Thursday, March 10, 2016

Familial Cancer conference - calling all oncologists, geneticists and molecular biologists!

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ESO, CNIO and NRCO Conference on
Familial Cancer

Presented by: European School of Oncology | Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas | Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology

May 19-20, 2016
Ateneo de Madrid | Madrid, Spain
#FamilialCancer16
 
 
 
 
This conference brings together leading researchers and clinicians involved in the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with familial cancer. The biannual event aims to present advances in the field from a multidisciplinary point of view.
 
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SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS WILL COVER TOPICS INCLUDING:
  • Breast and ovarian cancer
  • Colon and prostate cancer
  • Rare cancers
  • Implications of applying next generation sequencing to the diagnosis
 
 
 

 
 
 
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
  • Selection criteria, landscape of breast and ovarian cancer genes, and clinical management
  • Genetics and clinical management of hereditary colorectal cancer
  • Therapeutic strategies in the era of personalized medicine
  • Translating genetic risk factors to the surveillance and clinical management of prostate cancer
  • Rare cancers: Gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, tuberous sclerosis, Gorlin syndrome, PTEn and related diseases, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1, among others
  • Implications of applying next generation sequencing to the diagnosis
 
 
 

 
 
 
ORGANIZERS
  • Rosalind Eeles (NHS Trust and the Institute for Cancer Research, Sutton, UK))
  • William Foulkes (Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, CA)
  • Mercedes Robledo (Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncólogicas (CNIO), Madrid, ES)
  • Hans Vasen (Leiden University Medical Centre, NT)
  • Lisa Hutchinson (Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, UK)
 
 
 

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