ADVANCES IN CANCER EARLY DETECTION – TUMORIGENESIS AND THE MICROENVIRONMENT

Please join us for the symposium:  Advances in Cancer Early Detection – Tumorigenesis and the Microenvironment! This whole-day symposium aims to discuss the recent advancement for early cancer detection. 

SPONSORS

Keynote

  • Ajay Goel, Ph.D., AGAF
    AJAY GOEL, PH.D., AGAF

    Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Diagnostics and Experimental Therapeutics, City of Hope

Agenda

7:30-8:00AM

Registration and breakfast

8:00-8:10AM

INTRODUCTION
Doug Micalizzi, MD, PhD (MGH)

8:10-9:10AM

The Biology of Pre-Cancer
Moderator: Wilhelm Haas, PhD (MGH)

 

Biological insights from the Lung Squamous Pre-Cancer Atlas
Jennifer Beane, PhD (Boston University)

 

Colon Cancer and the Gut Microbiota
Wendy Garrett, MD, PhD (HSPH)

9:15-10:15AM

The Immune System
Moderator: Lecia Sequist, MD, MPH (MGH)

 

Strategies for Cancer Immunoprevention
Shawn Demehri, MD, PhD (MGH)

 

Early Detection and Interception of Myeloma
Irene Ghobrial, MD (DFCI)

10:15-10:30AMMorning break

10:30-11:30AM

KEYNOTE: Liquid Biopsy Biomarkers in Gastrointestinal Cancers
Ajay Goel, PhD (City of Hope)
Moderator: Sapna Syngal, MD, MPH (DFCI)

11:30-12:30

Lunch

12:30-1:30PM

What Makes a Tumor Cell?
Moderator: Doug Micalizzi, MD, PhD (MGH)

 

Cell-Cell Interactions in Regulation of Lung Progenitors and Lung Cancer
Carla Kim, PhD (BCH)

 

Molecular Analysis of Prostate Circulating Tumor Cells
Daniel Haber, MD, PhD (MGH)

1:30- 1:45pm

Coffee break

1:45- 3:55pm

Finding Signals of Early Cancer
Moderators: Shyamala Maheswaran, PhD (MGH) and Gary Tearney, MD, PhD (HMS)

 

AI-Controlled Autonomous Proteomics
Wilhelm Haas, PhD (MGH)

 

Quantitative Multiplex Profiling of ctDNA in Early-Stage Pancreatic Cancer
Erica Pratt, PhD (Boston University)

 

Discovery of Non-Invasive Plasma Protein Biomarkers for Early Detection of Cancer Using 11k SomaScan Proteomics
Towia Libermann, PhD (BIDMC)

 

Molecular Analysis of Extracellular Vesicles in Liquid Biopsy for Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Monitoring
Hyungsoon Im, PhD (MGH)

3:55-4:00pm

CLOSING REMARKS
Lecia Sequist, MD, MPH (MGH)

4:00-5:00Reception