Be brave, look for meaning: highlights of the tenth annual meeting of the National Cancer Research Institute

Audrey Nailor; Sioned Pearce; Ian Lewis

doi:10.3332/ecancer.2015.500

Be brave, look for meaning: highlights of the tenth annual meeting of the National Cancer Research Institute

Ecancermedicalscience. 2015 Jan 12:9:500. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2015.500. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Audrey Nailor¹, Sioned Pearce², Ian Lewis³

Affiliations

¹ Cancer Intelligence Ltd, Bristol BS6 5RL, UK.
² Cardiff University, WISERD Education, Cardiff School of Social Sciences, 46 Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3BB, UK.
³ Department of Research, Tenovus, 9th Floor Gleider House, Ty Glas Road, Cardiff CF14 5BD, UK.

Abstract

The tenth Annual Meeting of the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) conference took place in Liverpool, UK. Just under 2000 delegates were estimated to have attended the conference, predominantly from the UK and Europe. It was a multidisciplinary gathering aimed at cancer professionals at every level. The conference included primers on basic science and public communication as well as workshops on more advanced topics.The conference was grouped into six main themes, which this report will address in greater detail.

Keywords: cancer communication; cancer evolution; cancer statistics; circulating biomarkers; end-of-life care.