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April l, , 1983 COMING MEETINGS v! 1. Diet, Nutrition~and,Cancer: Etiologic and~Treatment Issues, Boston (New England Deaconess Hospital)', June 2-4, 1983. 2. Seminar on Occupational Riisk Factors in Cardiovascular Disease, New York (New York Univ. Medical Center, Al:umni Hall), June 7-8, 1983. 3. ConferenCe on Tirace Substances i!n Environmental Health, Columbia, MO (University of Missouri, Memorial Union), June 13-1i6y:. 1983. 4. Symposium on Celilular and MoLecuIar Basis of Neurotoxicity of Environmental Agents, Sa m Diego (Town andiCountry Hotel), Aug., 26-27, 1983.5. International: Congress on Hormones and Cancer, Monte Carlo (ConventioniCenter), Sept. 18-23, 1983. 6. Conference on Modifiers of Carcinogenesis, Copenhagen (Hotel Scandinavia), Sept. 22-23, 1983. 7. Symposium on Cellular and Molecular Biology of Neoplasia, Honey Harbor, Ont., Canada (Delawana Inn), Oct. 2-6, 1983. 8. European Conference on Clinical Oncology and Cancer Nursing, Amsterdam (Congress Center), Nov. 2-5, 1983. 1. Diet, Nutrition and Cancer This is the 12th annual cancer course of Harvard Medical School's Department of Continuing Education. The program announce- ment says "singular agents such as tobacco, alcohol and'.coffee will be reviewed," but the actual program includes these items: "Dietary fat in human c4rcinogenesis -- opportunities and limitations" -- Ernst Wynder, New York. "Diet and~the risk of cancer" -- John Cai~rns, Boston. "Vitamin A and risk of cancer" -- Charles Hennekens, Boston. "Diet and endogenous formation of carcinogens from nitrate" -- Steven Tannenbaum, Cambridge, MA. "Processed-induced carcinogens" -- Tannenbaum. "Present status of the coffee question" -- Brian MacMahon, Boston. A N-A..si r.« 4V, c. ,iesa . as 1 ~ ^ ~ __. PU®LiC REIATION4 CDUNSEL __ '`_ / w .- - -4t f, a~n(~d~/itssoeiates~Inc ~II~~iAO .' i Q7/ ~7 ~LS~ I}_ ~ ~ I~`,~( ` 13 LLINCO4.N ROAD • V.O. BOX 223 •GREAT. NECK', N.Y. 11022•(~16)4a2-5715 -PK4414t, Tt a-~Colt• ft~

2. "Vitamins and minerals as inhibitors of nitrosamine-indiuced~ cancer" -- Paul Newberne, Cambridge, MA. "Alicohol.,and head and neck cancer" -- Cristina Cann, Boston. "Strategies for the study of diet and nutrition in the pre- vention and treatment of cancer" -- WilliamiDeWys, Bethesda, MD. 2. Seminar on Occupational Risk Factors in Cardiovascular Disease "The epidemiology and socioeconomic impacts of CVD-- an overview" -- Lewis Kuller, Pittsburgh._ "Proved and suspected occupational risk factors in CVD" -- Morris Klein, New York. "Carbon disulfide: chronic exposure, coronary artery and cerebrovascular disease. Epidemioliogical data" -- Ruth Lillis, New York. .. , "Nitrates: sudden death and mechanism of non-atheromatous ischemic heart disease associated with chronic industrial expo- sure" -- Richard Levin, New York. "Carbon monoxide: biochemistry, pathophysiology and cardio- vascular effects".-- Bernard Goldstein, N.Y. „ "Cobalt, lead, arsenic and other heavy metals: cardiac ef- fects on ionotrophy and chronotrophy" -- B. Nechay, Galveston, TX. "Stress and'pl~rsical exertion in CVD" -- Leon Warshaw, New Y k . /r~ ~' ;,. .~r~•~,~+ _ "~ rogenic dusts in pulmonar v heart disease and pericardial ,, lci ication" ,-- Irving Selikoff,JlVew York. Concluding comments by Norton Nelson, New York. ~ 3. Trace Substances in Environmental Health "The effect of environmental pollutants on the C3 component of complement and on~immunoglobulin G" -- R. Stiller-Winkler, Dusseldorf, W. Germany. "Age specificity in the lung,cancer mortality rate inves- tigation~s of environmental factors in the southwest Missouri lead-zinc mining district" -- Carl Marienfeld, Columbia, MO1. "In vivo assessment of cardiac contractility following chronic dietary cadmium or cadmium plus lead in the rat" -- Stephen Kopp, Chicago. "Spatial and temporal variability of indoor aerosol -- a case study" -- D.L. Johnson, Syracuse, NY] .!,

