
8th Cancer Cachexia Conference September 25-27, 2025 | Turin, Italy
Preliminary Program
Updated: July 7, 2025
CCS will again be using the Whova mobile application. Presentations will be recorded but due to prohibitive cost, there will be no virtual attendance or live streaming.
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Conference Venue: Aldo Moro Complex, University of Turin
Thursday, September 25, 2025
7:30-8:15am Registration and Morning Coffee
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8:15-8:30am Welcome and Introductory Remarks CCS President - Andrew Judge, University of Florida, USA Local Co-Host - Paola Costelli, University of Turin, Italy
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8:30-10:00am Session A: Tumor Microenvironment - Clinical Chairs: Jose Trevino, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA and TBC
Mariam Jamal-Hanjani, UCL Cancer Institute, UK Silvia Novello, University of Turin, Italy Jenny Permuth, Moffitt Cancer Center, USA
Short Talks: Terese Louise Schmidberger Karlsen, NTNU, Norway Cristina Munoz-Pinedo, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Spain Yan Sun, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
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10:00-10:30am Coffee Break
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10:30am-12:00pm Session B: Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis - Pre-clinical Chairs: Denis Guttridge, Medical University of South Carolina, USA and TBC
Nada Kalany, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, USA Giulia Biffi, University of Cambridge, UK Salvador Aznar Benitah, IRB Barcelona, Spain
Short Talks: Juliano Machado, Helmholtz Diabetes Center, Germany Paolo Porporato, University of Turin, Italy Jason Pitarresi, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, USA
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12:00-1:00pm Lunch Break
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12:25-12:55pm Meet a Mentor
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1:00-2:30pm Session C: Metabolic Crosstalk in Cancer Cachexia Chairs: Silvia Busquets, University of Barcelona, Spain and Laure Bindels, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Maria Rohm, Helmholtz Center Munich, Germany Andrea Bonetto, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA Lykke Sylow, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Short Talks: Doris Kaltenecker, Institute for Diabetes and Cancer, Helmholtz Munich, Germany Fabrizio Pin, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA Robson Carvalho, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil
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2:35-3:00pm Session D: Next Gen I – 5 talks selected from submitted abstracts (Pre- and Post-doc) Chairs: Ross Dolan, University of Glasgow, Scotland and Daria Neyroud, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Blake Roberts, University of Alberta, Canada Lara Stassen, Maastricht University, Netherlands Blanca Majem, Biomedical Research Institute of Barcelona, Spain Marianne Erichsen, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway Madeline Webb, Peter Macallum Cancer Centre, Australia
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3:00-4:20pm Exhibit and Poster Viewing + Coffee
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4:30-5:30pm Session E: Kenneth CH Fearon Keynote Lectureship Introduction: Fabio Penna Keynote Speaker: Paola Costelli, Italy
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5:30-7:00pm Welcome Reception – Aldo Moro
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Friday, September 26, 2025
7:30-8:15am Registration and Morning Coffee
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8:15-9:00am Industry Symposium: Endevica Bio
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9:00-10:10am Session F: Central Regulation Systems of Feeding and Metabolism Chairs: Mauricio Berriel Diaz, Helmholtz Center Munich, Germany and TBC
Tobias Janowitz, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA Anthony Coll, University of Cambridge, UK
Short Talks: Steffen Raun, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Margaret Park, Moffit Cancer Center, USA
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10:10-10:30am Coffee Break
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10:30am-12:00pm Session G: Cancer-Induced Muscle Wasting and Associated Muscle Pathologies Chairs: Roberta Sartori, University of Padova, Italy and Sarah Judge, University of Florida, USA
Stefan Anker, Charite, Germany Teresa Zimmers, Oregon Health & Science University, USA Marco Sandri, University of Padova, Italy
Short Talks: Ajay Rana, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Elia Angelino, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy Andreas Fischer, Göttingen University Medical Center, Germany Dario Coletti, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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12:10-1:10pm Lunch Break
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12:35-1:05pm Meet a Mentor
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1:10-2:40pm Session H: Lifestyle Interventions for Cancer Cachexia Chairs: Trude Rakel Balstad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway and Calvin Cole, University of Rochester, USA
Paula Ravasco, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal Matthew Maddocks, King's College London, UK Anouk Hiensch, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
Short Talks: Lindsey Anderson, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, USA Ishan Roy, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab & Northwestern University, USA Leah Novinger, University of Colorado, USA
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2:40-3:05pm Session I: Next Gen II – 5 talks selected from submitted abstracts (Pre- and Post-doc) Chairs: Brittany Counts, Oregon Health & Science University, USA and Paige Arneson-Wissink, Oregon Health & Science University, USA
Sai Vara Prasad Chitti, La Trobe University, Australia Romane Peyrachon, Rennes 2 University M2S Lab, France Tuna Felix Samanci, Helmholtz Munich, Germany Xiaolin Li, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands Naama Darzi, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
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3:05-4:30pm Exhibit and Poster Viewing + Coffee
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4:50-6:00pm Session J: Funding, Publishing & Regulatory Aspects of Cancer Cachexia Chairs: TBC
Speakers: Gemma Balmer-Kemp, Cancer Research, UK - Cancer Grand Challenges Naomi Lowy, FDA, USA – Regulatory Aspects of Cancer Cachexia Trials
Meet the Editors - Currently Confirmed: Ravati Dewal – Nature Metabolism Maria Garcia-Fernandez – Nature Communications
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6:45-8:15pm Social Reception – Location TBC
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Saturday, September 27, 2025
7:30-8:15am Registration and Morning Coffee
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8:30-10:10am Session K: Emerging and Understudied Topics in Cancer Cachexia Chairs: TBC
Daniel Runco, Seattle Children's Hospital, USA Bette Caan, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Division of Research, USA Richard Skipworth, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh/University of Edinburgh, UK
Short Talks: Aaron Grossberg, Oregon Health & Science University, USA Anna Urciuolo, University of Padova, Italy
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10:10-10:35am Coffee Break
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10:35am-12:10pm Session L: NODES Session - Current Management of Cancer Cachexia Chairs: Martin Kochanczyk and Marcus Goncalves
Marcus Goncalves, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, USA Jose Garcia, University of Washington, USA Matthew Maddocks, King's College London, UK Paula Ravasco, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal Eric Roeland, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Knight Cancer Institute, USA Steven Olde Damink, Maastrict University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Panel Q&A from Cancer Cachexia Network & Audience
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12:00-12:50pm Lunch Break
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12:20-12:50pm Meet a Mentor
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12:50-2:50pm Session M: Clinical Trial Results Chairs: Barry Laird, University of Edinburgh, Scotland and Tora Skeidsvoll Solheim, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Tateaki Naito, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Japan Aveo Endevica Bio CatalYm Pfizer
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2:50-3:15pm Coffee Break
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3:15-4:00pm Session N: ESPEN and MASCC Chairs: TBC
Jan Arends, Universitätsklinik Freiburg, Germany (ESPEN) Tateaki Naito, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Japan (MASCC)
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4:00-4:50pm Session O: Late Breaking Chairs: TBC Speakers: TBC
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4:50-5:10pm Presentation of Awards and Closing Remarks
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