The SIOG 2014 Annual Conference "Bringing Two Worlds Together: Oncology and Geriatrics" has reached 361 delegates from over 40 countries, has hold four satellite sessions supported by the industry, has organised 23 scientific sessions. SIOG 2014 awards The SIOG 2014 Paul Calabresi Award was given to Martine Extermann, MD, PhD. Read More The BJ Kennedy Award for Best Poster was given to Emilie Ferrat (France) - Predictors of One-Year Mortality in a Prospective Cohort of Elderly Patients with Cancer. Read More The SIOG 2014 Nursing & Allied Health Investigator Award was given to Ms Cindy Kenis (Belgium) - Prognostic value of geriatric screening and assessment for overall survival in older patients with cancer. Read More The SIOG 2014 Young Investigator Award was given to Dr Maria José Molina-Garrido (Spain) - Evaluation of the role of sarcopenia in elderly patients with cancer treated with chemotherapy. Oncosarco project. Preliminary results. Read More [...]

161 participants from 14 different countries attended the 2nd SIOG Asia Pacific Conference on July 12-13, 2014 in Singapore. SIOG APAC 2014 Programme Committee Ravindran Kanesvaran (Singapore Geriatric Oncology Society), Singapore Arti Hurria - Programme Chair (City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dir. Cancer and Aging Research Programme, Duarte, CA) USA Beena Devi, Malaysia Christopher Steer (Border Medical Oncology, Wodonga), Australia Laurence Verhagen (SIOG Chief Executive Officer), Switzerland SIOG APAC 2014 Local Organizing Committee Ravindran Kanesvaran (Singapore Geriatric Oncology Society), Singapore Anupama Roy Chowdhury (Secretary SGOS), Singapore Tanujaa Rajasekaran (Treasurer SGOS), Singapore Tira Tan Jing Ying (Committee Member SGOS), Singapore SIOG APAC 2014 programme The final programme can be downloaded here. SIOG APAC 2014 photos The photos taken during this conference can be seen here. SIOG APAC 2014 asbtract book The SIOG 2014 APAC abstract book is now available here. SIOG APAC 2014 Awards Young SIOG APAC 2014 Investigator Award [...]

The SIOG 2013 Annual Conference "Multidisciplinary Approach towards Personalized Treatments" has reached 346 delegates, has hold three satellite sessions supported by the industry, has organised 23 scientific sessions, has had a 36% increase in abstracts submission, has given the Paul Calabresi Award to Supriya Mohile and the BJ Kennedy Award for Best Poster to Marije Hamaker. SIOG 2013 programme SIOG 2013 photos Have a glance at what happened in Copenhagen by viewing selected photos taken during the SIOG 2013 Conference. SIOG 2013 - in the media had conducted a serie of interviews of SIOG key opinion leaders and conference speakers. Watch the videos by clicking on the left tab entitled "Ecancer interviews". ecancer is the leading oncology channel committed to improving cancer communication and education with the goal of optimising patient care and outcomes. SIOG 2013 - online abstracts book   All abstracts of the 13th Annual Conference of the [...]