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Consider attending these AACR sessions to learn about the latest DCP funding opportunities in cancer prevention, interception, and symptom science; research resources and workforce activities; multi-cancer detection tests and risk screening; future research needs; and more.
Saturday, April 6, 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Session type: Educational
Title: DC06: Rethinking Risk and Risk Assessment for Liquid Biopsy-Based Single- and Multi- Cancer Screening
Moderator
Lauren C. Leiman, Executive Director, BLOODPAC, Charleston, IL
Panelists
Jeff D. Allen, President & CEO, Friends of Cancer Research, Washington, DC
Christina A. Clarke, GRAIL, Menlo Park, CA
Elizabeth K. O'Donnell, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Bree Mitchell, Natera, San Carlos, CA
Wendy Rubinstein, M.D., Ph.D., National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Sunday, April 7, 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Session type: NCI/NIH Sponsored
Title: NIH02: Early-Onset Cancers from Etiology to Survivorship: Funding Opportunities, Resources, and Future Research Needs
Moderator: Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D., NCI, NIH
Welcome and meeting overview
Naoko Ishbe, NCI, NIH
High-level overview of early-onset cancers
Tomotaka Ugai, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Patient/survivor perspective
Phuong Gallagher, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Pasadena, CA
Funding Opportunities, NCI portfolio analysis on early-onset cancer
Anil Wali, NCI, NIH
Sunday, April 7, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Session type: Mini symposium
Title: Multi-Cancer Early Detection Testing: Where Are We?
Co-Chairs: Wendy Rubinstein, M.D., Ph.D., NCI, NIH, and Marie Wood, M.D., Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Monday, April 8, 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Session type: NCI/NIH Sponsored
Title: NIH04: NCI Funding Opportunities in Cancer Prevention and Interception
Moderator: Robert H. Shoemaker, Ph.D., NCI, NIH
Introduction
Robert H. Shoemaker, Ph.D., NCI, NIH
Discovery and development of natural products for cancer interception and prevention (DDNP-CIP) Altaf Mohammed, Ph.D., NCI, NIH
Cancer immunoprevention network (CIP-Net)
Lillian Kuo, Ph.D., NCI, NIH
Cancer immunoprevention network (CIP-Net)
Altaf Mohammed, Ph.D., NCI, NIH
PREVENT program
Vignesh Gunasekharan, Ph.D., NCI, NIH
Monday, April 8, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Session type: Town Meeting
Title: TM03: Perspectives in Cancer Prevention: Global and Early Detection Approaches: A Cancer Prevention Working Group Town Hall - Dedicated to the Memory of David S. Alberts
Invited Speaker
Phil Castle, Ph.D., NCI, NIH
Tuesday, April 9, 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Session type: Minorities in Cancer Research (MICR) Scientific Symposium
Title: Reducing cancer disparities in the era of multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests
Achieving equity through the design of the NCI’s Vanguard Study
Phil Castle, Ph.D., NCI, NIH
Tuesday, April 9, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Session type: NCI/NIH Sponsored
Title: NIH11: NCI Division of Cancer Prevention Research Resources, Funding Opportunities, and Research Workforce Activities
Moderator: Shanen M. Sherrer, Ph.D., NCI, NIH
Introduction
Jessica M. Faupel-Badger, Ph.D., M.P.H., NCI, NIH
NCI DCP support and resources for preclinical research
Shanen M. Sherrer, Ph.D., NCI, NIH
NCI DCP support and resources for preclinical research
Jessica M. Faupel-Badger, Ph.D., M.P.H., NCI, NIH
NCI DCP support and resources for clinical research
Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H., NCI, NIH
Symptom science and DCP workforce initiatives
Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H., NCI, NIH
Symptom science and DCP workforce initiatives
Jessica M. Faupel-Badger, Ph.D., M.P.H., NCI, NIH
Symptom science and DCP workforce initiatives
Shanen M. Sherrer, Ph.D., NCI, NIH
Poster Session Presentation
Title: Emergence of frameshift mutations during tumorigenesis in VCMsh2 mouse model of Lynch syndrome
Author: Yurong, Song, NCI, NIH
Session Category: Tumor Biology
Session Title: Animal Models of Cancer
Session Date and Time: Monday April 8, 2024, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Poster Section 6
Poster Board Number: 16
Published Abstract Number: 1445