ORC day 2025: Personalized Oncology: Innovation in Cancer Treatment and Care

We are pleased to announce that the Oncology Research Center Day 2025 will take place on Wednesday 17 December 2025 at the Landmark Plateau, UZ Brussel.

This year’s edition will focus on “Personalized Oncology: Innovation in Cancer Treatment and Care”. Throughout the day, both international and VUB keynote speakers and researchers from across the Oncology Research Center will present cutting-edge developments in personalized cancer diagnosis, treatment, and patient engagement.

Participants will discover the latest advances in areas such as:

• Advances in molecular subtyping driving precision medicine in GI cancers
• Innovations in nuclear medicine for personalized cancer care
• Empowering patients as active partners in oncology research
• Highlights from the Translational Oncology Research Center, the Research Center for Digital Medicine, End-Of-Life Care research group, and other ORC initiatives

The program also features a series of short research pitches highlighting the diversity of research within ORC.

Registration

Admission is free, but registration is required.

Registration deadline: Monday 8 December 2025

Please register here

Short Research Pitches

This year, the short research pitches are not open for direct abstract submission.

The selected presenters will be informed individually in due time to take part in these rapid-fire sessions. The best pitches will receive prizes during the closing session.

Questions? E-mail to orc@vub.be

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Organising committee ORC day 2025

From left to right: Kim Beernaert – Nadine De Mot – Inès Dufait – Sarah Provost – Isabelle Houbracken