5th Familial Cancer Conference - Event - ESO 07/06/2012 - 08/06/2012, Madrid, Spain

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• To update recent advances in familial cancer
• To better define the genetic profile of these cancers and the clinical management of families and patients.
• To analyze the impact of the new technologies and their contribution to familial cancer risk.MAIN TOPICS

• General concepts in familial cancer: genetic variants, variants of unknown significance; modifier factors; genetic counseling
• Common cancers: breast cancer and the family of breast cancer genes; selection criteria and clinical management; new treatments; colorectal cancer and prostate cancer; genetic and clinical management.
• Other hereditary syndromes: Familial pheocromocitoma; pancreatic cancer; Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome; familial melanoma.
• Rare tumors: Fanconi anemia; Dysqueratosis congenital; genetic syndromes of the RAS/MAP pathway; li Fraumeni syndrome.
• New technologies applied to familial cancer studies: Integrative genomic analysis; cancer genome and personalized medicine; whole exome sequencing in the search of high susceptibility genes. 

CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION

Registration may be carried out online (www.cnio.es/meetings). 

Registration fee is € 200. Registration and payment must be processed by 15 May 2012. After this date registration will only be available on site at the rate of € 300. The registration fee covers admission to the conference, a copy of the programme book, coffee and lunch throughout the conference as indicated in the programme.