Agenda
The Cancer Neuroscience and Symptoms Workshop will take place virtually on November 16 - 17, 2026. A draft agenda has been provided below and is subject to change.
Times are listed in Eastern Time (ET) zone.
Day 1 | Monday, November 16 | 10:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. ET | |
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| 10:00 AM - 10:10 AM | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM | Opening Plenary Session
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| 11:10 AM - 11:40 AM | Advocate Perspectives |
| 11:40 AM - 11:50 AM | Break |
| 11:50 AM - 12:35 PM | Session I: Neuroimmune interactions underlying symptom development Moderator: Brunilde Gril, PhD, Division of Cancer Biology (DCP), NCI |
| 12:35 PM - 1:20 PM | Panel Discussion |
| 1:20 PM - 2:05 PM | Break (lunch) |
| 2:05 PM - 2:50 PM | Session II: Central neural regulation in cancer: interoception, cognitive–affective processing, and symptom architecture Moderator: Paige Green, PhD, MPH, FABMR, FSBSM, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS), NCI |
| 2:50 PM - 3:35 PM | Panel Discussion |
| 3:35 PM - 3:45 PM | Day 1 synthesis & Day 2 preview |
Day 2 | Tuesday, November 17 | 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET | |
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| 9:30 AM - 9:40 AM | Opening & Day 1 Recap |
| 9:40 AM - 10:25 AM | Session III: Early-stage cancer and precancer nervous system interaction Moderator: Shizuko Sei, MD, Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP), NCI |
| 10:25 AM - 11:10 AM | Panel Discussion |
| 11:10 AM - 11:25 AM | Break |
| 11:25 AM - 12:10 PM | Session IV: Tumor interactions with treatment-related neurotoxic symptoms Moderator: Rachel Altshuler, PhD, Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP), NCI |
| 12:10 PM - 12:55 PM | Panel Discussion |
| 12:55 PM - 1:40 PM | Lunch Break |
| 1:40 PM - 2:25 PM | Session V: Exploitable molecular targets and translational opportunities Moderator: John Clifford, PhD, Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP), NCI |
| 2:25 PM - 3:10 PM | Panel Discussion |
| 3:10 PM - 3:20 PM | Break |
| 3:20 PM - 4:20 PM | Final synthesis |
| 4:20 PM - 4:30 PM | Closing Remarks |