Programme

Sunday 5 October

12.30 – 14.45Satellite Workshop

Metabolism and Signalling in Cancer

The Cancer Recognised Research Group in Northern Ireland (CRRG) Workshop

13.30 - 14.30Plenary Lecture
 

Public Seminar and Open Forum

Michel Coleman

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK

  
14.45 – 15.00Welcome Address

Sir Kenneth Calman

NCRI Chairman

15.00 - 15.40 Plenary Lecture

Chromatin modifying enzymes: their function and role in cancer

Tony Kouzarides

Wellcome Trust/CR-UK Gurdon Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology, University of Cambridge, UK

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15.40 - 16.20Plenary Lecture

Tailoring adjuvant systemic therapy for breast cancer: dream or reality?

Martine Piccart

Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium

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16.20 – 18.10Poster Session 1 and Refreshment Break
18.10 - 18.50Plenary Lecture

Dying with dignity: a contemporary challenge in palliative cancer care

Harvey Chochinov

Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit, Canada

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18.50 - 19.30Plenary Lecture

Title to be confirmed

Valerie Beral

University of Oxford, UK

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19.30 – 21.00Opening Reception and Trade Exhibition

Conference News
23/7/2008
Deadline for late-breaking abstract submission: Monday 4 August
7/7/2008
Late-breaking abstract submission is now open
5/7/2008
2008 NCRI Conference awarded 20 ’Continuing Professional Development’ (CPD) credits
27/5/2008
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