U.S. Department of Health and Human Services NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News National Cancer Institute (NCI) http://www.cancer.gov/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 CONTACT: NCI Media Relations Branch, 301-496-6641, <E-MAIL: ncipressofficers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> NOTE TO REPORTERS AND EDITORS NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE HOSTS SCIENCE WRITERS' SEMINAR ON SECOND CANCERS WHAT: NCI SCIENCE WRITERS' SEMINAR SERIES Please join us for our latest science writers' seminar on new cancers that arise in people whose first cancer occurred in a different site in their body. Presentations will be in an interactive classroom format with ample time for questions. The topics will include discussion of a just released monograph on multiple primary tumors. In addition to discussing multiple primaries, four prominent scientists will discuss the incidence and prevalence of such cancers, their possible causes, and how they are treated in the clinic. WHO: ROCHELLE CURTIS, M.A.: New malignancies among cancer survivors CRYSTAL MACKALL, M.D.: Clinical care of cancer patients who develop second cancers LOIS TRAVIS, M.D., SC.D.: Second cancers -- an overview PEGGY TUCKER, M.D.: The effect of genetic susceptibility on second cancers WHEN: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2007: 9:45 A.M. -- NOON Registration will be at 9:45 a.m. Talks by experts from NCI and other research institutes will begin at 10:00 a.m. A coffee break will occur about 11:00 a.m. WHERE: NIH CAMPUS, NATCHER CONFERENCE CENTER, ROOM F1/F2 BETHESDA, MD. Attendees are strongly encouraged to use the Metro. The NIH campus can be easily accessed via the Medical Center stop on the Metro's Red Line. For transportation, parking and security at NIH, go to <http://www.nih.gov/about/visitorsecurity.htm>. HOW: TO REGISTER for the seminar, please contact the NCI Media Relations Branch at (301) 496-6641 or at <ncipressofficers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>. For more information about cancer, visit the NCI Web site at <http://www.cancer.gov> or call NCI's Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237). The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- The Nation's Medical Research Agency -- includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit <www.nih.gov>. ### This NIH News Release is available online at: http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/nov2006/nci-28.htm. To subscribe (or unsubscribe) from this list, go to http://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=nihpress&A=1.
