Molecular Targets for Predictive & Personalized Medicine of Cancer

 

Conference - Barcelona, Spain

 

Recent advances in genome technology have made it possible, in principle, to identify all the genetic and epigenetic alterations accumulated in cancer cells during the process of multistage carcinogenesis. Based on the knowledge obtained from these studies, various inhibitors specific for activated and/or mutated gene products have been developed and applied in order to treat cancer patients carrying specific somatic genetic and epigenetic alterations. For several types of cancer integrating this type of treatment into clinical practice has considerably improved the prognosis for patients, therefore, molecular markers are now important for the classification of cancer, in particular, to define the personalized treatment strategy in each patient.

Additionally, it has been also possible to identify many genetic polymorphisms associated with susceptibility to several types of cancer by genome-wide association studies. Such knowledge will be applicable in the near future for the development of novel ways of predicting cancer and eventually preventing it altogether in high-risk individuals. For this reason it has become very important to identify molecular targets useful for cancer prediction, prevention, diagnosis and personalized treatment.

At the 6th IMPPC Annual Conference some of the world's most outstanding scientists will discuss the recent progress in studies on molecular targets for predictive and personalized medicine of human cancer. We think you will enjoy the program we have prepared and sincerely hope that you can also join us for this important conference in cancer medicine.

Organization: Institut de Medicina Predictiva i Personalitzada del Càncer (IMPPC)

 

 

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