Dangerous
Liaisons
translating cancer biology
into better patients management
56th Annual Meeting of the
Italian Cancer Society
Ferrara, 11-13 September 2014
Università degli Studi di Ferrara
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56
th
Annual Meeting of the
Italian Cancer Society
Dangerous
Liaisons
translating cancer biology
into better patients management
CONGRESS VENUE
Università degli Studi di Ferrara - Via Luigi Borsari, 46 - 44121 Ferrara
OPENING CEREMONY VENUE
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara
Arcispedale Sant’Anna - Via Aldo Moro, 8 - 44124 Cona – Ferrara
SIC SECRETARIAT
Società Italiana di Cancerologia
Via G. Venezian, 1 - 20133 Milan, Italy
Phone +39 02 2666895 - Fax +39 02 2664342
E-mail: [email protected]
www.cancerologia.it
ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT
C.S.C. S.r.l.
Via L.S. Gualtieri, 11 - 06123 Perugia
Tel+390755730617 - Fax +390755730619
www.csccongressi.it
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Committee
SIC SCIENTIFIC BOARD
President
Silvia Giordano (Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, University of Turin, Candiolo, Italy)
President Elect
Gabriella Sozzi (IRCCS National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy)
Board
Rita Falcioni (Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy)
Davide Melisi (University of Verona, Italy)
Nicola Normanno (National Cancer Institute “G. Pascale”, Naples, Italy)
Massimo Santoro (“Federico II” University, Naples, Italy)
Elda Tagliabue (IRCCS National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy)
Giulia Taraboletti (“Mario Negri” Institute for Pharmacological Research, Bergamo, Italy)
Giuseppe Viglietto (University of Magna Græcia, Catanzaro, Italy)
Members under 35
Marco Macagno (University of Turin, Italy)
Selena Ventura (Orthopaedic Rizzoli Institute, Bologna, Italy)
Past President
Riccardo Dolcetti (CRO-IRCCS, National Cancer Institute, Aviano, Pordenone, Italy)
SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Scientific Coordinator
Massimo Negrini (University of Ferrara, Italy)
Local Scientific Committee
Giorgio Cavallesco, (University Hospital of Ferrara, Italy)
Antonio Cuneo, (University Hospital of Ferrara, Italy)
Francesco Di Virgilio, (University of Ferrara, Italy)
Antonio Frassoldati, (University Hospital of Ferrara, Italy)
Giovanni Lanza, (University Hospital of Ferrara, Italy)
Alberto Liboni, (University Hospital of Ferrara, Italy)
Paolo Pinton, (University of Ferrara, Italy)
Silvia Sabbioni, (University of Ferrara, Italy)
Mauro Tognon, (University of Ferrara, Italy)
Stefano Volinia, (University of Ferrara, Italy)
Silvano Capitani, (University of Ferrara, Italy)
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Faculty
Reuven Agami
James Brenton
George Adrian Calin
Carlo M. Croce
Ruggero De Maria
Pier Paolo Di Fiore
Janine Erler
Brunangelo Falini
Christopher Heeschen
Simon Joosse
Guido Kroemer
Alberto Mantovani
Clara Nervi
Nicola Normanno
Pier Paolo Pandolfi
Pier Giuseppe Pelicci
Vito Pistoia
Valeria Poli
Sabina Sangaletti
Giampaolo Tortora
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Cancer Institute - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute - University of Cambridge, UK
MD Anderson Cancer Center - University of Texas, Houston, Texas, USA
Ohio State University - Ohio USA
Regina Elena National Cancer Institute - Rome, Italy
IFOM-IEO Campus - Milan, Italy
BRIC-Biotech Research & Innovation Centre - University of Copenhagen, Denmark
University of Perugia, Italy
Spanish National Cancer Research (CNIO) - Madrid, Spain
University Medical Center- Hamburg, Eppendorf , Germany
INSERM, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
University of Milan, Italy
University La Sapienza - Rome, Italy
National Cancer Institute “G. Pascale” - Naples, Italy
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center - Boston, Massachussets, USA
IFOM-IEO Campus - Milan, Italy
Gaslini Children’s Hospital - Genoa, Italy
University of Turin, Italy
IRCCS National Cancer Institute - Milan, Italy
University of Verona, Italy
Programme at a glance
Thursday September 11th - AULA MAGNA - OSPEDALE CONA
11.00 - 14.00
Pre-meeting SIC young investigators
