Targeted Cancer Therapies joint with Antibodies as Drugs Organizer(s): Barbara L. Weber and Gregory L. Verdine Date: March 27 - April 01, 2009
Location: Whistler Conference Centre, Whistler, BC, CanadaRecent advances in targeted therapy have unequivocally demonstrated the activity of these compounds in cancer patients. Following on the clinical successes of imitanib and trastuzumab, pharmaceutical companies have filled their oncology pipelines with small molecule kinase inhibitors. Work on identifying the most active agents for specific tumor types and increasing efficacy with combination targeted therapy has become the primary focus of translational oncology research. However, this field is in its infancy, with much to be learned about which molecules to target, how to go beyond kinase inhibitors, how to optimize dose and scheduling of these new classes of drugs and how to tailor therapy to the genetic architecture of individual tumors. This conference will bring together experts in the key disciplines of cell biology, biochemistry, molecular genetics, medicinal chemistry, imaging and clinical oncology to identify critical problems that may best be addressed using a multidisciplinary approach and foster those collaborations. Scholarship Deadline: December 1 2008 Discounted Abstract Deadline: December 1 2008 Abstract Deadline: December 29 2008 Discounted Registration Deadline: January 27 2009 We gratefully acknowledge additional in-kind support for this conference from those foregoing speaker expense reimbursements:
Abbott Laboratories
GlaxoSmithKline
Merck & Co., Inc.
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