Third North American Symposium on Skeletal Complications of Malignancy Convenes at NIH

WHAT: Leading experts on bone complications of various cancers, including breast cancer, prostate cancer, and multiple myeloma, will meet at the National Institutes of Health NIH), April 25-27, 2002, to present recent findings and discuss current issues in this area. Sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, the Paget Foundation For Paget's Disease of Bone and Related Disorders, and Pennsylvania State University, the meeting will address topics such as:

• Current thinking on treating bone metastases
• New opportunities for prevention and therapy
• Innovative ways to address barriers to early diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy of bone metastases

For a detailed agenda, please call Charlene Waldman at the Paget Foundation, New York, N.Y. 212-509-5335, or email the [email protected].

WHO: Featured speakers include:
Robert Weinberg, Ph.D., of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Mass., an internationally recognized authority on the genetic basis of human cancer, and
Donald Coffey, Ph.D., of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, one of the nation's leading experts on prostate cancer.

WHEN: Thursday, April 25 (1:00 p.m.) - Saturday, April 27 (4:30 p.m.)

WHERE: Natcher Conference Center, 45 Center Drive, NIH, Bethesda, Md.

Due to extremely limited parking on the NIH campus, all attendees are encouraged to use Metro. The Natcher Center is conveniently located adjacent to the Medical Center station on Metro's Red Line.

NOTE: Because of new security measures at NIH, it is important that interested media register in advance for this meeting. Please call the NCI press office at (301) 496-6641 or The Paget Foundation at (212) 509-5335.