American Association for Cancer Research

Molecular Targets: Plenary Sessions

Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics

The 2011 AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics: Discovery, Biology and Clinical Applications will take place November 12–16, 2011, at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco. This major conference brings together more than 3,000 academics, scientists and representatives from the pharmaceutical industry to discuss innovations in drug development, target selection and the impact of new discoveries in molecular biology.

This year’s program features eight plenary sessions that highlight the latest high-impact research in cancer therapeutics. To provide attendees with supporting information for these sessions, we have compiled a list of AACR journal articles relating to the plenary session topics. Access to the abstract of each article is FREE.

 

Plenary Session 1—Novel Clinical Paradigms in Personalized Medicine

Chairperson: José Baselga, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA

Sunday, November 13, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Plenary Session 2—Lessons from the BRAF-targeted Therapy of Melanoma

Chairperson: Neal Rosen, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Sunday, November 13, 2:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m.

Plenary Session 3—Developing Novel Validated Preclinical Models

Chairperson: Emma M. Lees, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Emeryville, CA

Monday, November 14, 8:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.

Plenary Session 4—Mechanistic-based Immunotherapy

Chairperson: Cornelis J.M. Melief, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Monday, November 14, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Plenary Session 5—The Epigenome as a Therapeutic Target

Chairperson: Robert Brown, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Tuesday, November 15, 8:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.

Plenary Session 6—Targeting Tumor Stroma Interaction

Chairperson: Nadia Harbeck, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Tuesday, November 15, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Plenary Session 7—Rational Cancer Drug Development for Targeted Drugs: The Interface Between Industry, Academia and Regulators

Chairperson: Frank McCormick, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA

Wednesday, November 16, 8:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.

Plenary Session 8—Targeting Tumor Metabolism

Chairperson: Christian Dittrich, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Applied Cancer Research, Vienna, Austria

Wednesday, November 16, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

 

Further information:

2011 Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics