title: A selected review of abstracts from the 4th Quadrennial Meeting of the World Federation of Neuro-Oncology.
abstract: The 4th Quadrennial Meeting of the World Federation of Neuro-Oncology (WFNO), San Francisco, CA, USA, 21-24 November 2013 The 4th Quadrennial Meeting of the World Federation of Neuro-Oncology (WFNO) was the largest neuro-oncology meeting that meets once every 4 years and brings together clinicians and scientists from all parts of the world whose focus is on new brain cancer clinical trials and research primarily pertaining to gliomas. The WFNO 2013 meeting included 1 education day, 2.5 days of presentation, 13 sunrise sessions, one town hall meeting, one mini-symposium, 130 oral presentations and 900 abstracts. This short meeting review highlights select adult clinical abstracts presented at WFNO 2013 that will only in part encompass the contents of a large and multifaceted meeting.
authors: Department of Neurology/Division of Neuro-Oncology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, 825 Eastlake Avenue East, POB 19023, MS G4940, Seattle, WA 98109-1023, USA.
authors: Marc C
authors: MC
authors: Chamberlain
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D012955:Societies, Medical
keywords: WFNO/SNO 2013 clinical abstracts; primary and secondary (metastatic) brain tumors