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

Wednesday, 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