5th International Gastric Cancer Linkage Consortium (IGCLC) meeting
June 13th-15th 2024 | Vilar Oporto Hotel, Porto, Portugal
We are delighted to inform that the 5th International Gastric Cancer Linkage Consortium (IGCLC) meeting, will take place in Porto, Portugal from June 13th-15th 2024.
The meeting will bring together healthcare professionals, researchers, and patients from around the world, who have been treating, studying or dealing with Hereditary Diffuse Gastric and Lobular Breast Cancer syndrome (most well-known as Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer or HDGC).
This is the fifth time we meet with the major goal of discussing and updating the Consensus Clinical Guidelines for this disease.
Besides defining more accurate guidelines for the diagnosis and management of patients and families at risk, we will hear about fundamental and translational science produced worldwide in this area, while hearing patients’ life stories and challenges.
The IGCLC 2024 meeting program includes plenary presentations and patient testimonials, scientific presentations, speed talks, poster presentations, and working group discussions. This will allow sharing knowledge on real patient clinical data, cutting-edge scientific results and patients’ perspectives.
Unlike previous IGCLC meetings, this meeting will kick-off with preparatory online meetings across a range of disciplines. This will increase the productivity of the onsite meeting as well as the discussion among participants.
This meeting will be a unique opportunity to share experiences and understand the nature of the disease, its associated risks, while promoting effective collaborations.
This will be the largest IGCLC meeting to date, and will host 200 delegates, from different areas of the globe.
The Organizing Committee looks forward to welcome all invited delegates to the historic city of Porto, a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Carla Oliveira and Fátima Carneiro
Conference Chairs
i3S – Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Ipatimup – Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Portugal
FMUP – Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal
Venue
Vilar Oporto Hotel
Rua Arcediago Vanzeller 50, 4050-621 Porto
Website: https://www.vilaroportohotel.pt/
Travel info
Arriving at Porto by car
Please note that the event venue does not provide parking.
Palácio de Cristal parking (entrance at R. Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira 189, 4050-313 Porto, just in front of ICBAS/ Faculty of Pharmacy of University of Porto) is the closer option and it is located 8 minutes walking from the venue.
Arriving at Porto by airplane
Directions from Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport (Porto) to Vilar Oporto Hotel by subway:
- You can take the line E (direction: Estádio do Dragão) at the Airport station. Destination station: Casa da Música.
Average time: 22 minutes
- It is a 20-minute walk from Casa da Música metro station until Vilar Oporto Hotel (more details here). Alternatively, it is possible to take the from Casa da Música metro station to the conference venue (please see the bus options available depending on your arrival hour here).
Directions from Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport (Porto) to Vilar Oporto Hotel by bus:
Please see the bus options available depending on your arrival hour here.
Average time: 50 minutes
Arriving at Porto by train
From Campanhã train station:
Bus number 207 or 203.
Average time: 20 minutes
More details here
From São Bento train station:
Bus number 201, 208, 302 or 501
Average time: 20 minutes
More details here
There are plenty of taxi options at the airport and train station, immediately available either at the arrival exit or through a pre-booking system, in case of the airport. Bolt/ Uber/ etc are also available.
Organization
Chair persons:
Carla Oliveira, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Group Coordinator, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Affiliated Professor, Department of Pathology, FMUP - Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal
Fátima Carneiro, M.D., Ph.D.
Head Pathology Department, CHUSJ - Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal
Full Professor, Department of Pathology, FMUP - Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal
Senior Researcher, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Organizing Committee:
Celina São José, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Daniel Ferreira, Ph.D.
Junior researcher, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Irene Gullo, M.D., Ph.D.
Pathologist, Pathology Department, CHUSJ - Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal
Assistant Invited Professor, FMUP - Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal
Clinical Affiliate Member, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
João Fonseca, M.Sc.
PhD candidate, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal & FMUP - Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal
Joana Figueiredo, Ph.D.
Assistant Researcher, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal & FMUP - Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal
José Garcia Pelaez, M.Sc.
PhD candidate, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal & FMUP - Medical Faculty of Porto University, Porto, Portugal
Liliana Sousa, M.Sc.
PhD candidate, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal and EEG - School of Economics and Management of Minho University
Luzia Garrido, B.Sc.
Genetics Nurse, EBMG registered Genetic Counsellor, Medical Genetics Service and Breast Centre, CHUSJ - Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal
Research Fellow, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Ricardo Amorim, Ph.D.
Junior researcher, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Rita Barbosa Matos, M.Sc.
PhD candidate, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal & ICBAS - School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of Porto University
Sara Pereira, Ph.D.
