Public Forum - Session II: Fueling Cancer Growth
Understanding how and why cancer grows
Moderator: Dr. Michel Tremblay, Director and Principal Investigator, Goodman Cancer Research Centre
Facilitators and fields of research:
Russell Jones, PhD
How nutrition affects normal and cancer cells
Why cancer cells are addicted to sugar
Michael Pollak, MD
Clinical aspects of metabolism involvement in cancer
Metformine - an old drug with relevance to cancer
Vincent Gigu猫re, PhD
Elements other than nutrition that affect the cancer risk factor
e.g. Use of estrogens during menopause
Gordon Shore, PhD
Targeting energy metabolism for novel treatments in cancer
Julie St. Pierre, PhD
How nutrition affects the cancer risk factor
The link between metabolism and cancer
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Admission: $15 per session
All sessions delivered in English. Discussion period in both French and English.
Refreshments will be served.