1st International Congress on Nutrition and Cancer

Antalya, Turkey - The program will include presentations by leading basic, clinical, and epidemiologic scientists on the latest discoveries in their areas.

The event will have a program packed with outstanding lectures, including keynote talks, plenary sessions, oral presentations and poster discussions. In addition, social programs will be planned for the evenings. There will also be pre- and post-meeting trips to popular tourist destinations such as Mount Nemrut, Kapadokya (Cappadocia), Efes (Ephesus), Antalya and the Turkish Riviera, Bodrum (Halicarnassus), Ankara and Istanbul.

The program will include presentations by leading basic, clinical, and epidemiologic scientists on the latest discoveries in their areas. Attendance at this conference will be an efficient way to keep current in a rapidly changing field. Exciting sessions will be devoted to oxidative stress and inflammation; nutrition, physical activity, and obesity; nutrigenomics; epigenetics; chemoprevention. Sessions will integrate the key disciplines of clinical, behavioral, animal model, and epidemiologic research.

Programme

MAY 19

13:00 - 18:00 Registration
18:00 - 18:30 Opening Ceremony
18:30 - 19:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
Nutrition and cancer (Walter Willett)
19:30 - 21:30 Reception

MAY 20

18:30 -19:30 Plenary Session 1: Cancer and Nutrition

08:00 - 08:30 Cancer Burden in Turkey (Murat Tuncer)
08:30 - 09:00 Hypercholesterolemia and age related diseases: role of vitamin E (Nesrin Kartal-Ozer)
09:00 - 09:30 Genetic polymorphisms and response to nutrients (Tanju Besler)
09:30 - 10:00 Nutritional modulation of immunity (Simin Meydani)
10:00 - 10:30 Molecular mechanisms of alpha - tocopherol (Angelo Azzi)

10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:45 Plenary Session 2: Carotenoids
10:45 - 11:15 Tomato carotenoids, other phytonutrients: prevention by inhibiting sex hormones (Yoav Sharoni)
11:15 - 11:45 Carotenoids and lung carcinogenesis (Regina Goralczyk)
11:45 - 12:15 A method to predict synergy between phytonutrients in activation of ARE (Yossi Levy)
12:15 - 12:45 Skin protective effects of micronutrients (Wilhelm Stahl)

12:45 - 13:45 Lunch

13:45 - 14:45 KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
Diet and cancer (Carlo LaVecchia)
14:45 - 15:45 Poster - Oral Presentation

16:00 - 19:00 Antalya Old City Tour (extra)

MAY 21

08:00 - 10:00 Plenary Session 3: Carotenoids

08:00 - 08:30 Lycopene therapy of HGPIN and LUTS (N.K. Mohanty)
08:30 - 09:00 Lycopene’s mechanism of action in prostate cancer (Karin Wertz)
09:00 - 09:30 Lycopene use in urologic cancers (Neil Barber)
09:30 - 10:00 Lycopene and soy isoflavones in prostate cancer treatment (Omer Kucuk)

10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break

10:15 - 12:45 Plenary Session 4: Polyphenols

10:15 - 10:45
Molecular mechanisms of green tea polyphenols (Ping Dou)
10:45 - 11:15
Green tea and prostate cancer (Hasan Mukhtar)
11:15 - 11:45
Dietary polyphenols, inflammation and cancer (Mohsen Meydani)
11:45 - 12:15
Chemopreventive phytochemicals in spices and herbs (Young- Joon Surh)
12:15 - 12:45 Esophageal cancer chemoprevention by berries: A Translational approach (Laura Kresty)

12:45 - 13:45 Lunch

13:45 - 14:45 KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
Nutritional genomics and cancer prevention (John Milner)

15:00 - 19:00 Aspendos Tour ( extra)
MAY 22

08:00 - 10:00 Plenary Session 5: Polyphenols

08:00 - 08:30 Lignans and cancer (Herman Adlercreutz)
08:30 - 09:00 Cancer chemoprevention by equol and DNA integrity (Andreas Constantinou)
09:00 - 09:30 Soy and cancer (Mark Messina)
09:30 - 10:00 Pomegranate in Prostate and lung cancer (Hasan Mukhtar)

10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break

10:15 - 12:45 Plenary Session 6: Diet and Nutrition

10:15 - 10:45
Phytochemicals in hepatocellular cancer prevention (Hoyoku Nishino)
10:45 - 11:15
Curcumin in colon cancer prevention (Adhip Majumdar)
11:15 - 11:45
Impact of nutrition on gastric cancer in Turkey (Suayib Yalcin)
11:45 - 12:15
Nutritional prevention of uterine leiomyoma (Kazim Sahin)
12:15 - 12:45 Preventive effects of raspberries on colon cancer in rodents and in humans (Gary Stoner)

12:45 - 13:45 Lunch

13:45 - 14:45 KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
Diagnosis of precancerous and occult neoplasms (Herbert Nieburgs)
14:45 – 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 – 17:30 Plenary Session 7: Diet and Nutrition

15:00 – 15:30: Antitumor Promoting Effects of Diallyl Trisulfide Derived from Garlic (Hye- Kyung Na)
15:30 – 16:00: Inflammation and metabolic disorders (Gokhan Hotamisligil)
16:00 – 16:30: STAMPS: Nutritional response and role in prostate carcinogenesis (Fahri Saatcioglu)
16:30 – 17:00: Natural anti- angiogenic molecules (Betty Schwartz)
17:00 – 17:30: Polyamines and cancer: scientific evidence and polyamine analyses in foods (Gaspar Ros Berruezo)

17:30 – 18:30 Poster - Oral Presentation

MAY 23

08:00 - 10:30 Plenary Session 8: Trace elements and other

08:00 - 08:30 Zinc and selenium in pediatric lymphoma (Ayhan Cavdar)
08:30 - 09:00 Zinc in cancer prevention and treatment (Ananda Prasad)
09:00 - 09:30 Effects of diet on selenium concentration of serum in patients with cancer (Maria Borawska)
09:30 - 10:00 Avemar (wheat germ extract) in cancer prevention and treatment (Andras Telekes)
10:00 - 10:30 Diet, colon cancer and biomarkers (Dean Brenner)

10:30 Closing Remarks

SCIENTIFIC CONTACT

Kazim Sahin
Fırat Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi
Elazığ / TÜRKİYE
Phone: +90(424) 237 0000/3938
Fax: +90(424) 238 8173
e-mail:[email protected]
Omer Kucuk
Karmanos Cancer Institute
Wayne State University 4100 John R,
4-HWCRC Detroit, MI 48201 USA
Phone: 1-313-576-8739
Fax: 1-313-576-8767
e-mail:[email protected]

http://www.nutritioncancer2008.org/

From 19 May 2008
Until 23 May 2008
Antalya, Turkey
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