publication date: Oct 19, 2011
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author/source: Alto Marketing Limited
Quest Diagnostics, the world's leading
provider of pathology diagnostic testing, information and services, today
announced that it is hosting a closed, one-day advanced cancer diagnostics
symposium in partnership with the Royal Society of Medicine. The meeting will
be taking place on Tuesday 27
th September at the Royal Society of
Medicine in London with registration beginning at 9am before the welcome
address from Professor John Betteridge, Associate Dean of the RSM, at 9.25am.
The conference will provide an overview on
the very latest advances in diagnostic assays useful for the management of
cancer patients, as well as providing insights to physicians and health care
providers about new technologies now available for commercial use in clinical
diagnostic laboratories.
Ian Barnes, National Clinical Director for
Pathology, Department of Health and Professor Kikkeri Naresh from the
Department of Histopathology at Imperial College London, will chair two main
sessions featuring presentations by prominent researchers in the field of
cancer diagnostics. Session one, held throughout the morning, predominately
focuses on how specific technologies address detailed, clinically relevant
issues in patient management and lead to an improvement in patient care.
In the afternoon, session two discusses the efforts needed to bring
technologically advanced assays from research into clinical practice and the
roles that doctors and laboratories have in the adoption of these tests.
One of the main reasons for late cancer
diagnosis is insufficient access to tests and reporting
[1],
and attendees will have the opportunity to understand how pathology diagnostic
tests can be used to improve the screening, diagnosis, therapy selection and
monitoring of cancer patients.
Speaker abstracts are available on request
and post-event information will also be made available. In addition, the
symposium holds 5 CPD (Continuing Professional Development) points. For further
information, please visit
http://www.questdiagnostics.co.uk
[1]Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS Medical Director, to all
Trust Chief Executives, August 2011
http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/documents/digitalasset/dh_128972.pdf
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