40th Annual Scientific Conference
13-15 November 2018, Arequipa, Peru
Cancer registration: from data generation to decision-making
The 40th Annual Meeting was held in Arequipa (Peru) in November 2018.
The main theme of the meeting was Cancer registration: from data generation to decision-making.
Plenary Themes
- Use of PBCR data in cancer control planning
- Descriptive epidemiologic studies using registry data
- Childhood cancer
- Challenges (and solutions) to cancer registration
- Using statistical models to estimate the cancer burden
- Using registry data for clinical decision making
Keynote Speakers and Workshop Faculty
- Dr Roberto Zanetti, Piedmont, Italy
- Prof Luis Eduardo Bravo, Cali, Colombia
- Dr Eduardo Cazap, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Dr Guillermo Tortolero Luna, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Dr. Shoichiro Tsugane, Tokyo, Japan
- Dr Esther de Vries, Bogotá, Colombia
- Dr Marion Piñeros, Lyon, France
THE CLEMMESEN LECTURE
The 7th Johannes Clemmesen Lecture was delivered by Roberto Zanetti.
THE ENRICO ANGLESIO PRIZE
The 9th prize was awarded to Keiu Paapsi from Tallin (Estonia) for her presentation on the study: "Population based survival trends in childhood cancer in Estonia, 1970–2014".
