CHAIRMAN MESSAGE
INVITATION TO 2ND WORLD CANCER CONGRESS - 2018 BANGALORE, INDIA
On behalf of the organizing committee, it is a great privilege to extend my invitation to all of you to the 2nd World Cancer Congress-2018 to be held on 25th and 26th of September 2018 at Bangalore. The theme for this year’s conference is “Cancer in a New Way: Innovation, Prevention, Diagnosis and Cure”. The meeting has been conceptualized as an international health care summit that will bring under a common umbrella, two major topics: cancer, and drug development and discovery. The meeting will provide a unique platform for scientists across geographies to share their insights on emerging challenges in cancer therapy, management, and novel therapeutic approaches. In a rapidly changing clinical landscape, cancer emerges as a phenotypically diverse and heterogeneous ailment, where tumor microenvironment mimicking global ecosystem limits the success of existing treatment paradigms. On one hand, drug discovery and development in an era of personalized medicine is affected owing to lack of proper preclinical de-risking tools. Further compounding this diminishing return, there is a shortage of effective therapeutics with low toxicities and affordable prices, which together hinder the rationalization of therapy combinations in the personalized settings. I believe that the upcoming summit will address these issues and help us to bridge the gap between different stakeholders while enabling to work towards a consensus statement.
We are particularly expecting active participation of young investigators and research students, besides established academic, industry and business leaders, for making the conference a truly stimulating event.
The scientific program this year is intended to cover a spectrum of topics such as cancer awareness, social and economic challenges, complementary medicines, tumor microenvironment, biomarkers, preclinical disease models, emerging treatment paradigms like immunotherapy, precision therapy, and challenges pertaining to drug discovery, development, and transitional research.
The two-day long conference has been scheduled to have sessions covering key note address, plenary lectures, invited and oral presentations. This year the organizer has introduced two awards: Renato Dulbecco Memorial Award and Ashima Chatterjee Memorial Award that will be conferred to the best senior and young scientists of the conference, respectively.
Bangalore, known as a leading knowledge hub with pleasant climate, is a perfect place to meet and discuss innovation, challenges and opportunities to promote science.
I am looking forward to your valued participation and knowledge sharing in this conference.
With Warm Regards
Dr. Biswanath Majumder
Director,
Mitra Biotech, Bangalore
2nd World Congress on Drug Discovery and Development- 2018 | Bangalore