会议背景介绍： 
    We are pleased to announce Cold Spring Harbor Asia/The 13th International Conference on Differentiation Therapy: Differentiation Therapy and Advances in Cancer which will be held at the Suzhou Dushu Lake Conference Center in Suzhou, China, located approximately 60 miles west of Shanghai. This conference will begin in the afternoon of Saturday October 20, and will conclude after lunch on Tuesday Oct 23, 2012.
    The biennial International Conference on Differentiation Therapy (ICDT) has been recognized as one of the highest-level international scientific meetings in the field of cancer research. Differentiation therapy, which has already shown a targeted, cancer selective therapeutic effect that turned acute promyelocytic leukemia from highly fatal to curable, represents a breakthrough in cancer therapies. The ICDT conference is arranged to reflect the most updated advancement in differentiation cancer therapies. We will also select short talks from openly submitted abstracts and organize workshops pertinent to the subjects of the conference to ensure the maximum amount of interaction and discussion between lecturers and participants.
    征文范围及要求：  Major Topics:
- Epigenetics and Epigenomics
– mechanism and impact on cancer therapy
- Genetics and Genomics of Cancer
- Cancer stem cells and novel targets
- Animal models and novel targets
- Targeted Therapies: Present and Future
- Differentiation Therapy of APL and Beyond