OVERVIEW

OVERVIEW
The workshop program will cover the latest advances in the application of MR to cancer
research, and will feature invited presentations by scientists from the field of clinical oncology
and radiology, as well as from experimental radiology and cancer imaging. In addition to
invited scientific presentations, the program will include presentations of proffered papers, poster sessions, and the Negendank Memorial Lecture on a special topic of clinical relevance.

 AUDIENCE DESCRIPTION
This workshop is designed for:
· Basic researchers in laboratories using in vivo MRS/MRI or other MR methods in
  drug development, cancer research, molecular imaging, at the level of faculty,
  post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students;
· Clinical investigators and clinicians in radiology, oncology, or pharmacology; and
· Industry scientists employing MR imaging and spectroscopy in the pharmaceutical
  industry or contrast agent/molecular imaging companies.

Members of the audience would have particular interests in methodological development of
in vivo MRS and MRI, including applications of MRS and MRI to basic cancer research,
clinical translation of MRS and MRI, applications to drug development, and contrast agent
development.

 EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:
1.   Describe the metabolic role and origin of lipid and phospholipid signals arising from
      the tumour cell;
2.   Assess the role of MR in evaluating cancer stem cells;
3.   List five independent MR assessments of the tumour microenvironment;
4.   Describe two MR approaches to evaluating invasion and metastasis;
5.   Critique targeted contrast media for molecular MR Imaging in Cancer;
6.   List five important 13C MR resonances detectable from tumours and describe
      their importance in cancer;
7.   Compare several newly emerging cancer MR biomarkers;
8.   Assess the qualification status of three established cancer MR biomarkers;
9.   Describe the uses of whole body DWI screening; and
10. Present high-dimensional MR information so clinicians can make best use of it.

The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine is accredited
by the  Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide
continuing medical education for physicians.