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Early Detection of Cancer Annual Conference- EDx24 – hosted by Canary Center at Stanford, Cancer Research UK, & OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, and bringing together great minds to collaborate in cancer early detection research!
November 1, 2024
The Early Detection of Cancer Conference brought top scientists and innovators in cancer research and bioengineering, physicians, patients, industry leaders and supporters to San Francisco in October to share the latest findings in early detection of cancer.
The conference evolved from the formed international collaboration to accelerate research in the early detection of cancer including:
- The Canary Center at Stanford – founded in 2009 as the first research center in the world, entirely dedicated to cancer early detection
- The Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University – a leader in precision cancer medicine
- Cancer Research UK – the largest independent funder of cancer research globally
The goal of this unique trans-Atlantic agreement is to find lethal cancers as they are forming so they can be treated more effectively. Survival increases significantly when the disease is treated at an early stage.
The collaboration also seeks to accelerate progress by breaking down barriers for scientists, including:
- A lack of cohorts of sufficient size and a shortage of clinical samples available for research
- Development and deployment of new technologies
- Lack of understanding of the biology of early cancer and technologies to detect its features
2024 session topics include:
- How is biology informing early detection?
- Emerging technologies for cancer early detection
- Insights from Early Detection Trials
- Artificial Intelligence – promises vs. reality for early detection
Click here for the full agenda of speakers and topics:
https://www.earlydetectionresearch.com/agenda/
