Annual Nettworkmeeting 2024

Annual Workshop on Breast Cancer Research

Organized by National Network for Breast Cancer Research

Scandic Stavanger City, March 19-20, 2024

Registration: https://nettskjema.no/a/366180

Tuesday March 19^th

09.00 – 10.30	Network board meeting
10.00 – 11.00	Registration and Coffee

Welcome and invited speaker:

11.00 – 11.15

Welcome and an overview over the national network for breast cancer research

11.15 – 12.00

Keynote lecture

Invited speaker: Christos Diou – Harokopio University of Athens

Title: Using Real-World Data and Causal Models to Support Research on the Quality of Life of Breast Cancer Patients

Chair: Kjersti Tjensvoll

12.00 – 12.15

15 minutes Coffee Break

Session I: User involvement and Pink ribbon project talks

Chair: Thomas Fleischer, Oslo University Hospital

12.15 – 12.35	User involvement Information from user representative, Brystkreftforeningen
12.35 – 13.00	Pink ribbon project talk – New discoveries in breast cancer research: the future for aggressive disease Xavier Tekpli, Oslo University Hospital
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch
14.00 – 14.25	Pink ribbon project talk – PERMS PERsonalized Mammographic Screening in Norway; additional examination for women with increased risk of breast cancer Solveig Hofvind, Cancer Registry of Norwegian

Session II: Network updates

Main aim: Network members give an update on their work and activities.

Chair: Tone Frost Bathen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

14.25 – 14.45	Comprehensive multi-omics analysis of breast cancer reveals distinct long-term prognostic subtypes Guro F. Giskeødegård, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
14.45 – 15.00	15 minutes Coffee Break
15.00 – 15.20	Understanding Chemo-Resistance in Breast Cancer through a PDX model system Eivind Egeland, Oslo University Hospital
15.20 – 15.40	Genetic differences between Interval cancers and screening detected Lilly Anne Torland, Vestre Viken HF
15.40 – 16.00	20 minutes Coffee Break

Social and networking

16.00 – 16.30	Walk and talk
16.30 – 17.30	Social activities and networking – More information to come

Session III: Poster session

Main aim: To highlight and convey recent results from the young researchers within the network.

18.30 – 19.30

Poster session and pre-drinks – A social setting for young researchers to present ongoing work.

19.30

Dinner

Wenesday March 20^th

07.00 – 08.30	Breakfast

Session IV: Invited speaker and pink ribbon project talk

08.30 – 09.15	Keynote lecture: Invited speaker: Ellen Heitzer, Medical University of Graz Title: ctDNA – A promising biomarker for diagnosis, prognosis and prediction of response in breast cancer Chair: Oddmund Nordgård, Stavanger University Hospital
09.15 – 09.40	Pink ribbon project talk
09.40 – 09.55	15 minutes Coffee Break
09.55 – 10.20	Pink ribbon project talk – Characterisation of transcription factors that drive dysregulation of gene regulation program through different DNA methylations patterns in cancer cells Anthony Mathelier, Oslo University Hospital

Session V: Network updates

Main aim: Network members give an update on their work and activities.

Chair: Maria Perander, UIT- The Arctic University of Norway

10.20 – 10.40	Comprehensive gene expression analysis of the tumor microenvironment in triple negative breast cancer with the Nanostring nCounter PanCancer immune Profiling Panel Umay Kiraz, Stavanger University Hospital
10.40 – 10.50	10 minutes Coffee Break
10.50 – 11.10	Title to come Olav Engebråten, Oslo University Hospital
11.10 – 11.30	Anti-cancer therapy alters cardiac intermediary metabolism Anne D. Hafstad, UIT- The Arctic University of Norway
11.30 – 12.30	Lunch

Session VI: Workshops

12.30 – 14.00

Workshops

Omics – Guro F. Giskeødegård

ctDNA – Hege Russnes

Fatiuge – Emiel Janssen

14.00 – 14.20

20 minutes Coffee Break

Session VII: Update on clinical trials and studies

Main aim: To give a short update on ongoing clinical trials and studies in the network.

Chair: Marie Austdal, Stavanger University Hospital

14.20 – 15.20	Short summaries on ongoing clinical studies in the consortium
15.20 – 15.40	20 minutes Coffee Break

Session VIII: Network updates

Main aim: Network members give an update on their work and activities.

Chair: Andliena Tahiri, Akershus University Hospital

15.40 – 16.00	Aktivering av spredningsmekanismer i lymfeknutene Erik Knutsen, UIT- The Arctic University of Norway
16.00 – 16.20	Polygenic Risk Scores and clinical presentation Ina Skaara Brorson, Oslo University hospital
16.20 – 16.40	Spatial heterogeneity in Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Jens Henrik Norum, Oslo University Hospital
16.40 – 17.00	Closing remarks
17.00	Departure