The 3rd Fudan University Cancer Hospital - M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (FUDAN-MDACC) Diagnostic Pathology Symposium,the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Department of Pathology, Shanghai Cancer Hospital, and the annual meeting of Shanghai Pathologist Society (2009) will open from June 4th to 8th, 2009 at Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.  The two departments of pathology from both Shanghai Cancer Hospital and M. D. Anderson Cancer Center of the United States remain the organizers of this terrific scientific forum, which is also coorganized by the Pathology Division of Shanghai Medical Association, Shanghai Fudan Clinical Diagnostic Pathology Center and Global Academic Programs of M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.  Encouraged by the great success of the previous two meetings, the organizers will continue to provide invited speeches focusing on updates of modern pathology, as well as on molecular and cellular oncology from renowned pathologists and researchers of both domestic and international institutes.  Meanwhile, as one of the meeting organizers, the Department of Pathology, Shanghai Cancer Hospital, sincerely welcomes friends from China and all over the world to celebrate its 60th anniversary of foundation and look further forward to unlimited future development.