C A N C E R - R E L A T E D

M E E T I N G S / E V E N T S

Part I

Meetings, conferences, etc., held in the United States,

(including those sponsored by an international organization)

Part II

Meetings, conferences, etc., held in foreign countries,

(including those sponsored by an organization in the United States)

Prepared By: Reports Section Date: April 1997

Office of Cancer Communications

National Cancer Institute

APRIL

3-4 Baltimore, Diagnosis And Treatment Of Neoplastic Disorders (Johns

Maryland Hopkins Medical Institutions, Thomas B. Turner Bldg.). Sponsor: The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center. Info: Conference Coordinator, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Office of Continuing Medical Education, Turner Bldg., 720 Rutland Ave., Baltimore, MD 21205-2195; Tel. (410) 955-2959, FAX. (410) 955-0807

4-5 New York, The Management of Cancer and AIDS Pain: Challenges and

New York Opportunities Within a Changing Health Care Environment (Rockefeller Research laboratories Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center). Sponsor: New York State Cancer and AIDS Pain Initiative. Info: Myra Glajchen D.S.W.; Tel. (212) 639-2097

3-6 Phoenix, 17th Annual Meeting, American Society for Laser Medicine and

Arizona Surgery (Pointe Hilton on South Mountain). Info: ASLMS, 2404 Steward Square, Wasau, Wisconsin 54401; Tel. (715) 845-9283, FAX. (715) 848-2493

5-10 Chicago, American Society of Clinical Pathologists and College of

Illinois American Pathology (Hilton). Info: Patrick Raleigh, Dir. Convention Services, ASCP, 2100 Harrison St., Chicago, Il 60612-3796; Tel. (312) 738-1133, FAX. (312) 738-1619

6-8 Houston, 2^nd Japan-U.S. Symposium on Pediatric Cancer (Omni Houston

Texas Hotel). Info: The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Conference Services #30070082, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030-4095; Tel.(713) 792-2222

8-13 Keystone, AIDS Pathogenesis (Keystone Conference Center and Resort)

Colorado Sponsor: Abbott Laboratories and The Directors Sponsor Fund. Info: Keystone Symposia, Drawer 1630, Silverthorne, CO 80498; Tel. 1-800-253-0685 or (970) 262-1230; FAX. (970) 262-1525

11 Houston, Adult Hematologic Malignancies Applications of Stem Cell

Texas Transplantation (M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Clark Clinic, 11^th Floor Hickey Auditorium). Info: The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Conference Services #30070082, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030-4095; Tel.(713) 792-2222

APRIL

12-16 Pasadena, The National Cancer Center Conference (Doubletree Hotel).

California Sponsors: City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute, University of Southern California/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles/Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. Info: University of Southern California/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Canter's Development office, Tel. (213) 764-0700

12-16 San Diego, 88th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer

California Research (San Diego Convention Center). Info: AACR, Public Ledger Bldg., Suite 815, 150 South Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3483; Tel. (215) 440-9300, FAX. (215) 440-9313

12-17 New Orleans, American Urological Association Annual Meeting(Ernest N.

Louisiana Morial Convention Center). Info: AUA, 1120 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland; Tel. (410) 727-1100

12-17 Denver, 65th Annual meeting American Association of Neurological

Colorado Surgeons (Denver Convention Center). Info: Meetings Dept., AANS, 22 South Washington St., Park Ridge, Il 60068-4287; Tel. (708) 692-9500, FAX. (708) 692-2589

13-15 Washington, 2^nd and 3^rd Annual Conference HII97 : The Emerging Health

DC Information Infrastructure Conference (Georgetown University Conference Center). Sponsor: Friends of the National Library of Medicine. Info: NLM, 1555 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036-1108; Tel. (202) 462-0992 ext. 56, FAX. (202) 462-9043

13-19 Snowbird, Molecular And Cellular Biology of Gene Therapy (Snowbird

Utah Resort). Info: Keystone Symposia, Drawer 1630, Silverthorne, CO 80498; Tel.1-800-253-0685 or (970) 262-1230; FAX. (970) 262-1525

