Dear participants, 

We are pleased to invite you to the 11th General Assembly of the Asia Pacific Organisation for Cancer Prevention and the APOCP11 Conference on Cancer Prevention, which will be held at Kolkata (INDIA) during December 8-10, 2022. The Conference is hosted by the Cancer Foundation of India, Kolkata (www.cficancer.org). 

We are honoured in welcoming you to the Conference, which intends to comprehensively cover every aspect of cancer prevention and control as viewed, researched, and practised in Asian Pacific countries. There will be plenary lectures by invited global leaders followed by Oral presentations and Poster Sessions on a host of topics in contemporary research in cancer prevention. In addition, a Panel Discussion is planned on the WHO’s call for the elimination of cervical cancer, its challenges, and the way forward in Low- and middle-income countries. Furthermore, we are introducing the topics of the role of integrating traditional medicine/practices and immunity in the prevention of cancer as new topics in the event. Besides, there will be an exhibition by the stakeholder companies dealing with vaccines and diagnostic products/devices.

We are looking forward to your participation in this important scientific meeting being held in India for the first time. We wish you a scientifically rewarding time at the Conference and a pleasant stay in Kolkata, the City of Joy.

The scientific committee

Prof. Sharmila Sengupta, PhD, FNASc., FASc. &T,  (Chairperson)
Eminent Scientist,
National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Kalyani

Dr. Asima Mukhopadhyay, MD, DNB, MRCOG, PhD
Specialist, Gynaecological Oncology,
Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI), Kolkata

Dr. Bobby Paul, MD, MPH
Associate Professor,
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine,
All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health, Kolkata

Dr. Dona Sinha, PhD
Scientific Officer I, Receptor Biology and Tumor Metastasis,
Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI), Kolkata

Dr. Rathindranath Baral, PhD,
Scientific Officer I,
Department of Immuno-regulation and Immunodiagnostics, ,
Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI), Kolkata

Dr. Richa Tripathy, PhD,
Scientist, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi

Dr. Sankhadeep Dutta, PhD,
Scientific Officer II, Department of Oncogene Regulation,
Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI), Kolkata

Dr. Soma Roychowdhury, PhD,
Cancer Foundation of India, Kolkata

Ms. Sutapa Biswas, PG Dip Mass Comm, (Convener)
Co-founder & Executive Director,
Cancer Foundation of India, Kolkata

Dr Shalini Singh, MS, Director, National Institute of Cancer Prevention Research (NICPR), Noida, Kalkata.

Susanta Roychoudhury, PhD, FNA, FASc, FNASc, FASc&T, ICMR Emeritus Scientist, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata.

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The National Advisory Committee

Professor M. Radhakrishna Pillai, FRCPath, PhD, FASc, FNASc, FAMS, FNA, (Chairperson)
Former Director, Rajiv Gandhi Centre of Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram

Professor Bhudev C. Das, PhD, FNASc, FASc, FAMS, FNA
Chairman,  Amity Institute of Mol. Med. & Stem Cell Res.,
Amity University, Noida

Professor Eric Zomawia, MD
Mission Director, National Health Mission, Department of Health,
Government of Mizoram, Aizawl

Dr Jayanta Chakravarty, MS, DNB
Director, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata

Professor Neerja Bhatla, MD
Head, Department of Gynecology,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Dr Prakash C. Gupta, PhD
Director, Healis-Sekhsalia Institute of Public Health, Mumbai

Professor  Radhika Srinivasan, MD
Professor and Head, Department of Cytology & Gynecological Pathology
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh

Professor Ravi Mehrotra, MD, D.Phil, FRC Path
Former CEO, Indian Cancer Research Consortium,
Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi

Professor Sharmila Pimple, M.D
Head, WHO Collaborating Centre for Cancer Prevention, Screening & Early Detection, & Professor & Physician
Department of Preventive Oncology, Centre for Cancer Epidemiology (CCE)
Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai

Professor Tanuja Nesari, MD, PhD (Ayur)
Director, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi

Participation in the Meeting

There will be two categories of scientists who want to participate:

1. Participants who want to have a live presentation in the symposium.  These participants need to send an abstract for the meeting.  The abstract will be evaluated and decided on. Abstract accepted for oral pretension or Poster presentation will have the chance to present onsite (onsite presentation is subject to registration fees-see the fee schedule at the bottom of this page). Accepted abstracts must be presented during the session and already have his/her slides prepared and sent to the organizing committee for further preparation.  The details on how to prepare the presentation will be sent to the applicant later.

“Click here to send your abstract”

1. Participants who just want to participate with no presentation. This category of participants must register with the meeting to participate.  Participation is subject to the registration fee (see the fee schedules down this page).

“Click here to register”

Registration Charges

Bank details for payment of Registration Fee

Account Name: Cancer Foundation of India

Account Number: 401010110003821

Bank IFSC Code: BKID0004010

MICR Code: 700013028

Bank Name: Bank of India

Bank branch: Jodhpur Park

Branch code: 004010 

Bank Address: 1/424, Gariahat Road (South), Kolkata 700068.

Young Investigator Awards

In order to encourage young investigators to present their research, there will be five awards of 300 US dollars to be given to five young scientists with the best presentation in the different categories of the program. A panel of experts who constitute the prize committee will decide on selecting the candidate for the prize. The candidate will be selected from those who present their research live in the meeting. The decision about the candidate will be announced at the closing ceremony on the last day of the event.

The Young Investigator Awards is supported by the APOCP’s West Asia Chapter .

West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), APOCP’s West Asia Chapter

The Cancer Foundation of India (CFI),

 based in Kolkata, is a voluntary organization dedicated to cancer prevention and control in India. At CFI a team of highly motivated professionals has been actively engaged in cancer control activities since 2002. Through the activities of the organization, we try to bridge the gap that exists in cancer public health, education, training & human resource development, population research, and cancer survivor issues in the country.

The West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention

The West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP) and identified mainly by its textual graphic “WAOCP.org”  was founded in November 2015 as the West and Central Asia chapter of APOCP. The decision to establish a subsidiary of APOCP was ratified by APOCP’s steering committee at the 9th regional meeting of APOCP in Tehran, Iran.