14.00 - 14.30
Welcome Opening
14.30 - 15.15
Opening Lecture
15.15 - 18.30
Session 1: Cancer Microenvironment and inflammation
19.00 - 19.15
Bus Transfer
19.15 - 22.00
Welcome Cocktail
Friday September 12th - POLO CHIMICO BIO MEDICO (Mammut)
08.00
Registration and poster hanging
08.30 - 10.30
Session 2: Non Coding RNAs and Epigenetics
10.30 - 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 - 13.00
Poster Viewing With Authors
13.00 - 14.00
Light Lunch
14.00 - 15.30
Poster Discussion (4 parallel sessions)
15.30 - 18.00
Session 3: Cancer Stem Cells
18.15 - 19.15
SIC General Assembly
20.15
Social Dinner
Saturday September 13th - POLO CHIMICO BIO MEDICO (Mammut)
08.30 - 09.15
Plenary Lecture
09.15 - 11.30
Session 4: “Translational” Therapy
11.30 - 12.30
Award Ceremony
12.30 - 13.30
Light Lunch
13.30 - 14.15
Giorgio Prodi Lecture
14.15 - 15.45
Session 5: Translational Diagnostics: NGS, Circulating Cells\Nucleic Acids
15.45 - 16.30
Closing Lecture
16.30 - 16.45
Closing Remarks
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Thursday September 11th
Scientific Programme
Venue: AULA MAGNA - OSPEDALE CONA
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11.00 - 14.00
Pre-meeting SIC young investigators
14.00 - 14.30 Welcome Opening
14.30 - 15.15 Opening Lecture
Carlo M. Croce
15.15 - 18.30 Session 1: Cancer Microenvironment and Inflammation
15.15 - 15.45 15.45 - 16.00 16.00 - 16.30
16.30 - 16.45 16.45 - 17.15
17.15 - 17.45
Vito Pistoia
Selected presentation
Valeria Poli
Selected presentation
Sabina Sangaletti
Janine Erler
17.45 - 18.30
Plenary Lecture
Alberto Mantovani
19.00 - 19.15 Bus Transfer
19.15 - 22.00 Welcome Cocktail
Friday September 12th
Scientific Programme
Venue: POLO CHIMICO BIO MEDICO (Mammut)
08.00
Registration and poster hanging
08.30 - 10.30 Session 2: Non Coding RNAs and Epigenetics
08.30 - 09.00 09.00 - 09.15 09.15 - 09.45 09.45 - 10.00 10.00 - 10.30 George Calin
Selected presentation
Reuven Agami
Selected presentation
Clara Nervi
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 - 13.00 Poster Viewing With Authors
13.00 - 14.00 Light Lunch
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Friday September 12th
Scientific Programme
Venue: POLO CHIMICO BIO MEDICO (Mammut)
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14.00 - 15.30 Poster Discussion (4 parallel sessions)
Poster Discussion 1
Poster Discussion 2
Poster Discussion 3
Poster Discussion 4
15.30 - 18.00 Session 3: Cancer Stem Cells
15.30 - 16.00
16.00 - 16.15
16.15 - 16.45
16.45 - 17.00
Ruggero De Maria
Selected presentation
Christopher Heeschen
Selected presentation
17.00 - 17.30 Coffee Break
17.30 - 18.00
Pier Paolo Di Fiore
18.15 - 19.15 SIC General Assembly
20.15 Social Dinner
Room E2
Room E3
Room D6
Room D7
Saturday September 13th
Scientific Programme
Venue: POLO CHIMICO BIO MEDICO (Mammut)
08.30 - 09.15
Plenary Lecture
Guido Kroemer
09.15 - 11.30 Session 4: “Translational” Therapy
09.15 - 09.45
09.45 - 10.15
10.15 - 10.45
10.45 - 11.30
Giampaolo Tortora
Brunangelo Falini
Nicola Normanno
Companies lectures
11.30 - 12.30 Award Ceremony
12.30 - 13.30 Light Lunch
13.30 - 14.15 Giorgio Prodi Lecture
Pier Giuseppe Pelicci
14.15 - 15.45 Session 5: Translational Diagnostics: NGS, Circulating Cells\Nucleic Acids
14.15 - 14.45
14.45 - 15.00 15.00 - 15.30
15.30 - 15.45 Simon Joosse
Selected presentation
James Brenton
Selected presentation
15.45 - 16.30
Closing Lecture
Pier Paolo Pandolfi
16.30 - 17.00 Closing Remarks
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Scientific Information
CME CREDITS
The Scientific Programme of the 56th Annual Meeting of the
Italian Cancer Society has been credited by the Italian Ministry of Health for the following Professions and Disciplines:
Profession: Medical Surgeon (Disciplines: Haematology,
Medical Genetics, Pathological Anatomy, Pharmacology and
Clinical Toxicology, Clinical Pathology, Internal Medicine);
Biologist, Pharmacist, Chemist (Discipline: Analytical Chemistry); Physicist (Discipline: Health Physics); Veterinary
Surgeon.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
The organizers invite authors to submit abstracts to be considered and included in the programme.
