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IGCS 2010
13 - 16 Oct 2010
Kiev, Ukraine
This forum is being organized by the Eurasian Federation of Oncology in partnership with Interventional Radiologists Society, N. N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, National Cancer Institute of Ukraine and R. E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology & Radiobiology. This Forum is the first Eurasian event bringing together such disciplines as Radiation Diagnostics, Molecular & Genetic Diagnostics and Pathologic Diagnostics of Tumours as well, including Tumuor Cell Biology, New Hybrid and Bio Technologies. This forum is intended to involve the leaders in the clinical and experimental diagnostics of cancer from different parts of the world. The forum will comprise of the following activities: - Plenary lectures on radiation diagnostic, molecular & genetic diagnostics and pathologic diagnostic of tumors - Sessions on Radiation Diagnostics & Interventional Radiology - Sessions on Molecular & Genetic Diagnostics and Tumor Cell Biology - Sessions on Pathologic Diagnostics of Tumors - Poster Presentations This event will be a unique opportunity for participants to discuss the most topical questions in the field of cancer diagnostics with the leaders from different parts of the world. The official languages of the forum are English and Russian. All the sessions will be accompanied with simultaneous translation.
New system of staging for gynaecological cancers
Prof Sergio Pecorelli - University of Brescia, Italy
Treatment of elderly gynaecological cancer patients
Dr Thomas Herzog - Columbia University, New York, USA
CA-125 in the follow up of patients with ovarian cancer in German
Prof Christian Marth - Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
Retreatment of ovarian cancer
Prof Jonathan Ledermann – University College London, UK
Advances in targeted therapies for ovarian cancer
Prof Martin Gore - Royal Marsden Hospital and ICR, London, UK
The influence of trabectedin on overall survival in ovarian cancer
Prof Nicoletta Colombo - European Institute of Milan, Italy
The role of trabectedin in the treatment of ovarian cancer
Prof Bradley Monk - University of California at Irvine, USA
CA-125 in the follow up of patients with ovarian cancer
Prof Christian Marth - Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
The Cancer Genome Atlas
Dr Douglas Levine - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
The development of ovarian cancer treatments
Dr Edward Trimble - National Cancer Institute, Maryland, USA
The use of an intra-uterine device to treat early stage uterine cancer
Dr Lucas Minig - Hospital Universitario Madrid Sanchinarro, Spain
The European Network of Young Gynae Oncologists
Dr. Murat Gultekin & Dr. Boris Vranes
Key messages from IGCS 2010
Dr Richard Barakat - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA