We are pleased to invite you to the 3rd International Thoracic Oncology Congress Dresden in mid-September, 2012 titled: Advances through Molecular Biology in Thoracic Cancer.

Our lung cancer congress will be a great opportunity for lung cancer professionals working, both, in the laboratory and in clinic, in the field of basic and translational research and in daily patient care, to share the most updated knowledge and views concerning the development of innovative therapies.

More than 50 of the most experienced lung cancer specialists including epidemiologists, molecular biologists, pathologists, pulmonologists, radiologists, surgeons, radiotherapists and medical oncologists will participate in the scientific program and their contributions will provide participants with new information on current patient care and research.

In addition to the outstanding scientific program being offered, we at the same time would like to encourage participants and guests to enjoy the great cultural opportunities of Saxony and the fabulous baroque city of Dresden.

The organizers are very pleased to hold this conference under the patronage of the Mayor of the City of Dresden and the Saxon Secretary of Health as well as under the auspicious of the German Cancer Society, the European Society of Clinical Oncology, the University of Heidelberg and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.

We look forward to seeing you in Dresden on September 13th - 15th, 2012.

Nico van Zandwijk                                                                                                   Giorgio V. Scagliotti

                                                                     Christian Manegold