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Topics
- Proteolysis and Cancer Invasion
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Biomarkers for Diagnosis, Prognosis and Prediction
- Imaging
- Therapeutic Options
Background
The 16th Danish Cancer Society Symposium focuses on the mechanisms involved in cancer invasion and how we can use this knowledge to develop new therapeutic concepts and identify additional biomarkers. The topics that will be discussed are:
- The proteolytic activity required for cancer cells to invade the surrounding tissue and the different roles of proteases, including redundancy.
- The tumour microenvironment that is decisive for tumour development and establishment of organ-specific metastases.
- Biomarkers which can aid in cancer diagnosis, in prognosis and prediction of response to a specific treatment.
- Imaging based on proteases and other molecules involved in cancer invasion; in vivo localization of tumours and metastases.
- New therapeutic options emanating from the knowledge on the proteases involved in cancer invasion and on the molecular pathways that play crucial roles for tumour growth and invasion.
Extracellular proteolysis will be a main theme to discuss at the symposium. The proteases and their degradation of the extracellular matrix and the tumour microenvironment are important for cancer invasion and metastasis. The understanding of these processes is a prerequisite for the development of new therapeutic options such as specific targeting of a protease. Many of the proteases, their receptors and inhibitors are useful biomarkers that can both contribute to diagnosis and aid in the selection of patients in need of adjuvant therapy.
Primary tumours and metastases can be visualized in a non-invasive way using imaging probes binding to components relevant for invasive processes. Because changes in the levels of the relevant proteins occur before diseases reach an advanced stage, molecular imaging probes could make an earlier diagnosis possible and enable a precise localization of tumour and metastases for the benefit of cancer patients.
Keynote speakers
Nadia Harbeck, Germany
Thomas Bugge, USA
Speakers
Agnes Noel, Belgium
Arthur Frankel, USA
Dora Cavallo-Medved, USA
Frederik De Smet, Belgium
Gunilla Høyer-Hansen, Denmark
Hans Lilja, USA
Janine Erler, UK
Laetitia Devy, USA
Lone Rønnov-Jessen, Denmark
Margareta Müller, Germany
Michael Ploug, Denmark
Niels Behrendt, Denmark
Nils Brünner, Denmark
Ole Lærum, Norway
Paolo Michieli, Italy
Peter Andreasen, Denmark
Stephanie Alexander, Germany
Torben Kruse, Denmark
New speakers
Suhail Ahmed Kabeer Rasheed, Germany, will be replacing Heike Allgayer.
Xose S. Puente, Spain, will be replacing Ana Gutiérrez Fernández.
Programme
The programme includes 5 scientific sessions, poster display and lunch with the speakers. Social events are being organized in an effort to enhance interaction with the international speakers.
Lunch with the speakers
Lunch will be arranged on Monday, 21 June and Tuesday, 22 June 2010 where participants will have the opportunity to introduce themselves, submit questions and raise issues on the speakers’ research field.
Applications
Participation is free of charge, but only a maximum of 40 participants will be accepted, incl. PhD students, post doctoral fellows and senior scientists.
Researchers from the Danish research environment within this field are especially encouraged to apply.
Please motivate your application (in English) and include a short CV and publication list. It is compulsory that PhD students include a recommendation from your Supervisor/Head of Department and an abstract (in English). Other participants are furthermore encouraged to submit an abstract on their scientific work to be published in an abstract book.
Please send the above to symposium@cancer.dk.
Abstract guidelines and sample
Abstracts will be published in an abstract book to be distributed at the symposium.
The abstract must not exceed one page and should therefore be prepared according to the guidelines specified below:
- Margin: 2 cm (top, bottom, left, right)
- Title: Times New Roman, 14 pt, bold
- Insert NEW LINE
- Author(s): Times New Roman, 14 pt, presenting author underlined
- Insert NEW LINE
- Affiliation: Times New Roman, 14 pt
- Insert NEW LINE
- Abstract: Times New Roman, 14 pt, max. length including references: 35 lines
In total: Max. 45 lines (including title, author(s), affiliation, abstract text and references) |
Questions regarding preparation of the abstract should be addressed to: Anne Marie Hansen, tel: +45 3525 7343,
e-mail: symposium@cancer.dk.
IT form
For speakers only: Please complete the IT form and return to symposium@cancer.dk.
Posters
All participants submitting an abstract are requested to prepare a poster to be presented at the poster session during the symposium. Three poster prizes will be awarded.
Venue
The symposium will take place at:
The Danish Cancer Society, Conference Centre
Meeting room 4.1 and 4.2
Strandboulevarden 49
2100 Copenhagen Ø
Accommodation
Accommodation will be provided free of charge for all speakers and those participants living in the provinces in Denmark. The hotel details are:
HOTEL KONG ARTHUR
Nørre Søgade 11
1370 Copenhagen K
Tel.: +45 33 11 12 12
Fax: +45 33 32 61 30
http://www.kongarthur.dk/uk-hotellet.php
Transportation
For participants only: Please note that transportation is at your own expense.
Directions to the hotel and the Danish Cancer Society
Directions from the airport to Hotel Kong Arthur:
- By taxi which takes max. 20 minutes. Payment can be made by credit card.
- Metro to Nørreport station (approx. 15 minutes) and then a 15-20 minute walk to the hotel. Tickets are available at the metro station and can be paid by credit card.
Directions from the central station to Hotel Kong Arthur:
- By taxi which takes approx. 5 minutes.
- S-train (line A to Farum, B to Holte, C to Klampenborg, E to Hillerød) to Nørreport station (approx. 3 mins) and then a 15-20 minute walk to the hotel.
Directions from the airport to the Danish Cancer Society - see here
Directions from the central station to the Danish Cancer Society: S-train (line A to Farum, B to Holte, C to Klampenborg, E to Hillerød) to Nordhavn station (approx. 8 minutes) and then a 5-10 min. walk to Strandboulevarden 49. See map
Organizing Committee
Gunilla Høyer-Hansen, Niels Behrendt, Michael Ploug, Tove Østergaard - Finsen Laboratory
If you have any further questions regarding the symposium, please contact:
Symposium Secretariat
Anne Marie Hansen/Lissa Churchward
Danish Cancer Society
Strandboulevarden 49
DK-2100 Copenhagen
Tel: +45 3525 7343 or +45 3525 7316
Fax: +45 3525 7721
E-mail: symposium@cancer.dk |