Authors:
Dr Elsbeth Nye, ST5 Medical Oncology Registrar, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Richard Heywood, Medical Oncology post CCT, North East / Yorkshire NHS Foundation Trust
| Conference Name | Dates and Location | Notes |
| International meetings | ||
| ESMO Congress 2026 | ESMO | 23rd-27th October 2026 (Madrid) | |
| ASCO 2026 Annual Meeting | ASCO | 29th May-2nd June 2026 (Chicago) | |
| EACR Annual Congress 2026 | EACR | 8th – 11th June 2026 (Budapest) | Annual Congress of the European Association for Cancer Research |
| Cancer Genomics, Multiomics and Computational Biology | EACR | 12th – 14th May 2026 (Essen) | European Association for Cancer Research |
| UK meetings | ||
| ACP/UKSMO Conference 2026 | ACP/UKSMO | 16th-17th April 2026 (Birmingham) | Registration fee of £150 for trainee ACP members |
| UK Oncology Forum | 11th-12th June 2026 (Harrogate) | Free to attend |
| UK Imaging and Oncology 2026 | UKIO | 8th-10th June 2026 (Liverpool) | Registration fee of £80 |
| UK SACT Board Annual Conference 2026 | 26th November 2026 (London) | Registration fee of £25 |
| NOTCH Research Symposium | NOTCH | Last in March 2025 – next not yet advertised | The National Oncology Trainee Collaborative for Healthcare Research |
| UK Oncology Roadshow | Various destinations across the UK 21st to 29th April 2026 | On Circulating Tumour DNA in 2026 |
Tumour Site-Specific Conferences
| Conference Name | Dates and Location | Notes |
| Immunotherapy | ||
| IOCN Educational Events | 27th March 2026 (Bristol) | Registration fee of £150 |
| Breast | ||
| UKIBCS 2026 | 19th-20th January 2026 (Birmingham) | UK Interdisciplinary Breast Cancer Symposium |
| ESMO Breast Cancer 2026 | ESMO | 6th-8th May 2026 (Berlin) | ESMO Breast Cancer Congress |
| 2026 UKBCG Annual Meeting | UKBCG | 20th-21st November 2026 (London) | UK Breast Cancer Group |
| San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium | SABCS 2026 | 8th-11th December 2026 (San Antonio, US) | San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) |
| Gynae | ||
| ESGO Gynaecological Oncology Congress 2026 | ESGO | 26th-28th February 2026 (Copenhagen) | European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO) |
| ESMO Gynaecological Cancers Congress 2026 | ESMO | 17th-19th June 2026 (Copenhagen) | ESMO Gynaecological Cancers Congress |
| Annual Scientific Meeting 2026 | British Gynaecological Cancer Society | 24th-26th June 2026 (Bristol) | British Gynaecological Cancer Society Annual Scientific Meeting |
| UK Gynae-Oncologist Meeting 2026 | UKGOM | 20th-21st November 2026 (Manchester) | UK Gynae-Oncologist (UKGOM) Annual Meeting |
| Sarcoma | ||
| BSG Annual Conference 2026 | BSG | 25th-26th February 2026 (Oxford) | British Sarcoma Group (BSG) |
| ESMO Sarcoma and Rare Cancers Congress 2026 | ESMO | 12th-14th March (Lugano) | ESMO Sarcoma and Rare Cancers Congress |
| Lung | ||
| BTOG Annual Conference 2026 | BTOG | 4th-6th March 2026 (Edinburgh) | British Thoracic Oncology Group (BTOG) |
| European Lung Cancer Congress 2026 | ESMO | 25th-28th March 2026 (Copenhagen) | ESMO Lung Cancer Congress |
| World Conference on Lung Cancer | WCLC 2026 | 12th-15th September 2026 (Seoul) | International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer |
| European Thoracic Oncology Platform Annual Meeting 2026 | ETOP | 27th-28th November 2026 (Zurich) | No fees, travel grant available if not previously attended. Two sections: update on thoracic malignancies, presentation of attendees’ trial proposals to faculty. |
| Melanoma | ||
| Lab to Life: Innovations in Melanoma | 12th-13th March 2026 (Manchester) | Melanoma Research Conference hosted by The University of Manchester |
| Professional Virtual Regional Meeting | Melanoma Focus | 15th May 2026 (Virtual) | Melanoma Focus (Charity for Professionals, Patients & Public) |
| Urology | ||
| British Uro-oncology group Meetings | BUG | 25th-26th September 2026 (Brighton) | British Uro-Oncology group (BUG) |
| National Germ Cell Group Conference | Planned for 2027 (Nottingham) | Every 2 years |
| GI | ||
| UKIOG National Meeting | OG Cancer Group | 23rd March 2026 (London) | UK and Ireland OesophagoGastric Cancer Group (UKIOG) |
| ESMO GI Cancers Congress 2026 | ESMO | 1st-4th July 2026 (Munich) | ESMO Gastrointestinal Cancers Congress |
| Pancreatic Cancer Conference | CRUK | 7th-9th July 2026 (London) | Cancer Research UK Pancreatic cancer conference |
| Neuro | ||
| British Neuro-Oncology Society Conference | BNOS | 1st-3rd July (Birmingham) | Annual meeting |
| CUP | ||
| World CUP Alliance International hybrid meeting | WCA | First meeting held in Berlin in October 2025, no update for 2026 yet | World Cancer of Unknown Primary Alliance |