Abstract
During the 11th Breast-Gynecological and Immunooncology International Cancer Conference (BGICC), which was held on 17 and 18 January 2019, in Cairo, Egypt, around 100 international, regional and national experts from every continent presented the latest updates in breast cancer, gynaecological cancers and immunotherapy in oncology. Through this report, we highlight the important data and consensus issues that were discussed during the conference.
Highlights
The Breast-Gynecological and Immunooncology International Cancer Conference (BGICC) annual meeting, which was held on 17 and 18 January 2019 in Cairo, Egypt, was a global, multidisciplinary conference with representatives from 80 nations and every continent
Attendance at the 11th BGICC was increased by 15% and abstract submission was increased by 30% this year
BGICC has partnered with leading societies of oncology and well recognised cancer foundations worldwide, such as the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the European School of Oncology (ESO), the European Society of Surgical Oncology, the Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG), the African Palliative Care Association, the European Society of Radiotherapy, the European Society of Gynaecology, the European Society of Oncology Imaging, the Russian Association of Oncomamoplastic (RAOM), the Faculty of Medicine at Ain Shams Research Institute, the Breast Gynecological International Cancer Society (BGICS), Breast Surgery International, the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, the Biobank and Cohort Building Network and Nature research
Summary
The Breast-Gynecological and Immunooncology International Cancer Conference (BGICC) annual meeting, which was held on 17 and 18 January 2019 in Cairo, Egypt, was a global, multidisciplinary conference with representatives from 80 nations and every continent. BGICC has partnered with leading societies of oncology and well recognised cancer foundations worldwide, such as the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the European School of Oncology (ESO), the European Society of Surgical Oncology, the Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG), the African Palliative Care Association, the European Society of Radiotherapy, the European Society of Gynaecology, the European Society of Oncology Imaging, the Russian Association of Oncomamoplastic (RAOM), the Faculty of Medicine at Ain Shams Research Institute, the Breast Gynecological International Cancer Society (BGICS), Breast Surgery International, the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, the Biobank and Cohort Building Network and Nature research. Temic therapy, nursing, clinical pharmacy, palliative care, scientific research, as well as genetics, molecular biology of breast cancer and industry-sponsored symposia. In view of personalised medicine, there was an intensive course about Molecular Biology followed by a post-conference three-day ‘hands-on’ workshop in collaboration with Thermofisher and Fudan University concentrating on first Generation Sequencing
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