Workshop on biomarkers and cancer, Porto, Portugal
21 September 2009 - 21 September 2009
Portugal
The EU-funded ECNIS ('Environmental cancer risk, nutrition and individual susceptibility') Network of Excellence is organising a workshop on biomarkers and cancer from 21 to 23 September in Porto, Portugal.
The agenda includes sessions on:
- DNA damage and DNA repair as biomarkers;
- further development of biomarkers of oxidative damage to DNA and its link to cancer prevention;
- human bio-monitoring for environmental health surveillance;
- biomarkers for cancer chemoprevention;
- mechanistic insights and use of biomarkers for improved carcinogen risk assessment of mixtures;
- genotoxicity of PAH (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon) mixtures and organic extracts from urban air particles;
- risk assessment of genotoxins with non-linear, dose-response curves;
- theoretical considerations on cancer risk resulting from simultaneous or sequential exposure to more than one cancer risk factor.
Established in 2005, the ECNIS network explores the potential of biomarkers of exposure and bio-indicators of disease to determine how diet and hereditary factors influence environmental cancer risk. The overall goal is to bring together researchers from different disciplines in order to share expertise and resources, collaborate in research, provide training and communicate knowledge to stakeholders, such as regulators and policy makers.For further information, please visit:
http://www.ecnisporto.pt.vu/(opens in new window)
The agenda includes sessions on:
- DNA damage and DNA repair as biomarkers;
- further development of biomarkers of oxidative damage to DNA and its link to cancer prevention;
- human bio-monitoring for environmental health surveillance;
- biomarkers for cancer chemoprevention;
- mechanistic insights and use of biomarkers for improved carcinogen risk assessment of mixtures;
- genotoxicity of PAH (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon) mixtures and organic extracts from urban air particles;
- risk assessment of genotoxins with non-linear, dose-response curves;
- theoretical considerations on cancer risk resulting from simultaneous or sequential exposure to more than one cancer risk factor.
Established in 2005, the ECNIS network explores the potential of biomarkers of exposure and bio-indicators of disease to determine how diet and hereditary factors influence environmental cancer risk. The overall goal is to bring together researchers from different disciplines in order to share expertise and resources, collaborate in research, provide training and communicate knowledge to stakeholders, such as regulators and policy makers.For further information, please visit:
http://www.ecnisporto.pt.vu/(opens in new window)