Plenary Highlights

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We look forward to an exciting program this year in Seattle. Please see below for the plenary session highlights.

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Thursday, June 26, 2025

Plenary Session 1: Financial Toxicities: Time for a change at the global level

Chaired by Prof Raymond Chan & Prof Gary Lyman 

  • Dr Fumiko Chino (USA): Financial Toxicity: From Data to Practice and Policy Change
  • Prof Alexandre Chan (USA): Financial Toxicity in Cancer Supportive Care: An International Survey
  • Jennifer Dent (USA): Current solutions to mitigate financial toxicity in LMIC

Friday, June 27, 2025

Plenary Session 2: Emerging toxicities of emerging treatments

Chaired by Prof Christina Ruhlmann & Prof Eric Roeland 

  • Prof Hope Rugo (USA): What do we need to know about emerging treatment toxicities 
  • Dr Greta Bridwell (USA): Specific emerging toxicities of concern: Mechanisms and management of ADC-related lung toxicity 
  • Dr Lisa Derosa (France): Role of the microbiome in modulating toxicities to emerging treatments 

Saturday, June 28, 2025

Plenary Session 3: Repurposing medications for new approaches to supportive care

Chaired by Prof Joel Epstein & Prof Joanne Bowen

  • Prof Moran Amit (USA): Opportunities and challenges of drug repurposing in cancer supportive care
  • Prof Jose Garcia (USA): Role for hormones and other non-pharmacological approaches in advanced cancer 
  • A/Prof Hannah Wardhill (Australia): Advancing the science in hard to manage symptoms of cancer and its treatment: Focus on neuroactive agents