V Amunt Conference Against Cancer dest
Next Saturday November 23th, the Maritime station de Baleària The event “Cancer, research and society” will be held in Dénia, a public meeting organised by Amunt against cancer that seeks to bring oncological research closer to the public and encourage dialogue between researchers, health professionals, patients and young people interested in science. The event, which will be held in the L'Androna multi-space room from 08:45 to 14:00, will offer a space to learn about the most recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, as well as the services available to people with cancer.
The main objectives of the meeting are to present current lines of research, share treatment strategies and strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration to improve patient care. In addition, it aims to motivate new generations to get involved in scientific research and raise awareness in society about the importance of supporting research work.
Organised by the Amunt association, the event is presented as an opportunity for the oncology community and the general public to engage in direct dialogue with experts and learn first-hand about the progress made in the fight against cancer, a disease that, thanks to research, is increasingly considered treatable and, in many cases, curable.
Programme
- 8: 45 hours: Reception
- 9: 10 hours: Welcome, Isabel LLorca, President Amunt
- 9: 15 hours: Presentation I Dr. Andrés Cervantes, president of ESMO (European Society of Clinical Oncology. Director of INCLIVA)
- 9: 35 hours: ONCOLOGICAL MEDICAL IMAGES RESEARCH. EUCAIM. Moderated by: Paula Jiménez Gómez. PhD in Biomedicine.
Project manager at the La Fe Medical Research Institute (11S La Fe). Speakers: María Beser Robles. Biomedical Engineer. Biomedical Imaging Research Group at the La Fe Research Foundation.
BRAIN TUMOUR BIOMARKERS IA.Pedro Miguel Martínez Gironés. Biomedical Engineer. Researcher at the Biomedical Imaging Research Group (GIBl230) at La Fe. Health AI expert. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR ONCOLOGICAL MEDICAL IMAGING.
Manuel Marfil Trujillo. Biomedical engineer and data analyst at IIS La Fe. HOW TO EVALUATE THE SAFETY AND USEFULNESS OF AI MODELS IN MEDICINE.
- 10: 25 hours: Coffee break
- 10: 45 hours: INTEGRATIVE ONCOLOGY. Moderated by: Dr. Carlos Juan Tent. Specialist in Family and Community Medicine. Medical director of the basic health zone of Pego and Los Valles.
Speakers: Elena Oliete. Physician at the Home Hospitalization Unit of the Valencian Institute of Oncology Foundation (IVO). PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND CANCER.
Andrea Sáez Martínez-Barona. Graduate in Human Nutrition and Dietetics. Higher Technician in Dietetics. THE ART OF TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF DURING A CANCER PROCESS.
Rodrigo Reig. Graduate in Psychology. Specialist in psychological support for people undergoing oncological processes. PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER IN PATIENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS.
Judit Marín. Oncology nurse. Master's degree in Sexual and Couple Therapy. SEXUAL HEALTH AND CANCER.
- 11: 45 hours: FROM PRECISION MEDICINE TO TREATMENT RESISTANCE. Moderated by: Manuel Santos Ortega. Radiation oncologist. Radiosurgery expert. Benidorm Clinic Hospital.
Speakers: Josep Marí Alexandre. PhD in Medicine. Head of the Biomarkers Research Laboratory in Reproduction, Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIHGUV). FROM DIAGNOSIS TO PRECISION MEDICINE. ROLE OF (MOLECULAR) TUMOR COMMITTEES.
Ana Monfort Vengut. PhD in Molecular Biosciences from the UA Madrid. Breast cancer researcher. STUDY OF RESISTANCE TO BREAST CANCER TREATMENTS.
Victor Seguí Manzaneque. Medical Oncology Department. Valencia University Clinical Hospital.
ADVANCES IN LUNG CANCER TREATMENTS.Noelia Tarazana. Specialist in Medical Oncology. University Clinical Hospital of Valencia. INCLIVA postdoctoral researcher. NEW RESEARCH IN COLON CANCER.
Sarai Tomás Pérez. Biochemistry and biomedical sciences. Researcher at FIHGUV (Valencia University General Hospital Research Foundation). THE ROLE OF THE INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEM IN OVARIAN CANCER. WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED.
- 13: 10 hours: DEVELOPMENT OF CAR-T THERAPIES. Presenter: Rosa Ferrer. PhD in Hematology. Speaker: Dr. Alvaro Urbano lspizua. Director of the Institute of Hematology and Oncology of the HCP. Leader of the Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell Transplant Research Group at the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) and Professor of Medicine at the University of Barcelona. CURRENT SITUATION OF CAR-T THERAPIES
- 14: 00 hours: CLOSING. Dr. Carlos Camps I Oncologist Coordinator of the Cancer Strategy and precision medicine in Oncology of the Valencian Community.
In order to bring cancer issues closer to society as a whole, the meeting will be open to the public, and seeks not only to reach health professionals and researchers, but also students, people diagnosed with cancer, their families and the rest of the general public.
«Amunt thus aims to continue collaborating in the fight against cancer, this time through dissemination, so that no one is left out of learning about the latest changes, discoveries and advances in this disease and thus feel part of a fight that affects and interests us all,» concludes the organization.
