Month: July 2016

Specialists and representatives of medical science related to oncology and radiotherapy gathered on the first weekend of July in the seat of the Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra in Gdansk. The PoASCO conference is a recurring educational science event, the aim of which is to promote knowledge on the most significant scientific achievements within oncology. During the two-day meeting many important issues were discussed, and the lectures focused i.e. on: the biology of cancer and new treatment, gastrointestinal cancer, gynaecologic cancers, head and neck cancers as well as the lung carcinoma. As a distributor of oncology medication, Komtur Polska participated as well in the conference, which aroused great interested among the Polish oncology profession.

The XIV International Conference on Rare Diseases, organised by the Association of Mucopolysaccharidosis and Rare Diseases Patients, supported by the Federation of Patients from Central and Eastern Europe, under the title of: “Rare diseases – our duty” was held in Białobrzegi near Warsaw between 1st – 3rd July 2016. The aim of the conference was to spread the knowledge about rare diseases as well as to draw attention to the specific needs of people suffering from a chronic condition. The conference was attended by notable Polish and foreign researchers in the area of rare diseases, metabolic disorder specialists, geneticists, neurologists, cardiologists as well as presidents of patients associations in Poland and abroad and experts on the national health service. The team of Komtur Polska participated as well in the event, which enjoyed great popularity within the community acting for the benefit of patient with rare diseases.