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Published on: July 29, 2011
International scientific conference "Tumor and host: novel aspects of old problem"
Abstract:
On November 21-22, 2019, the R.E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine held the Second International Conference "Tumor and Host: Novel Aspects of Old Problem" in the Great Conference Hall of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The problem of the tumor-host relationship is a traditional priority for the Institute, the leading institution in the field of cancer research in Ukraine: the concept of the relationship between the tumor and the host has been put forward by the first director of the Institute, Academician R.E. Kavetsky, whose 120th anniversary is celebrated by the Ukrainian scientific community.
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