On May, 28
th – 29
th and 31
st, the Institut Imagine in Paris hosted the symposium on pediatric cancers, an event to discuss advances in our understanding of the origins and causes of cancer development and the associated therapeutic perspectives. Bringing together the pediatric cancer community, the
symposium addressed several areas of cancer research, including epidemiological and genetic risk factors, the role of development in tumor initiation, modelising the complex biology of tumors development, and novel therapeutic strategies.
The symposium consisted of plenary lectures, accompanied by a poster session and selected oral communications. More than 180 attendees participated to the symposium with 38 speakers and 17 posters presented.
At the end of the symposium, sponsored by
Enfants Cancer Santé, the André Khayat prize for the best selected oral communication was awarded to Monica Sanchez Guixe.
Check out the program:
Session 1 – Risk factors in childhood cancers
Moderated by Jacqueline Clavel (INSERM) and Joachim Schüz (Centre international de recherche sur le cancer).
ALAIN FISCHER
Institut Imagine, Paris
MARIO CAPASSO
University of Naples Federico II, CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples
STEPHANIE GOUJON
INSERM, Paris
FELIX ONYIJE
Centre international de recherche sur le cancer, Lyon
FARAH NASSAR
Centre international de recherche sur le cancer, Lyon
RITA KHOUEIRY
Centre international de recherche sur le cancer, Lyon
MONICA SANCHEZ GUIXE
Institute for research in biomedicine, Barcelona
FRIEDERIKE ERDMANN
Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Germany
SYLVAIN LATOUR
Institut Imagine, Paris
MODERATOR
Joachim Schüz
MODERATOR
Jacqueline Clavel
INTRODUCTION
Thomas Mercher
POSTERS SESSION
POSTERS SESSION
POSTERS SESSION
AUDITORIUM
Session 2 – Ontogenic determinants of pediatric oncogenes specificities
Moderated by Véronique Maguer-Satta (Centre Léon Bérard) and Celio Pouponnot (Institut Curie).
KATRIN OTTERSBACH
University of Edinburgh
FRANCK BOURDEAUT
Institut Curie, Paris
ROSALIE BORRY
Institut Imagine, Paris
JESSICA WHITTLE
Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute
GABRIELE CANCILA
Institut Curie, Orsay
ISABELLE JANOUEIX-LEROSEY
Institut Curie, Paris
CELINE DELLOYE-BOURGEOIS
Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon
MODERATORS
Véronique Maguer-Satta
Célio Pouponnot
Session 3 – Integrated biology of tumor development
Moderated by Olivier Ayrault (Institut Curie) and Marie Castets (Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon)
MICHAEL D. TAYLOR
Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston
OLIVIER AYRAULT
Institut Curie, Orsay
MARIELLA FILBIN
Boston Children’s Hospital
MARCO BRUSCHI
Gustave Roussy, Villejuif
SERVANE TAUSZIG-DELAMASURE
Institut NeuroMyogène, Lyon
IRENE BASILI
Institut Curie, Orsay
MARIE CASTETS
Centre de recherche en cancérologie de Lyon
JARNO DROST
Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology
FLORENT GINHOUX
Gustave Roussy, Villejuif
MODERATOR
Olivier Ayrault
MODERATOR
Marie Castets
AUDITORIUM
Session 4 : Development, dependencies and therapeutic perspectives
Moderated by Isabelle Janoueix-Lerosey (Institut Curie) and Thomas Mercher (Gustave Roussy).
CEDRIC MAURANGE
Institut de biologie du développement de Marseille
ALINA SOMMER
Institut Pasteur, Paris
DANIEL LIPKA
National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg & German Cancer Research Center
THOMAS MERCHER
Gustave Roussy, Villejuif
KLAUDIA GALANT
CEA, Fontenay-aux-roses
CLEMENCE DELIGNE
Centre de recherche en cancérologie de Lyon
CELINE CHAUVIN
Institut Curie, Paris
AWATEF ALLOUCH
Gustave Roussy, Villejuif
SCOTT A. ARMSTRONG
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
CELIO POUPONNOT
Institut Curie, Orsay
GUILLAUME CANAUD
Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris
BIRGIT GEORGER
Gustave Roussy, Villejuif
PRIZE “ANDRE KHAYAT”
AWARD OF ECS
AUDITORIUM
AUDITORIUM
The symposium concluded with the presentation of the “André Khayat” prize from the Fédération Enfants Cancers Santé for the best oral communication to and Monica Sanchez-Guixe (Institute for research in biomedicine, Barcelona, Spain) who presented results on the origins of secondary malignant tumors in children and recently published in an excellent scientific journal.
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Thank you to the speakers and researchers for their work! Stay tuned for future events!
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