Tuesday 7 October
08.00 – 08.50Breakfast Educational Workshops
09.00 - 09.40Plenary Lecture
Title to be confirmed
Howard Scher
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
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09.40 - 10.20Plenary Lecture
Inflammation and cancer: organ-specific regulation of cancer development
Lisa Coussens
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, USA
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10.20 – 11.00Coffee and Exhibition Viewing
11.00 – 12.30Symposia
12.30 – 15.00Lunch
12.40 – 15.00Poster Session 3 and Trade Exhibition
13.00 – 14.00Commercial Workshop
14.00 – 15.00Workshops
15.15 – 17.30Parallel Sessions
- Breast cancer
- Cell death
- Drug development and medicinal chemistry
- Improving the effectiveness of multidisciplinary team working
- MicroRNAs in cancer
- Molecular imaging for cancer
- Proffered Paper Session 2
- Research challenges for rare cancers
- Screening and estimation of prognosis
- Using information to improve cancer care
17.30 – 18.00Refreshment Break
18.00 - 18.40Plenary Lecture
Normalising tumour vessels and microenvironment to treat cancer: from the bench to bedside and back
Rakesh Jain
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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18.40 - 19.20Plenary Lecture
Title to be confirmed
Joe Gray
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, USA
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19.30 – 23.00Pfizer/BOA Excellence in Oncology Awards
20.00 – 20.30Drinks Reception
20.30 – 02.00Conference Dinner and Party
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23/7/2008 Deadline for late-breaking abstract submission: Monday 4 August |
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7/7/2008 Late-breaking abstract submission is now open |
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5/7/2008 2008 NCRI Conference awarded 20 ’Continuing Professional Development’ (CPD) credits |
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27/5/2008 Registration now open. Register early for Earlybird rates |


