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MONDAY, October 1, 2012
11:00 - 13:00 CITY TOUR TROUGH THE OLD TOWN OF BRATISLAVA - DEPARTING FROM PARK INN DANUBE HOTEL, RYBNE NAMESTIE 811 02 BRATISLAVA (OPTIONAL)
  
14:00 Minivan TRANSFER TO CONFERENCE VENUE (SMOLENICE CASTLE)
14:00 departing from Cancer Research Institute, SAS, Vlarska 7 http://www.exon.sav.sk/web/index.php
14.20 departing from Hotel Park Inn Danube, Rybné námestie 1, 811 02 Bratislava http://www.parkinn.com/hotel-bratislava
15:40 ARRIVAL TO CASTLE OF SMOLENICE
  
15:30 - 18:00 REGISTRATION, CHECK IN
  
18:40 - 18:50 OPENING REMARKS
18:40 Jan Sedlak, director of Cancer Research Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia: Conference Opening Address
18:50 - 19:50 KEYNOTE LECTURE
18:50 Anupam Bishayee, USA: Phytochemicals in Cancer Prevention and Treatment: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives
20:00 WELCOME PARTY
 
 
TUESDAY, October 2, 2012
08:00 - 09:00 BREAKFAST
09:00 - 10:30 SECTION I: NATURAL COMPOUNDS IN CANCER PREVENTION
09:00 Costas Ioannides, United Kingdom: Chemopreventive Phytochemicals: The Case for Glucosinolates
09:50 Eva Horvathova, Slovakia: Protective Effects of Borneol Administration Against Oxidants-induced DNA Damage
10:25 Jaromir Mikes, Slovakia: Variations of “Side Population” Frequency in Tumour Cells and its Modification by Hypericin
11:00 - 11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30 - 13:30 SECTION III: NATURAL COMPOUNDS IN CANCER TREATMENT
11:30 Jan Sedlak, Slovakia: The Modulation of Intracellular Signaling Pathways by Natural Compounds: The Balance Between Survival and Death of Cells
12:20 Attilio Di Pietro, France: Natural Polyphenols and Chemical Derivatives as New Modulators of ABC Transporters Overexpressed in Multidrug Resistant Cancer Cells
12:55 Julius Brtko, Slovakia: Nuclear Receptors - Transcription Factors Inducible by their Cognate Natural Compounds in Cancer Treatment
13:30 - 14:30 LUNCH
15:00 - 17:30 WALKING TRIP TO THE CAVE DRINY
18:00 - 19:00 DINNER
19:30 - 21:00 POSTER SESSION
 
 
WEDNESDAY, October 3, 2012
08:00 - 09:00 BREAKFAST
09:30 - 11:30 SECTION IV: NATURAL COMPOUNDS AND CANCER IMMUNITY
09:30 Pavol Kudela, Austria: Bacterial Ghosts as Advanced Drug Delivery System
10:20 Vladimir Holec, Slovakia: Current and Perspective Future Possibilities of Applying Probiotics in Oncology
10:55 Dana Cholujova, Slovakia: The Effect of MGN-3 on DC Phenotype and Cytokine Profiles
11:45 - 12:45 LUNCH
13:00 - 15:00 SECTION V:
13:00 Vinjar Fonnebo, Norway: Integrative Oncology – Evidence-based or just Wishful Thinking?
13:50 Colleen Huber, USA: Defeating Cancer Takes More than One Treatment Method: A 5-year Retrospective Case Series Using Multiple Nutritional and Herbal Agents, 2011 Update
14:25 Megan O`Connor, USA: Knowing The Divine Through Radical Forgiveness, So Healing Can Follow
15:00 - 15:30 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 17:00 PANEL DISCUSSION AND CLOSING REMARKS
18:00 BARBECUE (WEATHER PERMITTING)
 
 
THURSDAY, October 4, 2012
08:00 - 09:00 BREAKFAST
09:00 - 10:00 CHECK OUT AND DEPARTURE
10:00 BUS DEPARTS FROM THE CASTLE OF SMOELNICE TO BRATISLAVA
11:00 Arrival to Bratislava International Airport - Letisko M. R. Štefánika, 823 11 Bratislava 22
11:30 Arrival to Central Bus Station Mlynské Nivy - Mlynské Nivy 31, 821 09 Bratislava
11:45 Arrival to Central Train Station of Bratislava - Predstaničné námestie 1, 811 01 Bratislava
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*Notes:
The conference formally starts in the evening of Oct. 1, 2012 at the Smolenice castle, therefore lunch on Oct. 1, 2012 is not included.
Keynote lecture duration:    50 min + 10 min discussion
Plenary lecture duration: 45 min + 5 min discussion
Ordinary lecture duration: 30 min + 5 min discussion

This program is subject to change
(Status as of September 06, 2012)

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