The Fifth BHD Symposium and Second HLRCC Symposium 2013

The Fifth BHD Symposium and Second HLRCC Symposium was hosted by Professor Stéphane Richard at the École du Louvre in Paris, on 28th-29th June 2013. We were delighted to see so many of you there and would like to thank you for your participation and for making the Symposium such a success.

Invited speakers included Professor William G. Kaelin Jr. from the Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, USA; Dr Bernard Escudier from Institute Gustave-Roussy in Villejuif, France; and Professor Bin Tean Teh from the National Cancer Centre Singapore and Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School.

The patient and families sessions took place on Saturday 29th June, and was led by Sophie Deveaux (Le Kremlin-Bicètre, France). Attendees had the chance to talk to clinicians about their symptoms, learn more about BHD and meet other patients from around the world.

HIGHLIGHTS and AGENDA

Read the scientific highlights of the Symposium on the BHD Research Blog.

Download the Fifth BHD and Second HLRCC Symposium programme here.

Abstracts of the presentations and posters are available on the Familial Cancer journal website, here.