Primer on Tumor Immunology and Biological Therapy

November 1, 2007
Seaport World Trade Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Primer Schedule (subject to change)

3:00 pm - 3:05 pm Welcome and Introduction
3:05 pm - 3:40 pm Cancer Vaccines
Carmen Scheibenbogen, MD - Institut für Med. Immunologie, Charité, Berlin
3:40 pm - 4:15 pm T Cell Therapy
Patrick Hwu, MD - MD Anderson Cancer Center
4:15 pm - 4:50 pm Host-Tumor Interations
Francesco Marincola, MD - National Institutes of Health
4:50 pm - 5:25 pm Vaccine Adjuvants, Antigen Processing and Immune Tolerance
Kenneth Rock, MD - University of Massachusetts
5:25 pm - 5:45 pm Dinner Break
5:45 pm - 6:20 pm In Vivo Immunity: Integrating Innate and Adaptive Immunity - The Role of Danger
Polly Matzinger, PhD - National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
6:20 pm - 6:55 pm Normalization of the Tumor Microenvironment by Antiangiogenic Therapy
Rakesh K. Jain, PhD - Harvard Medical School
6:55 pm - 7:30 pm Angiogenesis as an "Organizing Principle" in Biology
Judah Folkman, MD - Children's Hospital Boston
7:30 pm - 8:05 pm Antibody Therapy, Biology, Immunocytokines and Hematologic Malignancy
Paul M. Sondel, MD, PhD - University of Wisconsin
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm Break
8:15 pm - 8:50 pm Antibody Therapy of Solid Tumors
Louis M. Weiner, MD - Fox Chase Cancer Center
8:50 pm - 9:25 pm Immunotoxin Therapy of Cancer: Successes and Challenges
Ira H. Pastan, MD - National Institutes of Health
9:25 pm - 10:00 pm Cytokines in Malignancy
Kim A. Margolin, MD - City of Hope Cancer Center