REGISTER NOW! Goodman Cancer Research Centre Public Forum – March 23

December 6, 2015

GCRC Public ForumWednesday, March 23, 2016

6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

McIntyre Medical Building, Palmer Amphitheatre, 6th Floor

1200 Pine Avenue West, Montreal

‘Fighting Cancer with Knowledge and Hope’

Session 3: Good Genes Behaving Badly

FACILITATOR:

Nicole Beauchemin, PhD

Professor, Departments of Biochemistry, Medicine and Oncology

Goodman Cancer Research Centre (GCRC), McGill University

Panelists
PATRICIA TONIN, PHD

Professor, Departments of Medicine and Human Genetics

Goodman Cancer Research Centre

Associate Leader, Cancer Research Program

Title: Over 100 years of evidence for breast cancer predisposing genes: 20 years since their discovery

WILLIAM FOULKES, MBBS, PHD, FRCPC

Professor, Departments Human Genetics and Oncology,

McGill University

Director, Program in Cancer Genetics

Jewish General Hospital, McGill University Health Centre

Title: Curioser and curioser: New findings in rare ovarian tumors

THOMAS F. DUCHAINE, PHD

Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry

Goodman Cancer Research Centre

Title: DICER mutations: From human tumors to model systems, and then back again

Patient Testimonial

Sessions will be delivered in English. Question and Answer period will be bilingual.

Refreshments will be served.

Admission is free, but registration is required.

To register: call (514) 398-4970 or email events.gcrc@mcgill.ca