Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) 71st Annual Cancer Symposium

Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) 71st Annual Cancer Symposium is organized by Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) and will be held during Mar 21 - 24, 2018 at McCormick Place, Lakeside Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. The target audience for this medical event is all surgeons and other healthcare professionals who are involved in the treatment of patients with cancer.

The ways in which surgical patients with solid tumor cancers are treated change and evolve every day. Critical progress is being made, exciting innovations unveiled and new discoveries continually emerge. This Annual Cancer Symposium is where you go to learn about the array of research developments, clinical trials, new technology, and future trends in cancer care. And much of what you’ll learn at this conference can immediately be integrated into your treatment of oncology surgery patients.

Conference Objectives :
• Describe recent updates and current controversies in the multidisciplinary management of patients with breast cancer, melanoma, sarcoma, pancreas and hepatobiliary malignancies, esophageal cancer, thyroid and adrenal cancer, gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, neuroendocrine tumors, and peritoneal surface malignancies.
• Discuss advances in basic and translational sciences, including demonstration of an understanding of prognostic and predictive assays as applicable to cancer care, through presentations of original research performed by members of the Society.
• Discuss the rationale for neoadjuvant therapy and/or genetic testing in the context of personalized cancer care.
• Discuss the goals of cost, value, and quality as applied to cancer care.
• Describe novel techniques in cancer surgery.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.