About Conference

January 1976 – The head of the former Research Institute of Clinical and Experimental Oncology, Dr. Zdeněk Mechl, explored the idea of organizing an oncology conference.

Summer 1976 – Announcement of the name of the oncology conference – Brno oncology days "BOD" (by analogy with the Bratislava oncology days, which have been held since 1958).

May 1977 – The first Brno oncology days conference is held at the International Hotel with the support of Brno businesses and the city of Brno Health Department. The first Set Of Lectures is published in Listy VÚKEO. The Conference hosted important guests from Belgium, Poland, and Hungary.

1978 – Pharmaceutical companies got actively involved in BOD, acting as sponsors.

1986 – The BOD conference expanded its program, and the Conference for non-medical health workers joined.

1986 – Lectures Abstracts were published in Education Directory.

2013 – In cooperation with the Preventive Oncology Section of the ČOS ČLS, the 1st year of the educational seminar for practitioners called Oncological issues in the general practices is held.

2013 – BOD abstracts are first time published in the supplement of the Klinická onkologie journal.

2017 – The Conference of Laboratory diagnostics in oncology has become part of BOD.

2021 – The 1st International Brno Oncology Day takes place within the BOD with the participation of international experts.

2023 – We are preparing presentation panels focused on psychological care in oncology.