The BACR has a rich history of annual meetings, covering the broad field of cancer research. The meetings are hosted by the academic institutions of the board members on a rotation schedule. Below you can find the past meetings. For some meetings, click the title to open that meeting’s page for more information.
| Year | Topic | Host |
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| 2024 | Recent advances in radioimmunotherapy | ULB |
| 2023 | Circadian cycle, chronobiology and cancer | UCLouvain |
| 2022 | Tumour plasticity and heterogeneity during cancer progression | UGhent |
| 2021 | New Insigths in Haematology | Virtual |
| 2020 | Cancer metastases: from bedside to bench. | VUB |
| 2019 | Novel combination strategies for cancer treatment: current challenges and future directions | UAntwerp |
| 2018 | Novel outlooks of omics in cancer research | ULiège |
| 2017 | Therapeutic targeting of the tumor microenvironment | KULeuven |
| 2016 | Dynamic heterogeneity of cancer | ULB |
| 2015 | Microenvironment and tumor metabolism | UCLouvain |
| 2014 | Immunity and inflammation in cancer | UGhent |
| 2013 | Cell death in cancer | UAntwerp |
| 2012 | The role of imaging in cancer research | VUB |
| 2011 | Hallmarks of cancer revisited and its implications for treatment | ULiège |
| 2010 | The cancer genome: towards personalized treatment | KULeuven |
| 2009 | Micro-RNAs and cancer | ULB |
| 2008 | The tumor micro-environment: new insights and therapeutic perspectives | UCLouvain |
| 2007 | Use of transgenic mice in cancer research | UGhent |
| 2006 | Viruses as an important cause of human cancer | UAntwerp |
| 2005 | Impact of hypoxia in cancer treatment | VUB |
| 2004 | Genomics and proteomics in cancer | ULiège |
| 2003 | Signalling pathways in malignancy | KULeuven |
| 2002 | Cell therapies of solid tumors | ULB |
| 2001 | Tumor hypoxia: friend or foe? | UCLouvain |
| 2000 | Invasion and metastasis | UGhent |
| 1999 | Cervical cancer: an old problem with new solutions? | UAntwerp |
| 1998 | Anti-tumor vaccination: from basic research to clinical applications | VUB |
| 1997 | Apoptosis in basic cancer research and clinical oncology | ULiège |
| 1996 | Breast cancer - advances and controversies | KULeuven |
| 1995 | From gene transfer to gene therapy | ULB |
Hosting institutions:
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KULeuven – Catholic University of Leuven
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UAntwerp – University of Antwerp
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UCLouvain – Université Catholique de Louvain
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UGhent – University of Ghent
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ULB – Free University of Brussels
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ULiège – University of Liège
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VUB – Vrije Universiteit Brussel