(apologies for reposting, my cutting and pasting skills let me down!)


Dear Allstat member,

The Mary Cartwright Lecture, an annual event run by the
London Mathematical Society, will be given in 2008 by
Valerie Beral, FRS, with companion lecture given by
Sir Richard Peto, FRS, both speaking on "Mathematics
of medicine: breast cancer treatment and prevention".

The meeting will take place in Oxford on the afternoon of Friday 8th
February 2008. The notice is on the web at
http://www.lms.ac.uk/meetings/MC08.html
and details are given below.

All are most welcome.

Susan Pitts
University of Cambridge
[log in to unmask]

*******************************************************

LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

MARY CARTWRIGHT LECTURE

Friday 8th February 2008, 4.30 -- 6.30pm
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
(Parks Road, Oxford OX1)

"Mathematics of medicine: breast cancer treatment and prevention"

Sir Richard Peto, FRS (Oxford)
Valerie Beral, FRS (Oxford)
Valerie Beral and Richard Peto will describe worldwide
evidence on the causes and treatment of breast cancer.
The evidence comes from large-scale collaborations, where
hundreds of researchers from around the world meet regularly
in Oxford and contribute, for central review and analysis,
information on hundreds of women with breast cancer. The
findings from these international collaborations have changed clinical
practice over the last two decades. Consequently, large reductions in
mortality from breast
cancer are being seen.

There will be tea in the Museum from 4.00pm.

A reception and dinner will be held after the meeting.
Contact Susan Oakes ([log in to unmask]) for further
information.

There are limited funds available to contribute in part to the
expenses of members of the Society or research students to
attend the meeting. Contact Isabell Robinson ([log in to unmask])
for further information.