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5th International Conference on Tumor Microenvironment: Progression, Therapy & Prevention
Versailles, France, October 20–24, 2009
P rogram & A bstracts
The International Cancer Microenvironment Society
Officers
President
Isaac P. Witz, Tel Aviv, Israel
Secretary
Smadar Fisher, Tel Aviv, Israel
Treasurer—Western Hemisphere
Menashe Bar-Eli, Houston, TX, USA
Treasurer—Eastern Hemisphere
Eitan Yefenof, Jerusalem, Israel
Ron N. Apte, Beer Sheva, Israel
Benjamin Sredni, Ramat Gan, Israel
Eiichi Tahara, Hiroshima, Japan
Fernando Vidal Vanaclocha, Leioa, Vizcaya, Spain
Dov Zipori, Rehovot, Israel
Charter Members
Ron N. Apte, Beer Sheva, Israel
Frances R. Balkwill, London, United Kingdom
Jan Bubenik, Prague, Czech Republic
Isaiah J. Fidler, Houston, TX, USA
Wolf H. Fridman, Paris, France
Robert C. Gallo, Baltimore, MD, USA
Ian R. Hart, London, United Kingdom
Ronald B. Herberman, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Claude Jasmin, Villejuif, France
Hynda K. Kleinman, Bethesda, MD, USA
Daniela Männel, Regensburg, Germany
Alberto Mantovani, Milan, Italy
Avraham Raz, Detroit, MI, USA
Volker Schirrmacher, Heidelberg, Germany
Benjamin Sredni, Ramat Gan, Israel
Eiichi Tahara, Hiroshima, Japan
Fernando Vidal-Vanaclocha, Leioa, Vizcaya, Spain
Israel Vlodavsky, Jerusalem, Israel
Theresa L. Whiteside, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Isaac P. Witz, Tel Aviv, Israel
Eitan Yefenof, Jerusalem, Israel
Jan Zeromski, Poznan, Poland
Dov Zipori, Rehovot, Israel
American Association for Cancer Research
Officers
President
Tyler Jacks, Cambridge, MA
President-Elect
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, San Francisco, CA
Treasurer
Bayard D. Clarkson, New York, NY
Past President
Raymond N. DuBois, Houston, TX
Chief Executive Officer
Margaret Foti, Philadelphia, PA
Board of Directors
José Baselga, Barcelona, Spain
Lisa M. Coussens, San Francisco, CA
Judy E. Garber, Boston, MA
Joe W. Gray, Berkeley, CA
Daniel A. Haber, Charlestown, MA
V. Craig Jordan, Philadelphia, PA
Kenneth W. Kinzler, Baltimore, MD
Joan Massagué, New York, NY
Jennifer A. Pietenpol, Nashville, TN
Bruce A. J. Ponder, Cambridge, England
Eddie Reed, Mobile, AL
Margaret A. Shipp, Boston, MA
Margaret R. Spitz, Houston, TX
Craig B. Thompson, Philadelphia, PA
Eileen P. White, Piscataway, NJ
The French National Cancer Institute
Board of Directors
President
Dominique Maraninchi, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
CEO
Pascale Flamant, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Deputy Directors
Fabien Calvo, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Directors
Christine Bara, Boulogne-Billancourt , France
Anne Ramon, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Advisory Board
President
Jacques Pouyssegur, Nice, France
Vice-President
James Armitage, Omaha, USA
Daniel Louvard, Paris, France
Jean-Pierre Bizzari, Summit, USA
Gilles Favre, Toulouse, France
Daniel Haller, Philadelphia, USA
Jean-Luc Harousseau, Nantes, France
Peter Harper, Londres, United Kingdom
Denis Hemon, Villejuif, France
Jean-Marie Lehn, Paris, France
Michel Marty, Paris, France
Claude Mawas, Marseille, France
Jacques Samarut, Lyon, France
Bruno Varet, Paris, France
Robert Weinberg, Cambridge, USA
Program Committee
Isaac P. Witz, Tel Aviv, Israel (Chairman)
Adriana Albini, Milan, Italy
Menashe Bar Eli, Houston, USA
Fabien Calvo, Paris, France
Yves DeClerck, Los Angeles, USA
Wolf H. Fridman, Paris, France
Kornelia Polyak, Boston, USA
Jacques Pouyssegur, Nice, France
Benjamin Sredni, Ramat Gan, Israel
Eitan Yefenof, Jerusalem, Israel
Smadar Fisher, Conference Coordinator, Tel Aviv, Israel
Conference Secretariat- DIESENHAUS UNITOURS, Tel Aviv, Israel
Acknowledgments
The Members of the Organizing Committee of the 5th International Conference on Tumor Microenvironment: Progression, Therapy & Prevention, express their gratitude and acknowledge the following institutions and companies for their generous support
Lead Supporter
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Principal Sponsors
The Pikovski Fund, Jerusalem, Israel
National Cancer Institute, NIH
Sponsors
Supported by an educational donation provided by Amgen
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)
“Cancer Microenvironment” the official journal of the International Cancer Microenvironment Society
Roche, France
The assistance of Ms. Noa Laks, Ms. Malka Ben Haim and Ms. Linda Brand of Tel Aviv University and Ms. Michal Semo and Ms. Yael Kfir of the TAU Graphic Design Studio, is highly appreciated.
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the Fifth International Conference on Tumor Microenvironment: Progression, Therapy & Prevention and to the beautiful city of Versailles.
The International Cancer Microenvironment Society (ICMS), the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and the National Cancer Institute of France (INCa) have joined forces to organize an outstanding event whose interesting and challenging scientific program covers the most recent developments in basic and translational Tumor Microenvironment research.
I take this opportunity to thank the leaders of these two great organizations, Dr. Margaret Foti, Chief Executive Officer of AACR and Prof. Fabien Calvo, Scientific Director of INCa for their friendship, trust and genuine collaboration.
Previous tumor microenvironment conferences enjoyed great success both with respect to scientific standards as well with respect to the social events. I have many reasons to believe that the Versailles conference will surpass the previous ones in all aspects. I am proud to announce that the number of registrants and presenters in the Versailles conference has reached an unprecedented high.
I greatly appreciate the creativity and hard work of my colleagues on the program committee. Special gratitude is offered to our sponsors; their support has been essential. I thank Smadar Fisher and her colleagues at the Scientific Secretariat for the superb coordination of the scientific and social events.
The magnificent Châteaux de Versailles, the official residence of the Kings of France from 1682 until 1790, and its stylized English and French gardens, await your visit. The palace and its gardens are the perfect ambience in which to reflect upon the novel and enriching insights gained from the presentations of our colleagues.
I wish all of us an exciting, stimulating and enjoyable conference.
Isaac P. Witz
Conference Chair
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ICM-AACR-INC. Cancer Microenvironment 2 (Suppl 1), 1–7 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12307-009-0027-6
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