Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO) (Spanish National Cancer Research Centre) CNIO Meeting BLADDER CANCER: Searching targets and biomarkers using genomic and proteomic approaches Madrid, October 5-6, 2006 Abstract submission deadline: September 1, 2006 Organisers: Marta Sánchez-Carbayo Molecular Pathology Program, CNIO Carlos Cordón-Cardo Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, US Scope: Bladder cancer is a genetic disease, driven by the multistep accumulation of genetic and epigenetic factors, among others. These molecular alterations result in uncontrolled cellular proliferation, cell cycle deregulation, decrease in cell death or apoptosis, blockage of differentiation, invasion, and metastatic spread. The particular genetic and protein expression alterations that occur as part of the crosstalk between these pathways, will in great part determine the biological behavior of the tumor including its ability to grow, recur, progress and metastasize. The advent of high-throughput methods of molecular analysis can comprehensively survey genetic and protein profiles characteristic of distinct tumor types contributing to a better understanding of the molecular events taking place in bladder cancer progression. The Bladder cancer: Searching biomarkers and targets using genomic and proteomic approaches Meeting, aims for the discussion on the clinical impact of targets and pathways identified to be altered along tumorigenesis and bladder cancer progression using genomic and proteomic approaches. Such targets may underlie a particular clinical behavior and be developed into novel and specific tumor markers. Moreover, they may lead to the development of targeted therapies, that potentially be tailored to the aggressiveness of bladder tumors. Format: Speakers: 30 minutes presentations, 10 minutes discussion Oral session selected among applicants abstracts: 10 minutes presentations, 5 minutes discussion Poster session: exhibition through the whole meeting Abstracts submission deadline: September 1st, 2006 Registration fee: 150 euros Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO) Melchor Fernández Almagro 3, 28029 Madrid, Spain www.cnio.es/meetings meetings@cnio.es 1 Programme: October, Thursday 5th 9:15 - 9:30. Welcome. M.A Piris - Director, Molecular Pathology Program, CNIO, Madrid, Spain 9: 30 - 11:45. Session 1 / Topics: Bladder cancer: Clinical needs/ Epidemiology/ Epigenetics Chair: Asociación Española de Urología Invited Speakers & Selected oral presentation A. Alcaraz - Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain What do Urologist need from Bladder Cancer Research? N. Malats - IMIM, Barcelona, Spain Environmental risk factors and genetic susceptibility of bladder cancer: the complexity of a complex disease M. Esteller - CNIO, Madrid, Spain Epigenetics in Bladder Cancer 11:45-12:00. Coffee Break 12:00 - 14:15. Session II / Topics: Molecular Pathology: preneoplastic (clonality)/ superficial (FGFR3)/ invasive (genetics) Chair: Sociedad Española de Anatomía Patológica Invited Speakers & Selected oral presentation A. Hartmann - University of Regensburg, Germany Genetic alterations in preneoplastic lesions and noninvasive urothelial carcinomas: oligoclonality of bladder cancer F. Radvanyi - Institute Curie, Paris, France FGFR3 in oncogenesis, from men to mice and back M. Knowles - University of Leeds, UK Genomic alterations in advanced bladder cancer 14:00-15:30. Lunch 15:30 - 17:45. Session III / Topics: Genomics using tissue specimens: Superficial/ Invasive/ Metastatic Chair: Grupo Español para el Estudio del Cáncer Urológico (SOGUG) Invited Speakers & Selected oral presentation T. Ørntoft - Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark Molecular classification of bladder tumors using genomic approaches including microarrays C. Cordon-Cardo - MSKCC, New York, US Rb, p53 and Pten pathways in bladder tumor progression D. Theodorescu - University of Virginia, Charlottesville, US RhoGDI2, a novel biomarker and target of urothelial cancer metastasis Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO) Melchor Fernández Almagro 3, 28029 Madrid, Spain www.cnio.es/meetings meetings@cnio.es 2 October, Friday 6th 9: 30 - 11:45. Session IV / Topics: Clinical management: Tumor prognosticators/ BCG-TIG3/ Chemotherapy Chair: Sociedad Española de Oncología Médica Invited Speakers & Selected oral presentation J. Palou - Fundació Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain Clinical prognostic factors in T1G3: are they useful? A. Lopez-Beltran - Hospital Universitario Reína Sofía, Córdoba, Spain Survival Prognostic Factors in BCG-Treated T1G3 Bladder Cancer: The Role of Cell Cycle Modulators J. Bellmunt - Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain Molecular predictors of chemotherapy response 11:45-12:00. Coffee Break 12:00 - 14:15. Session V / Topics: Laboratory management: International Consensus Panel on bladder tumor markers/ Urinary Microsatellite/ Tumor pathways: cell cycle Chair: Sociedad Española de Bioquímica Clínica Guest Speakers A. García-España - Hospital Joan XXIII, Tarragona, Spain Differential expression of cell cycle regulators in phenotypic variants of transgenically induced bladder tumors: implications for tumor behavior E. Zwarthoff – Josphine Nefkens Institute, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Early steps in bladder cancer oncogenesis P. J. Goebell - University of Essen, Germany & Internacional Bladder Cancer Network The International Bladder Cancer Network - Current Strategies in Marker Research 14:00-15:30. Lunch 15:30: - 17:45. Session VI / Topics: Proteomics using body fluids: 2D/ MALDI/Antibody arrays Chair: Comisión de Marcadores Biológicos del Cáncer Invited Speakers & Selected oral presentation P. Gromov - Institute of Cancer Biology, Copenhagen, Denmark Gel-based Proteomics in Bladder Cancer A. Vlahou - Foundation for Biomedical Research of the Academy of Athens, Greece Protein profiling of urine for the identification of bladder cancer biomarkers M. Sánchez-Carbayo – CNIO, Madrid, Spain Linking -omics in bladder cancer: from tissue to body fluids Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO) Melchor Fernández Almagro 3, 28029 Madrid, Spain www.cnio.es/meetings meetings@cnio.es 3