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Thursday, May 4, 2023

Origins and behavior of disseminated tumor cells during minimal residual disease

Speaker: M. Soledad Sosa, PhD

Cancer dormancy and its clinical implications

Speaker: Shelly R. Peyton, PhD

SPATIAL SYSTEMS IMMUNOLOGY IN CANCER

Spatially mapping the immune landscapes of melanoma metastases

Speaker: Ian Watson, PhD

Role of lymph node metastasis in systemic immune surveillance

Speaker: Nathan Reticker-Flynn, PhD

Lymphatic trafficking of immune cells and insights for cancer

Speaker: David G. Jackson, PhD

Single-cell epigenomic and transcriptomic dissection of melanoma immunotherapy response

Speaker: Jiekun Yang, PhD

RESISTANCE TO CANCER THERAPY

Development of resistance in cancer to therapy resulting in recurrence and metastasis

Speaker: Jonathan Sleeman, PhD

The host immunological response to cancer therapy and its clinical implications

Speaker: Yuval Shaked, PhD

Molecular inhibition overcoming treatment resistance in melanoma

Speaker: Mohammed Kashani-Sabet, MD

BIOLOGY AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF SENTINEL LYMPH NODES

Donald L. Morton Memorial Lecture: The concealed revealed

Speaker: David Nathanson, MD

Sentinel lymph nodes in melanoma: necessary as ever for optimal treatment

Speaker: Mark Faries, MD

Sentinel lymph nodes and molecular markers in breast cancer

Speaker: Theresa L. Schwartz, MD, MS

Prediction of outcome in melanoma: a review and comparison of available tests

Speaker: Jane Messina, MD

THE HENRY FORD HEALTH SYMPOSIUM: MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF BREAST CANCER METASTASIS

Multifaceted roles of lymphatic endothelial cells in cancer metastasis

Speaker: Lothar C. Dieterich, PhD

The evolving cancer-niche interaction during bone metastasis

Speaker: Xiang Zhang, PhD

Anatomic and molecular characteristics associated with Breast Cancer Metastasis

Speaker: Dhananjay A. Chitale, MD, MBA

Can we cure metastatic breast cancer?

Speaker: Lajos Pusztai, MD, DPhil

Friday, May 5, 2023

CANCER METASTASIS THROUGH THE LYMPHOVASCULAR SYSTEM

Lymphatic systemomics and cancer

Speaker: Marlys Witte, MD

Cancer metastasis through the lymphatic versus blood vessels

Speaker: Stanley P. Leong, MD

NOVEL FRONTIERS IN THE TREATMENT OF METASTATIC MELANOMA

Neoadjuvant therapy for advanced metastatic melanoma nodal disease

Speaker: Giorgos Karakousis, MD

Updates on intralesional monotherapy and combination therapy for in transit metastases from metastatic melanoma

Speaker: Jonathan S. Zager, MD

Updates on regional perfusions for in-transit lymphatic metastasis of the limb and uveal melanoma metastatic to the liver

Speaker: Roger Olofsson Bagge, MD, PhD

ONCOLYMPHOLOGY: IMMUNE SYSTEM AND CANCER

T cell repertoire against cancer antigens

Speaker: Mark M. Davis, PhD

Perioperative considerations for tumor tissue procurement to obtain tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes for adoptive cell therapy

Speaker: John E. Mullinax, MD

PERSONALIZED CANCER THERAPY AND RADIOTHERAPY

Immunotherapy and targeted therapy for personalized cancer treatment

Speaker: Kevin Kim, MD

Molecular mechanisms of sensitivity and resistance to radiotherapy

Speaker: Baldassarre D. Stea, MD, PhD

Saturday, May 6, 2023

Clinical applications of circulating tumor cells in patients with solid tumors

Speaker: Klaus Pantel, MD

Biology and clinical relevance of circulating tumor cells for precision medicine

Speaker: Catherine Alix-Panabieres, PhD

The RPL/RPS gene signature of melanoma CTCs associates with brain metastasis

Speaker: Dario Marchetti, PhD