BJMO - volume 9, issue 4, august 2015
T. Vermassen PhD, S. Rottey MD, PhD
From May 29th till June 2nd, Chicago was host for the 2015 ASCO annual meeting. The theme for this year’s congress was ‘Illumination and Innovation: Transforming Data into Learning’. With over 30,000 registered attendees from over 120 countries worldwide and more than 6,000 submitted abstracts, this year’s meeting was a great success. This report will highlight 12 key studies concerning genitourinary cancers presented during the meeting.
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Tom Feys MBA, MSc
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P. Specenier MD, PhD
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T. Vermassen PhD, P. de Visschere MD, G. Villeirs MD, PhD, D. Schrijvers MD, PhD, S. Rottey MD, PhD
Due to the success of last year, a second national Belgian multidisciplinary scientific meeting on urological cancers was held with the cooperation of medical oncologists (BSMO), urologists (BAU) and radiation oncologists (ABRO/BVRO). It was a great opportunity to build bridges between these three important specialisations involved in the treatment of urological cancers.
The steering committee of the meeting consisted of J. P. Machiels, G. Pelgrims, S. Rottey (members of BSMO); L. Hoekx, S. Joniau, T. Roumeguere (members of BAU); O. De Hertogh, G. De Meerleer and Y. Neybuch (members of ABRO/BVRO). The second meeting, held in Brussels on March 28th, 2015 was a great success with more than 100 attendees of the different specialisations involved.
In this meeting report you will find summaries of the lectures of Dr De Visschere (Radiologist) and Dr Schrijvers (Medical Oncologist).
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D. Verhoeven MD, PhD, Wim Demey MD, I. Biltjes MD, P. Dirix MD, PhD, P. Van Dam MD, PhD, M. Strijbos MD, PhD, C. Langenaeken MD
The 5th International Congress of Breast Disease Centres was held in Antwerp, February 5–7, 2015, following previous versions in Paris. The focus was on multidisciplinary care, quality management, and economic issues. Over fifty key opinion leaders from all over the world (fifteen countries, four continents) discussed different aspects of multidisciplinary breast care. Among the participants were the presidents of professional societies such as EUSOMA, ECCO, ESTRO, NAPBC USA, and the general director of SIS. The next congress will be held in Paris, February 4–6, 2016.
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C. Kenis PhD, MSc
In October 2014, the 14th conference of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology was held in Lisbon, Portugal, celebrating the International Society of Geriatric Oncology’s mission by bringing together multidisciplinary experts in both oncology and geriatric medicine. More than 350 healthcare workers from all over the world participated, not only physicians but also a growing number of nurses and allied healthcare workers with a special interest in the care for older persons with cancer.
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Tom Feys MBA, MSc
From 9–13th of December, San Antonio, TX was again transformed into the world’s capital in the fight against breast cancer. The 2014 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium was a joint presentation of the Cancer Therapy & Research Centre at the University of Texas Health Science Centre at San Antonio, the American Association for Cancer Research, and Baylor College of Medicine. This years’ meeting drew more than 6,000 participants from all over the globe and again proved to be the number one breast cancer meeting in the world. This report will highlight eight key studies presented during the meeting.
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