STEPUPIORS members participated at the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)-supported Sixth Congress of the Serbian Association for Cancer Research (SDIR) “From Collaboration to Innovation in Cancer Research” held in Belgrade on October 02-04, 2023 as Invited Speakers (Snežana Bjelogrlić, Katarina Mirjačić Martinović, Jelena Spasic), Session Chairs (Radmila Jankovic, Miljana Tanic, Jelena Spasic, Ana Krivokuca, Milena Cavic, Remond Fijneman, Ieronymos Zoidakis, Marko Radulovic, Sergi Castellvi-Bel), Meet the Experts hosts (Remond Fijneman, Ieronymos Zoidakis), Oral Presenters (Mladen Marinkovic), Poster Presenters (Aleksandra Stanojevic, Kristina Zivic, Katarina Zivic) and members of the Scientific and Organizing Committee (Ana Djuric, Ana Damjanovic, Marija Djordjic Crnogorac, Valentina Karadzic, Ana Vuletic).
Dr Snežana Bjelogrlić presented a lecture “Establishment of a first cancer Biobank at the Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia – advantages, challenges and future perspectives”
Dr Mladen Marinkovic presented an oral abstract “Predicting response to chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced rectal cancer using MRI-based radiomics features”
Aleksandra Stanojević presented a poster “Detection of viral proteins in locally advanced rectal cancer patient samples by mass spectrometry – predictive potential for response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy” and won the Best PhD Student Abstract Award!
The three-day conference was held at a high-step pace with excellent exchange of latest cancer research achievements in the region and Europe.
