Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) Symposium | UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Overview

The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center presents an all-day symposium focused on the opportunities and challenges of Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) tests. Held at the UCSF Mission Bay campus, the symposium will cover a number of topics and issues arising from the advent of MCED tests, including current and emerging technology, clinical implications, reimbursement, access, and equity. There will be a networking reception immediately following the symposium.

Agenda

8:30 am	Check in and breakfast
9:00 am	Introduction Alan Ashworth, PhD, FRS President, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Senior Vice President for Cancer Services, UCSF Health
Session I - MCED: Setting the Stage
9:10 am	Cancer Interception Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD Nobel Laureate Professor Emerita, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics, UCSF
9:20 am	Blood-Based Multi-Cancer Early Detection: A Dream or a Nightmare? Margaret Tempero, PhD Professor of Medicine, UCSF Director, UCSF Pancreas Center Director of Cancer Early Detection and Interception (CEDI) Initiative, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
9:40 am	A Personal Journey: The Case for High Throughput Testing for Multiple Cancers Pamela Munster, MD Professor of Medicine, UCSF Director of Early Phase Clinical Trials Unit Co-Leader, UCSF Center for BRCA Research
Session II - Discovery and Innovation at UCSF
10:00 am	Building Molecular Barcodes to Store Human Cancer Cell Identity Hani Goodarzi, PhD Associate Professor or Biophysics & Biochemistry, UCSF
10:20 am	Leveraging Sequences Missing from the Human Genome to Diagnose Cancer Nadav Ahituv, PhD Professor of Bioengineering, UCSF
10:40 am	An Extracellular Vesicle Sequencing Approach for Liquid Biopsy: Applications in Glioma and Pancreatic Cyst Lesions Stephen Francis, PhD Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, UCSF
11:00 am	Break
Session III - Industry at Work: Early Detection Assays
11:15 am	From Single Cancer through Multi-Cancer: Bridging the Gap and Challenging the Status Quo Victoria Raymond, MS Senior Director Medical Affairs, Guardant Health
11:30 am	Shifting the Paradigm in Cancer Screening: Multi-Cancer Early Detection Testing Tomasz Beer, MD CMO, Exact Sciences
11:45 am	Multi-Cancer Early Detection Technology: A New Front in the War on Cancer Joshua Ofman, MD, MSHS President, GRAIL
12:00 pm	Exosome Enrichment Enables Effective Early Cancer Detection Paul Billings, MD, PhD CEO, Biological Dynamics
12:15 pm	Panel discussion
12:45 pm	Lunch
Session IV - Where the Rubber Meets the Road: What Will Be Needed for MCED to Be Implemented Effectively, Efficiently, and Equitably
1:45 pm	Health Equity in MCED Requires Intentional Action Kim Rhoads, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF Director of Office of Community Engagement, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
2:05 pm	Addressing Policy Considerations for MCED: Payer Coverage and Economic Value Kathryn Phillips, PhD Professor of Health Services Research and Health Economics, Dept. of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy Director/Founder, Center for Translational and Policy Research on Precision Medicine (TRANSPERS), UCSF
2:25 pm	Panel discussion
Session V - Real World Experiences in Population Approaches to Cancer Screening from SF CAN
2:45 pm	SF CAN Introduction Robert Hiatt, MD, PhD Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF
2:55 pm	Colorectal Cancer Michael Potter, MD Professor of Clinical Family and Community Medicine, UCSF
3:05 pm	Prostate Cancer Nynikka Palmer, DrPH, MPH Associate Professor of General Internal Medicine, UCSF
3:15 pm	Liver Cancer Rena Fox, MD Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCSF
3:25 pm	Panel discussion
3:45 pm	Break
Session VI - The WISDOM of Improving Screening and Prevention for Breast Cancer
4:00 pm	Overview Laura Esserman, MD, MBA Professor of Surgery and Radiology, UCSF Director, UCSF Breast Care Center
4:05 pm	How to Translate Knowledge of Breast Cancer Subtypes into Screening Stratification Laura van ’t Veer, PhD Professor of Laboratory Medicine, UCSF
4:25 pm	Integrating Genetic Risk Information into Breast Cancer Screening Strategies Elad Ziv, MD Professor of Medicine, UCSF
4:45 pm	WISDOM for Screening: Building a Nationwide Screening and Prevention Continuous Learning Platform Allison Stover Fiscalini, MPH Director, Athena Breast Health Network
5:05 pm	Panel discussion
5:30 pm	Closing remarks Margaret Tempero, MD Professor of Medicine, UCSF Director, UCSF Pancreas Center Director of Cancer Early Detection and Interception (CEDI) Initiative, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
5:40 pm	Reception

Registration

The event is open to all interested members of the UCSF community including primary care physicians, clinical providers, researchers, trainees, and staff.

Registration is now closed -- thank you!

Contact

For general event inquiries, contact:
Kurt Giles, [email protected]

For registration questions, contact:
Erin Hayes, [email protected]

Multi-Cancer Early Detection Symposium

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