THANK YOU LETTER

Dear Participant,

On behalf of the ESGO16 Chairperson, Prof. Vesna Kesić, the ESGO President Prof. Gerald Gitsch, the Organizing Committee and Kenes International we wish to thank you for your participation at the 16th International Meeting of the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology in Belgrade on October 11-14, 2009.

We were delighted to host over 1,890 participants from 78 different countries who found the scientific programme both stimulating and enriching and we are very grateful that you took time out of your busy schedule to participate. We hereby wish to acknowledge all the speakers who contributed to the high scientific value of the meeting. Special thanks are addressed to those who agreed to participate in the webcasting of his/her lecture and to making them available online for ESGO members. The Meeting included 39 sessions, 6 satellite symposia, over 900 posters and a key note lecture delivered by Prof. Harald zur Hausen, 2008 Medicine Nobel Prize Laureate.

The ESGO16 Meeting is designated for a maximum of, or up to 21 European CME credits (ECMEC’s). All registered participants are welcome to download their certificate of attendance directly from the meeting website: http://www.kenes.com/ESGO2009/Certificate/Attendance/

All accepted ESGO16 abstracts were also published in the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, Volume 19, October 2009, Supplement 2, and can be viewed via the following link.

• The Best Oral Presentation was awarded to Elisabeth Wik, from the University of Berganm, Norway for the presentation entitled
  ESTROGEN- AND PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR STATUS IS REFLECTED IN TRANSCRIPTIONAL SIGNATURES INDICATING TARGETS FOR THERAPY IN ENDOMETRIAL CANCER
  
  
  
• The Best Young Researcher Presentation was awarded to Eliana Bignotti, from the University of Brescia, Italy for the presentaiton entitled
  TROP-2 OVEREXPRESSION AS AN INDEPENDENT MARKER FOR POOR OVERALL SURVIVAL IN OVARIAN CARCINOMA PATIENTS
  
  
  
• The Best Best Poster Presentation was awarded to Marta del Pino, from Barcelona University, Spain for the presntation entitled
  THE ROLE OF LAPAROSCOPIC PARAAORTIC LYMPHADENECTOMY FOR PRETHERAPEUTIC STAGIN OF LOCALLY ADVANCED CERVICAL CARCINOMA

ESGO 2009, Gynaecological Oncology Meeting

• Keynote lecture by Prof. Harald zur Hausen, 2008 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of “human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer”
• State-of-the-art sessions on: Cervical, Endometrial, Vulva Session and Ovarian Cancers, Trophoblastic Disease and Rare Tumours
• Satellite Symposia supported by leading pharmaceutical companies
• Exclusive program for Young Researchers