It gives us great pleasure to invite you to AORTIC’s 9th International Cancer Conference entitled “Cancer in Africa: Bridging Science and Humanity”. Held every two years, the AORTIC conferences provide a unique platform to bring together leading African and international health care professionals in cancer care, advocates, leaders in Government, and various members of the international health industry and global cancer community to meet and discuss cancer-related matters and proffer solutions to significantly reduce the impact of cancer in Africa and indeed around the world.

Topics covered in AORTIC’s 9th conference will be around cutting edge cancermanagement and basic science and clinical research of cancers relevant to Africa. This includes the following:
• National Cancer Control Plans (NCCP)
• Cancer Registration
• Basic Sciences
• Site-specific Cancers
• Radiation
• Chemotherapy
• Epidemiology
• Cancer Advocacy
• Pathology
• Haematology
• Tobacco-related Cancers
• Diagnostic Support Services
• Cancer Biology
• AIDS-related Malignancies
• Oncology Nursing
• Palliative Care

Key dates:
January 2013 - Registration opens
February 2013 - Call for Abstracts
June 2013 - Call for Abstracts closes
July 2013 - Successful authors notified

Call for Abstracts