Each year the International Clinical Trials Day is celebrated around the world on or near the 20th of May to celebrate the day that James Lind began his controlled trial comparing the different treatments for scurvy on the 20th May 1747.
8th May 2013 is the first World Ovarian Cancer Day. Ovarian cancer has the lowest survival rate of all gynecologic cancers, and is characterized around the world by a lack of awareness of symptoms and late stage diagnosis.
A Two Day Course outlining the Principles and Practice of Modern Multidisciplinary Translational Cancer Research will take place on Friday 19th & 26th April 2013 in NICB Seminar Room, Dublin City University.
Dr. Dennis Slamon – one of the foremost cancer researchers in the world today – will give a public talk on Thursday 28th February 2013 at 8pm in JM Synge Lecture Theatre, Trinity College Dublin.
An International Melanoma Workshop will take place in the Conway Institute, UCD on the 8th & 9th May.
4th February marks World Cancer Day.
A Translational Cancer Research Seminar will take place on Wednesday, 12th December on the topic of “Assessing Resistance Mechanisms of Trastuzumab and Biomarkers in HER2 Positive Breast Cancer”
A Translational Cancer Research Seminar will be held on Wednesday, 14th November at 6:30pm – 8:30pm in the Herbert Park Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.