Collaboration in Cancer Drug Trials: Targets, Biomarkers, and Drugs” was held in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 1-2, 2010.

“Collaboration in Cancer Drug Trials: Targets, Biomarkers, and Drugs,” presented in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and The Oncologist, focused on personalized cancer care, with three major themes: new targeted agents, strategies for profiling and selection of patients for targeted drug trials, and biomarkers and animal models to guide clinical development. 

 

Hosted by:                                                      Brought to you in partnership with
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center                    
 
 

Personalizing Cancer Drug Trials: The MGH Experience 
Moderator: Dr. Bruce Chabner
Panel: Dr. Jose Baselga, Dr. David Ryan, Dr. Keith Flaherty

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“…The meeting was beyond informative.  It was inspiring." 
      --John Heneghan, Postdoctoral Fellow, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

 

To download a copy of the presentation abstract book, click here.

 

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Session 1

Selecting a target in cancer therapeutics:
personalizing cancer therapy

Collaboration in Cancer Drug Trials: Targets, Biomarkers, and Drugs
Martin J. Murphy, DMedSc, PhD
Targeting critical oncogenic pathways in cancer - emerging molecules and translational strategies
William Sellers, MD
The PI3K pathway
Lewis Cantley, PhD
DNA Repair Enzymes as Therapeutic Targets in Breast Cancer
Joyce O'Shaughnessy, MD

Session 2

Selecting a target in cancer therapeutics:
personalizing cancer therapy

BRAF: the first prevalent oncogene target to show single-agent responsiveness
Keith Flaherty, MD
The ALK story, a new kind of phase 1 trial
Alice Shaw, MD, PhD
Biomarker-driven drug development: from dream to reality
Mace Rothenberg, MD

Session 3

Biomarkers

2010 Bob Pinedo Cancer Care Prize Award
        H.M. Pinedo, MD, PhD
2010 Pinedo Cancer Care Prize Award and Keynote Address
Jose Baselga, MD, PhD
Finding biomarkers: molecular profiling and CTCs
Daniel Haber, MD, MS, PhD
The use of emerging genomic technologies to predict tumor response and drug resistance
Levi Garraway, MD, PhD

Session 4

New Targets

Protein Methyl Transferases as a Novel Target Class for Molecularly Targeted Cancer Therapy
Robert A. Copeland, PhD
ERBB3
David Livingston, MD
Novel strategies for drug development in cancer: an industry perspective
Eric H. Rubin, MD

Session 5

Disease specific drug development

Oncogenomics to target myeloma in the bone marrow microenvironment
Kenneth C. Anderson, MD
Drug discovery for rare diseases: The ACCRF Model
Jeff Kaufman
Neuroblastoma immunotherapy
Paul M. Sondel, MD, PhD

Session 6

Animal Models

Zebrafish as a model for human cancer
Leonard Zon, MD
A coding-independent function of gene and pseudogene mRNAs regulates tumor biology
Pier Paolo Pandolfi, MD, PhD
Modeling ras
Tyler Jacks, PhD

 

The meeting was well attended by physicians and researchers in academic and practice settings who wish to advance their current knowledge of the discovery process and clinical cancer medicine as well as industry representatives interested in exploring the potential for collaboration between academia and industry.

Acknowledgement

Supported by educational grants from

Lilly Merrimack
Merck Millennium OSI Pharmaceuticals
Onyx Pharmaceuticals Daiichi Sankyo
   
       
 

 The Society's Official Journal The Oncologist

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