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Moores Cancer Center Hosts 15th Annual Oncology Symposium
"The symposium is a forum uniting life science innovators from around the world to brainstorm translational oncology research."
SAN DIEGO, CA – UC San Diego will host its 15th annual Next Generation Precision Oncology Symposium Thursday, a conference of leaders in medicine and cancer science.
The symposium, held at the Moores Cancer Center, includes presentations from industry professionals about clinical trials for treatment, personal stories of patients and survivors and promising new drugs and therapeutic options. The symposium will also honor Susan Band Horwitz, a professor at New York City's Albert Einstein College of Medicine, for her work developing chemotherapeutic drugs like paclitaxel.
"The symposium is a forum uniting life science innovators from around the world to brainstorm translational oncology research," said Ida Deichaite, director of the Moores Cancer Center's office of industry relations. "We are proud to hear from past attendees about a high number of collaborations and alliances stemming from the event that address the needs for accelerated research."
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The symposium is scheduled to begin with registration at 8 a.m. A full program can be found at ucsdmccindustryrelations.com/symposium.html.
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