37th Pezcoller Symposium, June 22-23 2026

37th Pezcoller Symposium
June 22-23, 2026

Humanities Department, University of Trento, Italy

Cancer Evolutionary Trajectories: emerging principles and therapeutic implications

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ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
April 13, 2026

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:
June 5, 2026

FOCUS & GOALS of the 2026 Symposium

The conversion of a normal cell to a malignant cell is the result of clonal evolution occurring over a timescale measured in years, in contrast to mammalian evolution, which occurs over millennia. The selection pressures arising from host factors (e.g. the immune system), as well as therapeutics, profoundly influence cancer evolution, which in turn influences clinical outcomes. Cancer evolution is accelerated, at least partly, by the clonal diversity created by intratumoral genetic and epigenic heterogeneity.

The 2026 Pezcoller Symposium will bring together experts who have used cutting edge technologies to measure cancer evolution and tumor heterogeneity and its biological consequences, as well as investigators who have made significant advances in our understanding of how cancer evolution is influenced by germline genetics and environmental factors.

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PROGRAM

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG RESEARCHERS

Great importance is given to young researchers, who are invited to submit an abstract of their research project to the Evaluation Committee, for presenting it during the Poster Session.

Best Poster Lectures: the authors of the top 3 selected abstracts are invited to present their research in front of the plenary session of the Symposium.

Moreover, the authors of the best posters may be eligible for the Pezcoller-Begnudelli Award, the EACR-AACR-Mark Foundation Best Abstract Prizes and the EMBO Poster Prize.