Highlights of the twelfth annual meeting of the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI), 6-9 November 2016, Liverpool, UK

Ecancermedicalscience. 2017 Feb 13:11:719. doi: 10.3332/ecancer.2017.719. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

The annual meeting of the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI), held in Liverpool, UK, is a multidisciplinary conference. The meeting generally outlines research trends for the coming year and is aimed at cancer professionals at every level. The most important themes discussed for this conference was that of cancer stem cells. Alongside once again prominence was given to topics of cancer evolution and the role of social prevention programmes like previous years.

Keywords: cancer prevention; cancer stem cells; obesity; psychosocial care.