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Talks by five noted speakers whose research has greatly impacted the understanding of the biology, clinical management
and prevention of cancer featuring:
Lisa Coussens, Ph.D.,
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Area of research: the role of inflammation in cancer development.
Presenting:
"Inflammation and Cancer: Insights into Organ-specific Regulation of Cancer Development by Leukocytes."
Riccardo Dalla-Favera, M.D.,
Herbert Irving Cancer Center, Columbia University School of Medicine.
Area of research: Genetic lesions involved in the pathogenesis of human B cell tumors.
Presenting:
"Molecular Genetics of B-Cell Lymphoma".
William G. Kaelin, Jr., M.D.,
Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
Area of research: The function of the
pVHL tumor suppressor protein in kidney and other cancers.
Presenting:
"The von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein: Insights into Oxygen Sensing and Cancer"
Dr. Kaelin will be sponsored by The Tsung Hsein and Shu Yung Wu Lectureship in Cancer Research.
William Pao, M.D., Ph.D,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Area of research: Lung cancer - mechanisms of development and insights into new treatment approaches.
Presenting:
"Defining Clinically Relevant Molecular Subsets of Lung Cancer".
Owen Witte, M.D.,
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical School.
Area of research: Prostate cancer stem cells and prostate cancer pathogenesis.
Presenting:
"Imaging Cancer Immunity with Positron Emission Tomography".
View the Agenda.
Information beyond the cancer problem in the areas of molecular and cell biology, biochemistry, immunology and other clinical fields.
Poster presentation by Cancer Center Core Services
Poster sessions and platform presentations by post-doctoral and pre-doctoral fellows
Breakfast and Lunch provided
CME Credits: 5
Abstract Submissions were due Thursday, October 2, 2008 by 4:00 p.m.
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Updated 11/10/08
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