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Cellular & Molecular Biology of Cancer

Date: February 25 - March 1, 2002
Location: Wolfson Conference Centre, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, England

Symposium Web Page: www.med.ic.ac.uk/divisions/cc/wolfson.asp

Objectives: This is the 7th year of an intensive 5-day course presented by international distinguished experts.The format consists of 30 overviews in the experimental,clinical and technical advances in neoplasia and tissue regeneration. The course has a broad appeal to graduate students,post-docs,clinical fellows,and clinicians (both junior and senior)as well as physicians,surgeons,oncologists,clinical and biomedical scientists considering or presently undertaking MSc,MD or PhD degrees.The course content is also relevant to candidates for FRCS,MRCP and MRCPath examinations or those wanting to update their specific areas of interest.

Topics: The Cellular and Molecular Biology of Cancer

Agenda: The broad themes of the selected reviews are:

• Day 1:Molecular mechanisms of cancer invasion and metastasis
• Day 2:Hormones,cytokines and growth factors
• Day 3:Cell cycle and programmed cell death control and regulation
• Day 4:Methodologies in Experimental and Clinical Laboratory Research
• Day 5:High throughput technologies and therapeutic advances

Fees: By January 23, 2002 £395.00, full course (including catering); £110.00 per day (including catering). After January 23, 2002, £450.00 full course (including catering); £125.00 per day (including catering).

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