Monday - An International Perspective - VCCC Building Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Inaugural Research Conference 2017

The first full day of the conference features 13 plenary talks from eminent international speakers, providing a lively, relevant, informative and thought-provoking look at current trends in cancer research. These international talks will reflect the breadth of cancer research and the game-changing dynamic of committed, multi-partner, multi-disciplinary collaboration that forms the bedrock of the VCCC.

Opening: Jill Hennessy's Video

Opening Remarks: Cally Palmer

• Roles of telomere biology in human healthspan and disease - Elizabeth Blackburn
• (This presentation will not be recorded) Tumor stem cells, organoids and treatments for colorectal cancer based on targeting the tumor microenvironment - Eduard Batlle
• Prevention of death from cancers caused by mismatch repair defects - John Burn

• Why therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia fails - Charles Mullighan
• Developing and feasibility testing clinician sensitive indicators for ambulatory cancer chemotherapy - Jo Armes
• The development of Supportive and Palliative care in comprehensive cancer centers: Structures, processes and outcomes - Eduardo Bruera

• Interrogating the architecture of cancer genomes - Peter Campbell
• Improving the efficacy of engineered T cells in hematologic malignancies and solid tumors - Stan Riddell
• Beyond discovery – a health system approach to improving cancer outcomes - Sanchia Aranda

• Targeting cancer metabolic mutations - Craig Thompson
• Caring for people living with cancer: a fresh look at clinical models for improving patients’ lived experience and health outcomes - Lidia Schapira
• Behavioral and psychosocial intervention trials in oncology - Neil Aaronson

Closing Remarks: Grant McArthur and Sophy Athan

•      - Grant McArthur

Time: 6:00 pm

Venue: VCCC Building

Room: Lecture Theatre, Level 7.

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