IASO Hot Topic Conference
Cancer & Obesity
28-30 October 2010, Valencia, Spain
Registration is now open for this event
Early Registration extended to July 7th!
Welcome
The International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO), the International Union Against Cancer (UICC), and the World Cancer Research Fund International (WCRF International) have come together to develop thinking and enhance discussion across the two disciplines of Cancer and Obesity. We have created a unique Scientific Programme that will underpin the first of a series of novel conferences organised by IASO. This conference will be held from the 28th–30th October, 2010 in Valencia, Spain.
The conference will update clinicians, epidemiologists, policy makers, nutritional professionals and basic science researchers involved in obesity or cancer by challenging them with new ideas and thinking about the biological principals that underline the increased risk of developing certain cancers in obese people.
The scientific sessions will examine the links between obesity and cancer from an epidemiological and mechanistic perspective. They will examine important biomarkers and early life events that relate to increased cancer risk. They will also explore the molecular events and cellular mechanisms that underly these processes. It will examine how this knowledge could be utilised by policy makers to inform and generate new thinking and ways of preventing cancer in both the developed and developing worlds. The conference will also contain a special session from the European Prospective Investigation into Nutrition and Cancer (EPIC) to update the field and discuss the most current results and findings.
The conference has drawn together the leading thinkers across the two disciplines and will prove to be a lively and interactive meeting. We look forward to seeing you in Valencia.
