2024 Symposium
November 8
8:00AM - 4:00PM
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Jimmy Fund Auditorium
35 Binney Street
Boston, MA 02115
ADVANCES IN CANCER EARLY DETECTION – TUMORIGENESIS AND THE MICROENVIRONMENT
Mark your calendars 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
- Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center - https://www.dfhcc.harvard.edu/
- DFCI Centers for Early Detection and Interception - https://www.dana-farber.org/cancer-care/treatment/early-detection-interception
- MGH Center for Innovation in Early Cancer Detection - https://www.massgeneral.org/cancer/early-detection/default.aspx
Keynote
Agenda
7:30-8:00AM | REGISTRATION |
8:00-8:10AM | INTRODUCTION |
8:10-9:10AM | What Makes a tumor Cell? |
| Carla Kim, PhD, BCH |
| Benjamin Ebert, MD, PhD DFCI |
9:15-10:15AM | The immune system |
| Shawn Demehri, MD, PhD, MGH |
| Irene Ghobrial, MD, DFCI |
10:30-11:30AM | KEYNOTE |
| Ajay Goel, PhD, City of Hope |
11:30-12:30 | Lunch |
12:30-1:30PM | Microscopic and Macroscopic Stress |
| Jennifer Beane, PhD, BU |
| Wendy Garrett, MD, PhD, HSPH |
1:30- 1:45pm | Coffee break |
1:45- 3:55pm | Finding Signals of Early Cancer |
| Wilhelm Haas, PhD, MGH |
| Erica Pratt, PhD, BU |
| Towia Libermann, PhD, BIDMC |
| Hyungsoon Im, PhD, MGH |
3:55-4:00pm | Closing Remarks |