Outline
Outline of the Japanese Cancer Association
Association Name
The Japanese Cancer Association
(A section of the Japanese Association of Medical Sciences)
Date of Founding
April 5, 1941
Purpose and Activities
Purpose:
The purpose of the organization is to promote cancer research.
(Article 2, Bylaws of the Japanese Cancer Association)
Activities:
The organization hosts an Annual Meeting and other academic meetings (e.g.: symposia, conferences, once or twice a year), holds lectures open to the public, and publishes a journal.
Executive Office
International Medical Information Center
Shinanomachi-Rengakan, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0016
Telephone: 03-5361-7156 (Direct) FAX: 03-3358-1633
E-mail: jca.office@imic.or.jp
Membership
Number of members: 14,000 (All individuals) There is no organizational membership system.
Annual membership fee: \8,000
Officers
President:
Masanobu OSHIMA
Vice Presidents:
Takashi KOHNO (Academic matters - clinical research)
Seiji YANO (Academic matters - clinical research)
Hiroyuki SEIMIYA (Finance)
Board of Directors (18 Directors)
Toshihiko DOI, Naoya FUJITA, Noriko GOTO, Toru HIROTA, Shumpei ISHIKAWA,Takashi KOHNO, Yutaka KONDO, Koshi MIMORI, Seishi OGAWA, Naoko OHTANI, Masanobu OSHIMA, Hiroyuki SEIMIYA,Tatsuhiro SHIBATA, Shinji TANAKA, Shinya TANAKA, Katsuya TSUCHIHARA,Toshikazu USHIJIMA, Seiji YANO
President, 2025 Annual Meeting
Masanobu OSHIMA
President, 2026 Annual Meeting
Seishi OGAWA
President, 2027 Annual Meeting
Naoko OHTANI
Committee for Selecting Candidates to Receive Awards and Prizes
< chairperson > Tatsuhiro SHIBATA
Toshihiko DOI, Naoya FUJITA, Shumpei ISHIKAWA, Takashi KOHNO, Shinya TANAKA
Auditors
Rieko OHKI, Yasuhiro YAMADA
Publications
Cancer Science (Instructions for Authors enclosed)
12 issues/ year
Standard:
Modified international version
Homepage:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1349-7006
Author Guidelines:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1349-7006/homepage/ForAuthors.html
Editor-in-Chief, Cancer Science:
Masanori HATAKEYAMA
Deputy Editor-in-Chief:
Hiroyuki MANO
Editors:
Yutaka KAWAKAMI, Hitoshi NAKAGAMA, Takuro NAKAMURA, Masahide TAKAHASHI, Yasuhiro YAMADA, Seiji YANO
Associate Editors:
264 (210 Japanese, 54 foreigners)
Proceedings of the Japanese Cancer Association (electronic version only), 1 issue/year
Annual Meeting
The association holds its annual meeting once a year, generally in October, although the timing may be changed as appropriate. The association publishes the proceedings of the Annual Meeting as the Proceedings of the Japanese Cancer Association.
Association Awards and Prizes
Tomizo Yoshida Award
Mataro Nagayo Award
JCA-Mauvernay Award
JCA-CHAAO Award
JCA International Award
JCA Women Scientists Award
The Young Investigator Awards of the Japanese Cancer Association
Specialty areas of the members of the Japanese Cancer Association
Epidemiology, carcinogenesis, virology, organic chemistry, genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, molecular oncology, genomic science, epigenetics, genomic instability, growth factors and cytokines, signal transduction, cell cycle, apoptosis, invasion and metastasis, angiogenesis, biophysics, cell biology, immunology, radiobiology, microbiology, structural biology, experimental pathology, experimental animals and genetically engineered animals, human pathology, endocrinology, pharmacology and pharmacy, neuro-oncology, head and neck cancer, cancer of the digestive organs, cancer of the liver, biliary tract and pancreas, lung cancer, breast cancer, gynecological and urological cancers, skin cancer, leukemia and lymphoma, endocrine cancer, cancers of the bone and soft tissue, pediatric cancer, diagnostics, proteomics, cytological diagnosis, preventive medicine, surgical therapy, chemotherapy, molecular target therapy, immunotherapy, gene therapy, radiotherapy and thermotherapy, regenerative medicine, psychotherapy, therapy for advanced cancer, medical information and statistics
Educational activities and activities for continuing education
None
Systems for certification and specialty boards
None
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