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Below is a list of meetings that were canceled at the beginning of the pandemic, last updated March 19, 2020, 1:12 P.M. EST

Meeting cancellations, postponements, changes: An up-to-date list of oncology conferences

StatusMeetingDetails
PostponedFlatiron Health research summitMarch 10-12, Washington, DC. New date TBA
CanceledHealthcare Information and Management Systems SocietyMarch 9-13, Orlando, FL
VirtualENETS Conference for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumor DiseaseMarch 11-13.
PostponedEuropean Association of RadiologyMarch 11-15, Vienna. Rescheduled to July 15-19
CanceledAACR-Prostate Cancer AdvancesMarch 12-15, Denver, CO
CanceledNational Association of Community Health CentersMarch 16-19, Washington, DC
CanceledChildren’s Oncology Group Spring MeetingMarch 17-20, Chicago, IL
PostponedEuropean Breast Cancer ConferenceMarch 18-20, Barcelona, Spain. Postponed to Sept. 30–Oct. 2
CanceledSt. Gallen International Gastrointestinal Cancer ConferenceMarch 19-21, St. Gallen, Switzerland
PostponedThe National Comprehensive Cancer NetworkMarch 19-22, Orlando, FL. New date TBA
PostponedEuropean Association of UrologyMarch 20-24, Amsterdam. Postponed to July 2020
Postponed1st Translational Research Conference: Chronic Lymphocytic LeukaemiaMarch 20-22, Paris, France. Postponed to Nov. 17-19
VirtualAmerican Society of Preventive Oncology annual meetingMarch 22-24, Tucson, AZ
CanceledAMIA Informatics SummitMarch 23-26, Houston, TX
CanceledThe International Papillomavirus ConferenceMarch 23-27, Barcelona, Spain
PostponedThe First International Summit on Interventional PharmacoeconomicsMarch 25-27, Tel Aviv, Israel. New date TBA
PostponedThe Society of Surgical Oncology meetingMarch 25-28 in Boston, MA. Postponed to Aug. 17-20
PostponedJournées Francophones d’Hépato-gastroentérologie et d’Oncologie DigestiveMarch 26-29, Paris, France. Postponed to June 25-28
CanceledSociety for Healthcare Epidemiology of AmericaMarch 26-30, Atlanta, GA
CanceledSociety of Gynecologic Oncology 2020 Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer March 28-31, Toronto, Ontario
CanceledSociety of Interventional RadiologyMarch 28-April 2, Seattle, WA
VirtualCholangiocarcinoma Foundation annual conferenceApril 1-3, Salt Lake City, UT
PostponedSummit on National and Global Cancer Health DisparityApril 3-4, Seattle, WA. Postponed to Fall 2020.
CanceledRoche Tissue Diagnostics Tucson SymposiumApril 21-22, Tucson, AZ
CanceledSWOG spring meetingApril 22-25, San Francisco, CA
CanceledAmerican College of Physicians Internal Medicine MeetingApril 23-25, Los Angeles, CA
PostponedAACR Annual MeetingApril 24-29, San Diego, CA. New date TBA
VirtualECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group’s Spring 2020 Group MeetingApril 29–May 1 in Baltimore, MD
CanceledOncology Nursing Society (ONS) CongressApril 29-May 3, San Antonio, TX
PostponedMD Anderson Multidisciplinary Therapy of Pancreas Cancer symposiumMay 8-9, Houston, TX. New date TBA

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