42^nd World Cancer Conference

Cancer

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Cancer describes a group of more than 150 disease processes characterized by uncontrolled growth and spread of cells. Cancer is not a singular, specific disease but a group of variable tissue responses that result in uncontrolled cell growth. Cancer Research is basic and applied research into cancer or oncology in order to identify causes and develop strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure. Molecular and Cellular Oncology’s mission is to enhance basic research excellence by establishing a strong research group focused on the molecular and cellular aspects of cancer research, particularly in molecular and cellular signalling pathways for tumour progression and metastasis to enhance translational research for development of targeted cancer therapies; to enhance educational programs for next generation scientists. Oncogenomics is a relatively new sub-field of genomics that applies high throughput technologies to characterize genes associated with cancer. Systems Biology is a biology-based inter-disciplinary field of study that focuses on complex interactions within biological systems. Cancer has a complex Pathophysiology. Pathologists are physicians who are concerned primarily with the study of disease in all its aspects. This includes cause of the disease, diagnosis, how the disease develops (pathogenesis), mechanism and natural course of the disease. They also deal with biochemical features, progression, and prognosis or outcome of the disease. Pathology of cancers and other complex disorders have undergone a sea change after development of technologies like immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry, and molecular biologic approaches to cancer diagnosis.