
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
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8:15-8:30am Welcome and Introductory Remarks CCS President - Andrew Judge, University of Florida Local Co-host - Paola Costelli, University of Turin
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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)
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10:03-10:30am Coffee Break
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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)
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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 Chair: TBC Currently Confirmed Speakers: Maria Rohm, Germany Andrea Bonetto, USA Lykke Sylow, Denmark
Short talks (to be selected)
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2:35-3:00pm Session D: Next Gen I – 5 talks selected from submitted abstracts (Pre- and Post-doc) Chair: TBC
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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 Chair: TBC Currently Confirmed Speakers: Tobias Janowitz, USA Anthony Coll, UK
Short talks (to be selected)
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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 Chair: TBC Currently Confirmed Speakers: Stefan Anker, Germany Teresa Zimmers, USA Marco Sandri, Italy
Short talks (to be selected)
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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 H: Lifestyle Interventions for Cancer Cachexia Chair: TBC Currently Confirmed Speakers: Paula Ravasco, Portugal Matthew Maddocks, UK
Short talks (to be selected)
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2:35-3:00pm Session I: Next Gen II – 5 talks selected from submitted abstracts (Pre- and Post-doc) Chair: TBC
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3:00-4:20pm Exhibit and Poster Viewing + Coffee
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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 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 Chair: TBC Currently Confirmed Speakers: Daniel Runco, USA Bette Caan, USA
Short talks (to be selected)
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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
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
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12:10-1:00pm Lunch Break
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12:25-12:55pm Meet a Mentor
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1:00-2:40pm Session M: Clinical Trial Results Chair: TBC Currently Confirmed Speakers: Endevica Bio Tateaki Naito, Japan
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2:40-3:10pm Coffee Break
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3:10-4:00pm Session N: ESPEN and MASCC Chair: TBC Confirmed Speakers: Jan Arends, Germany (ESPEN) Tateaki Naito, Japan (MASCC)
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4:00-5:00pm Session O: Late Breaking Chair: TBC Speakers: TBC
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5:00-5:20pm Presentation of Awards and Closing Remarks
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