EACR-AACR-ASPIC 2020 Conference: Tumor Microenvironment

EACR-AACR-ASPIC 2020 Conference: Tumor Microenvironment is organized by European Association for Cancer Research (EACR), American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Portuguese Association for Cancer Research / Associacao Portuguesa De Investigacao Em Cancro (ASPIC) and will be held from Mar 02 - 04, 2020 at Congress Center Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.

Topics to be covered
This Conference will bring together thought leaders spanning the breadth of TME, immune-oncology, computational biology, and biomedical technology disciplines to discuss novel approaches to identify critical mechanisms regulating the crosstalk in these tumor ecosystems. They will also discuss therapeutic approaches to target the TME for durable tumor control, including strategies being deployed in patients, and initial clinical findings. The goal will be to not only discuss the current state of the TME field, but also discuss approaches towards applying that knowledge to the development of effective and broadly applicable anti-cancer therapies for long-term management of disease.

Background:
Cancers are communities of cells, including those harboring genetic mutations, aka “tumor” or “cancer” cells, as well as other “normal” cell types activated and/or recruited to the local tumor microenvironment (TME). Components of the TME (e.g., blood and lymphatic vessels, fibroblasts and other mesenchymal support cells, innate and adaptive immune cells, as well as extracellular matrix, hypoxia, and low pH), while regulating or being regulated by hallmark features of cancer development, can also thwart efficacy of cytotoxic, targeted and immune therapies.

Abstract submission topics:
TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT (TME):
• Single-cell analysis of the TME
• 2D and 3D analysis/imaging of the TME
• Inflammation, cancer immunity and TME
• Metastases and the TME
• Vascular (hematogenous & lymphatic) biology in the primary and metastatic TME
• TME dynamics and cancer therapy sensitivity/resistance
• Lipids, cancer metabolism, and TME

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.