IASGO was founded 26 years ago in Amsterdam. We are privileged to have today strong IASGO sections in more than 70 countries, which greatly assists in assessing educational needs. The main goal of this organization has been and remains globalization of medical knowledge and expertise through a well-structured and precisely organized system of continued medical education. It is our belief that medical knowledge and expertise belongs to every human being on this planet, and that has to be available beyond any kind of discrimination, based on individual institutional or national level, to every patient that strives for survival because of challenging and life-threatening diseases.

In keeping with this philosophy, we have been organizing, apart from our Annual World Congress, annual Advanced Post-Graduate Training Courses for all the 26 years of our history. The main characteristics of this program have been the multi-disciplinary structure and multi-national reach. These courses are always organized in close cooperation with national universities or governmental authorities, aiming to update the participants in the newest developments in the field of Surgical and Medical Oncology, Endoscopy, and Interventional Radiology.