Basic Immunology in Medicine 2024
Basic Immunology in Medicine 2024 is organized by Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS) and will be held on Jun 17, 2024 at San Francisco Marriott Marquis, San Francisco, California, United States of America.
Description:
This course is developed by the Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS) and the Society for the Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC). It will review tumor immunology as the scientific foundation for the current practice of cancer immunotherapy, emphasizing fundamental principles, recent clinical advances, current limitations, and near-term opportunities for further accelerating clinical progress.
Learning Objectives:
After the course, attendees will be able to:
• Describe mechanisms of the immune response against cancer cells and how these responses are regulated during cancer development and progression.
• Describe the principles underlying chimeric antigen receptor transduced T cells (CAR-T cells) and T cell receptor (TCR)-transduced T cells and their efficacy in the treatment of leukemias and other cancers.
• Appreciate the potential opportunities and limitations of utilizing CAR-T cells for treating solid tumors and understand the development of second-generation CARs.
• Understand the biology of immune checkpoint pathways and checkpoint blockade therapy for solid tumors, the development of biomarkers to predict therapeutic responses, and the potential for combination therapies.
• Describe the unique adverse event profile associated with immune checkpoint blockade and CAR-T cell therapy, and clinical strategies for managing those immune-related toxicities.
• Discuss the potential of emerging strategies for cancer immunotherapy, including innate immune therapeutics and bispecific targeting approaches.
Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.
