Highlights of the eleventh annual meeting of the National Cancer Research Institute, 1–4 November 2015, Liverpool, UK

The annual meeting of the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI), held in Liverpool, UK, has a solid reputation of being a multidisciplinary conference. It brings the diverse cancer interests of the United Kingdom together, from funders to researchers to clinicians. Key themes for the coming year...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Nailor, Audrey, Lewis, Ian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cancer Intelligence 2016
Materias:
Conference Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4720489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26823684
http://dx.doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2016.615
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Sumario:The annual meeting of the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI), held in Liverpool, UK, has a solid reputation of being a multidisciplinary conference. It brings the diverse cancer interests of the United Kingdom together, from funders to researchers to clinicians. Key themes for the coming year’s innovation emerge. At this meeting, particularly notable topics were immunotherapy and prevention, with sessions on Big Data and e-cigarettes generating significant interest and discussion. Broad themes included discussions around cancer evolution, and the economic challenges of the United Kingdom’s cancer burden.

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