Project manager, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Silvana Lobo, M.Sc.
PhD candidate, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde & Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal & ICBAS - School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of Porto University
Program
Preliminary program
Day 1: Thursday, 13th June 2024
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11:00 - 11:45 |
Registration in Super Bock Arena* |
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11:45 - 13:30 |
Welcome lunch in Porto |
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14:00 - 17:30 Opening session |
Speaker |
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14:00 - 14:30 |
The story of HDGC: “Once upon a time in Portugal…” |
To be announced |
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14:30 - 15.00 |
The foundation of IGCLC |
To be announced |
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15:00 - 15:30 |
Twenty-six years of HDGC |
To be announced |
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15:30- 16:00 Coffee Break |
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16:00 - 17:00 |
HDGC patients’ Short Stories: When science meets real life – stories from around the world |
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17:00 – 17:30 |
Remembering Raquel Seruca and Karen Chelcun |
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19:30 – Dinner |
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* Registration will be available at the event venue (in Oporto Vilar Hotel) from 13:30
Day 2: Friday, 14th June 2024
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9:00-10:40 Session I: Major risk genes (for guidelines) |
Speaker |
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9:00-9:20 |
CDH1 & CTNNA1: Genotype-Phenotype correlations |
To be announced |
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9:20-9:40 |
Lifetime cancer risk in CDH1 & CTNNA1 variant carriers |
To be announced |
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9:40-10:00 |
Variant classification and clinical actionability |
To be announced |
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10:00-10:20 |
Consensual in vitro, in vivo and in silico models for variant predicted effects |
To be announced |
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10:20-10:40 |
Molecular diagnosis: When, who and how |
To be announced |
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10:40- 11:10 Coffee Break |
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11:10-12:30 Session II: Clinical approaches in carriers of causing variants (for guidelines) |
Speaker |
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11:10-11:30 |
Endoscopic surveillance and biopsies: When, who and how |
To be announced |
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11:30-11:50 |
Gastric/Breast Histopathology: Minimal accepted parameters for decision of genetic testing |
To be announced |
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11:50-12:00 |
Definition of clinically expressed disease |
To be announced |
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12:00-12:15 |
Surgery and other therapeutic approaches |
To be announced |
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12:15-12:30 |
Nutrition, drug supplementation and patient wellbeing |
To be announced |
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12:30-12:45 |
Financial aspects of prevention vs. treatment |
To be announced |
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12:45-14:00 Lunch |
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14:00-14:30 |
Summary of State of the Art and Introduction to working group discussions |
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14:30-16:00 |
Working Group Discussions:
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16:00-16:20 Coffee Break |
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16:20-17:30 |
Working Group presentations |
Groups’ Spokesperson |
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17:30-18:00 |
General discussion |
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19:30 Social Activity and Dinner |
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Day 3: Saturday, 15th June 2024
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FREE Morning |
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13:30-14:30 6 Speed-talks on fundamental research findings (from submitted abstracts) |
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14:30-15:30 Coffee Break and Poster session |
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15:30-16:30 6 Speed-talks on clinical research findings (from submitted abstracts) |
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16:30-17.00 Meeting Wrap-up |
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Porto de Honra and farewell |
Registration
Registration is free, but mandatory. Registration includes the participation in coffee breaks, lunches and dinners, as well as access to all event.
Only registrations from invited delegates will be considered.
Registration deadline: 23rd February 2024
Accommodation
Accommodation suggestions located at a maximum of 15-minute walking:
Vilar Oporto Hotel
Address: Rua Arcediago Vanzeller 50, 4050-621 Porto
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Please book your accommodation using the e-mail reservas@vilaroportohotel.pt and indicate the code 2024 IGCLC to take advantage of a 5% discount.
HF Tuela Hotel ***
R. Arquitecto Marques da Silva 200, 4150-483 Porto
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Please book your accommodation using the link igclc.hfhotels.com in order to take advantage of 10% of discount.
HF Fénix Porto Hotel ****
R. de Gonçalo Sampaio 282, 4150-365 Porto
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Please book your accommodation using the link igclc.hfhotels.com in order to take advantage of 10% of discount.
Eurostars Das Artes Hotel ****
Rua do Rosário 160 164, 4050-521 Porto
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Please book your accommodation using this link and include the code IIISUP5 in order to take advantage of 10% of discount.
Hotel Vincci Porto ****
Alameda de Basílio Teles 29, 4150-127 Porto
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Local accommodation options can be found here >>
More information about Porto and the tourist attractions may be found here >>
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