Comis Symposium – Spring 2024


Robert L. Comis, MD Translational Science Symposium
Novel Technologies for Guiding and Delivering Cancer Treatment: Image-Guided Surgery, Theranostics, and Drug Delivery
May 1, 2024
Baltimore, MD
A highlight of the ECOG-ACRIN Group Meeting

This symposium is named for the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group’s late Group Co-Chair Robert L. Comis, MD (pictured at left). The potential of translational science to advance cancer diagnosis, prevention, and treatment was a guiding passion for Dr. Comis, and the symposium honors him in this way. Learn more about Dr. Comis here.


Agenda

Welcome

Peter J. O’Dwyer, MD and Mitchell D. Schnall, MD, PhD
ECOG-ACRIN Group Co-Chairs, University of Pennsylvania

Introduction

Keith T. Flaherty, MD
Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital

Segment 1: Radiopharmaceutical Theranostics

PSMA Targeted Therapy for Prostate Cancer
Steven P. Rowe, MD, PhD
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

SSTR – Targeted Therapy for Neuroendocrine Tumors (PRRT): Paradigm for Theranostics
Lisa Bodei, MD, PhD
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Integration of Radiopharmaceutical Therapy into Overall Cancer Treatment
Jennifer R. Eads, MD
University of Pennsylvania
ECOG-ACRIN Young Investigator of the Year for 2022

The Relevance of Clonal Hematopoiesis in Radiotheranostic Induced Hematopoietic Dysfunction
Mrinal S. Patnaik, MBBS
Mayo Clinic

Segment 2: Intraoperative Biomarkers

Pafolacianine for Intraoperative Molecular Imaging of Ovarian Cancer
Janos L. Tanyi, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

Video-Based Navigation
Masaru Ishii, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

Image-Guided Intraoperative Therapy
Samuel Achilefu, PhD
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Segment 3: New Technologies/Advancements in Therapeutic Options

Implantable Microdevices to Measure Multiple Drug Responses and Guide Treatment Decisions in Cancer Patients
Oliver Jonas, PhD
Harvard University, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Segment 4: Panel Discussion

MODERATOR: David A. Mankoff, MD, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Co-Chair, ECOG-ACRIN Biomarker Steering Committee

Download the printed program to read speaker bios.

 

 

 
ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group