Events in March–May 2021
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1st Brooklyn Colorectal Cancer Symposium Joint Symposium Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) & Brooklyn College Cancer Center (BCCC-CURE) 1st Brooklyn Colorectal Cancer Symposium Joint Symposium Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) & Brooklyn College Cancer Center (BCCC-CURE)
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March 26, 2021Session 1: Scientific Talks Part I - Basic Science & Preclinical Studies Discussion Leader: Dr. Brian Gibney (BCCC-CURE)
9:10 - 9:25 AM Molecular Carcinogenesis of Colorectal Cancer Dr. Meredith Pittman (MMC)
9:25 - 9:40 AM Assessing EMT Biomarkers in Colorectal Cancer Prognosis Dr. Anjana Saxena (BCCC-CURE)
9:40 - 9:55 AM Targets in Colorectal Cancer Including Immunotherapy Dr. Jay Lipshitz Therapeutic (MMC)
9:55 - 10:10 AM Bisthioether Stapled Peptides as Allosteric Inhibitors of PRC2 function Dr. Guillermo Gerona Navarro (BCCC-CURE)
10:10 - 10:25 AM Unconventional Metal-Based Compounds as Potential Chemo- and Targeted- Anticancer Therapeutics Dr. Maria Contel (BCCC-CURE)
10:25 - 10:35 AM Short Break Session 2: Scientific Talks Part II - Clinical Studies
Discussion Leader: Dr. Rebecca Rhee (MMC)
10:35 - 10:50 AM Therapeutic use of Radiation in Colorectal Cancer Dr. Bernadine Donahue (MMC)
10:50 - 11:05 AM Influence of Ethnicity and Germline Genetic changes in Colorectal Cancer Outcomes Dr. Yiqing Xu (MMC)
11:05 - 11:20 AM Advances in Surgical Approaches for Colorectal Cancer Dr. Elie Sutton (MStC)
11:20 - 11:30 AM Short Break