Bioactive Food Comoponents, Alternative Medicine and Cancer Chemoprevention: Rece

描述(由申请人提供)：这项新的R13拨款申请要求一次性拨款，用于支付组织者、特邀演讲者和年轻研究人员的部分旅费，并支付2007年10月11日至13日在希腊克里特岛举行的为期两天的研讨会的宣传费用，主题为“生物活性食品成分、替代医学和癌症化学预防：最新进展”。本次研讨会由德米特里奥斯·斯潘迪多斯博士(第12届世界肿瘤学进展大会和第10届分子医学国际研讨会；www.spandidos.com)组织的一次重要的国际癌症研究会议主办。这一赠款申请可以考虑由国家癌症研究所和国家免费和替代医学中心共同资助，因为研讨会的总体主题补充了这两个研究所的使命。这次研讨会的总主题涉及癌症化学预防研究的独特方面和不同主题，包括使用生物活性食品成分的癌症化学预防，组合化学预防，炎症和癌症预防，以及使用免费和替代医学产品预防癌症。这些研究主题共享相关的兴趣领域，本次研讨会将允许对癌症化学预防有主要兴趣的基础研究人员和临床医生交流新的、未发表的研究数据。这种非正式环境中的数据共享肯定有助于发展新的合作。此外，对癌症化学预防研究的未来至关重要的特定次级专业的专家将概述该领域的新发现和当前观点，从而为该领域的研究人员和临床医生的未来研究提供方向和指导。我们计划召集一次有受邀专家参加的圆桌讨论会，审查该领域的状况，并确定推动癌症化学预防研究领域向前发展所需的关键步骤。我们研讨会的主题是高度集中的，吸引了领导人和非常有成就的科学家来讨论癌症化学预防研究的前景和挑战。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This new R13 grant application requests a one-time funding to partially defray travel cost of the organizers, invited speakers, and young investigators and to pay for publicity of a 2-day symposium entitled "Bioactive Food Components, Alternative Medicine and Cancer Chemoprevention: Recent Advances" to be held in Crete, Greece on 11-13 October, 2007. This symposium is sponsored by a major international cancer research conference organized by Dr. Demetrios Spandidos (12th World Congress on Advances in Oncology and 10th International Symposium on Molecular Medicine; www.spandidos.com). This grant application may be considered for co-funding by the National Cancer Institute and the National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine since the overall theme of the symposium complements mission of both the institutes. The overall theme of this symposium touches on unique facets and diverse topics at the forefront of cancer chemoprevention research, including cancer chemoprevention using bioactive food components, combination chemoprevention, inflammation and cancer prevention as well as cancer prevention using complimentary and alternative medicine products. These research topics share conjoined areas of interests and this symposium will allow basic researchers and clinicians with a primary interest in cancer chemoprevention to communicate novel, unpublished research data. Such sharing of data in an informal environment certainly contributes to the development of novel collaborations. Moreover, experts in specific subspecialties essential to the future of cancer chemoprevention research will present an overview of the novel findings and current viewpoints in the field, thereby providing directions and guidelines for future studies by researchers and clinicians in the field. We plan to convene a roundtable discussion involving invited experts to review the status of the field as well as to identify key steps necessary to move the cancer chemoprevention research field forward. The theme of our symposium is highly focused and attracts leaders and highly accomplished scientists to discuss promises and challenges in cancer chemoprevention research.