Exhibit 99.2
 

Lorus Therapeutics Inc.

Notice of Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general and special meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) of Lorus Therapeutics Inc. (the “Corporation”) will be held at The Exchange Tower, 130 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario on Thursday, November 18, 2004 at 4:00 p.m. (Toronto time) for the following purposes:
 
1.    to receive the financial statements of the Corporation for the financial year ended May 31, 2004, together with the report of the auditors thereon;
 
2.    to appoint auditors and to authorize the directors to fix the remuneration to be paid to the auditors;
 
3.    to elect directors;
 
4.    to consider and if thought fit pass a resolution ratifying the amendment to the Corporation’s 1993 Stock Option Plan to extend the expiry date of options granted under the 1993 Stock Option Plan from five years to 10 years, as set forth in Appendix “B” to the accompanying management information circular;
 
5.    to consider and if thought fit pass a resolution ratifying the amendments to By-law No. 1 of the Corporation, as set forth in Appendix “C” to the accompanying management information circular; and,
 
6.    to transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.

The accompanying management information circular provides additional information relating to the matters to be dealt with at the Meeting and forms part of this notice.
 
If you are not able to be present at the Meeting, please exercise your right to vote by signing and returning the enclosed form of proxy to Computershare Trust Company of Canada, 100 University Avenue, 8th Floor, Toronto, Canada M5J 2Y1, so as to arrive not later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 or, if the Meeting is adjourned, 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) before any adjournment of the Meeting.
 
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
 
 
(signed) SHANE A. ELLIS
Toronto, Canada
Vice President of Legal Affairs and
October 7, 2004
Corporate Secretary