Tuesday, May 2, 2023
REGISTRATION / CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:00 - 9:45   
Introduction
9:45 - 10:15

Introduction to the Programme

Harley Eisman, MD, Co-Founder, Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Foundation, Montréal, QC, Canada


William Foulkes, MBBS, PhD, Director, Program in Cancer Genetics, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada

SESSION 1:
Mutations, variants, databases
10:15 - 11:45

CHAIR: Lawrence Brody, PhD, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

10:15 - 10:35

LECTURE
Resolving ENIGMAtic VUSs, updating VCEPs and helping ClinVar

Amanda Spurdle, PhD, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

10:35 - 10:55

LECTURE
BRCA Exchange: the one-stop shop for BRCA1/2 variant information

Melissa Cline, PhD, University of California, Santa Cruz, Genomics Institute Santa Cruz, CA, USA

10:55 - 11:05

PROFFERED PAPER 1 (S1-PP1)
Functional and clinical characterization of BRCA2 hypomorphic missense variants

Fergus Couch, PhD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States

11:05 - 11:15

PROFFERED PAPER 2 (S1-PP2)
CHEK2gether study of the ENIGMA consortium: functional analysis of CHEK2 missense variants identified in breast cancer patients

Petra Kleiblova, MD, PhD, Charles University, Prague, Czechia

11:17 - 11:20

RAPID FIRE POSTER PRESENTATION (S1-RF1)
BRCA1 frameshift variants leading to extended incorrect protein termini

Thales Nepomuceno, PhD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States

11:20 - 11:23

RAPID FIRE POSTER PRESENTATION (S1-RF2)
A comprehensive characterization of missense variants of uncertain significance (VUS) in RAD51C

Jean-Yves Masson, PhD, CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center, Québec, QC, Canada

11:25 - 11:45

Question and discussion period (all speakers)

LUNCH BREAK
11:45 - 13:15  
SESSION 2:
Clinically relevant pathology
13:15 - 14:45

CHAIR: Raymond Kim, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FACMG, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

13:15 - 13:35

LECTURE
How can molecular pathology of HBOC help the cancer genetics health professional?

Jorge S. Reis-Filho, MD, PhD,FRCPath, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

13:35 - 13:55

LECTURE
Non-epithelial ovarian cancers and their associated syndromes

Blaise Clarke, MD, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

13:55 - 14:05

PROFFERED PAPER 1 (S2-PP1)
The genomic landscape of high grade serous ovarian tumors is defined by loss of BRCA1 and BRCA2 throughout chemoresistance and relapse

Nicole Gull, PhD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States

14:05 - 14:15

PROFFERED PAPER 2 (S2-PP2)
Replication stress and defective checkpoints render Fallopian tube epithelial cells as putative driver of high-grade serous ovarian cancer

Shailja Pathania, PhD, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, United States

14:17 - 14:20

RAPID FIRE POSTER PRESENTATIONS (S2-RF1)
Improving the diagnosis of serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma (STIC) using deep-learning

Joep Bogaerts, MD, PhD candidate, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

14:205 - 14:23

RAPID FIRE POSTER PRESENTATIONS (S2-RF2)
Chromothripsis and whole genome duplication are both detectable in early-stage high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) of upper gynaecological tract; implications for HGSC risk mitigation

Ju-Yoon Yoon, MD, PhD, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

14:25 - 14:45

Question and discussion period (all speakers)

POSTER SESSION 1 (with break)
14:45 - 16:15
SESSION 3:
Special Round Table: Mainstreaming genetic testing for HBOC: A paradigm shift
16:15 - 17:45

MODERATOR: Laura Palma, MSc, CGC, CCGC, McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada

Where to Begin? Implementation & evaluation of the mainstreaming genetic testing model

Jeanna McCuaig, MSc, PhD, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

Patient understanding and responses to mainstreaming genetic testing

Jada G. Hamilton, PhD, MPH, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

Cost-effectiveness and population impact of mainstreaming for breast and ovarian cancer

Ranjit Manchanda, MD, MRCOG, PhD, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK