Pietenpol, Nashville, TN Bruce A. J. Ponder, Cambridge, England Eddie Reed, Mobile, AL Margaret A. Shipp, Boston, MA Margaret R. Spitz, Houston, TX Craig B. Thompson, Philadelphia, PA Eileen P. White, Piscataway, NJ The French National Cancer Institute Board of Directors President Dominique Maraninchi, Boulogne-Billancourt, France CEO Pascale Flamant, Boulogne-Billancourt, France Deputy Directors Fabien Calvo, Boulogne-Billancourt, France Directors Christine Bara, Boulogne-Billancourt , France Anne Ramon, Boulogne-Billancourt, France Advisory Board President Jacques Pouyssegur, Nice, France Vice-President James Armitage, Omaha, USA Daniel Louvard, Paris,
France Jean-Pierre Bizzari, Summit, USA Gilles Favre, Toulouse, France Daniel Haller, Philadelphia, USA Jean-Luc Harousseau, Nantes, France Peter GW-572016 chemical structure Harper, Londres, United Kingdom Denis Hemon, Villejuif, France Jean-Marie Lehn, Paris, France Michel Marty, Paris,
France Claude Mawas, Marseille, France Jacques Samarut, Lyon, France Bruno Varet, Paris, France Robert Weinberg, Cambridge, USA Program Committee Isaac P. Witz, Tel Aviv, Israel (Chairman) Adriana Albini, Milan, Italy Menashe Bar Eli, Houston, USA Fabien Calvo, Paris, France Yves DeClerck, Los Angeles, USA Wolf H. Fridman, Paris, France Kornelia Polyak, Boston, USA Jacques Pouyssegur, Nice, France Benjamin Sredni, Ramat Gan, Israel Eitan Yefenof, Jerusalem, Israel Smadar Fisher, Conference Coordinator, Tel Aviv, Israel Alanine-glyoxylate transaminase Conference Secretariat- DIESENHAUS UNITOURS, Tel Aviv, Israel Acknowledgments The Members of the Organizing Committee 5-Fluoracil of the 5th International Conference on Tumor Microenvironment: Progression, Therapy & Prevention, express their gratitude and acknowledge the following institutions and companies for their generous support Lead Supporter Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc Principal Sponsors The Pikovski Fund, Jerusalem, Israel National Cancer
Institute, NIH Sponsors Supported by an educational donation provided by Amgen Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd European Association for Cancer Research (EACR) “Cancer Microenvironment” the official journal of the International Cancer Microenvironment Society Roche, France The assistance of Ms. Noa Laks, Ms. Malka Ben Haim and Ms. Linda Brand of Tel Aviv University and Ms. Michal Semo and Ms. Yael Kfir of the TAU Graphic Design Studio, is highly appreciated. Dear Friends and Colleagues, It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the Fifth International Conference on Tumor Microenvironment: Progression, Therapy & Prevention and to the beautiful city of Versailles. The International Cancer Microenvironment Society (ICMS), the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and the National Cancer Institute of France (INCa) have joined forces to organize an outstanding event whose interesting and challenging scientific program covers the most recent developments in basic and translational Tumor Microenvironment research.