Event Topic: Understanding brain metastases: when melanoma spreads to the brain.
This webinar is for people with melanoma that has spread to the brain, and their family and friends, who are looking for information to understand how melanoma can metastasize to the brain, what might happen when this occurs, which sorts of treatments are available, and where to find further information and support. Prof Kate Drummond (neurosurgeon) will be joined by guest panel members with clinical expertise or personal experience of metastatic melanoma to share their knowledge and perspectives on this topic.
About our host and panel members:
- Professor Kate Drummond is a neurosurgeon and Director of Neurosurgery at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Kate also leads the team that developed Brain Tumours Online.
- Hayley Burridge is a Melanoma and Skin Cancer Clinical Nurse Consultant, Medical Oncology, at Alfred Health in Melbourne.
- Alexandra Macalister-Bills brings her lived experience perspective of melanoma that spread to the brain. Alexandra is a survivor of metastatic melanoma, which included a brain tumour. Having received radiation, immunotherapy and surgery she is now in complete remission. Alexandra is a teacher living in Far East Gippsland. She loves reading, yoga and is learning to surf. She is passionate about improving outcomes and support for patients.
- Dr Annie Wong is a Consultant Medical Oncologist with the melanoma unit at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. She completed her medical training through the University of Otago and Wellington Hospital in New Zealand, followed by a PhD on melanoma immunotherapy under the tutelage of Professor Grant McArthur. Dr Wong currently serves on the ESMO Cancer Medicines Committee, ESMO clinical guidelines group for mucosal and acral melanoma and Melanoma and Skin Cancer Trials Medical Oncology DSA.
- Clare McInerney-Harris is a Melanoma Nurse Counsellor at Melanoma Patients Australia.
Our panel will also do their best to answer YOUR questions on this webinar topic (time permitting), so please include your question when you register. If you have a more general question, or our panel doesn’t get time to answer your question during the live webinar, you might like to consider joining our social media community where you have the opportunity to “Chat with a brain tumour nurse” at regular weekly 1-hour chat sessions.
Please note: these webinars are for education purposes only and should not be taken as individual medical advice. Consult with your healthcare team to find out what approach is best for you.
How do I register to attend?
Click the blue button below to “Register for webinar”. This will take you to our Humanitix page where you can register to attend the free webinar. You can also submit a question for the panel as part of registering to attend.
When do registrations close?
Registrations (tickets) close 2 hours before the webinar is due to start. If you miss this cut-off, you will still be able to watch the recording on our website once we upload the video, usually 1-2 days after the event.
Will the webinar be recorded?
The webinar will be recorded for those unable to attend live or in case you want to re-watch it. The video will be uploaded to the Brain Tumours Online website a few days after the event.
How does the Q&A webinar work?
- The webinar will be held online using Zoom Webinar. The Q&A session will be hosted and moderated by the Brain Tumours Online team. One day prior to the event, we will send you an email with the Zoom details including the link to join.
- Attendees are encouraged to submit their questions prior to the event, when registering for the webinar. You can also submit questions live during the webinar using the Zoom Q&A function.
- Our speakers will do their best to answer your questions and will do so in a way that does not personally identify the person who submitted the question.
- Only the panellists will be visible during the webinar and in the video – attendees watching will be able to see and hear the panellists, but won’t be able to see or talk to other attendees, and attendees won’t be visible in the video recording.