TME
Latest Past Events
Immune system & metastasis webinar
Dr. Paula D. Bos is an Assistant Professor at the Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Bos’ work focuses on understanding the interactions between regulatory T cells and the tumor microenvironment and exploring how this promotes tumor progression and metastasis. The Bos lab utilizes genetic models to determine how regulatory T cells regulate tumor... Continue Reading →
MBC & The Tumor Microenvironment
Dr. Cyrus M. Ghajar, Assistant Member PHS/Translational Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, will explain how microenvironments within distant tissues regulate dormancy and growth of disseminated tumor cells.
6th Annual Tumor Microenvironment Symposium: Mechanisms & Therapeutic Implications
Memorial Sloan Kettering - Mortimer B. Zuckerman Research Center 417 East 68th Street (btwn 1st & York Ave), New YorkTumors are composite of many different cellular and non-cellular constituents that surround the malignant cancer cells harboring activating mutations in oncogenes or loss of tumor suppressors that drive tumor growth. The functional contribution of tumor microenvironments (TME) constituents such as leukocytes, fibroblasts, endothelial cells (both blood and lymphatic), and other stromal components is evolving. It... Continue Reading →