The Cancer Immunotherapy Revolution: The Principles, Advances and Practical Toxicity Management

Friday 24 and Monday 27 January 2025, 9am to 5pm GMT

Join us on 24 and/or 27 January for the 2-day Immunotherapy Hybrid Study Day.

What to expect

24 January 2025:

27 January 2025:

Intended audience

Health care professionals involved in treating patients on immunotherapy, academics involved in cancer research or anyone with an interest in this field.

Sponsors

This event is supported by the following companies, who have had no input into the agenda, topics or choice of speakers unless where stated.

Platinum sponsors

The logo for Astra Zeneca.

Prices

All tickets (on-site and virtual) include access to the event recordings, resources and presentations for up to 6 months post-event date.

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The Cancer Immunotherapy Revolution: The Principles, Advances and Practical Toxicity Management - Friday 24 and Monday 27 January 2025

Friday 24 January 2025

Time Session
8.30 Registration
9.00 Welcome and introductions
TBC
9.10 Basic Tumour Immunology Including Cancer Immunity Cycle
Dr Jonathan Lim, Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Medical Oncologist in AICT, University of Manchester and The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
9.35 Biomarkers for Immunotherapy
Dr Zayd Tippu, Clinical Research Fellow, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and The Francis Crick Institute
10.10 Question and answer session

10.15 - break

Time Session
10.30 Checkpoint Inhibitors - Rationale For Use
Dr Johnathan Worboys, Welcome Trust Research Fellow, University of Manchester
10.55 Clinical Application of Checkpoint Inhibitors
Dr Rebecca Lee, Consultant Medical Oncologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and University of Manchester
11.30 Developments and Challenges of Checkpoint Inhibitor Treatments
Dr Anna Olsson-Brown, Consultant Medical Oncologist, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

12.05 - lunch

Time Session
12.40 Astra Zeneca Sponsored symposium: A Specialist, Pan-Tumour Immunotherapy Service
Dr Anna Olsson-Brown, Consultant Medical Oncologist, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
12.55 Bispecific Antibodies
Dr Ik Shin Chin, Senior Clinical Fellow in ECMT/AICT, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
13.20 Cancer Vaccines
Dr Aine O’Reilly, Senior Clinical Fellow in ECMT, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
13.45 Question and answer session

13.55 - break

Time Session
14.15 Immune Effector Cell Therapies - TILS, TCR and CAR-T Therapies
Dr Andrew Furness, Consultant Medical Oncologist and Lead for Solid Tumour Cell Therapy, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
14.50 Delivering Immune Effector Cells in Practice
Jess Longland, Research Nurse Team Leader, ECMT/Cell Therapies, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
15.15 Toxicity from Immune Effector Cells In Therapies
Professor Fiona Thistlethwaite, Consultant Medical Oncologist in ECMT/AICT and Honorary Professor, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
15.40 Summary and close
TBC

17.00 - close

Monday 27 January 2025

Time Session
8.30 Registration
9.00 Welcome and introductions
Dr Maria Serra, Consultant in Clinical Oncologist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
9.05 Evolution of Immunotherapy And Understanding Roots of Adverse Reactions
Prof Paul Lorigan, Consultant In Medical Oncologist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
9.30 Uveitis and Eye Toxicities
Mr Eleftherios Agorogiannis, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
9.50 Discussion
10.00 Insights to Endocrinology Toxicities
Dr Safwaan Adam, Consultant Endocrinologist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
10.30 Discussion

10.40 - break

Time Session
10.55 Managing Immunotherapy– Induced Colitis
Dr Caroline Henson, Consultant Gastroenterologist, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
11.25 Discussion
11.35 Musculoskeletal Immune related toxicities
 Dr Sahena Haque, Consultant Rheumatologist, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
12.05 Discussion
12.15 Immune - Related Cardiovascular Risks
Dr Rebecca Dobson, Consultant Cardiologist Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK
12.45 Discussion

12.55 - lunch

Time Session
13.40 Nephrotoxicity
Dr James Tollitt, Consultant Nephrologist Salford Royal Hospital, Northern Care Alliance
14.00 Discussion
14.10 Neurological Toxicities
Dr Ryan Keh, Consultant Neurologist Salford Royal Hospital, Northern Care Alliance
14.40 Discussion
14.50 Immune - Related Hepatitis
Dr Martin Prince, Consultant Hepatologist, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester Royal Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust 
15.10 Discussion

15.20 - break

Time Session
15.35 Immune-Related Pneumonitis
Dr Jonathan Hiu N. Chung, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
16.05 Discussion
16.15 Skin Toxicities
Dr Elaine Hindle, Consultant Dermatologist Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
16.45 Discussion
16.55 Closing remarks 

17.00 - close

Last updated: December 2024