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International Congress provide the impetus to facilitate the presentation and discussion of a wide spectrum of opinions, which then lead to the development of a broad perspective of understanding. The format chosen is usually designed to accomplish three general aims: the critical review of rapidly advancing and important fields, the integration of cutting edge information considered to represent new pathways of understanding, and the presentation of exciting and provocative preliminary data. The meeting in Fukuoka, Japan held on October 21-25 2002 served these purposes well. In addition, this meeting created unique synergy imparted by the joining of two previously independent congresses, the International Congress on Hormonal Steroids (ICHS) and the International Congress on Hormones and Cancer (ICHC). This joint congress continued a long tradition since it represented the 11th ICHS and 7th ICHC meetings. The marriage of these two congresses was timely and reflected the increasing understanding that hormones, growth factors, cytokines, and chemokines all work through receptors and influence cancer cell proliferation and apoptosis, as well as differentiated function. By providing a forum to summarize recent data from several disparate areas, this combined congress weaved a fabric of interlocking information based upon evolving principles of cellular biology and clinical intervention.
国际大会推动了各种观点的展示与讨论，进而形成广泛的理解视角。所选用的会议形式通常旨在实现三个总体目标：对快速发展的重要领域进行批判性回顾；整合被视为代表新理解途径的前沿信息；展示令人兴奋且具启发性的初步数据。2002年10月21日至25日在日本福冈举行的会议很好地达成了这些目标。此外，这次会议因合并了两个此前独立的大会——国际激素类固醇大会（ICHS）和国际激素与癌症大会（ICHC）——而产生了独特的协同效应。这次联合大会延续了悠久传统，因为它代表了第11届ICHS会议和第7届ICHC会议。这两个大会的合并恰逢其时，反映出人们日益认识到激素、生长因子、细胞因子和趋化因子均通过受体发挥作用，并影响癌细胞的增殖、凋亡以及分化功能。通过提供一个总结来自多个不同领域近期数据的平台，这次联合大会基于细胞生物学和临床干预的不断发展的原则，编织出了一张相互关联的信息网。
