Comprehensive Conference on Cancer Set For March 8
At Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus

– Cancer’s Biological, Environmental and Social Considerations –

Brooklyn, N.Y. — Cancer is a word – and a disease – that often provokes overwhelming feelings of alarm. Almost nothing hits as hard as being told that you or someone you love has cancer.

In an effort to eliminate misinformation about the disease and to offer updated data and resources, the Biology Department at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus is sponsoring a conference on cancer on Saturday, March 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Health Sciences Building, Room 107.

"We hope to give an understanding about how cancer works – its causes, its variations, and the treatments available," said biology professor Carol Griffiths, coordinator of the conference with her colleague, professor George Sideris. "We want to bring in the scientific aspects and the social aspects, and to provide a hopeful statement."

Presentations will include:

• "Biology of Cancer," Dr. Bernard Weinstein, Columbia University
• "Cancer and Immunology," Dr. Nicholas M. Ponzio, New Jersey Medical School
• "Cancer Biotherapy," Nikolai Krementsov, Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars
• "Cancer and the Workplace," Dr. Steve Stellman, Columbia University
• "Ethnic Differences in Mammogram Screening Practices," Jessy Pierre-Louis, Long Island University
• "Cancer: A Personal Journey," Natalie Kase, a cancer survivor.

Lunch will be provided and there will be time for questions and discussion. The conference is free and open to the public. However, registration is required. To register, call (718) 780-4129 or e-mail: biology@brooklyn.liu.edu.

Long Island University opened its Brooklyn Campus in 1926, welcoming a diverse population at a time when other major universities enforced quota systems against racial and ethnic minorities. Some 30,000 students currently are enrolled at the university’s three residential and three regional campuses, including nearly 11,000 at the Brooklyn Campus. Located at the corner of Flatbush Avenue Extension and DeKalb Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, the Campus is accessible to all major bus and subway routes and the Long Island Rail Road.