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w . Feb. 8, 1984 COMING MEETINGS C 1. National Cancer Commu~nicationz Conference, Washingtoni, DC (Shoreham HotQl),, Feb. 15-17, 1984. 2. International Conference on Hiumani (Hilton Hotel), Feb. 20-22, 1984. Tumor Markers, Vienna 3. Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine, Epidemiology and Bio- statistics Research Training Session, Tampa, FL (Hyatt Regency), March 7, 1984. 4. Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology, Tampa (H'yatt Regency), March 8-9, 1984. 5. Prevention 84 -- a National Preventive Medici,ne Meeting, Atlanita (Colony Square Hotel), April 14-16, 1984. 6. International Cell Cycle Conference, Banff, Alberta, Can. (Banff Center)', April 24-28, 1984. 7. International Symposium on Peptide Hormones in Lung Cancer, Marburg, West Germany (Phillips University -- ?), June 18-20, 1984. 8. Federation of European Connective Tissue Societies, Budapest (Hotel IDuna-International), July 17-20, 1984. 1. National Cancer Communications Conference "What people know, think and do about cancer" -- William Novelli, Porter, Novelli and Associates, Inc. "H~ealth promotion and behavior change: what the,research tells us" -- Donald Iverson, Denver. "The moving target: changing consumers, changing lifestyles" -- Rena Bartos, J. Walter Thompson Co. "Scientific review of cancer prevention opportunities" -- Peter Greenwald, Bethesda, MD. "National Cancer Institute's new cancer prevention awareness program" -- Rose Mary Romano, Bethesda. "How the mediia cover canicer: a topical discussion by working journalists and scientists" -- panelists to be named. "Cancer research and~control: new developments and future trends" -- Vincent DeVita, Bethesda. 03734567 Workshop sessions include: understanding cancer statistics: sources, uses, abuses; applying social marketing principles to can- cer; reaching school children with cancer information; target audi- eonard __ PUBLICRELATipNSCOUNSEL. tan~~d~"A~ssociate,~InG 13 LINCOLN ROAD •P.O. BOX 223 •GREAT NECK, N.Y. 11022 •(516)482-5715

2. .~ ..> t y, s ence analysis: reaching specific audiences with cancer informationi. *There's also a worksh~op on "R'ecenit Success iniUsing Mass Media to:R,each Smokers."- 2'. Conference on Human Tumor Markers Not much is available about this meeting sponsored by the Internationial Society for Preventive Oncology. Plenary sessions include: biological basis of tumor markers; guidelines for clinical application:of tumor markers; markers for risk assessment and can- cer detection; carcinogen-related tumor markers. 3'. Research Training Session "Risk factors andirisk behavior in families with early cor- onary disease" -- D.M. Becker, Johns H'opkins University. *"Sex role differences in adolescent cigarette smoking" -- K.L. Ghee, R.I. Evans and C.K. Smith, Houston. *"Effect of a hospital-based smoking cessation program on employee smoking behavior" -- I. Laquatra, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. "Risk factors and 20-year cardiovascular disease disease mortality in black and white women in Evans County, GA" -- Georgia J oh n s on , Ch a p e1 H!i1 l, N C. "Lipoproteins and mortality in blacks" -- E.L. Frazier, Charleston, SC'. "Cardiovascular risk factors in a young adult population -- the Beaver County Lipid Study" -- R.P. Donahuie, Pittsburgh. 4. Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology "Cardiovascular risk factor variables from birth to 7 years of age" -- the B'ogalusa newborn-infant cohort study" -- L.S. Webber, New Orleans. "Do lipids/liipoproteins predict cardiovascular death in old people? Results from the Lipid Research Clinics Program Follow-up. Study" -- T. Bush, New York. "Results of the Coronary Primary Prevention Trial" -- B. Rifkind, Bethesda. "Five-year mortality as a~functicrl of age, serumicholesterol, Cj blood pressure and cigarette smoking for middle-aged white MRFTI I screenees" -- M. Kjielsberg, Minneapolis. (Co-authors include CJ Jeremiah Stamler and William Kannel.) C11 ~ *"The relationship of white blood cell count to smoking f,D measures, and'subsequent mortality in usual care men in MiRFIT" --

( 3. R.R. Grimm, Jr.; Minneapolis. "Geograpfric associations of risk factors and coronary heart disease mortality" -- P. Leaverton, Bethesda. "Can the alcohol, heart attack and cancer relationshipis be explained by lipoprotein cholesterol and vitamin A metabolism?" -- J. D'Antonio, Pittsburgh. "Trace metals and CHD risk indicators in 152 elderly men (the Zutphen Study)" -- D. Kromhout, Leiden, The Netherlands. "Epidemiological features of peripheral arterial disease: the Framingham Study" -- William Kannel, Boston. ".Risk factor reduction from community education: preliminary results of the Stanford Five City Project" -- Ji.W. Farquhar, Stanford, CA. 5. Prevention 84 This meeting,is sponsored by the American College of Pre- ventive Medicine, Centers for Disease Control, American A'ssociation of Public Health Physicians, and various other groups generally in the public health field. Plenary session titles include: preventive medicine/public health pollicy issues; prevention of: heart disease, cancer, motor vehicl!e trauma, alcohol/drug dependency; scientific advances in environmental health. *There'll be workshops onirisk reduction and: smoking, exer- cise, stress, nutrition. Other workshops will deal with identification and management of high risk in: pregnancy; infancy; school-aged children, col- ege-aged populations; adults; the elderly. 6. International Cell Cycle Conference Major session titles; growth activationiand dormancy; gene expression and development; growth biochemistry and physiology; chromatin structure and function; functional sequences and subcycle coordination; the transformed cell. 7. Symposium on Peptide Hormones in Lung,Cancer 0 "Localization,of regulatory peptides in endocrine cells and ~ nerves of the respiratory tract" -- J.Mi. Polak, London. tj bA "Peptide hormones and their possible functions in the normal ~ and abnormal lung" -- K. Becker, Seattle. ~ "Neurotransmitters and their role in pulmonary physiology" -

.4. J.B. Richardson, Montreal. "Calciton:in in lung cancer" -- C. Gropp, Marburg, W. Germany. "Thd histogenesis of hormone-producing lung tumors" -- E. McDowell, Baltimore. "Alterations in morphological and biological behavior of lung cancer" -- A.F. Gazdar, Bethesda. "Peptid'e hormones within lung tumors of different histo- pathologic types" -- K. Yamaguchi, Tokyo. "Morphological aspects and secretion of hormones and,neumo- transmitters" -- O.S. Pettengill, Hanover (NH~?)~. "In vitro effects of hormones and growth factors on lung cancer" -- D.N. Carn~ey, Bethesda. "Peptidle hormone production in lung cancer cell lines of different histopathologic types" -- W. Luster, Marburg. "Peptide hormones in patients with lung cancer" -- M. Hansen, Copenhagen. "Genes and gene products involved in growth regulation of tumor cel'ls" -- U.S. Rapp, Bethesda. 8. Federation of European Connective Tissue Societies Plenary session titles: biosynthesis of connective tissue; cell-matrix interactions in connective tissue; interaction~s betweeni the structural elements of connective tissue; relationiship between the structure and the biomechanical functions of connective tissue. Workshop and poster session titles include: collagen; elastin; nectins; proteoglycans; immunology; biochemistry of vascular con- nective tissue; physiological functions of connective tissue. -EN'D-