3. C "Health effects of indoor formaldehyde emissions" -- Gary Nied, Rolla, MO. "Metal contamination of dusts in urban and rural households in the United 'kingdom" -- J. Watt, London. "Nationwide reconnaissance survey of the United Kingdom to determine metal concentrations in urban dusts and soils" -- E. Culbard~, London.,, "Nitrate and nitrite urinary excretion and stores in rats as affected by dietary fiber't -- K. Anderson, Lincoln, NE. "Effects of long-term exposure to cadmium and lead on tissue and body fluid constituents in rats" -- M.K. Yousef, Las Vegas. "Pilot case-control study of lung cancer excess in an aban- doned lead-zinc mining, milling,and smelt.ing area" -- J.S. Neuberger, Kansas City, KS. "Clustering in U.S. counties with very low cancer -- Jerome Blondell, Springfield, VA. mortalit m *"Gas_chromatographic/mass spectrometric analysis of volatile products formed during match lighting" -- Carl Orazio, Columbia, MO. 4. Symposium on Neurotoxicity of Environmental Agents "Electrophysiological effects _of heavy metals and insec- ticides on the mammalian limbic system" -- Dorothy Woolley, Davis, CA. "Acute and chronic effects of heavy metal exposure on pre- and post-synaptic neuronal elememtsTM -- Barry Hoffer, Univ. of Colorado. "Responses of neurotransmitter systems to toxicant exposure" -- Richard Mailman, Univ. of North Carolina. "Effects of environmental toxicants on acetylcholine recep- tors" -- Mohyee Eldefrawi, Univ. of Maryland. 5. International Congress on Hormones and Cancer "Hormonal control of gene-expression" -- P. Chambon, France. "Oncogenes" -- L. Cooper, USA. "Hormonal peptides as tumor markers" -- H. Imura, Japan. Among the main topics are: mechanisms of steroid hormone action; urological cancer; anti-hormones; epidemiology and toxi- cology of endocrine-related tumors; hormonal control of cell proliferatiorn; animal models; and pepitide hormones and cancer.

4. 6. Symposium,on,Modifiers of Carcinogenesis This sympQsium is associated with, and immediately follows, the meeting of the European Association for Cancer Research (item No. 9, our meeting memo of Feb. 28, 1983')1. "Metabolism of carcinogens; possibilities for modification" -- Franz Oesch, Mainz, W. Germany. "Cocarcinogenesis" -- D.B. Clayson, Ottawa. "DNA damage and~ repair in carcinogenesis. An overview" -- J. Forchhammer, Copenhagen. "Promoters/antipromoters" -- J. Weisburger, Valhalla, N.Y. "Mechanistic aspects of promotion" -- H. Yamasaki, Lyon, France. "Wider,aspects of tumor promotion" -- E. Boyland, London. The last day of the meeting will cover general environmental and dietary modifiers, and the existence of modifiers in regard to occupational safety. 7. Symposium on Cellular and Molecular Biology of Neoplasia Topics include: stem cell concepts in neoplasia; gene rear- rangements in normal and malignant.celils; chrorrosome alterations and neoplasia; biological and genetic bases of tumor cell hetero- geneity; induction of the malignant phenotype; population genetics and cancer; and genetic analysis of the malignant phenotype. 8. Conference on Clinical Oncology and Cancer Nursing Session topics include: head and neck tumors; tumor markers and receptors; lung tumors; tumor immunology; and methodology of clinical trials. -END-