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Imaging in Oncology
10 March - 11 March 2010
Imaging in Oncology
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After the success of 2009's conference, SAE Media Group is proud to present their 6th Annual Imaging in Oncology.

Taking place in London, UK, this conference will focus on a wide range of imaging techniques in a wide range of settings - from the preclinical, to the clinical, to the future of oncological imaging.  You will hear presentations from the leading experts in their fields on the latest developments in MRI, PET, SPECT, IR, Raman Sepctroscopy and more.

The changes RECIST 1.1 has made - an assessment one year on.  How is MRI being used to guide biopsies?  Can less harmful techniques than PET be as effective in imaging a tumour?  Are nanoparticles the future for advanced cancer imaging?  Looking beyond tumour size - what techniques can help us understand the internal workings of a tumour?  How can we reduce the harmful effects of imaging?  How effective is proteomic profiling using mass spectrometry in diagnostics?

Attend this event to discover the power of imaging for developing new drugs, following the reaction to therapies and developing a personalised approach to the treatment of cancer.

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Robert Morgan, Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Quality and Clinical Development, Ziopharm Oncology

Daniel Bradley, Scientist II, Millennium

Philip Murphy, Director of Imaging, Oncology Medicines Development Centre, GlaxoSmithKline

Ridwaan Jhetam, Global Clinical Operations Head of Oncology, Johnson & Johnson

Conference agenda

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8:30

Registration & coffee

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9:00

Chairman's opening remarks

Daniel Bradley

Daniel Bradley, Scientist II, Millennium Pharmaceuticals

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9:05

OPENING KEYNOTE: EXPLORING THE AMENDED GUIDELINES OF RECIST 1.1 - LEARNING HOW TO ADAPT THEM ACCURATELY

Robert Morgan

Robert Morgan, Senior Vice President, Quality and Clinical Development, Ziopharm

  • Understanding use and benefits of RECIST 1.1 in clinical trials with a primary endpoint of objective response
  • Evaluating the tumour response: assessing tumour shrinkage and disease progression based on the sum of diameters without anatomical-based imaging
  • What are the relevant changes?
  • Exploring remaining issues to be defined - how to adapt RECIST 1.1 in the future
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    9:40

    ADVANCES IN MOLECULAR IMAGING FOR ONCOLOGY CLINICAL TRIALS

    Karoline Meurer

    Karoline Meurer, Managing Director, RadPharm

  • Molecular imaging and its value in drug development
  • Overview of toolbox of molecular imaging modalities
  • FDG-PET as a molecular imaging model
  • Strategies to use FDG-PET in oncology trials
  • Pitfalls to avoid in quantitative imaging
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    10:15

    OPTICAL IMAGING IN ANTI-CANCER DRUG DEVELOPMENT - AN INDUSTRIAL PERSPECTIVE

    Werner Scheuer

    Werner Scheuer, Group Leader, Preclinical Optical Imaging, Pharmacology TR-PD, Pharmaceutical Research, Roche Diagnostics

  • Utility of optical imaging for pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
  • Successes and limitations of optical imaging in preclinical cancer models
  • Tomographic measurements versus planar reflectance
  • Combination of optical imaging with other imaging modalities
  • Future aspects: new probes and new systems
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    10:50

    Morning coffee

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    11:20

    CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND: A NEW APPROACH TO TUMOUR RESPONSE TO TREATMENT

    Daniela Bokor

    Daniela Bokor, Medical Director Ultrasound, Group Research and Development, Bracco Imaging

  • Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a new technology to study microcirculation 
  • CEUS is a quantitative and reproducible methodology to assess tumour perfusion 
  • CEUS clinical validation: early tumour perfusion assessment is predictive of tumour response to treatment
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    11:55

    PRECLINICAL STUDIES IN THE ADAPTIVE DESIGN OF TRANSLATIONAL ONCOLOGY USING PET TRACERS

    Jean-Frederic Salazar

    Jean-Frederic Salazar, Principal Scientist, Lead Pre-Clinical Oncology, GlaxoSmithKline

  • Rational in-vitro studies, 2D and 3D
  • Adaptive design during preclinical in-vivo studies
  • Help in the decision process when designing clinical trials
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    12:30

    SPECIAL ADDRESS: TRANSLATIONAL IMAGING: CONSIDERATIONS IN ONCOLOGY DRUG DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT

    Daniel Bradley

    Daniel Bradley, Scientist II, Millennium Pharmaceuticals

  • Translational imaging modalities in oncology
  • Considerations for translating imaging
  • Examples of MRI and PET preclinical oncology research
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    13:05

    Networking lunch

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    14:05

    MALDI MOLECULAR IMAGING FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF HER2 RECEPTOR STATUS IN BREAST CANCER TISSUES

    Sören-Oliver Deininger

    Sören-Oliver Deininger, Marketing Manager MALDI Imaging, Bruker

  • MALDI imaging is an emerging molecular imaging technology that allows untargeted mass spectrometric images directly from tissue sections
  • The technique was used here to compare protein profiles from HER2 positive and negative breast cancer cases
  • Classification was possible and a potential new biomarker was identified
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    14:40

    BIOMARKER INVESTIGATION VIA STABLE ISOTOPE LABELLING AND MASS SPECTROMETRY OF NON-SMALL LUNG CANCER SERUM

    Gabriela Grigorean

    Gabriela Grigorean, Co-Ordinator, Mass Spectrometry Unit, European Institute Of Oncology

  • Perspective on efficacy of using serum depletion to remove most abundant proteins - will it hinder the finding of biomarkers?
  • Quantitative mass spectrometric data analysis - comments on obtaining valid results for potential lung cancer biomarkers
  • An up-to-date evaluation of how biomarker lists generated by various researchers compare
  • Advantages and problems of mass spectrometry in performing rapid, robust serum analyses as a supporting technique in oncological imaging
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    15:15

