OMICS International’s International Conference on Prostate Cancer was organized with a focus on meeting the challenges of Advancement in Prostate Cancer Research and Treatment together towards a better tomorrow. It was a great success, where eminent keynote speakers from various reputed institutions made their resplendent presence and addressed the gathering.

Prostate Cancer-2015 witnessed an amalgamation of peerless speakers who enlightened the crowd with their knowledge and confabulated on various newfangled topics related to the field of prostate. Qun Lu from East Carolina University, USA presented a paper on “Urine biomarkers for prostate cancer detection”; Veronica J James from Australian National University, Australia presented a paper on “Why wait till it is too late”; Taisei Nomura from Osaka University, Japan presented a paper on “Establishment of prostate cancer and benign prostatic hyperplasia PDX (patient-derived xenograft) in super-SCID mice”; Jiao Zhang from East Carolina University, USA presented a paper on “Development of prostatic exosomal protein (PSEP) lateral flow chromatographic strips for detection of chronic prostatitis”; Joanna Dulinska-Litewka from Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland presented a paper on “Increased AKT signaling resulting from the loss of androgen responsiveness in prostate cancer”; Fahri Saatcioglu from University of Oslo, Norway presented a paper on “Divergent androgen regulation of unfolded protein response pathways drives prostate cancer”; Steve Assinder from Andrology Research Group, Australia presented a paper on “Oxytocin in prostate pathology. Is there a sinister side to the hormone of love”; Nathalie Picollet-D’hahan from CEA/DSV/iRTSV/BGE/Biomics, France presented a paper on “Emerging nano and microtechnologies in prostate cancer research: New tools for diagnosis & biomarkers discovery”.

Prostate Cancer-2015 dealt with the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases of the Prostate, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Prostatitis, Radical Prostatectomy including Prostate Cancer side effects and management.

Dr. Lucia Languino, Thomas Jefferson University, USA conducted a workshop on Molecular mechanisms of prostate cancer progression on June 22, 2015, in connection with this conference and as a curtain raiser to the topic.

Poster presentations were presented by students and the best posters were awarded to Charlotte Lavallee from University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Nanami Kikuchi from University of Central Florida, USA

All the papers presented at the Prostate Cancer-2015 will be published in the proceedings of the Journal of Cancer Science and Therapy