Toward the prevention of cancer

Tuesday 24 April 2007

Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE

Registration Details:
Allied Health Professional: £125
Nurse: £125
Fellow: £125
Non-Fellow: £225
RSM Student Member (limited first 10 applicants): £25
Lecture Only: Free of charge
Retired Fellow: £75
CRUK doctor: £125
CRUK non-doctor: £95

CPD: 6 credits




9.30 am

Registration and coffee

10.00 am

Welcome address
Dr John Scadding, Dean, RSM

SESSION ONE: Taking a broad view
Chair:Dr John Scadding, Dean, RSM

10.05 am

Genetic predispositions to cancer
Professor Bruce Ponder, CRUK Cambridge Research Unit

10.30 am

Lessons about cancer from cluster analysis
Professor Paul Elliott, Imperial College London

10.55 am

Coffee

SESSION TWO: Environmental culprits
Chair:Professor Alex Markham, Chief Executive, Cancer Research UK

11.15 am

The role of nutrition in cancer aetiology and prevention
Professor Elio Riboli, Dept Epidemiology, St Mary's, London

11.40 am

Smoking
Professor Sir Richard Peto, Oxford

12.05 pm

Infection
Dr Silvia Franceschi, Infections and Cancer Epidemiology Group, IARC, Lyon, France

12.30 pm

Occupational exposure
Professor David Coggon, University of Southampton

12.55 pm

Open discussion and questions
all morning speakers

1.15 pm

Lunch

SESSION THREE: The Impact of screening for common cancers
Chair:Professor Mike Richards, National Cancer Director

2.00 pm

Prostate cancer
Dr Peter Boyle, IARC, Lyon, France

2.25 pm

Colorectal cancer
Professor Wendy Atkin, St Mark's Hospital, Harrow

2.50 pm

Breast cancer
Dr Michael Michell, King's College Hospital NHS Trust

3.15 pm

Tea
Chair:Professor Robin Williamson, Emeritus Dean, RSM

3.45 pm

Lung cancer
Professor Stephen Spiro, University College Hospital

4.10 pm

Cancer in children
Professor Sir Alan Craft, Newcastle upon Tyne

4.35 pm

Open discussion and questions
All afternoon session speakers

5.15 pm

Closing remarks followed by a reception

The Jephcott Lecture
Chair:Professor the Baroness Finlay of Llandaff, President, RSM

6.30 pm

Cancer prevention: vaccine-based approaches
Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Imperial College, London

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