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J Cancer Metastasis Treat 2019;5:5 Journal of Cancer
DOI: 10.20517/2394-4722.2018.108 Metastasis and Treatment

Meeting Abstracts Open Access

Meeting Abstracts of the 3rd International Workshop
No-Cancer 2018 - understanding cancer cell biology

to improve diagnosis and therapy

Novara, Italy; 28-30 Oct 2018; Published: 23 Jan 2019

Correspondence to: Dr. Ciro Isidoro, Prof. Gianluca Gaidano, Università del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Novara 28100,
Italy. E-mail: ciro.isidoro@med.uniupo.it; gianluca.gaidano@med.uniupo.it

Editorial Note:
Cancer remains a leading cause of death, despite the undeniable progress made in the last decades in the
diagnosis and therapeutic treatments. Further improvements are only possible if we understand more
in depth how cancer develops and metastasizes, and how it produces its damaging effects on the whole
organisms, including immune-suppression and cachexia, that eventually lead to patient death. The goal of
the International Workshop No-Cancer 2018 “understanding cancer cell biology to improve diagnosis and
therapy” held in 28-30 Oct, in Novara (Italy) is precisely to share the foremost updated knowledge on the
biology of cancer and the emerging technologies for early detection of cancer cells and the new “chemo-free”
therapeutic options.

This is the third international Conference on Cancer organized under the auspices of the Università del
Piemonte Orientale and other Academic and Cultural institutions, and ideally follows the two previous
ones “Basic to Translational Medicine 2016: focus on Cancer” and No-Cancer 2017 “From Cancerogenesis to
Therapy: new paradigms, new opportunities”, held in Novara. As outlined in the title, the main objective of
the present workshop No-Cancer 2018 is to discuss the current knowledge in Cancer Cell Biology with the
aim of paving the design of more precise and non-invasive methods for early detection of cancer cells and of
more effective and personalized therapeutic interventions.

Twelve internationally renowned speakers coming from Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal
and United States will present their recent research in a two-day scientific marathon. In addition, eight short
communications and thirteen flash communications have been selected from the submitted abstracts. The
following topics are covered: Oncogenes, onco-suppressors and Non-Coding RNAs in Cancer development;
Cancer Cell metabolism and Metabolic cross-talk between cancer cells and stromal cells; Role of diet and of
microbiota in cancer progression and response to therapy; Novel non-invasive strategies for early detection
of cancer, Genetic alterations predisposing to Cancer; Immune and Drug resistance; cachexia; Clinical trials
with novel therapeutics. The invited lectures will focus particularly on ovary cancer, colon cancer, pancreatic
cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, mesothelioma, and hemato-oncology.

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