Frontiers in Precision Medicine Gynaecological cancers
The Open Day Seminar Frontiers in Precision Medicine - gynaecological cancers aims to bring together broad expertise in both clinical, translational, and basic research to present and discuss recent advances in gynaecological cancer diagnostics and care and to probe future directions.
When: Monday, June 10th, 2019
Where: BioClinicum Thorsten Wiesel Lecture Hall J3:04
By whom: Co-organised by the StratCan Gynaecological Cancer task force & the StratCan interactive Summer School in Precision Medicine 2019.
The Open Day Seminar is also the starting day for the 8th StratCan Summer School, which then continues June 11-12th at Skytteholm conference center, Ekerö, Stockholm archipelago.
Registration Open Day Seminar
The Open Day Seminar “Frontiers in precision medicine” with a specific focus on gynaecological cancers, is free of charge and open to all, but seats are limited to 116 and therefore registration to the Open Day Seminar is required through this link.
Program JUNE 10 Open Day Seminar
Venue: Karolinska Institutet BioClinicum, T. Wiesel Lecture Hall J3:04
08.00 Registration and coffee
09:15 Welcome word by Joseph Carlson
09:25 SESSION 1 Genomic Health and the microenvironment, Chair Mimi Shoshan
09:30 Elisabeth Epstein, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
New insights from the IETA4 study and from the Karolinska ProMisE cohort on ultrasound assessment and risk prediction in women with endometrial cancer.
10:00 Martin Widschwendter, University College London, UK
New avenues for the risk prediction and early detection of women specific cancers
10:30 Ingrid Hedenfalk, University of Lund, Sweden
Targeting Histotype-Specific Vulnerabilities for Personalised Treatment of Gynaecological Cancers
11:00 Kaisa Lehti, Karolinska Insitutet, Sweden
An adaptive signaling switch triggers chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer
11:15 Joseph Carlson, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Molecular subtypes of undifferentiated uterine sarcomas: Towards personalized care
11:30 Lunch and mingle
12:30 SESSION 2 Immunotherapy, Chair Hanna Dahlstrand
12:35 Frances Balkwill, Barts Cancer Institute, UK
Innate immune system and the matrisome in ovarian cancer
13:05 Michael Seckl, Imperial College London, UK
Towards personalised care in gestational trophoblastic neoplasia
13:35 Michael Uhlin, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Checkpoint inhibition in ovarian cancer
14:05 Isabelle Magalhaes, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy for the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer
14:20 Coffee and mingle
15:05 SESSION 3 Precision medicine beyond genomics, chair Brinton Seashore-Ludlow
15:15 Krister Wennerberg, BRIC at the University of Copenhagen, DK
Presentation title TBA
15:45 Liisa Kauppi, Univeristy of Helsinki, Finland
Presentation title TBA
16:30 Henrik Falconer, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Precision medicine in surgery - the role of SLN in gynaecological oncology
16:45 Nina Gustafsson, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Targeting metabolism and the DNA damage response in ovarian cancer
17:15 Concluding words
(18:00 Bus transportation for Summer School participants to Skytteholmen conference hotel)
Contact
For further information please contact:
Joseph Carlson, Organizer Open Day Seminar
Lecturer senior, adjunct
E-mail:joseph.carlson@ki.se
Päivi Östling, Organizer Summer School
Senior researcher
Organizational unit: Research group Kallioniemi, Olli
E-mail:paivi.ostling@ki.se