Save the date for: Kids Cancer Alliance – Brain Cancer Symposium
Friday 18 August, 2017
Australian National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney
Kids Cancer Alliance (KCA) warmly invites you to our Brain Cancer Symposium.
This full-day symposium will feature the latest developments in pre-clinical and clinical research.
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS
Frank Winkler, Professor of Experimental Neuro-oncology, Department of Neuro-oncology, University of Heidelberg, and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ),Heidelberg, Germany.
– “Gliomas as Malignant Organs: New Insights into Brain Tumor Progression and Therapy Resistance”.
Mark Kieran, Director, Pediatric Medical Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, USA.
– “Biology Driven Treatment and Re-Classification of Gliomas in the Era of Precision Medicine”
Plus local and interstate experts.
Topics to be addressed: A comprehensive clinical overview, preclinical therapies, genomics and novel genes, translational and personalised medicine, neuro-oncology, neuropsychology, education & social outcomes. And we will dare to finally answer the question – do mobile phones cause brain tumours?
Registration is FREE to all conducting research in this field.
Places are limited – to register reply with your full name, email, and name of your primary institution.
For more details please contact Dr Michael Evtushenko <MEvtushenko@ccia.unsw.edu.au>