Overcoming Failure of Immune Checkpoint Inhibition in Patients with Cancer

May 15, 2016 • 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Washington State Convention Center • Seattle, Washington

Presented by the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) in collaboration with the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer

This Guest Society Symposium was held from 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. on May 15, 2016 as part of the 2016 AAI Annual Meeting: IMMUNOLOGY 2016.

Co-Chairs
Martin A. Cheever, MD – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Augusto C. Ochoa, MD – LSU Health Sciences Center

Session Speakers and Topics

• Introduction: Immune Checkpoint Failures: Gravity of the Problem
  Martin A. Cheever, MD – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

• Cancer Genetic Program and Immune Responsiveness
  Davide Bedognetti, MD, PhD – Sidra Medical and Research Center
   
• Adaptive Immune Resistance
  Antoni Ribas, MD, PhD – University of California - Los Angeles
   
• Neutralizing Cancer: Promoting Chronic Inflammation
  Lisa M. Coussens, PhD – Oregon Health & Science University
   
• Metabolic and Immune Suppression in cancer
  Augusto C. Ochoa, MD – LSU Health Sciences Center
   
• Agents to Overcome Failure
  Martin A. Cheever, MD – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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