Free Public Cancer Research Symposium in Napa Valley Set for Aug. 3

The latest advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment are on the agenda for a Cancer Research Symposium on Saturday, Aug. 3 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in Yountville. The presentation is free and open to the public.

Distinguished researchers from a number of the country’s leading cancer research centers are scheduled to appear at the event, set f in the Historic Barrel Room, V Marketplace inYountville.

Members of the Scientific Advisory Board of The V Foundation will describe current advances and discoveries into clinical applications, new diagnostics and alternative treatments to cancer at the two-hour session hosted by The V Foundation.

The symposium will be led by Robert C. Bast Jr., M.D., vice president for translational research at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. It will include a Q&A session offering attendees the opportunity to direct questions to some of the top physicians in the country.  

The symposium is part of The V Foundation’s 15th annual Wine Celebration weekend, its yearly series of signature events to raise funds for cancer research.

Dr. Bast and the other symposium participants serve on The V Foundation Scientific Advisory Board, which comprises world-renowned doctors and research scientists from many of the nation’s most prominent universities and cancer centers.