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November 29 - December 1 . 2018 Royal Olympic Hotel AthensGreece

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Symposium on Advances

in Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy

S y m p o s i u m o n A d v a n c e s i n C a n c e r I m m u n o l o g y a n d I m m u n o t h e ra p y S y m p o s i u m o n A d v a n c e s i n C a n c e r I m m u n o l o g y a n d I m m u n o t h e ra p y

Dear Colleagues,

The Hellenic Society of Immuno-Oncology organizes the 4th Symposium on Advances in Cancer Immunology and

Immunotherapy, which will be held on November 29- December 1, 2018, in Athens, Greece.

The 4th Symposium aims to bring together many of the leading researchers and clinicians in Europe and the US to report

on most recent advances made in cancer immunology and immunotherapy. Our main objectives are to gather, share

and exchange experiences and ideas; translate and extend this knowledge to the clinic; promote interactions between

speakers and participants and encourage stimulating discussions; provide network opportunities and stimulate new

collaborations. This year, we have introduced a new element, as all young researchers that will participate in the poster

sessions will be additionally given the opportunity to present the highlights of their work as a short oral presentation

(5 minutes each).

On behalf of the Organizing and Scientific Committees, we are pleased to invite you to participate in this Symposium.

We hope that you will share this event within your community and invite your colleagues and students to take part as

well.

We very much look forward seeing you this November in Athens.

Best regards,

The Organizing Committee Chairs

Athanasios Kotsakis, MD, PhD,

Associate Professor of Medical Oncology,

Director of Dpt of Medical Oncology,

University Hospital of Larisa,

Thessaly, Greece

Ourania Tsitsilonis, MD, PhD,

Associate Professor of Immunology,

Department of Biology,

National & Kapodistrian

University of Athens, Greece

Nikolaos Kentepozidis, MD, PhD,

Medical Oncologist,

Head of Oncology Clinic,

251 General Airforce Hospital,

Athens, Greece

Constantin N. Baxevanis, PhD,

Scientific Director,

Cancer Immunology and

Immunotherapy Center “Agios Savvas”

Hospital, Athens, Greece

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MAIN TOPICS The scientific program will include sessions on the following topics:

• Overcoming immune suppression

• The role of innate immunity in cancer

• Monitoring of immunomodulatory mechanisms

• Special session on combinational treatment

• Biomarkers for Immunotherapy

• Immunotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

• Immunotherapy for prostate cancer

• Update on immunotherapy of bladder cancer

• Immunotherapy for renal carcinoma

• Immunotherapy for breast cancer

• Immunotherapy for GI malignancies

• Immunotherapy for melanoma

• Novel cancer immunotherapeutic approaches

INVITED PROGRAM• Lectures

• Plenary lectures

• Keynote lectures

• Round table discussions

SUBMITTED PROGRAM• Oral & Poster presentations

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 2018

The Organizing and Scientific Committees of the 4th Symposium on Advances in Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy invite submission of scientific abstracts for short oral and poster presentations.

Abstracts must be submitted in English through the Symposium official website: www.hellenic-immunooncology.gr

Abstracts will be selected on scientific merit. Abstract submission starts on August 6th, 2018

Please submit your abstract via the relevant form on the Symposium Website. Submissions by fax or post will NOT be accepted.

Abstract submission will close at 24:00 hours Central European Time (CET) on Sunday, October 14th, 2018.

Notification of acceptance will be made by October 25th, 2018.

General InformationOrganized by Hellenic Society of Immuno-Oncology (HeSIO) G. Theologou 5, Τ.Κ.11474,Athens,Greece www.hellenic-immunooncology.gr

Dates November29-December1.2018

Website: http://hellenic-immunooncology.gr

Symposium Venue RoyalOlympicHotel,Athens 28-34,AthanasiouDiakouStr.,11743,Athens,GREECE Tel.:+3021092.88.400 Fax:+3021092.33.317 E-mail: info@royalolympic.com

Price per Delegate RegistrationFee Undergraduatestudentsandpostgraduatestudents 50€ PhDstudents 100€ Post-docsandMD 200€

Certificate of Attendance BasedonthelatestcircularoftheNationalDrugOrganizationtheEventisrequiredtouseanattendancetrackingsystem.Allregisteredparticipantswillreceivenamebadges,whichtheyarekindlyrequestedtowearatalltimes.Eachbadgewillhaveabarcodeformonitoringthehoursofattendance.Bytheendoftheeventacertificatewillbegiventothosewhohaveattendedatleast60%ofthetotalhoursofthescientificProgram.

Official Language EnglishistheofficiallanguageoftheSymposium.

Symposium Secretariat

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