SITC Workshop Presentations
October 24-25, 2012
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
North Bethesda, MD
Presentations are posted online based upon presenter approval.
Program Schedule
Wednesday, October 24 |
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8:00 am - 9:00 am | Immunity in Cancer Growth and Progression Nicholas P. Restifo, MD - National Cancer Institute |
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Session 101: Cells of the Immune System In the Tumor Microenvironment | |||
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Integrative Cancer Immunology: Importance of T Cells Jerome Galon, PhD - INSERM- Cordeliers Research Center |
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9:30 am - 10:00 am | T Lymphocytes in Human Melanoma Metastases Pierre G. Coulie, MD, PhD - De Duve Institute and University of Louvain |
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10:00 am - 10:30 am | Refreshments and Networking | ||
Session 102: Stromal Elements of the Tumor Microenvironment | |||
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Endothelial Regulation of T cell Trafficking in Tumors George Coukos, MD, PhD - University of Pennsylvania Medical Center |
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11:00 am - 11:30 am | Immune Suppression by Stromal Cells ![]() David H. Munn, MD - Georgia Health Sciences University |
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11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Relapse of Cancer: Stromal Cross-Presentation is Required for the Elimination of Escape Variants Hans Schreiber, MD, PhD - University of Chicago |
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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch Break and Networking | ||
Session 103: Inflammation and Immune Trafficking | |||
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Innate and Adaptive Immunity Regulated Within the Tumor Microenvironment ![]() Thomas F. Gajewski, MD, PhD - University of Chicago |
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2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Chemotherapy Alters a Tolerogenic Environment in the Spleen of Tumor- Bearing Hosts Vincenzo Bronte, MD - University of Verona |
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2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | An Experimentally Verified Quantitative Model and In Vitro Methods that Enable Cellular Immunotherapists to Calculate the Concentration of Cytolytically Active Immune Effector Cells Required to Produce Sterilizing Immunity in Neoplastic and Infectious Diseases Samuel C. Silverstein, MD - Columbia University |
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3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Manipulating MDSC to Promote Regression Dmitry I. Gabrilovich, MD, PhD - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute |
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Session 104: Keynote Address | |||
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Mechanisms of Protective Tumor Immunity Glenn Dranoff, MD - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
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Thursday, October 25 |
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Session 200: Remodeling the Tumor Microenvironment to Promote Tumor Regression | |||
8:00 am - 8:30 am | Oncogene Inactivation and CD4+ T Cells ![]() Dean W. Felsher, MD, PhD - Stanford University School of Medicine |
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8:30 am - 9:00 am | Immune Checkpoint Modulation and the Tumor Microenvironment Drew M. Pardoll, MD, PhD - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
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9:00 am - 9:30 am | Immune Impact on Cancer Stemness and Metastasis ![]() Weiping Zou, MD, PhD - University of Michigan |
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9:30 am - 10:00 am | Manipulating T Cells to Promote Regression Laurence J.N. Cooper, MD, PhD - MD Anderson Cancer Center |
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10:00 am - 10:30 am | Refreshments and Networking | ||
Session 201: Monitoring Immune Responses with the Tumor Microenvironment | |||
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Microenvironment Immunogenetics Biomarkers in Combination Immunotherapy ![]() Samir N. Khleif, MD - Georgia Health Sciences University |
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11:00 am - 11:30 am | Visualizing CTL and NK Cells Cytotoxic Activity in Solid Tumors Philippe Bousso, PhD - INSERM U668 |
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11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Epigenetic Immune Cell Markers - Enabling Novel Clinical Trials with Robust Results from Frozen Whole Blood or Tissue ![]() Thomas O. Kleen, PhD - Epiontis GmbH |
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12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Immune Response Signatures and Patient Survival ![]() Mary L. Disis, MD - University of Washington |
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12:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Lunch Break and Networking | ||
Session 202: Clinical Trials: Provoking Immunity in the Tumor Microenvironment | |||
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Combination Immunotherapies Designed to Target the Tumor Microenvironment ![]() Leisha A. Emens, MD, PhD - Johns Hopkins University |
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2:30 pm - 2:50 pm | MDSC Inhibition Augments Immune Function in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: Results of PDE5 Inhibition Ivan Borrello, MD - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
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2:50 pm - 3:10 pm | Clinical Trials: Provoking Immunity in the Tumor Microenvironment ![]() Antoni Ribas, MD - UCLA Medical Center |
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3:10 pm - 3:30 pm | Sunitinib and Immunity ![]() Brian I. Rini, MD - Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center |
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Session 203: Immunoscore | |||
3:30 pm - 3:50 pm | The Immunoscore: A Proposal for a New Classification of Cancer in the Era of Immunotherapies Jerome Galon, PhD - INSERM- Cordeliers Research Center |
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3:50 pm - 4:10 pm | The Impact of Immune Cell Infiltration on Patient Prognosis Alessandro Lugli, MD - Institut of Pathology University of Bern |
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4:10 pm - 4:30 pm | A Strategic View of the Immunoscore ![]() Bernard A. Fox, PhD - Earle A. Chiles Research Institute |
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4:30 pm - 4:50 pm | Immune System and Cancer: Importance of the Immunoscore ![]() Francesco Marincola, MD - National Institutes of Health |
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4:50 pm - 5:00 pm | Closing Comment |
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