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Symposium 4 | Aging in Next-Gen Oncohematology

ESCI Council: Federico Carbone and Leonilde Bonfrate

ESCI YRC: Deeksha Malhan           

Invited Organizer(s): Matteo Lambertini, Gabriele Zoppoli and Michele Cea

 

Meeting room: Room Disney (CBA Building)



Wednesday, 21 May

12.30-13.30 Satellite symposium
13.00-13.30 ESCI Members meeting

 

13.30-15.00. Session 4.1. Treatment optimization towards de-escalation in elderly patients with early breast cancer

Chairs: Gabriele Zoppoli, Deeksha Malhan

 

13.30-14.00 Speaker TBA

14.00-14.30 Luca Visani (Florence, Italy)

14.30-14.45 Gabriele Zoppoli (Genoa, Italy)

14.45-15.00 Oral presentation (abstract 38): Association of Alcohol Consumption on Breast Cancer Incidence
and Prognosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, by L.
Arecco (Brussels, Belgium)
 

15.00-15.30 Coffee-break

 

15.30-17.00 Session 4.2. Nutrition issues in cancer patients
Chairs: Leonilde Bonfrate, Deeksha Malhan

 

15.30-16.00 Giovanni Butturini (Peschiera Del Garda, Italy)
16.00-16.30 Erica Pizzocaro (Rome, Italy)

16.30-16.45 Oral presentation (abstract 8): TBA  Late-Onset Hepatocellular Carcinoma in HCV Patients Achieving SVR with Direct-Acting
Antivirals: Inadequate Follow-Up or Underlying Risk Factors?, by A. Caturano (Roma, Italy)

16.45-17.00 Oral presentation (abstract 146): Biological modifications of the immune response to COVID-19 vaccine in patients treated
with rituximab and immune-checkpoint inhibitors, by F.
Ravera (Genoa, Italy)

 

17.00-17.30 Opening ceremony

17.30-18.30 Opening lecture

18.30 Welcome drink

 

Thursday, 22 May

 

09.00-10.30 Session 4.4. Special age-related issues managing breast cancer in young women
Chairs: Gabriele Zoppoli, Michele Cea

09.00-09.30 Matteo Lambertini (Genova, Italy)

09.30-10.00 Isabelle Demeestere (Brussels, Belgium)

10.00-10.15 Oral presentation (abstract 223): Endocrine adjuvant therapy and sexual health among women with breast cancer: a comparison
between tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitors, by S.
Quaroni (Genoa, Italy)
10.15-10.30 Oral presentation (abstract 118): Safety of having a subsequent pregnancy after prior diagnosis of breast cancer
during pregnancy (PrBC) in young BRCA carriers, by M.
Perachino (Genoa, Italy)


10.30-11.00 Coffee-break

11.00-12.30 Session 4.3. New promising targets beyond HER2 and TROP2       

Chairs: Gabriele Zoppoli, Matteo Lambertini

 

11.00-11.25 Claudio Vernieri (Milan, Italy)
11.25-11.50 Francesca Poggio (Genova, Italy)

11.50-12.15 TBA

12.15-12.30 Oral presentation (abstract 195): The CITUCEL “CIrculating TUmor CELLs and circulating tumor DNA
in breast cancer" study, by B.
Cardinali (Genoa, Italy)

 

12.30-13.30 Poster session
13.00-14.00 Satellite symposium

13.30-14.30 Lunch

14.30-16.00 Session 4.5. Treatment optimization in gastrointestinal cancers
Chairs: Gabriele Zoppoli, Leonide Bonfrate

 

14.30-15.00 Riccardo Memeo (Bari, Italy) - Video
15.00-15.30 Francesco Legge (Bari, Italy)

15.30-15.45 Oral presentation (abstract 99): Clinical and Economic Impact of Preventive Strategies in Hereditary Diffuse
Gastric Cancer: Insights from the EU PREVENTABLE Project, by R.
Amorim (Porto, Portugal)
15.45-16.00 Oral presentation (abstract 101): Uveal Melanoma: Bridging Research with Effective, Reliable, and Immunocompetent
Mouse Models, by Z.
El Rashed (Genoa, Italy)
 

16.00-17.00 Satellite symposium
17.00-18.00 Satellite symposium
17.00-18.00 Poster session and coffee-break

20.00 Congress dinner

 

Friday, 23 May

08.00-09.00 Satellite symposium

 

09.00-10.30 Session 4.6. New insights into hematologic malignancies: bridging bench and bedside

Chair: Roberto Lemoli, Ilaria Vigliotta

 

09.00-09.30 D. Avenoso (Brescia, Italy)

09.30-10.00 Matteo Da Via (Milan, Italy)

10.00-10.15 Michele Cea (Genoa, Italy)

10.15-10.30 Oral presentation (abstract 219): Molecular characterization of the circadian clock in paediatric leukaemia patients:
a comparison  of healthy vs tumour cells and clinical implications, by D.
Malhan (Hamburg, Germany)
 

10.30-11.00 Coffee-break

 

11.00-12.30 Session 4.7. Emerging therapeutic strategies and precision medicine in cancer
Chairs: Michele Cea, Roberto Lemoli

 

11.00-11.30 Massimiliano Gambella (Genoa, Italy)
11.30-12.00 The importance of circulating tumor cells as predictive and prognostic markers, by Ilaria Vigliotta (Bologna, Italy)

12.00-12.15 TBC

12.15-12.30 Oral presentation (abstract 194): Cyclic fasting and zinc ionophores achieve synergistic antitumor
activity, by A.
Namatalla (Genoa, Italy)
 

12.30-14.00 Poster session and lunch
13.00-14.00 Satellite symposium
14.00-17.00 Closing lectures and session | ESCI Awards Ceremony 2025

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