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Attacking cancer at its root

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 19.09.2011

Attacking cancer at its root

On 19, 20 and 21 September the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC) is to host the Barcelona Biomed Conference entitled "Signal rewiring and addiction in cancer", in which scientists from all over the world will come together to discuss the latest breakthroughs in the molecular biology of cancer, a field that is devoted to genetic and molecular aspects of tumor cells. Together with early diagnosis methods and more efficient prevention campaigns, this field of biology is contributing to a decrease in cancer incidence and mortality.


“In the conference we will address the most recent advances in molecular oncology and how to ensure that this information is transferred to clinical practice in order to benefit the patient”, explains Ángel R. Nebreda, ICREA Professor at IRB Barcelona, BBVA Foundation Cancer Research Professor, and co-organizer of the conference together with Tony Hunter, Oncology Professor and director of the Cancer Center of the Salk Institute in the US.

The 18 speakers invited to present their latest work in Barcelona study how cancer cells use certain regulatory components of cell signalling machinery to survive, spread, and evade the body’s control mechanisms. This information will be decisive to make headway into personalized treatments. Through a genetic and biochemical study of the tumors of individual patients, clinicians will be able to design personalized therapies in function of their needs and with fewer side effects than conventional approaches, thereby avoiding resistance to anti-tumor treatments and turning cancer into a chronic disease.

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