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Cancer and the Environment: Gene-Enviroment Interaction
Appendix B
Workshop Agenda
CANCER AND THE ENVIRONMENT: GENE–ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS
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The Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine
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Appendix B
Workshop Agenda
CANCER AND THE ENVIRONMENT: GENE–ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS
Sponsored by
The Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine
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National Academy of Sciences Auditorium.
2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
May 16–17, 2001
Wednesday, May 16, 2001
8:40 a.m.
Remarks from the IOM President
Kenneth Shine, M.D.
8:55 a.m.
Remarks and Charge to Participants
Samuel Wilson, M.D.
Deputy Director, NIEHS
9:10 a.m.
Statement of Workshop Objectives
Franklin Mirer, Ph.D. (Workshop Co-chair)
9:20 a.m.
Cancer, the Environment, and the Media
Mr. Samuel Donaldson (ABC News)
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SESSION I: LINK BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CANCER
Moderator: Woodie Kessel, M.D., M.P.H.
9:50 a.m.
Genes and the Environment in Cancer Etiology
Joseph Fraumeni, Jr., M.D. (NCI)
10:30 a.m.
Diet and Other Environmental Factors as Modifiers of Cancer Risk
John Milner, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University and NCI)
11:10 a.m.
Break
11:25 a.m.
Genetic Epidemiology as a Tool for Gene–Environment Interactions
Kari Hemminki, M.D., Ph.D. (Karolinska Institute)
12:05 a.m.
The p53 Pathway: At the Crossroads of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Molecular Epidemiology
Curtis C. Harris, M.D. (NCI)
12:45 p.m.
General Discussion
1:00 p.m.
Lunch
SESSION II: GENETIC–ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION IN SPECIAL POPULATIONS
Moderator: Lovell A. Jones, Ph.D.
Vulnerable Populations
1:45 p.m.
Health Disparities: Do Gene–Environment Interactions Play a Role?
Lovell A. Jones, Ph.D. (M.D. Anderson Cancer Center)
2:05 p.m.
Cancer Disparities in Appalachia
Gilbert Friedell, M.D. (Markey Cancer Center)
2:20 p.m.
Migrant Farmworkers’ Children and Pesticides: A High-Risk Population
María A. Hernández-Valero, Dr.P.H. (M.D. Anderson Cancer Center)
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2:35 p.m.
Priorities and Special Populations: Ties That Bind
Armin Weinberg, Ph.D. (Baylor College of Medicine)
2:50 p.m.
General Discussion
3:05 p.m.
Break
Cancer in Children
3:20 p.m.
Childhood Cancer and Diet: Preliminary Evidence
Greta Bunin, Ph.D. (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia)
3:35 p.m.
Trends: Incidents and Survivorship
Leslie Robison, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota)
3:50 p.m.
Chemicals and Chromosomes, Children and Cancer, Clusters and Cohorts in a New Century
Richard Jackson, M.D., M.P.H. (CDC)
4:10 p.m.
General Discussion
Women and Cancer
4:25 p.m.
Epidemiology and Genetic Susceptibility to Breast Cancer
Brian Henderson, M.D. (University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine)
4:40 p.m.
Gene-Environment Risk Factors for Breast Cancer
Mary Wolff, Ph.D. (Derald H. Ruttenberg Cancer Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
4:55 p.m.
Breast Cancer Genetics: BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genes
Olufunmilayo Olopade, M.D. (The University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine)
5:10 p.m.
General Discussion
5:30 p.m.
Reception
Thursday, May 17, 2001
8:30 a.m.
Welcome Back
The Honorable Paul G. Rogers, Roundtable Chair Special Address
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8:35 a.m.
Cancer Treatment Based on Immune Stimulation
Steven Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D. (NCI)
SESSION III: GENETIC–ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION IN SPECIFIC CANCERS
Moderator: John Minna, M.D.
Lung Cancer
9:30 a.m.
Molecular Pathogenesis of Lung Cancer
John Minna, M.D. (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
9:50 a.m.
Genetic Susceptibility to Lung Cancer
Margaret Spitz, M.D., M.P.H. (M.D. Anderson Cancer Center)
10:10 a.m.
General Discussion
10:30 a.m.
Break
Colon Cancer
10:50 a.m.
Environmental and Genetic Factors Involved in Colorectal Carcinogenesis
Raymond DuBois, M.D., Ph.D. (Vanderbilt University—Ingram Cancer Center)
11:10 a.m.
Environmental Issues Related to Colon Cancer
David Alberts, M.D. (Arizona Cancer Center)
11:30 a.m.
General Discussion
Prostate Cancer
11:50 a.m.
Similarities of Prostate and Breast Cancer: Evolution, Diet, and Estrogens
Donald Coffey, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University)
12:10 a.m.
The Effect of Herbal Therapies in Prostate Cancer
Robert S. DiPaola, M.D. (Cancer Institute of New Jersey)
12:30 p.m.
General Discussion
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12:50 p.m.
Lunch
SESSION IV: MOVING FORWARD
Moderator: Samuel Wilson, M.D.
1:30 p.m.
Introduction and Remarks
The Honorable Paul G. Rogers, J.D.
2:00 p.m.
Cancer and the Environment: A View from “the Hill”
The Honorable John E. Porter, J.D.
Roundtable Summation and General Discussion
2:30 p.m.
Summation of the Workshop
Lovell A. Jones, Ph.D.
Roundtable Member
2:45 p.m.
Roundtable Discussion
Discussion of the workshop and future needs of cancer research
Ms. Susan Braun
President and CEO
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Donald Coffey, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Ms. Linda Frame, R.N., M.S., ACON
Senior Clinical Advisor
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Lovell A. Jones, Ph.D.
Professor, Gynecologic Oncology
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Martha Linet, M.D., M.P.H.
National Cancer Institute
David Ringer, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Scientific Program Director
American Cancer Society
4:00 p.m.
Adjournment
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