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Day One -Wednesday 20 August
2008 |
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Time |
Title |
Speaker |
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07h30 |
Registration |
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10h15-10h30 |
Opening: Conference Chairman |
Official opening
Speaker:
Prof
GA Ogunbanjo
|
|
10h30-10h45 |
Opening: National Executive
Director of CANSA |
Ms
Sue Janse van Rensburg
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|
10h45-11h00 |
Opening: Dignitary |
Mr. Paul Colditz,
Chairperson of CANSA’s Board of
Directors |
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Plenary Session 1:
Preventing cancer through
vaccination |
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11h00-11h40 |
Preventing primary liver
cancer through vaccination
|
Prof Michael Kew
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|
11h40-12h20 |
Preventing cervical cancer
through vaccination
|
Zizipho Mbulawa |
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Plenary Session 2: Preventing cancer
through early detection part 1 |
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|
12h20-13h00 |
Detecting HPV DNA and RNA to
prevent cervical cancer |
Prof Greta Dreyer |
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13h00-14h00 |
Lunch |
|
Plenary Session2 Preventing
cancer through early detection Part
2 |
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14h00-14h20 |
Detecting HBV serological
markers to prevent primary liver
cancer |
Prof Patrick Arbuthnot
|
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14h20-14h40 |
Nuclear transport proteins
and the possible molecular detection
of cervical cancer |
Dr Virna Leaner |
|
14h40-15h00 |
Gene expression profiles of
cancer- opportunity for
understanding, early detection and
treatment? |
Prof Annie Joubert
|
|
15h00-15h20 |
Investigation of novel
therapeutic targets to treat cancer
– T-Box factors |
Dr Sharon Prince
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15h20-15h45 |
Tea, coffee and snack break |
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Plenary Session 3: The Cancer Epigenome
|
Chairman: Dr
Carl Albrecht |
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15h45-16h30 |
The Big Picture of cancer research globally
and “The Cancer Epigenome - Clues to
the Origins, Detection and Diagnosis
of the Common Cancers’’ |
Prof Steve Baylin (USA) |
|
16h30-17h15 |
The Big Picture of cancer research globally
and “The
Cancer Epigenome – Chromatin
Drugs and the Promise of Epigenetic
Therapies’’ |
Prof Peter Jones (USA) |
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17h30-18h30 |
Social Event |
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19h00-21h00 |
Town Hall Meeting
How long will it take to
conquer cancer?
|
Chairman: Prof Harry Seftel
Setting the Scene: Dr Carl
Albrecht |
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All day |
CANCER EXPO- Products,
Processes, Information and
networking |
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