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III. International Turkish Gastric Cancer Congress (ITGCC 2026)
Hosted by National Gastric Cancer Society
- 15 – 17 October 2026
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Key facts
III. International Turkish Gastric Cancer Congress (ITGCC 2026) is a congress held 15 – 17 October 2026 in Radisson Blu Hotel, Izmir, Türkiye, organised by National Gastric Cancer Society.
- Dates:
- 15 – 17 October 2026
- Format:
- In person
- Venue:
- Radisson Blu Hotel, Izmir, Türkiye
- Subjects:
- Oncology & Cancer Research, Clinical Medicine, Surgery & Anesthesiology
- Organiser:
- National Gastric Cancer Society
- Official website:
- gastriccancercongressizmir.com.tr
The III. International Turkish Gastric Cancer Congress (ITGCC 2026) aims to serve as an international platform to discuss advances in gastric cancer management, share collective experience, and set new directions for future care. Organized by the National Gastric Cancer Association in collaboration with the Izmir Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences Turkey, the congress brings together multidisciplinary experts under the theme 'Challenges and Discussions'.
Conference theme
Challenges and Discussions
Who should attend
Surgeons, medical and radiation oncologists, gastroenterologists, pathologists, radiologists, and basic scientists.
Organising Committee
Prof. Enver İLHAN - Congress President
Assoc. Prof. Gökalp OKUT - Congress Secretaries General
Assoc. Prof. Murat GÜNER - Congress Secretaries General
Assoc. Prof. Halil TAŞKAYNATAN - Congress Scientific Committee Secretaries
Assoc. Prof. Zekai Serhan DERİCİ - Congress Scientific Committee Secretaries
Assoc. Prof. Mehmet TORUN - Congress Scientific Committee Secretaries, (Erzurum)
Prof. Orhan ÜREYEN - Congress Financial Secretary
Prof. Koray ATİLA - Organizing Committee
Prof. Leyla Özer - Organizing Committee
Assoc. Prof. Hüseyin ÇİYİLTEPE - Organizing Committee, (Antalya)
Assist. Prof. Girayhan ÇELİK - Organizing Committee, (Isparta)
MD. Emrah DADALI - Organizing Committee, (Bitlis)
Assoc. Prof. Özlem ÖZDEMİR - Organizing Committee
Assoc. Prof. Hilal ŞAHİN - Organizing Committee
Assoc. Prof. Yiğit Mehmet ÖZGÜN - Organizing Committee
Prof. Mehmet Akif ÜSTÜNER - Organizing Committee
Assoc. Prof. Serdar ÇULCU - Organizing Committee
Assoc. Prof. Yiğit DÜZKÖYLÜ - Organizing Committee
MD. Mehmet Güray DUMAN - Organizing Committee
Assoc. Prof. Tolga ÖLMEZ - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Adana)
Assoc. Prof. Gökhan AKKURT - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Ankara)
Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Taner BOSTANCI - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Ankara)
Assoc. Prof. Akın Fırat KOCAAY - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Ankara)
Assoc. Prof. Sabri ÖZDAŞ - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Adıyaman)
Assist. Prof. Emre BALLI - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Afyonkarahisar)
MD. Emir Fatih KAYA - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Batman)
Assist. Prof. Kadir ÇORBACI - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Bilecik)
MD. Ömer KUBAT - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Çankırı)
Assoc. Prof. Ertuğrul Gazi ALKURT - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Çorum)
MD. Mahmut Kaan DEMİRCİOĞLU - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Denizli)
Assist. Prof. Erman YEKENKURUL - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Düzce)
Assoc. Prof. Ulaş ADAY - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Diyarbakır)
Prof. Abdullah BÖYÜK - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Elazığ)
Assist. Prof. Arda Şakir YILMAZ - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Eskişehir)
Assoc. Prof. Yücel YÜKSEL - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Gaziantep)
Prof. Erman AYTAÇ - Congress Provincial Representatives, (İstanbul)
Assist. Prof. Emrah CENGİZ - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Kahramanmaraş)
Assoc. Prof. Azmi LALE - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Kayseri)
Assoc. Prof. Ali ÇİFTÇİ - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Kocaeli)
MD. Yalçın SÖNMEZ - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Kütahya)
Assit. Prof. Egemen ÇİÇEK - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Malatya)
MD. Serkan POLAT - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Mardin, Aydın)
MD. Deniz TİKİCİ - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Muğla)
Assoc. Prof. Cemil YÜCEL - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Mersin)
Associate Prof. Emre GÖNÜLLÜ - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Sakarya)
Assist. Prof. Mehmet Alperen AVCI - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Samsun)
Assoc. Prof. Sami AÇAR - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Tekirdağ)
MD. Ahmet YÜĞRÜK - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Trabzon)
Assist. Prof. Ayberk DURSUN - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Uşak)
MD. Halil TÜRKAN - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Urfa)
Assist. Prof. İskan ÇALLI - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Van)
MD. Ömer Faruk CAN - Congress Provincial Representatives, (Yalova)
Scientific Committee
Maria BENCIVENGA - Italy
Felix BERLTH - Germany
Vasile BINTINTAN - Romania
Carlos A. Garcia CARRASCO - Chile
Paulo Matos DA COSTA - Portugal
Giovanni DE MANZONI - Italy
Enver İLHAN - Türkiye
Suzanne S. GISBERTZ - Netherlands
Paulo KASSAB - Brazil
Yasuhiro KODERA - Japan
Piotr KOŁODZIEJCZYK - Poland
Daniele MARRELLI - Italy
Stefan MÖNIG - Switzerland
Paolo MORGAGNI - Italy
Filippo PIETRANTONIO - Italy
Franco ROVIELLO - Italy
Takeshi SANO - Japan
Paul SCHNEIDER - Switzerland
Erica SECCHETTIN - Italy
Masanori TERASHIMA - Japan
Antonio Carlos WESTON - Brazil
Bruno ZILBERSTEIN - Brazil
Zhenggang ZHU - China
Programme highlights
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Host organisation
National Gastric Cancer SocietyContact
- Event secretary:
- Gökalp OKUT
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