Programme Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer Prevention Workshop
Date: Monday 29th September 2008
Programme
Welcome
- 10.00 - 10.30am Refreshments and Registration
- 10.30 - 10.45am Welcome from CPTU Professor Peter Sasieni
- Welcome from CRUK Dr Fiona Reddington
Session 1 Colorectal Cancer
Chair: Professor Ian Tomlinson
- 10.45 - 11.05am Colorectal Adenoma/Carcinoma Prevention Programme: What next?, Professor John Burn (Institute of Human Genetics, Newcastle University)
- 11.05 - 11.25am Surrogate Endpoints for Chemoprevention Trials in Colorectal Cancer, Professor Dion Morton (Academic Department of Surgery, University of Birmingham)
- 11.25 - 11.45am Vitamin D and Colorectal Cancer, Professor Kay-Tee Khaw (Department of Clinical Gerontology, University of Cambridge)
- 11.45 - 12.45pm Discussion
- 12.45 - 1.30pm Lunch
Session 2 Stomach Cancer
Chair: Professor Malcom Law
- 1.30 - 1.50pm Prevention of Gastric Cancer, Professor David Forman (Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Cookridge Hospital)
- 1.50 - 2.30pm Discussion
Session 3 Upper GI
Chair: Professor David Weller
- 2.30 - 2.45pm Cancer Prevention in the GI Tract - New Strategies, Professor Janusz Jankowski (University of Oxford)
- 2.45 - 3.00pm Cancer Prevention Using Aspirin in People with Heartburn, Professor Peter Sasieni (CPTU)
- 3.00 - 3.45pm Discussion
Closing
- 3.45 - 4.00pm Closing remarks Professor Jack Cuzick (CPTU)
- 4.00 - 4.30pm Tea, coffee and informal discussion
