- April 3, 2025 8:00 AMCheck-In Opens
- April 3, 2025 9:20 AM - 10:00 AMKeynote: Making it happen: Translating the exercise oncology evidence base into clinical practice
Chair: Pedro Saint-Maurice, PhD (Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal)
Speakers: - April 3, 2025 10:00 AM - 10:10 AMDiurnal timing of physical activity and risk of colorectal cancer in the UK Biobank
Free oral communication
Speakers: - April 3, 2025 10:10 AM - 10:30 AMBio-behavioral models of long-term toxicities and quality of life after cancerSpeakers:
- April 3, 2025 10:30 AM - 11:40 AMCoffee break & Poster #1
- April 3, 2025 11:40 AM - 12:20 PMKeynote: Observational studies of physical activity and cancer prevention, survival, and survivorship
Chair: Pedro Saint-Maurice, PhD (Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal)
- April 3, 2025 12:20 PM - 1:30 PMLunch on us
- April 3, 2025 1:30 PM - 2:10 PMKeynote: Mechanistic studies of physical activity
Chair: Darpan Patel, PhD (University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, US)
Speakers: - April 3, 2025 2:10 PM - 2:20 PMEffects of a low vs. moderate intense exercise program on innate immune recovery, fitness and quality of life during pediatric Allo-HSCT – ANIMAL
Free oral comunication
Speakers: - April 3, 2025 2:20 PM - 2:40 PMExercise effects on T-cell mobilization and immune surveillance – consequences for breast cancer prognosisSpeakers:
- April 3, 2025 2:40 PM - 3:50 PMCoffee break & Poster #2
- April 3, 2025 3:50 PM - 4:00 PMPhysical exercise mitigates functional decline in different preclinical models of cancer-induced sarcopenia
Free oral communication
- April 3, 2025 4:00 PM - 4:40 PMKeynote: Physical activity and cancer in multi-cultural populations
Chair: Maria João Cardoso, PhD (Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal)
- April 3, 2025 4:40 PM - 4:50 PMDay 1 Wrap up
- April 3, 2025 5:00 PM – 6:00 PMTour Champalimaud
- April 3, 2025 7:30 PM - 10:00 PMConference dinner
This dinner is included in your registration - a great opportunity to relax and connect.
Speakers:
- April 4, 2025 8:00 AMCheck-In Opens
- April 4, 2025 9:00 AM - 9:40 AMKeynote: Exercise during cancer treatment
Chair: Kristin Campbell, PhD (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Speakers: - April 4, 2025 9:40 AM - 10:00 AMEffects of exercise on breast cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy – the NEO-program, a randomized controlled trialSpeakers:
- April 4, 2025 10:00 AM - 10:10 AMEarly postoperative exercise rehabilitation in gastric cancer patients. A randomized clinical trial
Free oral communication
Speakers: - April 4, 2025 10:10 AM : 10:30 AMTranslating exercise oncology research into community-based programs: Bridging the gap between clinical trials and real-world applicationsSpeakers:
- April 4, 2025 10:30 AM - 11:40 AMCoffee break & Poster #3
- April 4, 2025 11:40 AM - 12:20 PMKeynote: Development of an exercise oncology group in a cancer comprehensive center – Lessons learned over the last 15 years
Chair: Carla Malveiro, MSc (Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal)
Speakers: - April 3, 2025 12:20 PM - 1:30 PMLunch on us
- April 4, 2025 1:30 PM - 2:10 PMKeynote: Exercise in patients with advanced cancer
Chair: Elizabeth Salerno, PhD (Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, US)
Speakers: - April 4, 2025 2:10 PM - 2:20 PMShort-term impact of the PAC-WOMAN pragmatic randomized controlled trial on physical activity and quality of life in breast cancer survivors on aromatase inhibitors
Free oral communication
Speakers: - April 4, 2025 2:20 PM - 2:40 PMThe 3 “As” of high quality RCTs in exercise oncology: Accrual, adherence, and attritionSpeakers:
- April 4, 2025 2:40 PM – 3:50 PMCoffee Break & Poster #4
- April 4, 2025 3:50 PM - 4:30 PMKeynote: Reimagining Oncology Drug Development with Real-World Measures of Physical Function
Chair: Heather Leach, PhD (Colorado State University, US)
Speakers: - April 4, 2025 4:30 PM – 4:40 PMConference wrap up
- April 4, 2025 5:00 PM – 6:00 PMRoundtable activity / Tour Champalimaud
This activity is a student-only activity and will promote interactions between students and speakers.
