Articles

Highlights from the 36 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

BJMO - volume 8, issue 1, march 2014

Tom Feys MBA, MSc

From the 10th till the 14th of December, San Antonio, TX was again transformed into the world’s capital in the fight against breast cancer. The 2013 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) was a joint presentation of the Cancer Therapy & Research Center at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, the American Association for Cancer Research, and Baylor College of Medicine. This years’ meeting drew more than 7,000 participants from all over the globe and again proved to be the number one breast cancer meeting in the world. This report will highlight 10 key studies presented during the meeting.

(BELG J MED ONCOL 2014;8(1):23–6)

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The 2013 ECCO – ESMO – ESTRO European Cancer Congress

BJMO - volume 7, issue 5, december 2013

Tom Feys MBA, MSc

Summary

From September 27th till the first of October, the ECCO – ESMO – ESTRO European Cancer Congress (ECC) again proved to be the premier cancer congress in Europe. Featuring the strongest and most forward-focused scientific programme to date, the 33 tracks at the meeting spanned the entire oncology spectrum and showcased the latest practice-changing developments in oncology. For a complete overview of abstracts presented at ECC2013 we refer to the congress website (eccamsterdam2013.ecco-org.eu) which also features over 1,000 session webcasts from the meeting. This summary will focus on a selection of top studies presented during the meeting.

(BELG J MED ONCOL 2013;7(5):159–63)

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The 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

BJMO - volume 7, issue 4, september 2013

Tom Feys MBA, MSc

Summary

From May 31st till June 4th, Chicago again hosted the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The ASCO Annual Meeting brought together over 25,000 oncology professionals from a broad range of specialties. This summary does not aim at giving a complete overview of the meeting but will briefly touch on twenty key studies presented at the meeting. All abstracts cited in this summary can be consulted in more detail at the ASCO website (am.asco.org).

(BELG J MED ONCOL 2013;7(4):127–32)

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New oncology reimbursements in Belgium

BJMO - volume 7, issue 4, september 2013

Tom Feys MBA, MSc, P. Specenier MD, PhD

(BELG J MED ONCOL 2013;7(4):133)

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New oncology reimbursements in Belgium

BJMO - volume 7, issue 3, july 2013

Tom Feys MBA, MSc, P. Specenier MD, PhD

Summary

Overview of Belgian reimbursement news.

(BELG J MED ONCOL 2013;7(3):101)

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New oncology reimbursements in Belgium

BJMO - volume 7, issue 2, may 2013

Tom Feys MBA, MSc, P. Specenier MD, PhD

Summary

Overview of Belgian reimbursement news.

(BELG J MED ONCOL 2013;7(2):68)

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The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Genitourinary Cancers Symposium 2013

BJMO - volume 7, issue 2, may 2013

Tom Feys MBA, MSc

Summary

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Genitourinary Cancers Symposium 2013 held from the 14th – 16th of February, 2013, in Orlando, Florida, focused on multidisciplinary approaches to the prevention, screening, evaluation, and management of genitourinary (GU) cancers.

(BELG J MED ONCOL 2013;7(2):60–62)

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