title: Advances in viral oncology research: summary of the 3rd International Meeting.
abstract: The 3rd International Conference on Viral Oncology Research, supported by the Italian Society for Virology, took place in Naples on 4-6 October 2011. The meeting was articulated in five sessions covering all aspects of viral oncology from laboratory science to clinical interventions. The session topics were epidemiology and mechanisms of virus-associated cancers; oncogenic DNA viruses; oncogenic RNA viruses and preventive and therapeutic strategies for virus-associated neoplasia. More than 100 scientists attended the meeting. A summary of the invited lectures and oral selected presentations is reported.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biology and Viral Oncology and AIDS Reference Centre, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fond Pascale, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Lina
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Tornesello
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Buonaguro
authors.forename: Franco M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Buonaguro
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology*; D009858:Oncogenic Viruses / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014773:Virology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*