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UICC World Cancer Congress 2006

Bridging the Gap: Transforming Knowledge into Action

July 8-12, 2006, Washington, DC, USA



Cancer Research, Detection and Treatment

 
Sunday, 9 July 2006

10:15 AM-12:00 PM
  4: Progress in Cancer Diagnosis, Staging, Prognosis (Plenary)
 

1:30 PM-3:00 PM
  13: Cancer Staging - New Initiatives (Symposium)
 
  14: The Use of Imaging in Standards (Symposium)
 
  15: Information Technology in Cancer Control: Closing the Gap (Seminar)
 
  16: Pathology Standards around the World (Seminar)
 
  17: Screening for Second Tumors in Long-Term Survivors (Seminar)
 

3:30 PM-5:00 PM
  47: Prognosis and Cancer (Symposium)
 
  48: New Technologies in Screening, Diagnosis and Staging of Cancer (Seminar)
 
  49: Cancer Staging / Multidisciplinary Tumor Board (Panel)
 
  50: The Role of the Sentinel Lymph Node in Cancer Staging (Panel)
 
 
Monday, 10 July 2006

10:15 AM-12:00 PM
  79: Progress in Multidisciplinary Cancer Treatment (Plenary)
 

1:30 PM-3:00 PM
  89: Truth Telling and Ethical Issues: A World Perspective (Symposium)
 
  90: Pediatrics as a Model for Cancer Care: Cooperation between Low-Resource and High-Resource Countries (Seminar)
 
  91: Access to Cancer Treatment across the Globe (Panel)
 
  92: Evidence Based Medicine: Guidelines Workshop - Part 1 (Workshop)
 
  93: Fundamentals of Communication – Part 1 (Workshop)
 

3:30 PM-5:00 PM
  126: Management of Risk for Colon Cancer (Symposium)
 
  127: La Pediatría como Modelo en el Tratamiento del Cáncer: Cooperación entre Países de Bajos y Altos Recursos (Seminar, Spanish)
 
  128: Achieving a Successful Interdisciplinary Team: Meeting the Challenge (Panel)
 
  129: Evidence-Based Medicine: A Workshop on Guidelines – Part 2 (Workshop)
 
  130: Fundamentals of Communication – Part 2 (Workshop)
 
 
Tuesday, 11 July 2006

10:15 AM-12:00 PM
  162: The Promise of Cancer Research (Plenary)
 

1:30 PM-3:00 PM
  171: Career Development in Cancer Research (Symposium)
 
  172: State-of-the-art Radiotherapy: Can we Deliver Worldwide? (Symposium)
 
  173: The Oncology Workforce of the Future: Are We Prepared? (Symposium)
 
  174: The Future of Oncology: Cancer Care in 2015 (Seminar)
 
  175: Global Strategies in Drug Development and Research – Part 1 (Workshop)
 

3:30 PM-5:00 PM
  207: Management of Risk for Breast Cancer (Symposium)
 
  208: Molecular-Based Diagnostics (Seminar)
 
  209: Perspectives d'avenir en oncologie: le traitement du cancer en 2015 (Seminar, French)
 
  210: The Role of Health Services Research in Measuring Quality and Outcome (Seminar)
 
  211: Global Strategies in Drug Development – Part 2 (Workshop)
 

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