EACR-19: The best of European cancer research

The 19th biennial meeting of the European Association of Cancer Research, EACR-19, was held in Budapest, the splendid capital of Hungary, in June 2006. It proved an exciting forum for researchers engaged in basic, translational and clinical cancer research to discuss key areas of major current interest. This review presents a meeting report and attempts to provide an impression of the scientific excellence of EACR-19.