Support of Conference on Signal Transduction and Cancer

描述（由申请人提供）：今天，癌症仍然是世界上最致命的疾病之一。信号转导领域的快速发展为癌症的发展提供了极其丰富的信息。为世界各地的科学家提供一个讨论他们最新发现和交流思想的国际舞台是很重要的。亚洲人口占世界人口的40%以上，面临许多与健康有关的疾病，包括各种癌症。然而，由于大多数癌症相关会议，如Keystone会议和Gordon会议通常在美国举行，只有少数来自亚洲的研究小组参加，亚洲癌症研究人员与世界其他地区的癌症研究人员之间的信息交流受到限制。本次研讨会将是亚洲第一个以信号转导和癌症为主题的大型国际研讨会，将为亚洲和世界其他地区的癌症研究界提供一个交流思想、讨论最新发现和促进癌症信号转导领域合作的绝佳机会。因此，它应该对全球癌症研究产生重大影响，并导致更好地了解癌症生物学和新的癌症治疗干预措施。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Today, cancer still remains as one of the most lethal diseases in the world. The rapid progression in the field of signal transduction has provided enormously wealthy information about the development of cancer. It is important to have an international stage for scientists around the world to discuss their newest findings and exchange their ideas. Asia has more than 40% of world population and faces many health-related diseases, including various cancers. However, information exchange between cancer researchers in Asia and the rest of the world is limited due to most of the Cancer-related meetings, such as Keystone meeting and Gordon conference are usually held in the United States and attended by only a few research groups from Asia. The proposed Symposium will be the first major international Symposium on the topic of signal transduction and cancer in Asia and will provide a great opportunity for the cancer research community in Asia and the rest of the world to exchange ideas, discuss the latest discoveries, and promote collaborations in the area of signal transduction of cancer. Thus, it should have a great impact on cancer research worldwide and result in a better understanding of cancer biology and novel therapeutic interventions of cancer.