8th Cancer Cachexia Conference
September 25-27, 2025  |  Turin, Italy

Preliminary Program

Updated: July 7, 2025

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Conference Venue: Aldo Moro Complex, University of Turin

Thursday, September 25, 2025

7:30-8:15am
Registration and Morning Coffee

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

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

10:00-10:30am
Coffee Break

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

12:00-1:00pm
Lunch Break

12:25-12:55pm
Meet a Mentor

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

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

3:00-4:20pm
Exhibit and Poster Viewing + Coffee

4:30-5:30pm
Session E: Kenneth CH Fearon Keynote Lectureship
Introduction: Fabio Penna
Keynote Speaker: Paola Costelli, Italy

5:30-7:00pm
Welcome Reception – Aldo Moro

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Friday, September 26, 2025

7:30-8:15am
Registration and Morning Coffee

8:15-9:00am
Industry Symposium: Endevica Bio

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

10:10-10:30am
Coffee Break

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

12:10-1:10pm
Lunch Break

12:35-1:05pm
Meet a Mentor

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

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

3:05-4:30pm
Exhibit and Poster Viewing + Coffee

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 DewalNature Metabolism
Maria Garcia-FernandezNature Communications

6:45-8:15pm
Social Reception – Location TBC


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Saturday, September 27, 2025

7:30-8:15am
Registration and Morning Coffee

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

10:10-10:35am
Coffee Break

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

12:00-12:50pm
Lunch Break

12:20-12:50pm
Meet a Mentor

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

2:50-3:15pm
Coffee Break

3:15-4:00pm
Session N: ESPEN and MASCC 
Chairs: TBC 

Jan Arends, Universitätsklinik Freiburg, Germany (ESPEN)
Tateaki Naito, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Japan (MASCC)

4:00-4:50pm
Session O: Late Breaking
Chairs: TBC
Speakers: TBC

4:50-5:10pm
Presentation of Awards and Closing Remarks



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