PSTV - Plus Therapeutics to Host Virtual KOL Event on New Phase 2 ReSPECT-GBM Data in Recurrent Glioblastoma Presented at the Society for NeuroOncology (SNO) Conference on Monday November 20 2023 | Benzinga
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Plus Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSTV) (the "Company"), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing targeted radiotherapeutics with advanced platform technologies for central nervous system cancers, today announced it will host a virtual KOL event on Monday, November 20, 2023 at 10:00 AM ET to discuss new Phase 2 ReSPECT-GBM data in recurrent glioblastoma presented at the Society for NeuroOncology (SNO) Conference. To register, click here.
The event will feature presentations from neuro-oncology expert and principal investigator Andrew Brenner, M.D., Ph.D. (Professor-Research, Departments of Medicine, Neurology, and Neurosurgery & S & B Kolitz/CTRC-Zachry Endowed Chair Neuro-Oncology Research, Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio) and neurosurgeons Toral Patel, M.D. (UT Southwestern Medical Center, Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute) and John Floyd, M.D. (UT Health San Antonio, UT Health Medical Arts & Research Center), who will discuss the unmet need and current treatment landscape for patients with rGBM, the potential of rhenium (186Re) obisbemeda in rGBM, and key highlights from the new Phase 2 data presented at SNO.
A live question and answer session will follow the formal presentations.
About Andrew Brenner, M.D., Ph.D.
Andrew Brenner, M.D., Ph.D., Professor-Research, Departments of Medicine, Neurology, and Neurosurgery & S & B Kolitz/CTRC-Zachry Endowed Chair Neuro-Oncology Research, Mays Cancer Center Center at UT Health San Antonio, is a specialist in both breast cancer and malignancies of the brain and spinal cord. He not only focuses on clinical management, but also on the development of novel therapies to treat breast cancers and central nervous system tumors.
A graduate of Texas A&M University, he earned his bachelor's degree in biochemistry and went on to earn his doctorate in biological science and tumor biology at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center – Science Park. His doctoral thesis focused on the role of the cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor p16INK4a in mammary tumorigenesis and immortilization. Dr. Brenner's current interests have transitioned from cell cycle to the effect of hypoxia on chemokines and escape from antiangiogenics and the role of obesity in promoting breast tumorigenesis.
Dr. Brenner received his medical degree from the Texas Tech University Health Science Center and completed a residency in internal medicine at Scott and White Hospital in Lubbock. He completed his fellowship in hematology and medical oncology at the UT Health San Antonio.
About Toral Patel, M.D.
Toral Patel, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in UT Southwestern Medical Center's nationally ranked Department of Neurological Surgery, where she specializes in brain tumor surgery.
Dr. Patel received her undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University and earned her medical degree at UT Southwestern Medical School. She completed an internship in general surgery at Yale-New Haven Hospital, followed by ...