FYI.... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sandler, Abby (NIH/NCI) [E] <[email protected]> Date: Tue, May 12, 2015 at 1:22 PM Subject: NCI Rare Tumors Symposium - Registration and Poster Information
On behalf of the National Cancer Institute’s Rare Tumors Initiative, we invite you to register and submit poster abstracts for the first annual: *Rare Tumors Initiative Symposium 2015:* *Strategies to develop therapies for rare tumors: Small numbers but big opportunities* Natcher Building, Balcony A June 17, 2015 8:30am – 5:30pm This meeting is organized by NCI, Center for Cancer Research’s Rare Tumors Initiative to bring together basic and clinical rare tumor researchers at the NIH with extramural researchers, patient advocacy groups, industry, and the FDA to discuss current progress, future directions, and challenges facing rare tumors therapy development. The goals of this symposium are to increase communication and build networks between researchers working on rare tumors across and beyond NIH, and to get input from patient groups, industry, and the FDA on ways to overcome the biggest hurdles in the development of therapies for rare tumors. The deadline for poster abstract submission is June 1, 2015. Please register and upload your poster abstract at this link: http://ncifrederick.cancer.gov/events/RareTumors/ For questions please contact Dr. Abby Sandler ([email protected]) or Dr. Karlyne Reilly ([email protected])
