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DESCRIPTION:Some of North America's leading experts answer the public’s\nqu
 estions\nHave recent headlines concerning the validity of certain breast\n
 cancer tests worried you? Are you wondering if cancer affects\nchildren an
 d adults in different ways? Are you curious about the\neffectiveness of al
 ternative medicine?\nSome of the top cancer researchers in North America w
 ill answer\nthese questions\, and many others commonly asked by patients a
 nd\ntheir loved ones\, at a public forum to be held Thursday\,\nJune 11\, 
 at 6 p.m.\, at 91������'s McIntyre\nBuilding. Focusing on breast 
 cancer and pediatric cancers\,\nresearchers from 91������\, Unive
 rsity of Toronto and\nHarvard University\, and their affiliated hospitals\
 , will address a\nvariety of topics that are of concern to the public.\n“A
  number of clinical trials that the public does not\nnecessarily hear abou
 t have given us hope that new treatments could\nsoon be made available tha
 t will greatly improve the quality of\nlife for people with cancer\, even 
 at an advanced stage. We want to\nshare this optimism with the public\,” D
 r. Nicole Beauchemin\, a\nrenowned cancer scientist from 91������
 ’s Goodman Cancer\nCentre. “The evening will be unique in that it will bri
 ng together\nexperts from the fields of basic research and clinical trials
 .”\nDr. Nicole Beauchemin\, also a professor in the\ndepartments of bioche
 mistry\, medicine and oncology at 91������\, who\nis herself a cancer surviv
 or\, will host the evening\, and will be\njoined by the following experts:
 \nDr. Sylvain Baruchel: Director of the New Agent\nand Innovative Therapy 
 Program at the Hospital for Sick Children in\nToronto\; Senior Associate S
 cientist in the Departments of\nPhysiology and Experimental Medicine at th
 e Hospital for Sick\nChildren Research Institute\; Professor of Pediatrics
 \, University of\nToronto.\nDr. Gerald Batist: Director of the Segal Cance
 r\nCentre at the Jewish General Hospital\; Scientific Director\,\nMontreal
  Centre for Experimental Therapeutics in Cancer\; Director\,\n91������ Unive
 rsity Centre for Translational Research in Cancer\;\nProfessor in the Depa
 rtments of Medicine and Oncology at 91������\nUniversity\, and Chair of the 
 Department of Oncology at 91������\nUniversity.\nDr. Nada Jabado: Staff onco
 logist and scientist\nat the Brain Tumour Research Group at the 91������ Uni
 versity Health\nCentre\; Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatri
 cs at\n91������.\nDr. Mark Kieran: Director\, Pediatric Medical\n
 Neuro-Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute\, and Assistant\nProfes
 sor of Pediatrics at Harvard University.\nDr. Morag Park\, Scientific Dire
 ctor of the\nInstitute of Cancer Research\, Canadian Institutes of Health
 \nResearch\; Diane and Sal Guerrera Chair in Cancer Genetics\, Fellow\nof 
 the Royal Society of Canada and James 91������ Professor at 91������\nUniversi
 ty.\nThis event is part of the Montreal International Symposium on\nAngiog
 enesis and Metastasis and is organized by the Goodman Cancer\nCentre at Mc
 Gill University\, the 91������ Health Centre\nand the Department 
 of Oncology at 91������’s Faculty of Medicine\,\nwith support from the Canad
 ian Institutes of Health Research and\nHoffman-LaRoche.\nThe Montreal Inte
 rnational Symposium on Angiogenesis and\nMetastasis\, chaired by Dr. Nicol
 e Beauchemin and Dr.\nJanusz Rak\, will be held in Montreal June 11 and 12
 \, 2009. The\nsymposium will bring together scientists from basic\, clinic
 al and\nindustrial research and will explore various issues linked to the
 \nrole of blood vessels in cancer and metastases development as well\nas t
 herapeutic treatments for breast cancer and pediatric cancers.\nTo find ou
 t more about the program of this event\, please visit\nhttp://simam.mcgill
 .ca/.\nWHAT: Public Forum\n“Hope for cancer patients… tall and small”\nWHE
 N: Thursday\, June 11\, 2009 – 6 p.m.\nWHERE: Palmer Theatre\, McIntyre Bu
 ilding\, 91������\nUniversity\n1200 Pine Ave. West\, Montreal\nOn the Web: h
 ttp://misam.mcgill.ca/?page_id=8\n \n
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LOCATION:McIntyre Medical Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3G 1Y6\, 3655 pr
 omenade Sir William Osler
SUMMARY:Cancer: Hope for patients tall and small
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