OVERVIEW

Over the last years, an extensive research has improved our understanding of tumor immunology and enabled the development of novel treatments that can harness the patient’s immune system and prevent immune escape.

Through numerous clinical trials and real-world experience, a large amount of evidence of the potential for long-term survival with immunotherapy agents has been accumulated in various types of malignancy, starting from melanoma to extend to other tumors.

The results of these studies have also highlighted a number of recurring observations with immuno-oncology agents, including their potential for clinical application across a broad patient population and for both conventional and unconventional response patterns. The clinical success of immune checkpoint blockade with anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen (CTLA)-4 and anti-programmed death (PD)-1/PD-ligand (L)1 inhibitor in melanoma and other cancers has encouraged increasing development of other immunotherapies, particularly monoclonal antibodies with other immune targets, adoptive cell transfer and vaccines. It has been estimated that there are over 3000 immuno-oncology trials ongoing, targeting hundreds of disease and immune pathways. Study results have highlighted a number of recurring observations, including the immunotherapy potential for clinical application across a broad patient population and for both conventional and unconventional response patterns.

The successes of the immune-oncology is strongly correlated with the immune system ability of “memory” and adaptability, to improve the time of survival and without selecting resistant form of tumoral cells. Another advantage is that the efficacy of immunotherapy drugs does not seem to be particularly influenced by histology and mutations.

First session of the congress will be jointly organized with the Society for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer (SITC).

Hence, the state of the art of immunotherapy from the clinical point of view in various types of malignancies will be exhaustively discussed and on targeting cancer through stimulation of innate immunity with intratumorals.

Then the “Great Debate” sessions, where counterpoint views from leading experts on specific controversial clinical issues will be presented and discussed from different points of view.

Conclusions will be drawn after the last session on Neo-Adjuvant therapies in different types of cancer.

ACCREDITATION

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

3P Solution has been accredited by the Ministry of Health as a CME Standard Provider (code 327, authorized on October 15th, 2012). 3P Solution owns the responsibility for the content, quality, and ethical correctness of this CME activity. Immunotherapy Bridge Congress has been accredited (ID CME 327- 396014) with 4,2 CME credits with a formative technical-professional objective “Technical professional content (knowledge and competences) specifications of each profession, of all specialization and ultraspecialist activity. Rare disease and Gender medicine”, belonging to formative technical professional objective area, for 201 participants of the following professions: medical doctors, pharmacists, biologists, nurses, pediatric nurses.

The number of attendees can not exceed the number of accredited participants. If the number of participants is exceeded, attendees will be admitted to the scientific sessions on the basis of registration order. In order to receive credits, participants must: 1. Attend at least 90% of the accredited CME sessions (attendance check: required sign at the beginning and at the end of works each day) 2. Complete the evaluation form at the end of the Congress. CME certificate will be sent at the end of the validation procedure.

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