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

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

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?