Thursday September 26


Scientific Program 2013-09-26


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Gala Dinner: Paris Rive Droite - Escale Borély Boat trip on the «Boréas»along the Seine - Young Investigator Travel Grant & Best Posters awards
Gynecological cancers
Gastro-intestinal cancers
Urological cancers

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Session 3
Session 4
CTC characterization
3 satellite sessions (selected presentations)
CTC in clinical studies
Clinical mini symposia
CTC characterization


08.30 - 12.35
Session 3

CTC in clinical studies

08.30 - 08.50

Clinical relevance of CTC

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08.50 - 09.10

Molecular characterization of CTC in breast cancer


09.10 - 09.30

CTC in clinical studies: Gastro-Intestinal cancers

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09.30 - 09.50

PLS3 expression in circulating blood is a good marker for colon cancer recurrence


09.50 - 10.10

Circulating tumor cell biomarkers for unmet needs in prostate cancer drug development and patient management


10.10 - 10.40

Coffee break

10.40 - 11.00

Lung Cancer CTCs clinical utility and molecular characterisation


11.00 - 11.15

Towards the study of bone marrow DTC in breast and ovarian cancer

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11.15 - 12.15

Selected oral presentations

11.15 - 11.30
CTC in clinical studies

Urological cancer (non muscle invasive bladder cancer)

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11.30 - 11.45

Going beyond enumeration: Characterization of CTCs and cancer associated cells in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma patients


11.45 - 12.00

Circulating melanoma cells in stage I-IV patients

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12.00 - 12.15

Correlation of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) with myeloid-derived suppressive cells (MDSCs) in the peripheral blood of patients with advanced small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) predicts clinical

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12.15 - 12.35
Session 3

Current challenges for clinical implementation of CTC testing


12.35 - 14.00

Lunch and Posters Session

14.00 - 17.25
Session 4

Molecular characterization of CTC

14.00 - 14.25

Challenges in CTC molecular characterization

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14.25 - 14.45

EMT and CTC

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14.45 - 15.05

CTC molecular characterization: Are we ready to move forward with clinical testing ?

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15.05 - 15.25

mRNA and microRNA profiling of CTCs from metastatic breast and colorectal cancer patients

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15.25 - 16.00

Coffee Break

16.00 - 16.20

CTC and DTC in breast cancer - what is and will be the clinical utility?

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16.20 - 16.40

Detection and characterization of circulating tumor cells from patients with colorectal cancer


16.40 - 17.40
CTC characterization

Selected oral presentations

16.40 - 16.55

The identification of circulating micro-RNAs (miRNA) to monitor tumour burden in mice bearing small cell lung cancer (SCLC) xenografts established from patient derived circulating tumour cells (CTCs)


16.55 - 17.10

Exploring the genomic heterogeneity among circulating tumor cells by next generation sequencing

Speaker : Simon Joosse

17.10 - 17.25

Singe cell genetic analysis helps validating cytopathological identification of CTCs in patients with Clear Cells Renal Carcinoma

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17.25 - 17.40

Morphology and DNA integrity are defining criteria for diagnostic molecular profiles of single CTCs

Speaker : Bernard Polzer

17.45 - 18.05
Gynecological cancers
Room 1.
Clinical mini symposia

DTCs, CTCs and other prognostic biomarkers for ovarian cancer. What are the top candidates to predict prognosis?


17.45 - 18.05
Gastro-intestinal cancers
Room 2.

Circulating tumor cells and colorectal liver surgery


17.45 - 18.05
Urological cancers
Room 3.

Characterization of Invasive CTCs (iCTCs) from Men with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC)


17.55 - 19.10
3 satellite sessions (selected presentations)

Clinical mini symposia

18.05 - 18.25
Gynecological cancers
Room 1.
Clinical mini symposia

Matrix metalloproteinase 1 and circulating tumor cells in early breast cancer

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Speaker : Michal Mego

18.05 - 18.25
Gastro-intestinal cancers
Room 2.

VEFGR expression on CTCs in colon cancer patients

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18.05 - 18.25
Urological cancers
Room 3.

Enumeration and molecular profiling of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in urothelial cancer (UC) before and during systemic treatment


18.25 - 18.45
Gynecological cancers
Room 1.

Circulating tumor cells and triple negative breast cancer

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18.25 - 18.45
Gastro-intestinal cancers
Room 2.

An investigation of Circulating Tumour Cells in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC), .

Speaker : Karen Morris

18.25 - 18.45
Urological cancers
Room 3.

Detection and clinical relevance of circulating tumor cells in patients with testicular germ cell tumors


18.45 - 19.00
Gynecological cancers
Room 1.

CTC metastasis biologyCirculating tumor cells may express HER2 in patients with early Her2 negative breast cancer

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18.45 - 19.00
Gastro-intestinal cancers
Room 2.

Clinical significance of circulating tumor cells in peripheral blood from patients with gastric cancer

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18.45 - 19.00
Urological cancers
Room 3.

CTC detection in localized prostate cancer: Cellsearch ® and the EPISPOT assay

Speaker : Thibaut Murez

20.00 - 00.00
Gala Dinner: Paris Rive Droite - Escale Borély Boat trip on the «Boréas»along the Seine - Young Investigator Travel Grant & Best Posters awards