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Review
. 2024 Aug 15;13(8):bio061613.
doi: 10.1242/bio.061613. Epub 2024 Aug 14.

Meeting proceedings of the 43rd Indian Association for Cancer Research (IACR)

Ajay J Malik  1 , Radhika Malaviya  1
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Review

Meeting proceedings of the 43rd Indian Association for Cancer Research (IACR)

Ajay J Malik et al. Biol Open. .

Abstract

The 43rd Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Cancer Research (IACR) was held between 19th and 22nd January 2024 at the Indian Institute of Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India. Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally; efforts have been made to understand and treat this deadly disease for several decades. The 43rd IACR, organised by Mayurika Lahiri, Kundan Sengupta, Nagaraj Balasubramanian, Mridula Nambiar, Krishanpal Karmodiya, and Siddhesh Kamat, highlighted recent advances in cancer research, with implications in therapeutics at the forefront of the discussions. The meeting proved to be a promising platform for cancer researchers ranging from graduate and postdoctoral students to subject experts in varied aspects of cancer biology to showcase their research, ideate with their peers, and form collaborations.

Keywords: Alternate careers; Annual meeting; Cancer biology; Fundamental and translational research; IACR; Research opportunities; Therapeutic modalities and outcomes.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests The authors declare no competing or financial interests.

Figures

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Fig. 1.
Geographic locations of the 89 institutes participating in the IACR 2024 conference from (A) India-80; (B) outside India-9. (Maps made using QGIS.org, 2024.)
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Fig. 2.
Gender distribution. (A) Participants; (B) speakers.
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