Abstracts written in English must not exceed 2500 characters including blanks.
Abstract submission link is available at
www.csccongressi.it.
Abstracts must focus on the following topics:
• In vivo models of cancer
• Autophagy, apoptosis, necrosis and senescence
• Cancer genetics
• Cancer modeling and imaging
• Cancer stem cells
• Cell adhesion, migration, invasion and metastasis
• Cell metabolism
• Cell cycle regulation
• Control of gene expression and epigenetics
• DNA damage and molecular responses to damage
• Drug resistance
• Infectious agents and cancer
• Innovative therapeutic
• Molecular epidemiology and chemoprevention
• Molecular markers of diagnosis, prognosis and response to therapy
• Nanotechnology
• Non-coding RNAs
• Signal transduction and intracellular trafficking
• System biology and emerging technologies
• Targeted therapy
• Tumor immunology and immunotherapy
• Tumor microenvironment: inflammation, hypoxia and
angiogenesis
Deadline For Abstract Submission: May 5th, 2014
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The Scientific Committee will select the abstracts for:
• oral presentation
• poster presentation (70w x 100h cm)
Notification of acceptance for presentation or rejection,
together with information about session, date and time of
discussion, will be sent by the organizing secretariat by
e-mail.
Please note: each Author can present only one abstract.
Abstracts will be included in the programme and in the
abstract book only if the presenting Author has registered in the Congress.
SLIDES
Slides must be in English. Computer videoprojection will be
available in Power Point. Please communicate to the Organizing Secretariat your different requirements as soon as
possible. Slides has to be handle to the slide centre one
hour before the session beginning.
Scientific Information
USEFULL INFORMATION FROM SIC
PRIZES
The application for the following Prizes has to be sent to SIC
Secretariat via e-mail [email protected].
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Announcement and application will be published on the web
site www.cancerologia.it
For any information about the Prizes please contact SIC Secretariat.
All prizes will be awarded, on the basis of a merit ranking,
on September 13th 2014, during the Award Ceremony
“Piero Trivella” Prize to the best poster
The Associazione Oncologica Pisana “Prof. Piero Trivella”
will award the best poster.
To apply it is necessary to:
• Be SIC Member
• Be first author of the submitted abstract (copy of the abstract must be attached)
• Be regularly registered in the Meeting
• Be younger than 35 years at the date of the Meeting (copy
of the identity card must be attached)
Those who wish to apply for the prize must present their
poster at the Meeting even in case their abstract has been
selected as oral presentation.
Should the winner not be present at the Award Ceremony,
the prize will be awarded following the ranking order.
The application must be sent by May 30, 2014
“Elena Cappannini” Prize to the best 2013 publication as first author in innovative approaches for cancer treatments
To apply for this prize in memory of Elena Cappannini it is
necessary to:
• Be first author of the publication in the field of preclinical or clinical innovative approaches for cancer treatment
published in 2013 (copy of the paper and CV must be attached)
• Be younger than 40 years at the date of the Meeting (copy
of the identity card must be attached)
The application must be sent by May 30, 2014
Scholarship “Pezcoller Foundation - Ferruccio and
Elena Bernardi”
In memory of Ferruccio and Elena Bernardi, financed by the
Pezcoller Foundation and with the organizational support of
SIC, a scholarship will be awarded to a young researcher,
Italian citizen, graduated in Biomedical Sciences or similar
who wishes to improve his/her already achieved and proved
experience in the field of cancer research. The scholarship
amounts to Euro 25.000,00/year, including taxes as per
the Italian law, and lasts one year starting from January 1,
2015; it can be extended for one more year upon availability
of the Foundation and upon evaluation of the activity performed by the researcher.
