7th EACR-OECI Joint Training Course : Molecular Pathology Approach to Cancer

7th EACR-OECI Joint Training Course : Molecular Pathology Approach to Cancer is organized by European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) and Organization of European Cancer Institutes (OECI) and would be held during May 08 - 10, 2017 at De Rode Hoed, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands. The target audience for this medical event basically for practicing pathologists and oncologists, residents and fellows in pathology and oncology, and molecular biologists with an interest in molecular pathology and precision medicine.

Molecular pathology is one of the linchpins of precision medicine. No longer can treatment decisions be made solely on the basis of histopathological analyses - because genomic analyses of human cancers are resulting in the identification of the genetic determinants of tumourigenesis, cancer progression and therapy response. This course aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art molecular pathology approaches and their application, and to discuss current genomics and molecular pathology of solid malignancies.

Topics :

• The role of the pathologist in precision medicine
• Massively parallel sequencing methods and data interpretation
• Perspectives in molecular testing for clinical decision-making in oncology in Europe and USA
• The molecular pathology of immunotherapy response
• Molecular pathology of breast cancer and the usefulness of transcriptomic and genomic biomarkers in breast cancer pathology and oncology practice
• Novel findings in ovarian and endometrial cancers
• Targeted therapies in melanoma
• KIT and novel therapeutic targets in gastrointestinal stromal tumours
• Genomics of lung and colorectal cancers, and the use of genetic biomarkers for therapeutic decision-making
• Molecular classification of sarcomas and central nervous system tumours
• Genomics of prostate and kidney cancers