Thought-provoking talks from Dr. Jennifer Baker, Dr. Emily Balskus, and Dr. Nicholas Timpson generated great discussion, particularly around our rapidly evolving understanding around the connections between obesity, the gut microbiome, and cancer risk.
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When people hear โcancer,โ survival isnโt always the first word that comes to mind. But progress is real: cancer death rates are down 34% since 1991, 5-year survival rate is 70%, & early detection is helping many cancers reach 90%+ survival rates.
Read the report: https://amercancer.co/CSMJournals
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The session kicked off with remarks from Dr. Panagiota Mitrou discussing the role of the WCRFI and the AICR as thought leaders in the field of cancer prevention.
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๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ?
That is the question that we explored during this afternoon's scientific session at #PrevCon26 that was sponsored by @wcrf.org and the American Institute for Cancer Research.
Our friends (and conference co-hosts!) @cancerresearchuk.org spoke to Raymond about his optimism for the future of cancer prevention, how the field needs to change and what advice he would give early career researchers.
๐น Read Raymond's interview: cruk.ink/4o7UStr
We cannot close out Day 1 at #PrevCon26 without extending our congrats to Dr. Raymond DuBois, who was presented with this year's ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ!
This award was presented by Dr. Bill Dahut, the Chief Scientific Officer for ACS.
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Session co-chairs Dr. Mingyang Song and Dr. Joanne Lysaght selected three complimentary flash talks from Alvina Adimoelja, Michael Coleman, PhD, and Dr. Carol Leung that rounded out this fantastic session. The room was buzzing as the session wrapped up!
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Finally, THANK YOU to everyone who attended tonight's Trainee Dinner where our early career investigators participated in an intimate mentorship discussion with our conference co-chairs Drs. Andrew Chan, Kwee Yong, and Kala Visvanathan. A lovely ending to a successful Day 1 of #PrevCon26!
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We caught up with Raymond N. DuBois fresh from his presentation at The Cancer Prevention Research Conferenceโฆ
