How collaboration is advancing research and clinical care in paediatric cancer

This session, run by the National Cancer Research Institute in partnership with the International Cancer Research Partnership, will be looking at paediatric cancers and highlight how cancer research funders are currently collaborating to advance this area of research and clinical care internationally. Speakers will discuss ways in which to galvanise support for more international collaboration to maximise investments in funding. By the end of the session, attendees will have a better understanding of how this collaborative model is working and what could be done to improve it even further.

Chairs:

• Dr Julia Chisholm, Chair of the NCRI Children’s Group, UK
• Ms Amy Weinstein, Director of Research at US Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, USA

Speakers:

• Dr Vickie Buenger, President at US Coalition for Childhood Cancer, USA
• Professor Gilles Vassal, Professor of Oncology University Paris-Sud, France