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•Scientific programme
•Programme outline
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•List of posters
•Instructions for speakers
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Key Topics
Providing an international forum to present and discuss current basic and clinical science in the rapidly advancing field of skeletal complications of cancer, CABS meetings are premier scientific events. Topics are expected to include:
- Osteoporosis in cancer survivors
- Stem cell niche and bone metastases
- Breast cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Myeloma
- Bisphosphonates
- Radiopharmaceuticals
- Mechanisms of bone pain
- Imaging
- Radiation therapy
- Novel therapies for bone disease
- Bone markers
- Bone biology
- Cell signalling
- Clinical trials
- Animal models
Who Should Attend?
Attendees are expected to include:
- Basic Scientists
- Clinical Researchers
- Endocrinologists
- Haematologists
- Oncologists
- Orthopaedic surgeons
- Urologists
- Industry Representatives
- Nurses and other Professions Allied to Medicine
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the meeting programme, the participant will enhance their understanding of:
- the importance of both the physical and cellular bone microenvironment and the hematopoietic stem cell niche in supporting the growth of metastatic cancer cells
- the role of cancer stem cells and hematopoietic stem cells in the metastatic process
- the current state of the field of genomics and proteomics as applied to bone metastasis
- the efficacy of new therapeutic agents and imaging techniques for bone cancers and bone metastasis
- the consequences of tumour cells on the skeleton
Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Accreditation will be sought from the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME). EACCME credits are recognised by the American Medical Association.
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