On September 12 – 15th, 2018, the sixth annual meeting of the Society of Hematologic Oncology (SOHO) was held in Houston, Texas. The meeting covered a variety of topics in the latest advances in the pathophysiology and treatment of hematological malignancies.

The medical resident Angelo Borsarelli Carvalho de Brito, from the Department of Internal Medicine of School of Medical Sciences (SMS) of University of Campinas (Unicamp) presented his project entitled “Angiogenesis’ related polymorphism emerges as a prognostic marker in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients” in the oral session of the meeting.

In this study, conducted at the Cancer Genetic Laboratory and advised by Prof. Carmen Silvia Passos Lima and Prof. Jose Vassallo, Dr. Brito concluded that there is an association between vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF-A) and the type 2 receptor (VEGFR2) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) enrolled in the angiogenesis pathway with prognosis in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients.

The research was also awarded with the “Honorable Distinct Poster Award” at the closing ceremony of the meeting.