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Upcoming Conferences, Meetings, Workshops, Seminars, Events and Fundraisers [Please send us entries that you would like to see listed in this calendar.] May 2008 Advances in the Treatment of Osteosarcoma 6 May 2008, a live broadcast presented by M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Click on the above link for more information.
Dana Farber Cancer Institute Spring Evening 8 May 2008 in Manhattan, New York, 6:30PM at the Harvard Club of New York City. George Demetri, MD, Director of the Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology. Kindly respond to Emily Ransom by April 24, 2008
13 May 2008, CancerCare Telephone Education Workshop. Click on the above link to register.
Fifth Annual Young Adult Survivors Conference (YASC) 14-19 May 2008 in to Missoula, Montana. It is an educational conference with specific modules that include navigating the healthcare system, health and wellness, and connecting to the community. Participants will be asked to create action plans based on each of the three modules and will be contacted periodically to monitor progress in achieving their goals. We hope this conference will make a difference in the day-to-day lives of the survivors who attend the conference, well beyond the conference's end.
International Symposium on Past Successes & Future Challenges in Pediatric Oncology 15-17 May, 2008. Vienna, Austria. Organized by the Children's Cancer Research Institute at St. Anna Children's Hospital in cooperation with the German Childhood Cancer Foundation as an event of Project DIRECT. To register, please contact Sandra Brezina-Krivda.
21 May 2008. Deadline for submitting artwork for the 2009 Expressions of Hope Calendar competition. The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is now accepting artwork submissions for our annual Expressions of Hope wall calendar. Cancer has a profound effect on all the lives it touches. We invite anyone who has been affected by cancer – patients, friends, families, caregivers – to share their emotions through art and inspire hope in others.
National Cancer Research Institute 27 May 2008, Cancer Research UK, 61 Lincolns Inn Fields, London, UK. Sarcoma Clinical Studies Group Meeting.
DTRF's Third Annual Fundraiser Gala 29 May 2008 in Washington Township, New Jersey. This is the Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation's (DTRF) Third Annual Fundraiser Gala at Seasons. There will be PATIENT SUPPORT MEETING from 12:00-6:00 at The Courtyard by Marriott in Montvale, New Jersey before the gala. Leading sarcoma physicians and researchers will be speaking to us regarding desmoid studies and treatments. Click on the above link for more information.
30 May 2008, City of Hope, Duarte, California. Open to women in pain, their caregivers and healthcare professionals. Click here to download a copy of the conference brochure.
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 44th Annual Meeting 30 May - 3 June, 2008, McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois.
SARC (Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration) 30 May 2008 at the Chicago Marriott Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. 8 AM to 12 PM. SARC meeting held in conjunction with the 44th Annual ASCO Meeting (above). Register online.
June 2008 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 44th Annual Meeting 30 May - 3 June, 2008, McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois.
24 June 2008, CancerCare Telephone Education Workshop. Click on the above link to register.
Bone Cancer Research Trust Patients’ & Supporters’ Conference 28 June 2008, in Leicester, UK. The full program will be available on the Bone Cancer Research Trust website in March. Click here to register your interest in attending.
July 2008 12-20 July 2008, worldwide. The 2008 Team Sarcoma Initiative is an internationally coordinated set of events to raise awareness of sarcoma and raise funds to support sarcoma research, clinical trials, and patient and family services. The 2008 Initiative consists of the "core" Team Sarcoma Bike Tour (which will be held in Germany and Austria biking along the Danube River from Passau, Germany to Vienna, Austria during 12-19 July 2008) and various local Team Sarcoma events that will be held worldwide during the same week. While the members of the "core" Team Sarcoma are cycling along the Danube River, they will be joined by people participating in various local events in the cities and countries where they live on one or more of the days during 12-20 July 2008. Visit the Team Sarcoma website and the Team Sarcoma weblog.
12 July 2008, Marina Green Park, Hood River, Oregon. For more information please contact Melissa Hill.
Workshop on Medical Applications of Genetic and Evolutionally Computation 12-16 July 2008, Atlanta, Georgia. This is part of the 2008 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference.
Sarcoma Summer School 14-18 July 2008 to be held in Mannheim, Germany as part of the CONTICANET Network of Excellence meeting. This training course intends to provide insights in the daily working routine with sarcoma patients in a dedicated sarcoma center. It intends also to show how clinical management of patients integrate scientific questions Connections of several working packages of CONTICANET to patient and tumor handling will be demonstrated. It is intended for members of CONTICANET institutions the umber of participants is limited and the meeting will be held in conjunction with a meeting of Patient Advocacy Groups. For information contact Peter Hohenberger.
20-23 July 2008, Hyatt Regency Monterey, Monterey, California. Click here to view details about the conference and preliminary program information.
August 2008 9th Annual Sarcoma Alliance Ocean of Hope 24 August 2008, Manhattan Beach, California. This annual Sarcoma Alliance event brings together everyone affected by sarcoma from the newly diagnosed to long term survivors, friends, family and health care professionals. Click here for more information.
September 2008 ESSO 2008 14th Congress of the European Society of Surgical Oncology 10 -12 September 2008, The Hague, The Netherlands. There will be several sarcoma sessions during this congress. Download the advance program.
LifeFest 2008 12-14 September 2008, Chicago, Illinois. This Life Raft Group event brings together GIST patients, caregivers and medical professionals to exchange strength, hope, and knowledge. All GIST patients and caregivers are welcome to attend the event. For more information contact Tricia McAleer or visit the LifeFest web page.
October 2008 European Society for Medical Oncology 6-9 October 2008, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy. ESMO Sarcoma, GIST and Melanoma meeting
November 2008 6-8 November 2008, Phoenix, Arizona, Annual Meeting of the MTS
Connective Tissue Oncology Society: 14th Annual CTOS Meeting 13-15 November 2007 at the Landmark Hotel in London, UK. The Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS) is an international group comprised of physicians and scientists with a primary interest in the tumors of connective tissues. The goal of the society is to advance the care of patients with connective tissue tumors and to increase knowledge of all aspects of the biology of these tumors, including basic and clinical research.
SARC (Sarcoma Alliance for Research through Collaboration) 13 November 2008 in London, UK. SARC meeting in conjunction with the 14th Annual CTOS Meeting (above)
EORTC Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group 12-13 November 2008 in London, UK. Soft Tissue and Bone Sarcoma Group of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) will hold its Autumn Meeting 2008 in conjunction with the 14th Annual CTOS Meeting.
December 2008 American Society for Cell Biology 13-17 December 2008, San Francisco, California. 48th Annual Meeting
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