title: Highlights of the Twelfth Japan-Korea Joint Symposium on Cancer and Ageing Research.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This paper reports the highlights of the presentation at the Twelfth Japan-Korea Joint Symposium on Cancer and Ageing Research was held at the auditorium of Saitama Cancer Center in Saitama, Japan, in June 19-21, 2014.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-two oral presentations were delivered on various themes, such as therapeutic agents, cancer stem cells, EMT signaling, molecular epidemiology, cellular senescence, and clinical research, to more than 80 participants. The significance of translational research was emphasized in clinical sessions by physicians. A special session, "Thinking about Scientific Philosophy," featured presentations by distinguished scientists from Japan and Korea.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We really feel that this meeting of minds has a unique and creative purpose, and a role of a prototype for Joint Symposia in Asian countries. The next Symposium is anticipated in 2016 in Jeju, Korea.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, c/o Saitama Cancer Center, Ina, Kitaadachi-gun, Saitama, 362-0806, Japan. masami0306@mail.saitama-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Masami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suganuma
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, 443-721, Korea.
authors.forename: Tae Jun
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Nabeshima, Saga, 849-8501, Japan.
authors.forename: Eisaburo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sueoka
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, 183-0057, Japan.
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.affiliation: Saitama Cancer Center, Ina, Kitaadachi-gun, Saitama, 362-0806, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000235:genetics*; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D035843:Biomedical Research; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology*; D058750:Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy*; D014411:Neoplastic Stem Cells; D009857:Oncogenes / Q000235:genetics; D056910:Republic of Korea; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents
keywords: Cancer stem cells; Clinical research; Epithelial-mesenchymal transition; G-quadruplex