Introduction

Recent decades have seen tremendous progress in our ability to detect, trace and treat cancers, yet incidences are globally on the rise. This underscores a gap in our ability to transform knowledge into prevention measures, which theoretically could reduce incidences by almost half via better management of common risk factors such as hormone exposures and inflammation. Greater emphasis on primary prevention can address both the mounting stress on health systems and rising global health risks. 
 
This Virtual Showcase presents leading paradigms in cancer prevention research, featuring a panel of trailblazers who will share progress on early detection and cancer vaccines, and insights on the links between epidemiology, genetic risk, and personalised cancer management. A panel discussion will dive into current opportunities for and barriers to effective cancer prevention. 

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Target audience

• Researchers exploring the edge of prevention 
• Clinicians implementing prevention 
• Policy, funding and societal stakeholders seeking to expedite prevention 
• Communicators refocussing the cancer narrative to prevention 
• Industry colleagues developing preventative treatments   
• Patients & their advocates interested in advancing new paradigms  

Topics to be covered

• Fundamentals of cancer prevention 
• Early detection  
• Important risk factors like hormone exposures & chronic inflammation 
• Heritable cancer risk & genetic epidemiology 
• Cancer vaccines 

Scientific Programme Committee

• Emmy Verschuren, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Cathrin Brisken, EPFL and ICR, Switzerland
• Cyrille Cohen, The Bar-Ilan University, Israel

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