33rd Congress of the European Society of Surgical Oncology - ESSO 33

 President’s Welcome Message

My tenure as President of ESSO begins after ESSO 32 in Valencia. It therefore gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the ESSO 33 Congress, taking place on 27 September – 1 October 2013, as part of the 17th ECCO – 38th ESMO – 32nd ESTRO European Cancer Congress.

All ECCO founding members - ESMO, ESTRO, ESSO, EACR, EONS and SIOPE’ are committed to meeting together every second year to emphasise multidisciplinary cancer treatment.

The European Cancer Congress programme committee is already hard at work and you will see from the contents of this preliminary programme that a very strong surgical oncology track will feature throughout the Congress in 2013.

Equally important, the programme will reinforce the multidisciplinarity of modern cancer treatment and care in the 21st century. We anticipate nearly 18,000 oncology professionals coming to Amsterdam for what will be the largest ever multidisciplinary oncology meeting in Europe. We really do want a strong surgical presence to underpin the pivotal role of surgery in the diagnosis, staging and curing of cancer, so please be sure to take note of the dates above. The European Cancer Congress is the ESSO meeting in 2013.

Lastly, I will also be pleased to further welcome you to ESSO 34 on 24 – 26 September 2014 in my home city of Liverpool, where I can promise you an exciting scientific programme in a state-of-the-art venue.

Graeme Poston ESSO President 2012-14 & Surgical Oncology Track Chair