
Plenary Lecture 1
Sep 21 (Wed.) 8:30¡Á10:30
- Chairpersons :
- Dave S. Hoon
John Wayne Cancer Institute, USA
- Kiyohiko Hatake
Cancer Chemotherapy Center, JFCR, Tokyo, Japan
- Sponsored by Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd.
- PL1-1 Micrometastases and circulating tumour cells
- Keynote Lecture
- Klaus Pantel
Institute of Tumour Biology, Center of Experimental Medicine, University Medical Center
Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- PL1-2 Ribophorin Ⅱ (RPN2) as a novel therapeutic target for breast cancer stem cells
- Takahiro Ochiya
Division of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan
- PL1-3 Molecular Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells in breast cancer
- Evi Lianidou
University of Athens, Greece
- PL1-4 Characterization of CTCs in GI Cancer
- Hideo Baba
Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Japan
Plenary Lecture 2
Sep 21 (Wed.) 13:20¡Á15:20
- Chairpersons :
- Danny R. Welch
Department of Cancer Biology and KU Cancer Center, The University of Kansas Medical Center, USA
- Toshiaki Watanabe
Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Japan
- Sponsored by TAIHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
- PL2-1 Clinical significance of CTCs and related technology in GI cancers
- Kiyohiko Hatake et al.
Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, and Division of Clinical Chemotherapy, Cancer Chemotherapy Center, JFCR, Tokyo, Japan
- PL2-2 Disseminated and circulating tumor cells detection and characterization in breast cancer
- Jean-Yves Pierga
Institut Curie & Universite Paris Descartes, France
- PL2-3 Clinical significance of minimal residual cancer in the treatment of breast cancer
- Masakazu Toi et al.
Department of Breast Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
- PL2-4 Clinical significance of circulating tumor cells detection in cancer patients
- Hisae Iinuma
Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Japan
Plenary Lecture 3
Sep 22 (Thu.) 8:30¡Á10:30
- Chairpersons :
- Klaus Pantel
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
- Kenichi Sugihara
Surgical Oncology, Tokyo Medical & Dental University, Japan
- Sponsored by Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics K.K.
- PL3-1 Clinical Utility of Pre-Treatment Assessment of CTCs and Genomic Profiling In Early Stage Melanoma Patients.
- Dave S. Hoon
John Wayne Cancer Institute, USA
- PL3-2 Personalized management of GI cancer based on the status of minimal residual cancer
- Yuko Kitagawa et al.
Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- PL3-3 Relevance of intraperitoneal free cancer cells in gastric cancer
- Yasuhiro Kodera et al.
Department of Surgery Ⅱ, Nagoya University, Japan
- PL3-4 Clinical significance of isolated tumor cells in esophageal and gastric cancer
- Shoji Natsugoe et al.
Graduate School of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan
Plenary Lecture 4
Sep 22 (Thu.) 13:20¡Á15:20
- Chairpersons :
- Wolfgang Deppert
Department of Tumor Virology, Heinrich-Pette-Institute, Germany
- Hideyuki Saya
Division of Gene Regulation, IAMR, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
- PL4-1 Non-codingRNAs - from scientist bench to patient bedside
- George Calin
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
- PL4-2 A novel molecular basis for establishment of liver metastasis of colorectal cancer cells
- Hitoshi Nakagama et al.
National Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan
- PL4-3 New molecular Biomarkers of Cancer: miRNAs and Beyond
- Muller Fabbri
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA
- PL4-4 Molecular imaging and multidisciplinary therapy for human cancer with telomerasespecific oncolytic adenovirus
- Toshiyoshi Fujiwara
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School, Japan
Plenary Lecture 5
Sep 23 (Fri.) 8:30¡Á10:30
- Chairpersons :
- Hitoshi Nakagama
National Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan
- Mitsuo Shimada
Department of Surgery,University of Tokushima, Japan
- Sponsored by Eli Lilly Japan K.K.
- PL5-1 Tumor cell dissemination and metastasis in a mouse model for oncogene-induced mammary carcinogenesis
- Wolfgang Deppert et al.
Department of Tumor Virology, Heinrich-Pette-Institute, Germany
- PL5-2 Muse cells: a novel type of adult human pluripotent stem cells that exist in mesenchymal tissues
- Mari Dezawa
Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Japan
- PL5-3 Metastasis genetics, epigenetics and the tumor microenvironment
- Danny R. Welch
Department of Cancer Biology and KU Cancer Center, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
- PL5-4 Role of CD44 in cancer stem cells and metastasis
- Hideyuki Saya
Division of Gene Regulation, IAMR, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
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Luncheon Seminar 1
Sep 21 (Wed.) 12:00¡Á12:50
- Chairperson :
- Kosei Hirakawa
Department of Surgical Oncology Graduate School of Medicine Osaka City¡¡University, Japan
- Sponsored by Merck Serono Co., Ltd.
Bristol-Myers K.K.
- LS-1 Personalized Therapy Brings Innovation to CRC Treatment
- Taroh Satoh
Department of Frontier Science for Cancer and Chemotherapy, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Luncheon Seminar 2
Sep 22 (Thu.) 12:00¡Á12:50
- Chairperson :
- Yuichiro Doki
Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
- Sponsored by YAKULT HONSHA CO., LTD.
- LS-2 Adjuvant chemotherapy for gastric cancer
- Mitsuru Sasako
Department of Surgery, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan
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" A paradigm shift in diagnosis of lymph node metastasis using molecular techniques"
Sep 21 (Wed.) 18:10¡Á19:10
- Chairperson :
- Yoshihiko Maehara
Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan
- Sponsored by Sysmex Corporation
- ES-1 Clinical use of the OSNA assay for detection of sentinel lymph node metastases in breast cancer patients
- Yasuhiro Tamaki
Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
- ES-2 Clinical application of molecular biological testing for detecting lymph node metastasis of colorectal cancer
- Hirofumi Yamamoto
Department of Surgery, Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Japan