About this series – Telehealth for Genetics Residents and Fellows. A monthly teaching session brought to you by the members of the RCPSC Specialty Committee in Medical Genetics.
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Friday, February 21, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm ET
Pediatric Onset Cancer Predisposition Syndromes: Screening and Diagnosis
This presentation will include a brief description of the epidemiological and clinical aspects of cancer predisposition syndromes (CPSs), from a practical pediatric oncology perspective. Approaches to screening and diagnosis of CPSs in children with cancer, including the MIPOGG app, will be presented and compared.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the main cancer predisposition syndromes in the pediatric oncology population.
- Understand and compare the main approaches to CPS screening and diagnosis in children with cancer.
- Describe the eHealth MIPOGG app and its utilities in pediatric oncology.
Speaker: Dr. Catherine Goudie
Bio: Dr. Catherine Goudie is a pediatric hematologist-oncologist and clinician-scientist working at the Montreal Children’s Hospital/McGill University Health Centre since 2018. Dr. Goudie completed a fellowship in cancer predisposition syndromes and, recently, a Masters in Ethics focusing on the challenges of genomic information sharing. Her clinical and research programs focus on screening approaches for cancer predisposition syndromes and cancer surveillance in children and young adults.
