Symposium on Current Trends in Cancer Research for Improving Diagnosis & Treatment
December 11, 2015
Sponsored by the Institute for Cancer Research (ICR) and UNT Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107
FREE REGISTRATION, BREAKFAST AND LUNCH INCLUDED- RSVP BY DECEMBER 4TH
Cancer continues to pose a challenge to the public. It has become a global epidemic, causing 8 million deaths per year. More than 100 types of malignancies are diagnosed in patients, some of which are highly aggressive with a 5 year survival rate as low as 5%. Clinicians and researchers are still struggling to develop precise tools for early diagnosis and improving the prognosis, especially in patients diagnosed at an advanced stage. Current research using sophisticated technology is providing some hope. It is imperative that ICR members are conducting cutting edge research on identification of strategies to improve diagnosis and therapeutic responses. These research efforts can be further strengthened by establishing productive collaborations. This symposium serves as a platform to bring together cancer researchers in the North Texas area to interact, share their research expertise and fostering collaborations.
Tentative Program:
8:00 A.M. Breakfast & Welcome,
8:30 A.M. Session I,
10:15 A.M. Tea Break,
10:30 A.M. Session II,
12:15 P.M. Lunch,
1:00 P.M. Session III,
3:00 P.M. Conclusion Remarks
Each session will have a lecture from an outside speaker and short presentations from the local Investigators. A brochure will be prepared with information on participants research interests/expertise and distributed to those attending.
Speakers:
Sushanta K. Bankerjee, Ph.D., Professor, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, MO. Presenting ?Targeting Breast Cancer Residual Cells by Aspirin?
Jason T. Yustein, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Pediatrics, Hematology- Oncology, Texas Children?s Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. Presenting ?Novel Models to Investigate the Molecular Pathogenesis of Metastatic Pediatric Sarcomas?
Eric Simanek, Ph.D., Robert A. Welch Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX. Presenting ?Using Nano to Fight Cancer: A Chemist?s Approach to Expanding the Arsenal and Targeting the Therapy?
Pudur Jagadeeswaran, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Biology, UNT, Denton, TX. Presenting tenative ?Zebra fish model for cancer research?
Additional short presentations by ICR members in each session.
Organized by Jamboor Vishwanatha, Ph.D., Director, Institute for Cancer Research.
Contact information for questions and RSVP: Riyaz Basha, Ph.D. Riyaz.Basha@unthsc.edu or
Jacklyn Crisp Jacklyn.Crisp@unthsc.edu
PLEASE RSVP BY DECEMBER 4, 2015