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Recommended Conferences for Radiation Therapy

Radiation Therapy

Radiation therapy is the use of high energy x-rays (photons) to shrink tumors and the aim of radiation therapy is to kill cancer cells. X-rays, gamma rays, and charged particles are different types of radiation used to treat cancer. Radiation can be delivered by a machine outside the body (external radiation) or may come from radioactive material placed in the body near cancer cells (internal radiation therapy, also called brachytherapy). Systemic radiotherapy uses radioactive substances such example radioactive iodine, that travel in the bloodstream to kill cancer cells. About half of all cancer patients receive some type of radiation therapy at some point during treatment. The real target of the photons is the DNA in cancer cells. Photon damage to the DNA directly or indirectly, causes the cancer cell to lose it’s ability to grow and divide.
The Curative radiation therapy aims to provide the patient with a cure and to increase survival. This is mainly used when the primary cancer has not travelled from its initial position to other areas of the body and the patient’s medical condition is good enough to tolerate the treatment. The palliative radiation therapy is to aid in symptom control such as pain, prevent cancer complications and provide increased quality of life. This is mainly used when the primary cancer is deemed to be incurable. The type of radiation therapy prescribed by a radiation oncologist depends on many factors such as the type and size of cancer, the cancer’s location in the body, how close the cancer is to normal tissues that are sensitive to radiation, how far into the body the radiation needs to travel, the patient’s general health and medical history, whether the patient will have other types of cancer treatment, Other factors, such as the patient’s age and other medical conditions. Many types of Radiation therapies are used for cancer such as Intensity-modulated radiation therapy, Image-guided radiation therapy, Tomotherapy, Stereotactic radiosurgery, Stereotactic body radiation therapy, Internal radiation therapy and Systemic radiation therapy.

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Relevant Conferences:-
1) World Congress on Breast Cancer Aug 3-5, 2015 Birmingham, UK
2) IMPAKT 2015 Breast Cancer Conference May 7-9 2015 Brussels, Belgium
3) 14 th St. Gallen International Breast Cancer Conference Primary Therapy of Early Breast Cancer 18 - 21 March 2015 Vienna, Austria.
4) 32nd Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference Feb 26-Mar 1, 2015 Miami beach, FL
5) San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Dec 9-13, 2014 San Antonio, USA
6) ICBC 2015 : XIII International Conference on Breast Cancer Feb 16-17, 2015 London, UK
7) Barcelona Breast Meeting 2015 March 11-13, 2015 Barcelona, Spain
8) BreastScreen Australia Conference 2014 October 16-18, 2014 Melbourne, Australia
9) Sydney Cancer Conference 2014 Nov 27-28, 2014 Sydeny, Australia
10) 18th Annual Tyler Breast Cancer Conference March 27-28, 2015 Texas, USA
11) World Congress on Breast Cancer Aug 3-5, 2015 Birmingham, UK
12)Prostate Cancer Congress during June22-24, 2015 at Florida USA
14) 5th world Congress on Cancer Therapy
16)5th Global Summit on Cancer therapy
17) World Drug Delivery Summit during August 17-19, 2015 at Houston, USA.
18)International Conference on Urology to be held from July 20-22nd , 2015 in Barcelona, Spain
19)8th Euro Global Summit on Cancer Therapy
Relevant Associations:-
1) American Cancer society, USA
2) American Society of Clinical Oncology, USA
3) German Cancer Society, Germany
4) Philippine Cancer Society, Inc. (PCSI), Philippines
5) Association of European Cancer Leagues, Europe
6) Association for International Cancer Research, UK
7) British Association of Surgical Oncology, UK
8) British Oncology Pharmacy Association, UK
9) Australian Association of Smoking Cessation Professionals, Australia
10) Australian Society of Gynaecologic Oncologists, Australia.
Companies:-
1) Abbott laboratories
2) Aeterna zentaris
3) Agendia
4) Altheadx
5) Ambergen inc.
6) Astrazeneca plc
7) Atossa genetics inc.
8) Biotime
9) Ccc diagnostics llc
10) Clarinet
11) Dako
12) Eisai inc. (headquarters)
13) Eutropics pharmaceuticals
14) Fluxion biosciences
15) Genentech
16) Genomic health
17) Glaxosmithkline
18) Life technologies