The 99th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Pharmacological Society

Chair:Shuhei Tomita(Osaka Metropolitan University), Panich Uraiwan(Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University)
Commentator: Yasuhito Uezono (Dept. Pain Ctrl., Grad. Sch. Med., Tokyo Jikei Univ.)

This Japan-Thailand joint symposium will highlight recent advances in pharmacological and drug discovery research addressing cellular stress responses and therapeutic innovation, with a particular focus on cancer and related pathologies. The session will explore how pharmacological interventions modulate adaptive mechanisms such as hypoxia, inflammation, and epithelial remodeling, all of which critically influence disease progression, treatment response, and clinical outcomes.
The symposium will also address key pharmacological challenges in cancer, with particular attention to pain-related neural signaling, symptom management, and emerging insights from cancer neuroscience that emphasize active crosstalk between the nervous system and tumor progression. By integrating perspectives from basic pharmacology, drug discovery, and clinically relevant research, the session aims to provide a coherent view of cancer pharmacology spanning molecular mechanisms to patient-centered care.