One-Day Symposium to Address Clinical Cancer Research in the Coming Decade Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Wash., is hosting a one-day symposium on Friday, June 5, 1998, to address opportunities and challenges researchers will face over the next decade. The symposium will include discussion about upcoming therapies and how patients will access these treatments and benefit from them.

Speakers/Agenda:

7:45 - 8:15 a.m.WelcomeDrs. Frederick Appelbaum, Robert Day and Leland HartwellFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

8:30 - 9:25 a.m.Keynote AddressRichard Klausner, M.D.National Cancer Institute

9:25 - 10:20 a.m."Clinical Research in the New Age of Bioinformatics and Genomics"Leroy Hood, Ph.D.University of Washington

10:20 - 10:35 a.m.Morning Break

10:35 - 11:30 a.m."Of Genes and Genomes"David Botstein, Ph.D.Stanford University School of Medicine

11:30 a.m. - 12:23 p.m."Immunotherapy: Lymphoma as a Special Opportunity"Ronald Levy, M.D.Stanford University

12:25 - 1:30 p.m.Lunch Break

1:30 - 2:25 p.m."Potential Applications of Gene Therapy"Arthur W. Nienhuis, M.D.St. Jude Children's Research Center

2:25 - 3:20 p.m."Life and Death Decisions in Cells: Implications for Tumor Therapy"Michael B. Kastan, M.D., Ph.D.Johns Hopkins Hospital

3:20 - 3:35 p.m.Afternoon Break

3:35 - 4:30 p.m."Marrow Transplantation: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"Earnest Beutler, M.D.The Scripps Research Institute

4:30 - 5:15 p.m."The Breast Cancer Patient in the Decade of Advocacy"Amy S. Langer, M.B.A.National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations

5:15 p.m.Closing Remarks