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SIR Hosts Oncology Therapies Webinar

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Registration is now open for the Society of Interventional Radiology's "Image-guided Interventional Oncology (IO) Therapies" Webinar, which will provide the latest updates on percutaneous and transcatheter treatment of liver tumors, kidney tumor ablation and lung tumor ablation.

SIR is a national organization of physicians, scientists and allied health professionals dedicated to improving public health through pioneering advances in image-guided therapy.

The Webinar, which will include a question-and-answer session, will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. (Eastern) on Wednesday, Nov. 18. The program's coordinator is Debra A. Gervais, M.D., associate director, Division of Abdominal Imaging and Intervention, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Instructors include Kamran Ahrar, M.D., associate professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; Joseph P. Erinjeri, M.D., Ph.D., assistant attending radiologist, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and assistant professor of radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, both in New York, N.Y.; and Kenneth J. Kolbeck, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor, Dotter Interventional Institute, Portland, Ore.

SIR is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide medical education for physicians. SIR designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The primary registrant at a site is eligible to receive CME credit for attending this event. Additional participants at a site may receive CME credit for a $10 administrative fee per person. Please call (703) 691-1805, extension 561, to register additional attendees for CME credit.

Source: EurekAlert

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