FOCIS - Cancer Immunity and Immunotherapy Course

Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS) Cancer Immunity and Immunotherapy Course is organized by Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS) and will be held on Jun 20, 2018 at San Francisco Marriott Marquis, San Francisco, California, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event is designed for translational researchers and scientists, practicing clinicians, trainees, and indviduals in biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies interested in immuno-oncology and the development of immunotherapies for cancer.

Course Objectives :
• Identify the scientific basis for choosing immunogically related therapeutic targets in various diseases, including organ specific and systemic autoimmunity, allergy, transplant rejection, and cancer.
• Explain the rationale and mechanism underlying the major pharmacologic approaches for interventional immunology in current practice
• Evaluate the track record of the different therapeutic approaches in different specialties.
• Recognize the cross-disciplinary lessons that can be learned from the clinical experience with specific interventions including pharmacological issues, limitations in altering disease progression and complications due to immunosuppression (infections, neoplasias).
• Analyze how a physician should decide to use and choose therapies.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.