The MASCC/ISOO Annual Meeting is the pre-eminent multidisciplinary conference on supportive care in cancer. It covers the range of problems experienced by cancer patients as a result of the disease and its treatments. Topics address all stages of cancer from diagnosis, through treatment, rehabilitation, survivorship, palliative and end of life care.

Since the Meeting is taking place in San Francisco, close to Silicon Valley, one of the main themes - and a plenary session topic - will be the interaction of digital health and supportive care. Indeed, we are seeking to team up with many of the major technology companies involved in oncology. The themes of the other plenary sessions are “New treatments, new toxicities”, “Sexual health”, and "Cancer Survivorship".

The meeting format will be similar to that of previous years, but with some notable differences. We will retain well-tried and successful events, but we also want to introduce some new features, such as clinical/ethical debates, meet-the-expert sessions, practical (“hands on”) sessions, and a “Dragon’s Den”/“Shark Tank” session for researchers seeking collaborators.