2012 Press Releases
Cancer experts talk to the public
The Forum will allow the general public to put questions to an international panel of cancer experts that will include surgeons, radiologists and oncologists who will be in Cork to present on the multimodal management of colorectal cancer secondary liver disease. The Public Forum is part of the Southern Symposium on Foregut Cancer and the All Ireland Colorectal Conference taking place in Cork this weekend.
“This is a rare opportunity to speak to experts at the cutting edge in the treatment of liver secondaries from colorectal cancer. They are looking forward to sharing their experience and knowledge with Irish patients and are eager to answer any questions the public may have about the treatment challenge of these liver metastases”, said Chair of the Free Public Forum, Mr Criostóir O’Súilleabháin, Consultant Surgeon, Mercy University Hospital, Cork.
The Panel of speakers includes:
- Professor David Linehan, Chief, Division of General Surgery, Section of Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Washington University Cancer Centre, St Louis, USA
- Professor Dushyant Sahani, Director of CT, Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
- Dr Derek Power, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Mercy University Hospital, Cork
- Professor Nancy Kemeny, Attending Medical Oncologist, Dept. of Medicine, Gastrointestinal Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, USA
- Professor Michael I D’Angelica, Department of Surgery, Hepatopancreaticobiliary Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York, USA
- Dr David Tuite, Consultant Interventional Radiologist, Cork University Hospital, Cork
Devere Hall is located in the Student Centre, (near the Honan Chapel) on the main campus of UCC.