13-19 Keystone, Tolerance and Autoimmunity (Keystone Resort). Sponsor:

Colorado Amgen Inc. Info: Keystone Symposia, Drawer 1630, Silverthorne, CO 80498; Tel.1-800-253-0685 or (970) 262-1230; FAX. (970) 262-1525

16-19 San 18th Annual Scientific Session of the Society of Behavioral

Francisco, Medicine (Hyatt Regency Embarcadero Hotel). Info: Dawn

California K. Wilson, Ph.D., Society of Behavioral Medicine, 103 South Adams Street, Rockville, MD 20850; Tel. (301) 251-2790

APRIL

19 Houston, 37^th Annual Conference Current Issues in the Pathology and

Texas Classification of the Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas (Westin Oaks Hotel). Sponsor: The Houston Society of Clinical Pathologists and The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Info: clinical Pathologists annual Meeting, Conference Services-HMB 131, UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030-4095; FAX. (713) 794-1724

19-20 Bethesda, Skeletal Complications of Malignancy (NIH Natcher Bldg.

Maryland Conference Center). Sponsors: Paget Foundation, National Cancer Institute, National Institute on Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Info: The Paget Foundation, 200 Varrick St., Suite 1004, New York, NY 10014-4810; Tel. (212) 229-1582, FAX. (212) 229-1502

21-22 Washington, New Cancer Strategies:p53 (The Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel)

DC Sponsor: Cambridge Healthtech Institute. Info: Cambridge Healthteck Institute, 1037 Chestnut Street, Newton Upper Falls, MA 02164; Tel. (617) 630-1300, FAX. (617) 630-1325

23-27 Washington, 6^th Biennial Symposium on Minorities the Medically

DC Underserved and Cancer (Hyatt Regency Hotel). Info: T.J. Dunlap, Tel. (713) 798-5383

28-30 Las Vegas, 45th Annual Meeting, American College of Obstetricians and

Nevada Gynecologists (Las Vegas Convention Center). Info: Gail E. Mutnik, Associate Director, Meeting Support Services, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 409 12th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20024; Tel. (202) 638-5577

28-30 Bethesda, The National AIDS Malignancy Conference (Natcher Bldg.).

Maryland Info: Ellen Feigal, Tel. (301) 496-2522

30-May 4 New York, American Radium Society Annual Meeting (Plaza Hotel). New York Info: American Radium Society, 1101 Market St., 14th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107; Tel.(215) 574-3170, FAX. (215) 923-1737

MAY

1-4 New Orleans, Oncology Nursing Society 22nd Annual Congress (New Orleans

Louisiana Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau, Inc.). Info: ONCC, 501 Holiday Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15220-2749; Tel. (412) 921-8597, FAX. (412) 921-6565

4-9 Boston, 97th Annual Meeting of American Roentgen Ray Society

Massachusetts (Sheraton Hotel). Info: Susan Roberts, Projects Mgr., ARRS, 1891 Preston White Dr., Reston, VA 22091; Tel.(800) 438-2777, (703) 648-8992, FAX. (703) 264-8863

5-6 San Diego, Molecular Genetic Profiling for Diagnostics and Clinical

California Trials (The Westin Hotel). Sponsor: Cambridge Healthtech Institute. Info: Cambridge Healthteck Institute, 1037 Chestnut Street, Newton Upper Falls, MA 02164; Tel. (617) 630-1300, FAX. (617) 630-1325

7 Boston, American Society for MOHS Surgery (Westin Hotel). Info:

Massachusetts ASMS, Tel. (800) 616-2767

9-16 Orlando, 56th annual American Occupational Health Conference

Florida (Orange County Convention Center). Sponsors: AOHC, American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. and American College of Occupational and Environmental medicine. Info: AAOHN, Lauren B. Anderson, AAOHN (404) 262-1162 ext. 110, or Kay Coyne, ACOEM (847) 228-6850 ext. 152

13-14 Washington, EEA's International Conference on Electromagnetic Energy

DC (Washington Vista Hotel). Sponsor: Electromagnetic Energy Association. Info: Electromagnetic Energy Association, 1255 23rd Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20037; Tel. (202) 452-1070

