multidisciplinary Approach,” and will include interactive sessions related to the multidisciplinary management of GI cancer care. Content will be presented in three tracks; Medical Oncology, Surgery/Radiation Oncology, and Nursing/Patient Advocacy interspersed with plenaries focusing on key areas of change in GI.
- PART 3,our Patient Symposium on December 3 will bring patients and family’s disease-specific information and education, tools for managing their cancer care, and engage them in a discussion of the promise of emerging therapeutic approaches in cancer care and the concerns related to understanding the growing array of treatment options.
