Professor Marcel Levi Dr Claire Roddie Professor Gary Royle Professor Daniel Hochhauser Professor Mariana Mazzucato Rethinking Cancer | UCL Cancer Domain Symposium Monday 13 May 2019 The cancer treatment revolution and how we afford it? Cancer remains one of the major causes of morbidity and premature death worldwide; one in two people in the UK born after 1960 will be diagnosed with some form of cancer during their lifetime. UCL has a proud track record in addressing the societal, technical, and health challenges of cancer and in exploring its underling biology. This symposium, invited our broad community to assemble for the first time at scale to consider challenges and opportunities in cancer research, prevention and treatment, from biological, clinical, technical, economic and societal perspectives.

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Professor Gary Royle Professor of Medical Radiation Physics, UCL Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Rethinking Cancer | UCL Cancer Domain Symposium Monday 13 May 2019 The cancer treatment revolution and how we afford it? Cancer remains one of the major causes of morbidity and premature death worldwide; one in two people in the UK born after 1960 will be diagnosed with some form of cancer during their lifetime. UCL has a proud track record in addressing the societal, technical, and health challenges of cancer and in exploring its underling biology. This symposium, invited our broad community to assemble for the first time at scale to consider challenges and opportunities in cancer research, prevention and treatment, from biological, clinical, technical, economic and societal perspectives.

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