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Childhood Cancer Symposium
29 October 2019, 1:00 pm–6:00 pm
A CRUK City of London Centre symposium to showcase current research in childhood cancer with breakout groups to facilitate new collaborations.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Organiser
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CRUK City of London Centre
Location
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Leolin Price Lecture TheatreGreat Ormond Street Institute of Child HealthMain Building, 30 Guildford StreetLondonWC1N 1EH
Preliminary Programme
13:00 - Registration and introduction
13:30 - Session 1: Introduction to childhood cancer
- Challenges in treatment of childhood cancer
- Cancer predisposition
14:00 - Session 2: Childhood cancer development and evolution
- Normal tissue clones preceding childhood cancer
- Infant and childhood leukaemias
- Childhood brain tumours
14:45 - Tea break
15:00 - Session 3: Cross disciplinary assessment of tumour microenvironment (TME)
- Intra-operative imaging
- Brain tumour imaging
- Senescence and the TME
- Impact of oncogenic pathways on TME
15:50 - Session 4: Biological therapies
- Gamma-delta T-cell therapeutics
- Next generation CAR T-cell therapy for childhood cancer
16:30 - Primer for break-out sessions
16:40 - Break-out sessions with drinks
Meet other investigators and share ideas for collaborative projects
18:00 - Closure