The application must be sent by May 15, 2014. Travel Grants
A limited number of Travel Grants can be awarded upon financial availability.
To apply for Travel Grants it is necessary to:
• Be SIC Member
• Be first author of the submitted abstract (copy of the abstract must be attached)
• Be regularly registered in the Meeting
• Be younger than 35 years at the date of the Meeting (copy
of the identity card must be attached)
The application must be sent by May 30, 2014.
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General Information
DATES
Ferrara 11th -13th September 2014
CONGRESS VENUE
Università degli Studi di Ferrara - Via Luigi Borsari, 46 - 44121 Ferrara
OPENING CEREMONY VENUE
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Ferrara
Arcispedale Sant’Anna - Via Aldo Moro, 8 - 44124 Cona – Ferrara
SIC SECRETARIAT
Società Italiana di Cancerologia
Via G. Venezian, 1 - 20133 Milan, Italy
Phone +39 02 2666895 - Fax +39 02 2664342
E-mail: [email protected]
www.cancerologia.it
ORGANIZING SECRETARIAT
C.S.C. S.r.l.
Via L.S. Gualtieri, 11 - 06123 Perugia
Tel+390755730617 - Fax +390755730619
www.csccongressi.it
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
English. Simultaneous translation will not be provided.
BADGE
Participants and exhibitors are kindly request to wear their badge during the congress.
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE
Certificate of attendance is given to all registered participant at the end of the congress.
EXHIBITION AND SPONSORSHIP
A technical, pharmaceutical and publication exhibition will be held in the Congress Venue. For
any information please contact the Organizing Secretariat.
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General Information
REGISTRATION FEE
SIC MEMBER
By 21/06
€ 330,00
By 23/08
€ 380,00
On site
€ 420,00
NON SIC MEMBER
€ 430,00
€ 480,00
€ 520,00
SIC MEMBER UNDER 35
€ 190,00
€ 240,00
€ 260,00
NON SIC MEMBER UNDER 35
€ 250,00
€ 310,00
€ 335,00
VAT 22% Included.
Registration Fee Includes:
Admission to the scientific sessions, admission to the exhibit area, congress kit
abstract book, attendance certificate, welcome cocktail, coffee-breaks, light lunches and
social dinner.
Online registration available at www.csccongressi.it
PAYMENT
Payment online: by bank transfer or credit card data collection
Payment on site: by cash or credit card (accepted VISA and MASTERCARD)
CANCELLATION
In case of cancellation no reimbursement is foreseen.
HOUSING
The Organizing Secretariat has reserved rooms in 3 and 4 stars Hotel in Ferrara at special rates.
We suggest you to book as soon as possible to have the special rates guaranteed.
Hotel booking available at www.csccongressi.it.
Deadlines
Abstract
submission
Early
registration fee
Late
registration fee
Early
hotel booking
Late
hotel booking
5th May 2014
21st June 2014
23rd August 2014
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“Piero Trivella” Prize
Travel Grants
“Elena Cappannini” Prize
Scholarship
“Pezcoller Foundation
Ferruccio and Elena Bernardi”
30th May, 2014
30th May, 2014
30th May, 2014
15th May, 2014
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General Information
Congress Venue
HOW TO REACH THE CONGRESS VENUES
By Car
Motorway A13, exit Ferrara South Parking
area:
• Inside the “MAMMUT” (entrance 1)
• Inside the ex-hospital St. Anna (entrance 3)
• Along the Rampari of San Rocco or Fossato
di Mortara (toll parking - 2,00 Euros for the
entire day)
By train
Ferrara stop
From the station to the congress venue:
• by taxi
•bus N. 1 Rampari San Rocco stop, in front
of the MAMMUT
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By plane
From Bologna Marconi Airport to Ferrara
Shuttle “BUS & FLY” (Time: 60 minutes. Cost:
15,00 Euros). It stops in the city center and at
the train station.
Walking
From the city center 15 min walking distance
By bus
bus N. 1 Rampari San Rocco stop, in front of
the MAMMUT
General Information
Opening Day Venue
HOW TO REACH THE OPENING DAY VENUE
By Car
Motorway A13, exit Ferrara South
Then proceed straight for about 10 km on the
highway RA8 (Raccordo Ferrara-Mare) to the
exit Cona
Parking area: in the free parking lots of the
hospital
By bus
bus n. 6, starting at various bus stops in from
center city every 15 minutes. It stops right in
front of the Conference Hall
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