October 15-16, 2004 The Stanford Court Hotel San Francisco, California, USA Conference Chairs Harvey J. Cohen (Durham, USA) and Martine Extermann (Tampa, USA) Topics Latest developments in geriatric oncology Outcome improvement Technical aids to communication Biology of cancer and aging Synergy for improving cancer care in older patients (joint SIOG-ASCO session) Physiologic, functional and psychosocial aspects of treatment of the elderly cancer patients (joint SIOG-AGS session) Communication and culture: speaking about cancer Surgery Prostate cancer Radiation therapy

Photo courtesy of RadeRoof ©GeneveTourisme_OlivierMiche September 29-October 1, 2005 Crowne Plaza Hotel and Conference Center Geneva, Switzerland Conference chairs Harvey J. Cohen, MD (Durham, NC, USA) and Gilbert Zulian, MD (Geneva, Switzerland) Topics Breast cancer Cognition Continuous care Economics Geriatric evaluation GI cancer Leukemia Lymphoma Nutrition Pain Palliation Prostate cancer Sexuality Highlights of the meeting : pp. 34-5 of ASCO News & Forum, Apr. 6, 2006

November 2-4, 2006 Scheveningen The Hague, the Netherlands The conference was a great success, being attended by most European experts, and many from North America and the rest of the world. Delegates came from everywhere, indicating the worldwide importance of the question. The meeting started with an original session on how to conduct clinical trials in elderly. Overall survival is a bad endpoint for this population, and should be replaced by disease free survival. Genetics and physiology of aging were explained, followed by a session on the use of targeted therapies in elderly cancer patients. There were also several sessions on specific tumour types presented by experts from various specialities, surgery, radiation oncology, medical oncology and nursing. Several task forces from SIOG presented the first guidelines focusing on elderly cancer patients with topics ranging from geriatric assessment, chemotherapy toxicity, renal function, approach to anaemia and neutropenia, breast cancer and prostate [...]

November 8-10, 2007 Hotel Melia Castilla Madrid, Spain Conference Chairs Ulrich Wedding, MD (Jena, Germany) and Gumersindo Pérez Manga, MD (Madrid, Spain) SIOG 2007 Awards The 2007 Paul Calabresi Award was attributed to Prof. Hyman B. Muss, MD, University of Vermont Cancer Center, Burlington, VT, USA. This prize recognizes an individual who has significantly contributed to the advancement of geriatric oncology. The 2007 BJ Kennedy Award for the Best Poster has been attributed to Dr. Barbara Deschler - University of Freiburg, Department of Hematology-Oncology, Freiburg, Germany - for her poster entitled : "Multidimensional geriatric assessment in elderly patients with MDS/AML".

October 16-18, 2008 Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel Montreal, Canada Chairs Conference Chair: Jean-Pierre Droz (Lyon, France) Programme Chair: Jean Latreille (Quebec, Canada)  SIOG 2008 Programme The SIOG 2008 final programme is available. SIOG 2008 Awards The 2008 Paul Calabresi Award was attributed to Riccardo Audisio, MD, FRCS - Whiston Hospital, Merseyside, UK. This prize recognizes an individual who has significantly contributed to the advancement of geriatric oncology. (pdf) The 2008 BJ Kennedy Award for the Best Poster was attributed to Kerri Clough-Gore, PhD - Geriatrics Section at Boston University Medical Center, USA, and Department of Geriatrics, Inselspital, University of Berne, Switzerland - for her poster entitled "Older breast cancer survivors: Geriatric assessment domains predicting mortality and tolerance of treatment side-effects".

October 15-17, 2009 MARITIM proArte Hotel Berlin Berlin, Germany Conference chair Ulrich Wedding (Jena, Germany) Scientific & organizing committee Matti Aapro, MD Riccardo Audisio, MD, FRCS Lodovico Balducci, MD Etienne Brain, MD Harvey J. Cohen, MD Jean-Pierre Droz, MD, PhD Martine Extermann, MD, PhD Arti Hurria, MD Arash Naeim, MD, PhD Ulrich Wedding, MD, PhD Hans Wildiers, MD, PhD Gilbert Zulian, MD SIOG 2009 programme The SIOG 2009 final programme is available. (pdf) SIOG 2009 Awards The 2009 Paul Calabresi Award was attributed to Harvey J. Cohen, MD, Duke University School of Medicine. This prize recognizes an individual who has significantly contributed to the advancement of geriatric oncology. The 2009 BJ Kennedy Award for the Best Poster was attributed to Saskia A.M. van de Schans - Comprehensive Cancer Centre South/Cancer Registry Eindhoven, Netherlands - for her poster entitled "Treatment and survival of aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients aged 75 or older: a national [...]

The first SIOG Asia Pacific Conference was organised on 22-23 January 2011 in Kuching, Malaysia. The Minister opening the conference with a Gong.

November 3-5, 2011 Pullman Rive Gauche Hotel Paris, France Chairs Conference Chair: Etienne Brain, MD, PhD (Saint Cloud, France) Scientific Committee Chair: Stuart Lichtman, MD, FACP (New York, USA) Scientific & organizing committe Matti Aapro, MD Riccardo Audisio, MD, FRCS Etienne Brain, MD, PhD Hervé Curé, MD, PhD Martine Extermann, MD, PhD Stuart Lichtman, MD, FACP Pierre Soubeyran, MD, PhD SIOG 2011 programme The SIOG 2011 final programme is available. (pdf) SIOG 2011 photos Have a glance at what happened in Paris by viewing selected photos taken during the SIOG 2011 Annual Conference. SIOG 2011 awards The 2011 Calabresi Award was presented to Ms Beena Devi, MD, MMed, Sarawak General Hospital, Malaysia. This prize recognises an individual who has significantly contributed to the advancement of geriatric oncology.  (pdf) The BJ Kennedy Award for the best poster of the 2011 conference was attributed to Ms Carine Bellera for: "Prognostic factors of the [...]

"Geriatric Oncology: Cancer in Senior Adults" October 25-27, 2012 Manchester Central Convention Complex Manchester, United Kingdom Conference Chair Riccardo Audisio (Liverpool, UK) Scientific & organizing committe Matti Aapro, MD Riccardo Audisio, MD, FRCS Etienne Brain, MD, PhD Beena Devi M D, MMed Martine Extermann, MD, PhD Margot Gosney, MD Arti Hurria, MD SIOG 2012 programme The SIOG 2012 final programme is available. (pdf) SIOG 2012 photos Have a glance at what happened in Manchester by viewing selected photos taken during the SIOG 2012 Annual Conference. SIOG 2012 Online abstract book The Abstract Book for SIOG 2012 is published as a supplement to the society’s official journal, the Journal of Geriatric Oncology. To gain access to the abstracts book, please click here. SIOG 2012 In the media Medscape articles SIOG 2012 Manchester, UK: Radiation, Not Surgery, for Skin Cancer in Older Patients, Medscape Medical News, November 2, 2012 - full article from [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]