Welcome to NCI Translates: the NCI Translational Science Meeting web site

Meeting Date
November 7-9, 2008

Meeting Location
Grand Hyatt Hotel
1000 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

Format and Objective
This by-invitation-only meeting is designed to identify opportunities to accelerate the conversion of a basic science discovery to the point of early-stage clinical trials using a poster discussion format.

Advocate Involvement
The NCI believes that the patient perspective is essential to this meeting and will be selecting up to 60 patient advocates to participate. Please visit http://advocacy.cancer.gov/activities/NCITranslates for more information on advocate involvement.

Translational Science
The NCI defines and operationalizes early translational research with the "Pathways to Clinical Goals" as conceived by the Translational Research Working Group (TRWG).

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