Mind the Gap: Trailblazing Cancer Prevention

Virtual Event, Worldwide : 31 January 2023

Scientific Programme

Tuesday 31st January 2023

Listed times are in Central European Time (CET)

13:00

WELCOME

Perspective on Prevention - Emmy Verschuren & Cathrin Brisken

13:10

Allan Balmain UC San Francisco, USA

" How can normal phenotypes be sustained despite cancer mutations?"

Q&A 13:30 - 13:40

13:40

Olivia Fletcher Institute of Cancer Research, UK

"Common genetic variants, hormones and breast cancer risk"

Q&A 14:00 - 14:10

14:10

Transition break

14:15

Rebecca Fitzgerald University of Cambridge, UK

"Earlier detection to pave the way for cancer prevention: lessons from the oesophagus"

Q&A 14:35 - 14:45

14:45

Break time for coffee & a stretch!

15:00

Susan Domchek University of Pennsylvania, USA

"Genomic medicine meets cancer interception: Lessons from BRCA"

Q&A 15:20-15:30

15:30

Transition break

15:35

David Mooney Wyss Institute at Harvard University, USA

"Biomaterials-based cancer vaccines"

Q&A 15:55 - 16:05

16:05

Transition break

16:15

DISCUSSION SESSION

Closing the gap: Putting prevention into action, and how can patients be involved?

Featuring all invited speakers, Cyrille Cohen, and for Patient perspectives: Azra Raza and Amanda McCann, Pharma-oriented perspectives: John Hickman and Larissa Carnevalli

17:00

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