Princess Chulabhorn Distinguished Lecture Series (PCDL)

“Cancer – From Molecular Biology to Treatment”
2 December 1996
Dusit Thani Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand

The three eminent scientists invited to deliver the lectures on this occasion were:

• Professor David Baltimore (Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1975), Molecular Biology and Immunology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.: “Tyrosine Kinases and Cancer”
• Professor Frederick F. Becker, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, U.S.A.: “Cancer Treatment: The Basis for Current Futures, Possibilities for Future Successes”
• Dr. Richard D. Klausner, National Cancer Institute, U.S.A.: “The Inherited Predisposition to Cancer: A Case Study”

The theme of cancer for the Second Distinguished Lecture Series was chosen by Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn because of the Chulabhorn Research Institute’s long-standing research interests in cancer. Moreover, CRI is now in the process of establishing a Cancer Centre to undertake treatment and provide information to the public about cancer. The establishment of the Centre will augment existing resources in Thailand in areas of research and treatment.

The Second Princess Chulabhorn Distinguished Lecture Series attracted an audience of Thai scientists and medical personnel in all fields relating to cancer and to the treatment of cancer patients.