The aim of the symposium is to bring together the pediatric cancer community to discuss advances in our understanding of the origins and causes of cancer development and the associated therapeutic perspectives.
The symposium will address 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.
Target audience: physicians, clinicians, basic researchers, biologists, trainees, medical students.
Confirmed speakers are indicated below.
Confirmed speakers
Program
Wednesday May 29 th
12:00-19:00
12:00-12:50
Welcome coffee
12:50-13:00
General Introduction
13:00-13:35
How genetic defects of the immune system predispose to cancer
Alain Fischer, Institut Imagine, Paris, France
Session 1 – Risk factors in childhood cancers
Chair: Jacqueline Clavel, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif
Joachim Schüz, IARC, Lyon
13:35-14:10
Unravelling Genetic Predisposition to Neuroblastoma: Implications and Relevance in Clinical Settings
Mario Capasso, University of Naples Federico II CEINGE Biotecnologie Avanzate, Italy
14:10-14:30
Environmental risk factors of childhood cancers – recent results of the GEOCAP project
Stéphanie Goujon, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France
14:30-14:45
Wilms tumour: a systematic review and meta-analysis of environmental risk factors
Felix Onyije, Centre international de recherche sur le cancer, Lyon, France
14:45-15:00
Epigenome-wide analysis across the development span of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia: backtracking to birth
Farah Nassar, Centre international de recherche sur le cancer, Lyon
15:00-15:15
The synergistic impact of exposures to mycotoxins and Epstein Barr virus (EBV) at early stages of Burkitt lymphomagenesis
Rita Khoueiry, Centre international de recherche sur le cancer, Lyon, France
15:15-15:30
Origins of Second Malignancies in Children
Mònica Sánchez-Guixé, Institute for research in biomedicine, Barcelona
15:30-16:00
Coffee break
16:00-16:35
Childhood cancer incidence and pediatric cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany: any new etiological insights from the pandemic?
Friederike Erdmann, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
16:35-17:00
Molecular and genetic basis of Epstein Barr virus-associated childhood lymphoma
Sylvain Latour, Institut Imagine, Paris, France
17:00-19:00
Poster Session
Pratical information
Location: the symposium will be held at Institut Imagine, 24 Boulevard du Montparnasse, Paris 75015. Join us at the Auditorium on the 6 th floor.
Public transport
METRO:
-Line 12, station Falguière
-Lines 10 et 13, station Duroc
-Lines 4, 6, 12 and 13, station Montparnasse
TGV station Montparnasse
BUS Line 89 station Maine – Vaugirard
PLANE take transportation from Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports
Sponsors
We greatly appreciate the support from our sponsors.