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Meet the Professor
Bone and cancer
Saturday 13 May 2006
13.00-14.00
Topics to be covered
- Review skeletal complications of cancer and cancer treatment.
Update on the current understanding of basic molecular mechanisms
of solid tumor metastases to bone.
- Tumor-bone cell interactions:
role of osteoclast and osteoblast
in vicious cycle of tumor growth in bone
- Role of the bone microenvironment and how alterations
in the bone
microenvironment alter tumor growth in bone
- Role of other cell types: endothelial
cells,
platelets
- Discuss
current and emerging treatments for solid tumor metastases to
bone.
- Discuss emerging technology to assess bone metastases
in humans
and in animal models
- Discuss the effect of cancer treatment
on the skeleton.
Educational goals
- To summarize current knowledge on the basic mechanisms
of bone metastases.
- To provide an update on emerging technologies for
the assessment of bone metastases in humans and in animal models.
- To discuss
current and emerging treatment for solid tumor metastases to bone.
Teaching methods
- A brief didactic overview of the basic biology
of tumor metastases to bone.
- Interactive discussion with audience
on pathophysiology
- Case presentations on skeletal complications of
malignancy to involve audience participation to identify pathophysiology
and
potential targets
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