Integrating Molecular Diagnostics into Personalised Medicine
The Second Royal Marsden and Institute of Cancer Research Symposium
Friday 20 May 2011, 9:30am - 4:30pm
The Royal College of Physicians, London
Register for your free place now!
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To register, contact:
Mrs Diane Forzani
Tel: 0208 722 4130
The Institute of Cancer Research
Haemato-Oncology Unit
Brookes Lawley Building
15 Cotswold Road
Sutton, Surrey
SM2 5NG
9.00am | Registration and coffee | |
9.30am | Welcome and Introduction | Professor Gareth Morgan |
9.40am | Current state of the art in Molecular Diagnostics for cancer care | Dr David Gonzalez de Castro |
GUEST SPEAKER | ||
10.20am | The Cancer Research UK Stratified Medicine Programme | Mr James Peach |
KEYNOTE LECTURE | ||
10.50am | Applications of next generation sequencing in cancer diagnostics | Peter Campbell |
12.00noon | Lunch | |
1.00pm | Genetics and Targeted treatment in Haematological Malignancies | Professors Gareth Morgan and Faith Davies |
1.40pm | Developing and using effective biomarkers | Dr Michelle Garrett |
2.00pm | Molecular biomarkers in solid tumours, from clinical trials to clinical practice | |
a 2.00pm | Imaging Biomarkers: where are we in the clinic? | Professor Nandita deSouza |
b 2.20pm | Molecular treatment stratification and colorectal cancer | Dr Ian Chau |
c 2.40pm | Small molecule therapy of Lung Cancer | Dr Sanjay Popat |
3.00pm | Refreshments | |
d 3.20pm | Targeted therapy of malignant Melanoma | Dr James Larkin |
e 3.40pm | Non-invasive molecular pathology in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer | Profesor Johann De Bono |
f 4.00pm | Advances in targetted treatment in breast cancer | Professor Mitch Dowsett |
4.20pm | Summary and closing remarks | Professor Gareth Morgan |
4.30pm | Meeting close | |
