Cancer care is rapidly evolving, and keeping pace with growing knowledge and accumulating evidence are crucial for all those involved in cancer care. One of cancer domains that remarkably evolved over the last two decades is personal surface malignancy, the way it’s addressed, diagnosed, and the way it is being treated. Historically it used to be perceived as a pre-terminal event. Nowadays, luckily, we can offer more to make a difference in outcome and many patients demonstrate long survivorship post cytoreductive surgery hated peritoneal chemotherapy. The peritoneal surface oncology group international (PSOGI) is a collaboration of worldwide experts in diagnosis and treatment of peritoneal cancer. This group drives the needle forward on the way we address peritoneal cancer and the ways to treat it.

We are pleased to announce the first Middle East personal surface oncology group international meeting hosted by the ministry of national guard health affairs between fourth and sixth of February at a Jeddah Hilton, Kingdom, Saudi Arabia.

The meeting comprises well thought solid scientific program, presented by world-renowned faculty across the world. It will certainly be an exciting conference for all those who are interested and involved in cancer care, including general physicians, medical oncologists, Surgeons, Surgical Oncologists, Gynecological Oncologist, Nurses, Pathologists, Medical Imaging experts, and trainees.

I would like to thank the organizing and scientific committees for the great work of putting this program together and thank all attendees for making it to the conference.

Enjoy the meeting, enjoy Jeddah!

It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 1st middle east PSOGI conference, which will be held in Hilton Jeddah from 4-6 February 2023.

Our conference will cover all the subjects of peritoneal surface oncology, from basic to advanced management, keynote lecture, debate, video presentations, and the latest updates about this very advanced type of cancer.

I also look forward to the Middle East session, which will be the start of national and international collaboration for research, registry, training and exchange of experience.

On behalf of the organizing committee, we would like to thank our speakers; all the associated societies and sponsors who made extraordinary efforts to make this conference held in Jeddah.

I wish all participants would enjoy this international conference and the Saudi hospitality in Jeddah.