16 New York, Cutaneous Melanoma '97: A Clinical Symposium for Primary

New York Care Practitioners (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center). Info: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Office of Continuing Medical Education, Box 31, 1275 York Ave., New York, NY 10021; Tel. (212) 639-6754; FAX. (212) 717-3140

16-21 San American Lung Association/American Thoracic Society

Francisco, International Conference (Moscone Convention Center). Info:

California Fran Comi, Tel. (212) 315-8794, FAX (212) 315-6498

MAY

17-21 Denver, 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical

Colorado Oncology (Colorado Convention Center). Info: ASCO, Department of Science and Education, 225 Reinekers Lane, Suite 650, Alexandria, VA 22314; Tel. (703) 299-0150

JUNE

1 Nationwide National Cancer Survivors Day (NCSD) Held in Communities

Across the nation. Sponsor: Coping magazine, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceutical and Glaxo Wellcome. Info: National Cancer Survivors Day Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 682285, Franklin, TN 37068-2285; Tel. (615) 794-3006, FAX. (615) 794-0179

2-6 Boston, Critical Issues in Tumor Microcirculation, Angiogenesis and

Massachusetts Metastasis: Biological Significance and Clinical Relevance (Sonesta Hotel). Sponsor: Harvard Medical School. Info: Carol Lyons, Administrator, Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114; Tel. (617) 726-4083, FAX. (617) 726-4172

10-11 Bethesda, MD "Cutaneous Malignancies," General Motors Cancer Research Foundation Annual Scientific Meeting and Laureates' Lectures

7-11 San Diego, Cancer of the Central Nervous System (Loews Coronado Bay

California Resort). Sponsor: AACR. Info: American Association for Cancer Research, Public Ledger Bldg., Suite 816, 150 South Independence mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3483; Tel. (215) 440-9300, FAX. (215) 440-9313

11-14 Minneapolis, The Endocrine Society Annual Meeting (Convention Center).

Minnesota Info: Meetings Dept., The Endocrine Society, 4350 East West Highway, Suite 500, Bethesda, MD 20814-4410; Tel. (301) 941-0220, FAX. (301) 941-0258

12-16 Frederick, Cancer Genetics and Tumor Suppressor Genes Conference (Hood

Maryland College). Sponsor: The Foundation for Advanced Cancer Studies, Inc., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Info: Tel. (301) 898-9266, FAX. (301) 898-9173

14-19 Santa Fe, Annual Meeting of the Society of Uroradiology (El Dorado).

New Mexico Info: Mary Ryals, Tel. (770) 641-9773, FAX. (770) 587-2322

18-21 Frederick, 13th Annual Meeting on Oncogenes - Oncogenes, Growth, and

Maryland Development (Hood College). Sponsor: The Foundation for Advanced Cancer Studies, Inc. Info: Tel. (301) 898-9266, FAX. (301) 898-9173

22-26 Philadelphia 96th Annual Meeting American Society of Colon & Rectal

Pennsylvania Surgeons (Marriott Marquis). Info: ASCRS, 85 Algonquin Rd., Suite 550, Arlington Heights, IL 60005; Tel. (847) 290-9184, FAX (847) 290-9203

JULY

26-30 Atlanta, 15th National AIDS/HIV Forum and 19th National Lesbian

Georgia and Gay Health Conference (Radisson Hotel). Sponsor: The National lesbian and Gay Health Association. Info: NLGHA 1997 Conference, P.O. Box 33022, Washington, DC 20033; FAX. (202) 234-1467

AUGUST

7-10 New York, 25th Annual National Black Nurses Association Conference

New York (New York Mariott Marquis Hotel). Info: 1-800-575-6298

8-10 Philadelphia, 1997 Global Update: Treatment of Aplastic Anemia and

Pennsylvania Myelodysplastic Syndromes (Philadelphia International

Airport Marriott Hotel). Sponsor: Aplastic Anemia Foundation of America, Inc. Info: AAFA, P.O. Box 613, Annapolis, MD 21404; Tel. (800) 747-2820, FAX. (410) 867-0240

