Cancer Neuroscience and Symptoms Workshop (Resources)

Resources

Reviews on cancer neuroscience:

  1. Targeting the peripheral neural-tumour microenvironment for cancer therapy. Nat Rev Drug Discov (2024), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41573-024-01017-z
  2. Neuro-immune cross-talk in cancer. Nature Reviews Cancer (2025): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41568-025-00831-w
  3. Cancer Neuroscience: Mechanisms to medicine, Science Translational Medicine (2026); https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.aeh1718
  4. Novel approaches to clinical trial design in cancer neuroscience, Neuron (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2025.08.015
  5. Cachexia: A systemic consequence of progressive, unresolved disease. Ferrer M, Janowitz T. Cell. 2023 Apr 27;186(9):1824-1845. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.03.028.PMID: 37116469
  6. Prescott SL and Liberles SD, "Internal senses of the vagus nerve", (2022) Neuron, 110: 579-599
  7. Of hope from fading will: Interoceptive signaling and the behavioral biology of cachexia. Janowitz T. Neuron. 2025 Sep 3;113(17):2729-2733. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2025.06.019.PMID: 40907470
  8. Context dependency in cancer neuroscience. Cancer Cell (2026) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42314663/
  9. Entangled cellular and molecular relationships at the sensory neuron-cancer interface. Neuron (2025) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40907473/
  10. Next-gen tools in cancer neuroscience. Cell Reports (2025) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40934086/

Publications on cancer neuroscience and symptoms science:

  1. Psilocybin prevents chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy through mitochondrial trafficking preservation: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42691184/ 
  2. Cancer Exacerbates Chemotherapy-Induced Sensory Neuropathy: https://aacrjournals.org/cancerres/article/80/13/2940/641337
  3. Neural circuit mechanisms of sensorimotor disability in cancer treatment: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2100428118
  4. Inflammatory neuropathy in mouse and primate models of colorectal cancer: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-76683-1
  5. Mammary tumors alter the fecal bacteriome and permit enteric bacterial translocation: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35248004/
  6. Chemotherapy-induced neuroinflammation is associated with disrupted colonic and bacterial homeostasis in female mice: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31712703/
  7. A neuroimmune circuit mediates cancer cachexia-associated apathy. Science. 2025 Apr 11;388(6743):eadm8857. doi: 10.1126/science.adm8857. Epub 2025 Apr 11.PMID: 40208971
  8. A dietary switch promotes sensory neuron-dependent cancer-associated cachexia. Science. 2026 Jul 2;393(6806):90-97. doi: 10.1126/science.adz4196. Epub 2026 Jul 2.PMID: 42391376
  9. AxonFinder: Automated segmentation of tumor innervating neuronal fibers. Ait-Ahmad K, Ak C, Thibault G, Chang YH, Eksi SE.Heliyon. 2024 Dec 15;11(1):e41209. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e41209. eCollection 2025 Jan 15.PMID: 39807499 
  10. Sympathetic nerve-fibroblast crosstalk drives nerve injury, fibroblast activation, and matrix remodeling in pancreatic cancer. Sattler AL, Diba P, Hawthorne K, Pelz C, Grieco J, Korzun T, Chong B, Kuykendall MJ, Sears RC, Marks DL, Sherman MH, Zimmers TA, Eksi SE.JCI Insight. 2026 Feb 19;11(7):e192814. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.192814. eCollection 2026 Apr 8.PMID: 41712286 
  11. Ran C, Boettcher JC, Kaye JA, Gallori CE, Liberles SD, "A brainstem map for visceral sensations", (2022) Nature, 609: 320–326 
  12. NF1 mutation-driven neuronal hyperexcitability sets a threshold for tumorigenesis and therapeutic targeting of murine optic glioma. Neuro-Oncology (2024) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38607967/
  13. Neuronal hyperexcitability drives central and peripheral nervous system tumor progression in models of neurofibromatosis-1. Nature Communications (2022) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35589737/
  14. Midkine activation of CD8+ T cells establishes a neuron–immune–cancer axis responsible for low-grade glioma growth. Nature Communications (2020) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32358581/

Courses/Workshops/Conferences:

FENS-Hertie Winter School 2026-2027: Cancer Neuroscience
Scientific Chairs: Veerle Melotte and Khalil Kass Youssef

  • 31 Jan—6 Feb 2027  | Alicante, Spain

Cancer Neuroscience: Neural Mechanisms as Therapeutic Targets in Cancer | Keystone Symposia
Scientific Organizers: Erica K Sloan, Jeremy Borniger, and Shawn Hervey-Jumper

  • Feb 21–24, 2027 | Keystone Resort, Keystone, CO, United States

Methods in Cancer Neuroscience
Instructors: Jeremy Borniger, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Ece Eksi, Oregon Health and Science University, Simon Grelet, University of Oklahoma/Stephenson Cancer Center, Oklahoma City, Paola (Pay) Vermeer, University of South Dakota/Sanford Research.

  • March 8 - 24, 2027 | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 

Cell Press Symposia: Neuro-immune axis: Charting the periphery
In partnership with the Allen Discovery Center for Neuroimmune Interactions and Allen Institute

  • September 13–15, 2027 | New York, USA