    Afternoon tea

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    15:45

    IMAGING NORMAL AND CANCER STEM CELLS

    Gordon McVie

    Gordon McVie, Senior Consultant, Scientific Directorate, European Institute Of Oncology

  • Cancer stem cells are resistant to chemo- and radiotherapy
  • They are probably responsible for late relapse and resistant metastatic disease
  • Their characterisation and detection are therefore crucial to improved patient outcomes
  • Gene signatures and critical molecular pathways have already been identified for breast cancer
  • First in vitro images have been achieved
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    16:20

    NANOPARTICLES IN IMAGING

    Peter King

    Peter King, Senior Scientist, Oncology Discovery Research, Johnson & Johnson

  • Determining how aggressive cancer cells are
  • Practicalities of in-vivo use of nanoparticles
  • Separating biopsied cancer cells based on stage of progression
  • Discovering resistaqnce of cancer cells to drugs
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    16:55

    THE CANCER IMAGING PROGRAMME AT EORTC

    Jocelyne Flament

    Jocelyne Flament, Co-Ordinator Imaging Platform, EORTC

  • Development
  • Capabilities
  • Future
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    17:30

    Chairman’s closing remarks and close of day one

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    8:30

    Re-registration & coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's opening remarks

    Philip Murphy

    Philip Murphy, Director of Imaging, Oncology Medicines Development Centre, GlaxoSmithKline

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    9:10

    KEYNOTE ADDRESS: NEW APPROACHES TO IMAGING TUMOUR RESPONSE TO TREATMENT

    Philip Murphy

    Philip Murphy, Director of Imaging, Oncology Medicines Development Centre, GlaxoSmithKline

  • Going beyond simply assessing tumour size
  • Need to get early and instant assessment
  • Drug development potential
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    9:50

    NEW GENERIC ALGORITHMS FOR FINER DETERMINATION OF TUMOUR BOUNDARIES

    Sabine McNeill

    Sabine McNeill, Founder and Director, 3D Metrics

  • Innovative imaging algorithms offer new level of precision for viewing tumour boundaries with the eye
  • 'Software lenses' can be applied to any type of image
  • Possibility of analysing thousands of images
  • Mammographs and other tumour examples will be presented
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    10:30

    DETECTING TREATMENT RESPONSE USING HYPERPOLARISED MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING

    Kevin Brindle

    Kevin Brindle, Professor of Biomedical Magnetic Resonance, University of Cambridge and Cancer Research UK

  • A technique that increases sensitivity in MRI by >10,000 times
  • Allows imaging of cellular metabolites and their subsequent metabolism in vivo
  • Can use this metabolic imaging to detect treatment response in tumours
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    11:10

    Morning coffee

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    11:40

    COMBINING QUANTIFICATION AND STATISTICAL INFERENCE IN MRI FOR ONCOLOGY

    Brandon Whitcher

    Brandon Whitcher, Director, MRI Modelling, GlaxoSmithKline

  • Quantitative analysis of clinical imaging (MRI or PET) in drug development
  • Data analysis of combining parameter estimation and statistical inference
  • Examples in dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI for treatment response in oncology
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    12:20

    INTEGRATING DYNAMIC CONTRAST-ENHANCED MRI AND GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES IN BREAST CANCER

    Nick Hughes

    Nick Hughes, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oxford and Stanford University

  • Characterising neo-angiogenesis from clinical DCE-MRI scans
  • Identifying gene expression correlates of dynamic imaging features in breast cancer
  • Using combined imaging and gene expression data to better understand treatment response
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    13:00

    Networking lunch

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    14:00

    ROLE OF MR IMAGING IN BREAST CANCER MANAGEMENT

    Lindsay Turnbull

    Lindsay Turnbull, Professor of Radiology & Scientific Director, Centre for MR Investigations, University of Hull

  • Use of advanced imaging techniques
  • Local and distant staging
  • Use of MR as a biomarker
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    14:40

    VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY FOR BOTH IN VIVO AND EX VIVO CANCER DIAGNOSTICS

    Nick Stone

    Nick Stone, Head of Biophotonics Research Unit, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Using Raman and FTIR to probe molecular specifc changes associated with carcinogenesis process
  • In vivo endoscopic detection and molecular diagnosis of pre-malignancies using Raman fibre probes
  • Ex vivo molecular imaging using FTIR and Raman to provide an adjunct to histopathology
  • Deep Raman techniques for non-invasive diagnosis with light in solid organs
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    15:20

    Afternoon tea

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    15:50

    LOGISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF IMAGING IN MULTI-COUNTRY ONCOLOGY CLINICAL TRIALS

    Ridwaan Jhetam

    Ridwaan Jhetam, Senior Director, Global Clinical Operations Head of Oncology, Johnson & Johnson

  • Challenges during various stages of a trial
  • Common pitfalls and how to avoid them
  • Case study showing lessons learned and challenges encountered
  • Role of sponsor, vendor partners and investigators to ensure imaging requirements are met in oncology trials
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    16:30

    A REGULATORY-COMPLIANT PROCESS FOR SHARING MEDICAL IMAGES IN SUPPORT OF MULTI-CENTRE ONCOLOGY CLINICAL TRIALS

    Omer Casher

    Omer Casher, Manager, Medical Imaging IT, GSK Clinical Imaging Centre

  • Direct image transfer from CROs to the GSK Clinical Imaging Centre (CIC) data management system over the internet
  • Automated medical image QC, including the de-identification of patient data
  • Full end-to-end image traceability
  • Significant cost savings made whilst security and reliability improved
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    17:10

    Chairman’s closing remarks and close of conference

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