Overview
2024 Gynecological Cancers SPORE Workshop
Sponsored by the Translational Research Program, Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Date: October 15-16, 2024
Location: Shady Grove, NCI (R# TE 406/408/410) with a virtual option
Workshop Objectives:
The main goals of the workshop are to
1. Identify challenges and knowledge gaps in Gyn translational research
2. Highlight advances in the field
3. Define resources and technologies
4. Foster collaborations among the Gynecological Cancer SPORE sites, patient
advocates, and NCI staff.
Agenda Topics:
- Report on current status of gynecological cancers SPORE portfolio
- Overview of gynecological cancers SPOREs by the PIs
- Special Talk from FDA - Overview of what is new about the drug development regulatory requirements and approval procedures for gynecological cancer treatments
- Combination therapies and Immunotherapy
- DNA repair and PARP inhibition
- Working Group 1 - Novel technologies for translating bench to bedside and beyond
- Early-stage investigators
- Tumor biology, early detection, and prevention
- Working Group 2 - Challenges in clinical research, patient approaches, availability of resources, and opportunities for collaborations, and future directions
- Translating Innovation to Clinical trials
- Meeting summary and future directions