The purpose of WCIO is to promote IO globally as the fourth pillar of cancer care. One of our priority initiatives is international outreach to regions where IO is growing and there is a demand for more IO education and training.
Another fabulous WCIO meeting has just come to a close at the midtown Hilton in New York City. With professional attendance up 20%, 45% international registrants, and record-breaking registration and industry support, WCIO further cements its status as THE world scientific meeting for IO...
At ISET this year, Gary Becker, the executive director of the American Board of Radiology, prognosticated that interventional oncology would be the first subspecialty of IR.
At SIR last month, one of the faculty was told that he could not refer to IO as a “subspecialty of IR” ...
SIR was a blast this year. Being in NOLA for the first time since Katrina was a treat in itself. Where else can you get gumbo for breakfast? The IO sessions were packed with people and energy. Weeks later I still have people asking me about the hot button issues debated in the lively Tumor Boards...
There was some great science at SIR this year. I found the abstract session on radioembolization particularly thought-provoking. A series of presentations from Marnix Lam (catch his lecture at WCIO this New York this month!) examined dose distribution following resin-based radioembolization...
