Inheritable Cancer - Sharon Savage, M.D. and W. Marston Linehan, M.D.
DCEG Events
March 19, 2019 | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
NCI Bethesda Bethesda, MD
Demystifying Medicine Lecture
Speakers
Chief, Clinical Genetics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (DCEG)
and
W. Marston Linehan, M.D.
Chief, Urologic Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research (CCR)
Description
Cancer development often is a result of environmental factors, such as exposure to tobacco products and industrial toxins. Other times, however, cancer is written in the cards, nearly unavoidable, arising almost solely from genetic factors. These are so-called "inheritable cancers," and common types include cancers of the kidney, colon, and breast. Of course, what is inherited is a gene defect from a parent, not the cancer itself. Upwards of 10 percent of cancers may be the result of such inheritable mutations.
For this next lecture in the Demystifying Medicine series, now fortified with CME, we bring you two speakers who are investigating inheritable cancers from a clinical and epidemiological perspective. Marston Linehan, chief of the NCI CCR Urologic Oncology Branch, pioneered the study of the genetic basis of kidney cancer. His team identified the genes for the common forms of kidney cancer and described the pathways of these kidney cancer genes. His recent studies targeting the metabolic basis of kidney cancer have resulted in the regression of metastatic cancer in patients with type 1 and type 2 papillary kidney cancer.
Co-presenter Sharon Savage, DCEG Clinical Director and chief of the Clinical Genetics Branch, has studied the genetic and molecular epidemiology of telomere biology, pediatric cancer etiology, and autosomal-dominant cancer predisposition syndromes, such as Li-Fraumeni syndrome. She and her team are characterizing the clinical consequences of these disorders and are developing cancer screening programs.
Come and learn from the best and, as always, be prepared to be dazzled and demystified. This lecture also will be available via live and archived at NIH Videocast at https://videocast.nih.gov. And don't forget the CME credit availability, new this season.
The Demystifying Medicine Lecture Series is designed to help bridge the gap between advances in biology and their applications to major human diseases. The lectures include presentations of patients, pathology, diagnosis, and therapy in the context of major diseases and current research. All clinicians, trainees including fellows, medical students, Ph.D. students, and other healthcare and research professionals are welcome to attend. For more information, please visit the Demystifying Medicine website at https://demystifyingmedicine.od.nih.gov.
Sign language interpreters can be provided. Individuals with disabilities who need reasonable accommodation to participate in this event should contact Dr. Irwin (Win) Arias, irwin.arias@nih.gov, 301-402-8394 or the Federal Relay, 800-877-8339.