Mechanisms Leading to the Formation of Human Malignancies
Star Speakers
Robert Weinberg, PhD
Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Daniel K. Ludwig and American Cancer Society Research Professor of Molecular Biology
Dept. of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Meeting Date
September 28, 2005
Meeting Location
Lipsett Amphitheater
Building 10
NIH Main Campus
Meeting Objectives
At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to understand:
- Identify the newest and most significant advances in basic nutrition science and how they relate to cancer;
- Assess how nutritional science research can contribute to NCI's goal of eliminating the cancer burden by the year 2015;
- Understand the genetic rules that govern the formation of primary tumors;
- Appreciate how primary tumors become invasive and metastatic; and
- Comprehend how cancer cells recruit normal cells into tumor masses.
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