The 2019 edition of the SIOG Annual Conference took place in Geneva, Switzerland from November 14-16. We would like to thank all participants, faculty members and industry partners for their participation which contributed to the huge success of our conference.

The SIOG 2019 Annual Conference in numbers

420 delegates from 40 countries
15 scientific sessions with a total of 62 talks
61 faculty members from 19 countries
230 abstracts submissions
3’273 tweets from 326 people, 5 671 000 impressions* mentioning #SIOG19 & #SIOG2019.

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SIOG 2019 Awards

The SIOG 2019 awards were announced at the SIOG Presidential Session in Geneva. Delegates met to congratulate the winners.
The SIOG 2019 Paul Calabresi award: Marije Hamaker (NL). Read More
The 2019 BJ Kennedy award for best poster: Ruth Mary Parks (GB) – The role of the androgen receptor in primary breast cancer in older women. Read her abstract
The SIOG 2019 Nursing & Allied Health investigator award: Rei Ono (JP) – The high impact of preoperative social frailty on overall survival in elderly gastrointestinal cancer patients. Read his abstract
The SIOG 2019 Young investigator award: Isacco Montroni (IT) – Patient-reported outcomes measures (PROMs) in geriatric patients undergoing major surgery for solid cancer: 90-day preliminary report on 643 patients from the geriatric oncology surgical assessment and functional recovery after surgery (GOSAFE) study. Read his abstract

SIOG 2019 Session slides

The session presentations will be available for SIOG members and SIOG 2019 participants. SIOG members will be able to access them by logging in their MySIOG acccount (the presentations will be located under the member news section). SIOG 2019 participants can contact the SIOG Head Office at enquiry@siog.org to obtain the link for the slides.

SIOG 2019 Photos

Selected photos taken during the conference are available here. (Dropbox)

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SIOG 2019 Final Programme (pdf)

SIOG 2019 in the media

Article in COSA e-newsletter written by Heather Lane (SIOG Member) – SIOG 2019 Conference Report
Article in ASCO Post written by Nina Rosa Neuendroff (SIOG Member) – published on Feb. 25, 2020 – Cancer in the Aging Population: ‘Leaving No One Behind’

Watch selected presentations on VuMedi website. NB: you will need to create an account if you do not have one already to watch the selected presentations.

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All abstracts of the 19th Annual Conference of the International Society of Geriatric Oncology were published in a supplement of the Journal of Geriatric Oncology (JGO) – the official journal of SIOG.
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SIOG 2019 Annual Conference