Dear Colleagues and Friends,

We are pleased to announce that the Japanese Society of Medical Oncology 2015 Annual Meeting (JSMO 2015) will be held from July 16th to 18th, 2015 in Sapporo, Japan.

The theme of JSMO 2015 is “Fight against Deadly Cancer - Collaborations among Science, Cancer Care and Society”. Treatment against deadly cancer is one of the most pressing issues these days. We believe that the key to address this issue requires collaborated efforts from translational research, clinical studies, clinical practice, patient support, and overall society including administration.

This meeting will draw together many specialists in medical oncology from a wide range of disciplines from all over the world. More than 5,000 people are expected to join this event. JSMO 2015 will be of great international flavor.

The following features are some of the international attempts.
・ Calling for paper abstracts from overseas (particularly from the Asian).
・ International Sessions by inviting many speakers from around the world.
・ Joint-Symposia with the world's leading scientific organizations, including ASCO, ESMO, KACO, CSCO, SSO and MOGA.

We will update the details of the program as needed. This meeting will certainly provide a wonderful forum to enrich and refresh your knowledge base and serve for your advancement in the field of the cancer treatment.
We look forward to welcoming you to JSMO 2015.

Hirotoshi Akita, M.D., Ph.D.
Congress President, JSMO 2015
Professor, Department of Medical Oncology
Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine
Sapporo, Japan