St. Gallen Oncology Conferences (SONK)

Foundation for educational seminars and conferences in oncology for health care professionals. In German: Stiftung für onkologische Fortbildung und Kongresse (SONK).

St.Gallen Oncology Conferences is a private charitable and tax-exempted non-profit foundation according to the Swiss law, registered and supervised by the Department of Interiors of the Swiss Canton (Kanton / state) of St.Gallen in Eastern Switzerland. The foundation has been initiated by Prof. Hansjörg Senn in 1996, when he served as Head of the Department of Oncology–Heamatology of the Kantonsspital St. Gallen.

Mission:
The mission of the foundation SONK is the distribution of knowledge for health care professionals caring for cancer patients at national and international level, in order to promote the implementation of research based knowledge and to advance cancer care in clinical practice.