The 2018 World Cancer Congress report is now available

The 2018 World Cancer Congress Summary Report highlights some of the key sessions and events of the first Congress to be held in Southeast Asia.

Over 2,500 delegates from 120 countries gathered in Kuala Lumpur to listen to the advances made by many around the world in preventing and treating cancer. The Congress design facilitated discussion, debate, challenge and interaction and all delegates left inspired by the content and the sense of ambition and hope from the world leaders in cancer control.

The Report is a great way to relive some of the Congress highlights and discover some of the results of the Congress participant satisfaction survey, including:

85% of delegates rated their Congress experience from very good to outstanding
90% of exhibitors rated the quality of interactions in the Global Village as outstanding or very good
95% of delegates would recommend the Congress to a colleague

Read the report online

Download the PDF version of the report here

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Last update

Friday 07 June 2019

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