At a two-day pre-meeting, the faculty of the Symposium will be sitting to brainstorm new ideas for treating sarcomas. "In some ways, occasions like this can considerably complement this kind of symposia," says pathologist A. Paolo Dei Tos from Treviso, Italy, co-chair of the event.
Hundreds of international specialists are expected to attend the Milan meeting, which is being held jointly with the Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milano, a leading oncology institute in Italy as well as major reference center for sarcomas.
The symposium has been greatly enhanced also by the input and participation of the Community of European Sarcoma Groups, a growing effort put in place by the collaborative research groups on sarcomas in Europe, in an attempt to further develop international collaboration on research and treatment of soft tissue sarcomas.
Unlike most other clinical conferences, where presentations are based on the different clinical aspects of a disease, the ESMO International Symposia are specifically designed to ensure that all the latest developments are presented in a program that strictly follows the biology of the disease.
For journalists, the symposium offers an ideal opportunity to meet and talk to some of the world's most eminent specialists in the treatment of this cancer type. A press room will be functioning on-site to facilitate interviews and briefings on the topic.
The meeting on sarcoma and GIST is the second EIS Symposium ESMO has held this year. In March, the first symposium on prostate cancer was a success. Other meetings are planned on the same model, including an EIS on Supportive Care later in 2006.
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Contact: Gracemarie Bricalli
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European Society for Medical Oncology
11-May-2006