New treatments available for cancer will be discussed by world cancer experts from the USA and Europe in a free public information evening “The Promise of Gene Therapy – Newest Cancer Treatments” on Thursday, September 3rd. The event is hosted by Cork Cancer Research Centre (CCRC) and will take place at the Lifetime Lab, Lee Road, Cork at 6.30pm. Everyone is welcome.

Five specialists will share the new treatments they have pioneered for cancer patients. The specialists will be in Cork to participate in a three day international conference on cancer gene therapy. They will discuss cancer research, clinical trials, the prognosis for gene therapy, and in addition, what is gene therapy and why gene therapy is seen as one of the leading treatments in the future of treating cancer. All of the presenters will be available for discussion at the end of the talks.

Some topics at the public information evening include:

• A Vaccine for Breast Cancer – Clinical trial results
• Immunogene therapy and Leukaemia
  
• Immunogene therapy of Gastrointestinal Cancers

Speakers

• Noriyuki Kasahara MD PhD: Professor, UCLA, USA
• Albert B. Deisseroth MD: Professor, Food Drug Administration (FDA), USA
• Len Seymour PhD: Professor, Oxford University, UK (President of British Society of Gene Therapy)
• Stephen Russell MD PhD: Professor, Mayo Clinic, USA
• Gerald C O’Sullivan FRCSI: Professor, Consultant Surgeon – Mercy University Hospital, Director Cork Cancer Research Centre

For further information please contact Orla Dolan, Cork Cancer Research Centre on (T) 021 463 6612 or (M) 086 827 0229.