15-17 Ponte Vedra 7^th Annual Hematology Oncology Reviews (Marriott at Sawgrass

Beach, Resort). Sponsor: Mayo Clinic. Info: Mayo Clinic

Florida Jacksonville, division of Education Services; Tel. 1-800-462-9633, FAX. (904) 953-2954

SEPTEMBER

24-26 Baltimore, 23^rd Annual Topics in Gastroenterology and Liver Disease

Maryland (Thomas B. Turner Bldg., The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions). Sponsor: The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Meyerhoff Center for Digestive Disease. Info: Office of Continuing Medical Education, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Turner 20/720 Rutland Ave., Baltimore, MD 21205

26-28 New York, 38^th Annual Meeting Advances in Clinical Nutrition (New York

New York Marriott East Side). Sponsor: American College of Nutrition. Info: American College of Nutrition, c/o Hospital for Joint Diseases, 301 East 17^th Street, New York, NY 10003; Tel. (212) 777-1037, FAX. (212) 777-1103

OCTOBER

20-24 Orlando, American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and

Florida Oncology. Info: American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, 1101 Market Street, 14th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107-2990; Tel. 215-574-3180

28-31 Houston, Molecular Determinants of Cancer Metastasis (M.D. Anderson

Texas Cancer Center). Info: The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Conference Services #30070082, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030-4095; Tel.(713) 792-2222

APRIL

23-25 Birmingham, Childhood Cancer into the 21st Century (International Cancer

UK Center). Info: Index Communications Meeting Services, Top Floor 19 The Hundred, Ramsey, Hampshire 5051 8GD, UK; Tel. 44-01794-511331/2, FAX. 44-01794-511455

JUNE

19-13 Sydney, 4th World Conference on Melanoma. Sponsor: WHO Melanoma

Australia Info: The Melanoma Foundation, PO Box M1234 Camperdown, New South Wales 2050, Australia; Tel. 011-61-2-5515-7299, FAX. 001-61-2-550-6316

29-July 1 Vienna, 1st International Meeting on Advances in the Knowledge of

Austria Cancer Management. Sponsor: International Union Against Cancer. Info: UICC Cancer Management Meeting, c/o Mondial Congress, Faulmanngasse 4, A-1040 Vienna, Austria; Tel. 43-1 49150-2711, FAX. 43-1 49150-2554

AUGUST

10-15 Dublin, 8th World conference on Lung Cancer (University College,

Ireland Belfield). Sponsor: International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. Info: Regina Prenderville, Postgraduate Medical Center, 52 Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland; Tel. 353-1-8306795, FAX. 353-1-8309090

1998

FEBRUARY

25-28 St Gallen, 6th International Congress on Adjuvant Therapy of Primary

Switzerland Breast Cancer. Info: B. Nair, Dept. Of Medicine, C., Haus 09, Kantonsspital, 9007 St. Gallen, Switzerland; FAX. 41-71-245-68-05

MAY

14-16 Reykjavik, International Conference on Women's Health: Occupation,

Iceland Cancer and Reproduction (Conference Centre of Scandic Hotel Loftleioir, Reykjavik).

JUNE

7-12 Jerusalem, 11th Mediterranean Congress of Chemotherapy. Info: Kenes,

Israel POB 50006, Tel Aviv 61500, Israel

AUGUST

23-29 Rio de 17th UICC International Cancer Congress. Info: R.M. Boscher

Janeiro, Inst. National de Cancer,Praca Cruz Vermelha 23, 20230-130

Brazil Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brazil; FAX. 55 21 252 9598

SEPTEMBER

29-Oct3 Florence, 1st European Breast Cancer Conference (Centro Affari

Italy Palazzo dei Congressi). Sponsor: European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC-BCCG), European Society of Mastology (EUSOMA), Europa Donna, The European Breast Cancer Coalition. Info: FECS Conference Unit, Avenue E. Mounier 83, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium; Tel.32 (2)775 0206, FAX. 32 (2) 775 0200

OCTOBER

4-8 Yokohama, XXX Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric

Japan Oncology. Info: Imedex, POB 3283, 5203 DG's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands; FAX 31-73-41-47-66