Inside This Issue:

4th All-Ireland Cancer Conference Heralded as Success

3rd All-Ireland Cancer Statistics Report Release

Cancer 2008

Cancer Genomics MasterClass

4th AICC Poster Winners

Partner Update

Consortium Leadership

Health Economics Workshop

IACR 2009 Annual Meeting

Announcements

What's Next

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ADDRESS
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4^th AICC Poster Winners

The 4^th All-Ireland Cancer Conference (AICC) featured 117 posters from researchers who presented their ongoing work in the areas of basic science, clinical science, nursing science, and cancer prevention and population health on the island of Ireland. Winners in each category, as well as their poster titles, are listed below:

Basic science: Dr. Martin Barr for Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and the Epigenetic Regulation of its Receptors in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

Clinical science: Dr. Prerna Tewari for Investigations of Genetic Variation in DNA Repair Genes and Disease Susceptibility to Multiple Myeloma by Application of a Candidate Pathway Strategy.

Nursing Science: Dr. Cherith Semple for Evaluation of a Problem-Focused Intervention Programme for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer.

Prevention and population health: Ms. Tess Clendenen for Vitamin D and Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer.