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Childhood Cancer 2017
18th / 19th September, Newcastle
Two-day meeting focused on translational research for patient benefit.
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Conference abstracts
We called for abstracts for poster/oral presentation focused on the three conference themes:
Precision medicine: Is precision medicine a reality for children with cancer in 2016?
- Immunotherapy: Can we harness the power of the immune system to cure childhood cancer?
- Causation: What do we know about influenceable causes of childhood cancer?
The accepted abstracts, along with abstracts from invited speakers, are available to download below.
Day 1: Is precision medicine a reality for children with cancer in 2016?
Chaired by Professor David Walker and Professor Louis Chesler
Invited speakers:
- Professor Stefan Pfister: Is precision medicine a reality for children with cancer in 2016?
- Professor Anthony Moorman: The genomic landscape of childhood leukaemia and options for precision therapy
- Professor Richard Gilbertson: The successes and future direction of paediatric cancer research and therapy
- Dr Darren Hargrave: Our initiatives and strategy to implement precision medicine in the UK
Day 2: Can we harness the power of the immune system to cure childhood cancer?
Chaired by Professor Persis Amrolia and Professor John Anderson
Invited speakers:
- Dr Nai-Kong Cheung: Antibody-based and Bispecific T-cell dependent therapies
- Dr Stephan Grupp: The CAR T cell revolution in cancer therapy
- Dr Daniel Lee: NCI CARs for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and neuroblastoma: the promise and potential pitfalls
- Dr Martin Pule: Future approaches to engineering CAR T-cells
Day 3: What do we know about influenceable causes of childhood cancer?
Chaired by Professor Denis Henshaw and Professor Tariq Enver
Invited speakers:
- Professor Soterios Kyrtopoulos: Diet, transplacental carcinogenesis and risk to children: results from the NewGeneris project
- Professor Tariq Enver: Origins and clonal evolution of childhood leukaemia
- Dr Kurt Straif: What do we know about risk factors for childhood cancer and what are the challenges in ongoing research?
- Dr Mark Miller : Primary prevention: Can we reduce exposure to risk factors associated with childhood leukaemia and other cancers?