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NZOA and the New Zealand Sarcoma Society meeting 2024

Updated 16 July 2024

The NZOA and the New Zealand Sarcoma Society meeting will be held at the Cordis Hotel, Auckland, on Friday the 30th of August.

This 1-day meeting will feature guest speakers, Dr Frank Saran and Dr Luke Johnson (Adelaide), with the theme of the meeting being Trans-Tasman collaboration in Sarcoma Care.

You can view more details on the conference here.
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ESMO ASIA Congress 2024

Updated 3 May 2024

Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group 26th Annual Scientific Meeting

18-21 November 2024
Brisbane, Convention and Exhibition Centre and online
Meeting Convenor Dr Sina Vatandoust

ESMO ASIA Congress

Updated 3 May 2024

ESMO ASIA Congress is pleased to announce that both abstract submission and registration for the congress are now open.

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Mini Summit 11 May

Updated 3 May 2024

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ASCO Breakthrough Housing and Registration Launch

Updated 11 April 2024

In the city of lights, we are illuminating breakthrough innovations and research that are improving global cancer care. The 2024 ASCO Breakthrough meeting will bring together the worldwide oncology community for three days of interactive, high-impact scientific and education sessions. This meeting focuses on how innovations in technology create solutions and challenges in providing optimal care to patients and driving the most impactful research.

Join us in Yokohama, Japan, or online. Make your hotel reservations and register by June 26, 2024, to save.

Click here to access the early bird registration, this will also provide an overview of the program.

Cancer Society National Research Grant Round 2024 - Expressions or interest!

Updated 20 November 2023

2024 Cancer Society are proud to announce their National Grant Round has opened expressions of Interest for Post-Doctoral Fellowships and our 5 year Programme Grant.

General information can be found on our website here.

The application form & guidelines for the Post-Doctoral Fellowship EOI can be found here.

Expressions of interest for the Post-Doctoral Fellowship close 7 February 2024.

The application form & guidelines for the Programme Grant EOI can be found here.

Expressions of interest for the Programme Grant close 15 December 2023.

ESMO Educational Courses

Updated 11 August 2023

Online applications are already open for the following educational courses:

Online application will open soon for the following educational courses:

  • ESMO-EANM Advanced Course on Diagnostic and therapeutic applications of nuclear medicine in oncology, 4-5 December 2023, Singapore - Online Application will open soon
  • ESMO Advanced Course on Early drug development, 2-4 February 2024, Hong Kong - Online Application will open soon

Precision medicine advances in thyroid cancer webcast

Updated 4 August 2023

The 'precision medicine advances in thyroid cancer’ on-demand webcast from WCTC 2023 is now available! Join Laura Fugazzola, Lori J Wirth & Rossella Elisei as they discuss precision medicine approaches for the treatment of advanced thyroid cancer.

You can find more information on how to register to the live webcast here.

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RANZCR 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting: BEYOND

Updated 4 August 2023

Dates: 19-21 October 2023

Venue: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre

Website: Home - RANZCR ASM 2023 | The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists

Our 2023 ASM theme of “Beyond”, is aimed at taking you beyond the clinical, beyond the expected and beyond the traditional scopes of our specialties.

Collaborations with our fellow clinicians are becoming increasingly important in the face of advancing medical knowledge and technology. These collaborations ensure the best patient outcomes in the era of personalised medicine.

Multidisciplinary sessions bridging across radiology, radiation oncology and interventional radiology will form a keystone of our scientific program. In addition to a robust scientific program we will focus on leadership, professional wellbeing and adjuncts to improve patient outcomes.

We hope our program delivers beyond the traditional day-to-day of our disciplines and provides a vision for innovative quality health care.

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Māori Cancer Researcher Awards 2023

Updated 1 August 2023

The Māori Cancer Researcher Awards 2023 are accepting applications for Masters and PhD Scholarships, with one Masters Scholarship available for projects relating to Gut Cancer, thanks to the Gut Cancer Foundation.

As we did last year, we have a registration process to help with planning. If students plan to apply for the scholarship, they must register by 12 noon Friday 1 September here: https://www.cancer.org.nz/about-us/cancer-research/research-grants/

The application forms and guidelines can be found on the registration page and applications are due at 12 noon Friday 29 September.


Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group 25th Annual Scientific Meeting

Updated 9 June 2023

13-16 November 2023
Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre, New Zealand/Aotearoa and online
Co-Convenors: Professor Ben Lawrence and Professor Stephen Ackland
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The AGITG Annual Scientific Meeting serves not only as a forum for the presentation of state-of-the art overviews on the pathobiological and clinical aspects of GI cancer, but also affords the opportunity to the Australasian scientific community to explore future directions for research and collaboration. The meeting provides GI cancer researchers and specialists with the opportunity to present their research and discuss the current challenges and recent innovations in a multidisciplinary setting.

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Treatment options for metastatic urothelial carcinoma: learning from expert debate

Updated 20 April 2023

The Cancer Society of New Zealand (Te Kāhui Matepukupuku o Aotearoa) is excited to announce that the 2023 National Grant Round is now open.

Updated 13 April 2023

Latest Lung Cancer Research Review

Updated 6th December 2022

Roche release | Blood test may help improve equity for late-stage lung cancer patients

Updated 11th October 2022

Pancare Foundation in Melbourne Victorian Cancer Agency (VCA) fellowships released

Updated 11th July 2022

Pūrongo Ārai Mate Pukupuku, the Cancer Prevention Report released from Te Aho o Te Kahu

Updated 12th March 2022

Quality Statements to Guide Melanoma Diagnosis and Treatment in New Zealand has been published with support from Melanoma Network of New Zealand and Te Aho o Te Kahu.

Updated 12th March 2022

News out from PHARMAC , they are delisting the Apotex brand of megestrol acetate on 1 May 2022.

Updated 12th March 2022

Do you live in Aotearoa New Zealand and have a pancreatic cancer diagnosis? Are you a health professional that works with patients with pancreatic cancer?

Updated 12th March 2022

Cancer Symptom Trials (CST)

Updated 11th November 2021

Action Plan for improving diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer

Updated 4th October 2021

The Prostate Cancer Quality Improvement Monitoring Report is now available on the Te Aho o Te Kahu website

Updated 4th October 2021

Breast Cancer Research Review - Issue 34

Updated 6th September 2021

Cancer Research Trust - Help us raise money to fund more research!

Updated 19th August 2021

Major new projects funded by Cancer Research Trust

Updated 19th August 2021

Initiative to support vaccination

Updated 6th September 2021

Precision Oncology Issue

Uploaded 26th July 2021

Lymphoma and Leukaemia Research Review

Uploaded 20th July 2021