Program Schedule

Schedule information is subject to change. Last updated 3 March 2025.

Thursday, 5 June

Hosted at the University of Chicago Gleacher Center and in collaboration with the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC)

Time Session
7:00 a.m. Registration Open & Breakfast Served
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Session 1: Advances in Cancer Immunotherapy: A Focus on Interventional Oncology, presented by SITC

Additional details to be announced soon

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 - 2:15 p.m.

Session 2: Interventional Oncology: Transarterial Therapies Primer

  • Chemoembolization: Current State of the Science
  • Radioembolization: Radiation Basics of Y90
  • Resin Microsphere Dosimetry
  • Glass Microsphere Dosimetry
  • Discussion
2:15 - 2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Session 3: Biomarkers

  • Keynote: How Does Immunotherapy Fit with Locoregional Therapies
  • Immunological Effects of Local Therapies in the Tumor Microenvironment
  • Unraveling Mechanisms of Resistance to Immunotherapy in HCC
  • Imaging Biomarkers of Response to Immuotherapy in Liver Cancer
  • Minimal Residual Disease after TACE
  • Discussion
4:30 - 4:45 p.m. Break
4:45 - 5:45 p.m.

Session 4: Sequencing

  • Clincal Rationale for Different Sequencing Strategies
  • Impact of Various Interventional Modalities on Sequencing Rationale
  • Tumor Heterogeneity and Combination Therapies
  • Managing Adverse Event of Combination Therapies
  • Discussion
5:45 - 6:45 p.m. Reception

Friday, 6 June

Hosted at the Hyatt Centric-Chicago Magnificent Mile and in collaboration with the International Liver Cancer Association (ILCA) Single Topic Workshop

Time Session
7:00 a.m. Registration Open & Breakfast Served
8:00 - 9:30 a.m.

Session 5: Combination Therapies (IO + IO)

  • EMERALD-1 and LEAP-012
  • Will Combination Therapy Impact My Practice: Oncology Perspective
  • Will Combination Therapy Impact My Practice: Hepatology Perspective
  • Will Combination Therapy Impact My Practice: Surgical Perspective
  • TARE: Ongoing Trials and IR Perspective of EMERALD-1 and LEAP-12
  • Discussion
9:30 - 9:45 a.m. Break
9:45 - 10:30 a.m.

Session 6: TARE or...

  • Solitary HCC: Ablative SBRT
  • Solitary HCC: Radiation Segmentectomy
  • BTC: HAI Pump
  • BTC: TARE
  • Multifocal Bilobar HCC: Systemic Therapy Alone
  • Multifocal Bilobar HCC: TACE
  • Multifocal Bilobar HCC: TARE
  • Discussion
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Session 7: Practical y90

  • Radiation Lobectomy
  • Flow Diversion: What is it and Why?
  • Extra-Hepatic Supply
  • High Lung Shunts
  • Lessons Learned from the European Perspective of TARE
  • Lessons Learned from the Korean Perspective of TARE
  • Vascular Invasion in the Era of Immunotherapy
  • Discussion
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 - 2:50 p.m.

Session 8: Multidisciplinary Case Review 1: Curative Intent

  • HCC: Solitary HCC Beyond T2 with Elevated AFP
  • HCC: Multi-focal within Downstaging Criteria
  • BTC: Large Central Tumor
  • HCC: Unilobar VP3 Invasion
2:50 - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 - 4:20 p.m.

Session 9:Multidisciplinary Case Review 2: Palliative Intent

  • HCC: Infiltrative HCC with Elevated AFP
  • HCC: Large Solitary Tumor
  • HCC: Unilobar with Pulmonary Mets
  • BTC: Recurrence Post-resection
4:30 Adjourn