Start: 3 Sep 2009 - 09:00

End: 3 Sep 2009 - 16:15

A free, one-day conference on population-based cancer research on the island of Ireland will be held at the Gandon Suite, Davenport Hotel, Dublin on Thursday, September 3rd from 9.00 to 16.15.

This conference will include talks and posters on cancer aetiology, diagnosis, treatment, survival, health economics and health care research, with speakers from a wide range of disciplines and institutions. We are particularly pleased to welcome the new Director of International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Professor Chris Wild, who will give the keynote address.

Topics and speakers

Aetiology, prevention and early detection

    * Professor Liam Murray, Queens University Belfast
    * Dr Linda Sharp, National Cancer Registry
    * Ms Marie Bradley, Queens University Belfast
    * Mr. Alan O Céilleachair, National Cancer Registry
    * Professor Anthony Staines, Dublin City University

Survivorship

    * Dr Eilis McCaughan, University of Ulster
    * Dr Marie Cantwell, Queens University Belfast
    * Dr Aileen Timmons, National Cancer Registry
    * Dr Michael Donnelly, Queens University Belfast

Cancer registration and health services research

    * Dr Kathleen Bennett, Trinity College Dublin
    * Dr Paul Walsh, National Cancer Registry
    * Dr Frances Drummond, National Cancer Registry
    * Dr Anna Gavin, Northern Ireland Cancer Registry

For further information and to register, please email Harry Comber of the National Cancer registry of Ireland at h.comber@ncri.ie

Location: 

Gandon Suite, Davenport Hotel, Dublin

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