PLENARY LECTURE

TRANSLATIONAL - Molecular Mechanisms of Bone Metastases: Implications for Therapy

Saturday, June 19, 2010
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

  • Theresa Ann Guise, Indiana Univ

(Supported by Lilly USA, LLC)

Solid tumor metastases to bone cause significant morbidity. Bone is a unique microenvironment in which certain tumors thrive. Special features of the tumor cell and the bone drive a feed-forward cycle of tumor growth and abnormal bone remodeling. Preclinical and clinical evidence to support targeted therapy of molecular mediators of bone metastases will be discussed.