Predictive Oncology & Intervention Strategies
February 6 - 9, 2006The Pasteur InstituteParis, France
 

2006 Meeting Preliminary Plenary Program

Mon. Feb. 6
Tue. Feb. 7
Wed. Feb. 8
Thu. Feb. 9
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Oncogenic Pathways
Cancer-relevant cofactors
Oncogenic manifestations
Evidence-based interventions
1.
Cyclin-dependent kinases - CDKs - in cell cycle control
Alcohol dehydrogenase genotypes & head / neck cancer
Abnormal mitotic segregation of chromosomes
CDK inhibitors
2.
Fusion genes & rearranged genes as a linear function of chromosome aberrations
Environmental exposures
Defect of checkpoint kinase 2 (ChK2) activity
Promises & perils of new paradigms in cervical cancer
3.
Genetic polymorphisms & cancer risks
Molecular pathogenesis of lung cancer in smokers & never smokers
Hypermethylation - multiple genes in adjacent normal-appearing tissues
Histone deacetylase HDACs inhibitors
4.
RNAi
Epigenetic changes in human carcinogenesis
Chromatin aberrations in normal-appearing PBL
Induction of apoptosis
5.
Sonic hedgehog signaling pathways
Chronic inflammation
Predictive changes of susceptibility
Anti-angiogenesis therapy & prevention
6.
Cooperative interactions in transformation
Diet & physical inactivity
Skin manifestations of cancer
Stem cell biology
PM
Risk identification
Predictive biomarkers
Precursor lesions and management
Novel immunological interventions
1.
Biologic indicators of genotoxic exposure
Molecular imaging
Esophago-gastric mucosa
Interferon consensus sequence-binding protein (ICSBP) & tumor escape
2.
Gene-environmental interaction: what have we learned?
CIN P161 NK4a positive cells as a prognostic biomarker
Hereditary non-polyposis coli
Modified T-cells for lymphoma immunotherapy
3.
Identification of carcinogens: the IARC model
Genetic & proteomic markers of exposure & susceptibility
Pancreatitis: Genetic aspects
Cytosine phosphate guanidine (CPG) as vaccine adjuvant
4.
Early life-style events in cancer causation
Epigenetic biomarkers of development & progression
Benign breast disease & cancer risk
Intra-lesional vaccine administration
5.
Molecular precursors & preneoplastic lesions
Chromosome interchanges identified by multicolor banding in lymphocytes
Chromosomal aberrations & cancer risk
Gene transfer for immunotherapy
6.
Aberrant DNA methylation & chromatin modification
Protein biomarkers: early ovarian & pancreatic cancer
PIN, chronic inflammation in initiation & progression
Cancer vaccines