TY - JOUR
T1 - A Conference of New Ideas in Cancer - Challenging Dogmas
AU - Gandhi, Varsha
AU - Jalali, Rakesh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/1/15
Y1 - 2017/1/15
N2 - In 2016, Tata Memorial Center in Mumbai, India, reached its platinum jubilee milestone (75 years), which was celebrated with conferences. The first of these was entitled, "A Conference of New Ideas in Cancer - Challenging Dogmas." The aim of the conference was to take an honest appraisal about the state of cancer research today, to debate "currently entrenched versus contrarian viewpoints" and to reflect upon whether the current research and therapeutic strategies are appropriate and whether resources are being optimally utilized in meaningful ways. Below, we describe major highlights of this meeting.
AB - In 2016, Tata Memorial Center in Mumbai, India, reached its platinum jubilee milestone (75 years), which was celebrated with conferences. The first of these was entitled, "A Conference of New Ideas in Cancer - Challenging Dogmas." The aim of the conference was to take an honest appraisal about the state of cancer research today, to debate "currently entrenched versus contrarian viewpoints" and to reflect upon whether the current research and therapeutic strategies are appropriate and whether resources are being optimally utilized in meaningful ways. Below, we describe major highlights of this meeting.
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U2 - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-1830
DO - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-1830
M3 - Article
C2 - 28062401
AN - SCOPUS:85018645263
SN - 0008-5472
VL - 77
SP - 234
EP - 237
JO - Cancer Research
JF - Cancer Research
IS - 2
ER -