Aichi Cancer Center 50th Anniversary International Symposium


The Aichi Cancer Center 50th Anniversary International Symposium was held on Saturday, March 14, 2015, gathering over 200 participants from all over Japan. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the speakers and chairpersons, and all the participants who made the Symposium a success.

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The Organizing Committee
for Aichi Cancer Center 50th Anniversary
International Symposium


　Aichi Cancer Center 50th Anniversary International Symposium
Title 　Cancer Drug Resistance:
　Mechanisms and Strategies for Its Circumvention
Schedule 　9:00〜17:50, March 14 (Sat.), 2015
Venue 　International Conference Center, Aichi Cancer Center
　1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8681, Japan
Organizer 　Aichi Cancer Center
Registration Fee 　Free
Language 　English
Event Contact 　TEL: 052-762-6111（Ext. 2511）
　E-mail：acc50thsymp@aichi-cc.jp
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　Program
　Cancer Drug Resistance:Mechanisms and Strategies for Its Circumvention
Saturday, March 14th, 2015
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Opening Remarks　Taira Kinoshita (Aichi Cancer Center)
9:10 am - 10:10 am
Opening Keynote Lecture
Chair: Masahiro Aoki
Targeting KRAS-induced stemness
Frank McCormick (UCSF)
10:10 pm - 10:20 pm
Coffee Break
10:20 am - 12.00 am
　　　　
10:20 am - 11:00 am
11:00 am - 11:35 am
11:35 am - 12:00 am
Session 1: Cancer heterogeneity and drug resistance
Chair: Takashi Takahashi and Hiroji Iwata
Genome-directed therapeutics for endocrine therapy resistant ER+ beast cancer
Matthew Ellis (Baylor College of Medicine)
Trans-ethnic landscape of hepatocellular carcinoma genomes
Tatsuhiro Shibata (National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan)
Acquired resistance in targeted therapy against driver gene mutation in lung cancer
Tetsuya Mitsudomi (Kinki University)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Lunch Break
1:00 pm - 2:40 pm
　　　　　　　　
　　　　
1:00 pm - 1:40 pm
1:40 pm - 2:15 pm
2:15 pm - 2:40 pm
Session 2: Cancer stem cells, tumor dormancy, and drug resistance
Chair: Shinsuke Iida and Yoshitaka Sekido
Lgr5+ stem cells in epithelial self-renewal and cancer of the stomach and ovary
Nick Barker (Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore)
Regulation of cell differentiation by actin dynamics and its application in cancer treatment
Hideyuki Saya (Keio University)
Cancer research on the two noteworthy issues: tetraploidy and primary cilia
Masaki Inagaki (Aichi Cancer Center)
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm
Coffee Break
3:00 pm - 4:40 pm
　　　　　　　　
　　　　
3:00 pm - 3:40 pm
3:40 pm - 4:15 pm
4:15 pm - 4:40 pm
Session 3: Strategies for circumvention of cancer drug resistance
Chair: Yutaka Kondo and Toyoaki Hida
T-cell therapy for cancer using gene modified T cells and strategies to overcome tumor escape or immunosuppression
Gianpietro Dotti (Baylor College of Medicine)
Loss of autophagy causes metabolic changes through a transcription-factor pathway
Masaaki Komatsu (Niigata University)
Interventional Radiology in Oncology
Yasuaki Arai (National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan)
4:40 pm - 5:40 pm
Closing Keynote Lecture
Chair: Tomohiro Kinoshita
Apoptosis and exposure of phosphatidylserine
Shigekazu Nagata (Kyoto University)
5:40 pm - 5:50 pm
Closing Remarks　Masahiro Aoki (Aichi Cancer Center)