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Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2004 34(8):481-488; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyh083
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© 2004 Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research

Meeting Report

Report of the Seventeenth International Symposium of the Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research: Recent Advances in Gastric Cancer

John Whiting1, Takeshi Sano2, Mitsuru Sasako2 and Jaffer A. Ajani3

1 Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK, 2 Gastric Surgery Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan and 3 Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Texas, USA

For reprints and all correspondence: Takeshi Sano, National Cancer Center Hospital, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan. E-mail: tksano@ncc.go.jp

Received June 23, 2004; accepted June 25, 2004

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INTRODUCTION

The Seventeenth International Symposium of the Foundation for the Promotion of Cancer Research, "Recent Advances in Gastric Cancer", was held in Tokyo on March 15 to 17, 2004. The symposium was organized by Drs M. Sasako, J. Ajani, S. Hirohashi, A. Ohtsu, D. Saito, T. Sano and T. Ushijima with Dr T. Kakizoe as advisor.

WELCOME AND OPENING ADDRESS

Professor T. Sugimura [President Emeritus, National Cancer Center (NCC)] opened the Seventeenth International Symposium. Since 1987 over 500 speakers from around the world have been invited to discuss various cancers and this was the second symposium at which gastric cancer was discussed, the first being in 1998. Professor Sugimura stated his personal interest in this year's topic and recounted the history of his own gastric cancer, detected at screening and successfully treated at the NCC by total gastrectomy. Professor A. Ajani gave the opening address. Although there have been many successes in the diagnosis and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

SESSION 1: EPIDEMIOLOGY, GENETICS AND PREVENTION OF GASTRIC CANCER

EPIDEMIOLOGY: CHAIRMAN PROFESSOR ADRIAN LEE
GENETICS: CHAIRMAN PROFESSOR CHRISTIAN WITTEKIND
PREVENTION: CHAIRMAN DR JAE-MOON BAE
SESSION 2: HELICOBACTER PYLORI AND PATHOLOGY OF GASTRIC CANCER

HELICOBACTER PYLORI: CHAIRMAN DR PIERRE HAINAUT
PATHOLOGY: CHAIRMAN PROFESSOR CORNELIS JH VAN DE VELDE
SESSION 3: SCREENING and DIAGNOSIS OF GASTRIC CANCER

SCREENING: CHAIRMAN DR PARRY GUILFORD
DIAGNOSIS: CHAIRMAN PROFESSOR PETER BOYLE
SESSION 4: SURGERY AND ADJUVANT THERAPY FOR GASTRIC CANCER

SURGERY 1 AND 2: CHAIRMEN PROFESSOR JAFFER A. AJANI AND DR ALAN ANTHONEY
ADJUVANT THERAPY

CHAIRMAN: DR AL BENSON
SESSION 5: EMR AND MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

EMR: CHAIRMAN PROFESSOR CHEW-WUN WU
MEDICAL ONCOLOGY: CHAIRMEN DR MAURIZIO DEGIULI AND DR DANIEL COIT
CLOSING ADDRESS: CHAIRMAN PROFESSOR A. AJANI


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