Events: UICC, 40th Annual SIOP
UICC World Cancer Congress, August 2008 Geneva
ACGT will be participating at the next UICC World Cancer Congress planned August 27th to 31st in Geneva. ACGT will be present with its own stand during the whole duration of the event.
The event which brings together world leaders in cancer control will be attended this year by more than 3000 delegates from 125 countries including researchers, clinicians, nurses, management administrators, government and public health officials, health journalists and of course patients. ACGT staffers will be presenting results to date, looking to attract new end users and ultimately seeking new collaborations.
40th Annual SIOP Meeting
The SIOP (International Society of Paediatric Oncology) Annual Meetings are the most significant scientific and educational events for paediatric oncology worldwide. Physicians of all disciplines co-operating in the research and treatment of childhood cancer, but also scientists, psychologists, nurses, parents and former patients will meet and discuss novel developments at the 40th Annual Meeting in Berlin from the 1st to the 6th of October 2008.
During this occasion, ACGT will have a half-day workshop on the 2nd of October presenting an infrastructure to facilitate the building and running of clinico-genomic trials in accordance with all European legal and ethical regulations. Different software demonstrations, scientific presentations and open discussions will highlight the infrastructure of ACGT for a better and more personalized medicine in Oncology including Paediatric Oncology, as shown in Nephroblastoma.