Neuropsychology of Primary Brain Tumors Is Focus of UAB Lecture May 18

A University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Neurology Grand Rounds lecture will examine the neuropsychology of primary brain tumors, presented as part of Brain Tumor Awareness Month in May.

April 23, 2010

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Neurology Grand Rounds lecture will examine the neuropsychology of primary brain tumors, presented as part of Brain Tumor Awareness Month in May.

Christina A. Meyers, Ph.D., ABPP, professor of neuro-oncology and chief of the Section on Neuropsychology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, will discuss some of the common symptoms experienced by patients, and present information on the effects of treatment on cognition and how interventions can improve patient's quality of life.

The lecture is from 8 to 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 18, in Conference Room E of the West Pavilion Conference Center.

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