Cancer and the Environment: Gene-Environment Interaction (2002)
Chapter: Appendix B Workshop Agenda
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) |
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) |
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 |
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 |
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 |
