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

Preliminary Program

Updated: March 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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Location: 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
Local Co-host - Paola Costelli, University of Turin

8:30-10:00am
Session A: Tumor Microenvironment - Clinical 
Chair: TBC
Currently Confirmed Speakers:
Mariam Jamal-Hanjani, UK
Silvia Novello, Italy
Jenny Permuth, USA

Short talks (to be selected)

10:03-10:30am
Coffee Break

10:30am-12:00pm
Session B: Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis - Pre-clinical
Chair: TBC
Currently Confirmed Speakers:

Nada Kalany, USA
Giulia Biffi, UK
Salvador Aznar Benitah, Spain

Short talks (to be selected)

12:00-1:00pm
Lunch Break

12:25-12:55pm
Meet a Mentor

1:00-2:30pm
Session C: Metabolic Crosstalk in Cancer Cachexia
Chair: TBC
Currently Confirmed Speakers:
Maria Rohm, Germany
Andrea Bonetto, USA
Lykke Sylow, Denmark

Short talks (to be selected)

2:35-3:00pm
Session D: Next Gen I – 5 talks selected from submitted abstracts (Pre- and Post-doc)
Chair: TBC

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
Chair: TBC
Currently 
Confirmed Speakers:
Tobias Janowitz, USA
Anthony Coll, UK

Short talks (to be selected)

10:10-10:30am
Coffee Break

10:30am-12:00pm
Session G: Cancer-Induced Muscle Wasting and Associated Muscle Pathologies
Chair: TBC
Currently Confirmed Speakers:
Stefan Anker, Germany
Teresa Zimmers
, USA
Marco Sandri, Italy

Short talks (to be selected)

12:00-1:00pm
Lunch Break

12:25-12:55pm
Meet a Mentor

1:00-2:30pm
Session H: Lifestyle Interventions for Cancer Cachexia
Chair: TBC
Currently Confirmed Speakers:
Paula Ravasco, Portugal
Matthew Maddocks, UK

Short talks (to be selected)

2:35-3:00pm
Session I: Next Gen II 5 talks selected from submitted abstracts (Pre- and Post-doc)
Chair: TBC

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

4:30-6:00pm
Session J: Funding, Publishing & Regulatory Aspects of Cancer Cachexia
Chair: TBC
Speakers:
Gemma Balmer-Kemp, UK - Cancer Grand Challenges
Naomi Lowy, USA - FDA

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
Chair: TBC
Currently Confirmed Speakers:
Daniel Runco, USA
Bette Caan, USA

Short talks (to be selected)

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

Currently Confirmed Speakers:
Marcus Goncalves, USA
Jose Garcia, USA
Eric Roeland, USA
Paula Ravasco, Portugal
Matthew Maddocks, UK
Steven Olde Damink, NL

Panel Q&A from Cancer Cachexia Network & audience

12:10-1:00pm
Lunch Break

12:25-12:55pm
Meet a Mentor

1:00-2:40pm
Session M: Clinical Trial Results
Chair: TBC
Currently Confirmed Speakers:
Endevica Bio
Tateaki Naito, Japan

2:40-3:10pm
Coffee Break

3:10-4:00pm
Session N: ESPEN and MASCC 
Chair: TBC 
Confirmed Speakers:
Jan Arends, Germany (ESPEN)
Tateaki Naito, Japan (MASCC)

4:00-5:00pm
Session O: Late Breaking
Chair: TBC
Speakers: TBC

5:00-5:20pm
Presentation of Awards and Closing Remarks


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