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Theme: Interactive Multidisciplinary Case Discussions
Date:  Saturday,  8 October 2022, 10:30-12:30 HKT

Day 1, Wednesday, 5 October 2022
Theme: Novel Therapeutics and Diagnostics in Sarcomas
Topic 1: The emerging role of cell therapy in management of advanced sarcomas
Speaker: Dr. Sandra P. D’Angelo, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
Topic 2: How can artificial intelligence help in diagnosis and management of sarcomas?
Speaker: Dr. Varut Vardhanabhuti, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Day 2, Thursday, 6 October 2022
Theme: AAdolescent & Young Adults Oncology (AYA Oncology) & Palliative Care in Sarcomas
Topic 1: Establishing an AYA oncology programme in Asia
Speaker: Dr. Eileen Poon, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore
Topic 2: Addressing special palliative care needs in patients with sarcomas
Speaker: Dr. Deepa Natarajan, Shatin Hospital, Hong Kong
Day 3, Friday, 7 October 2022
Theme: Research Updates from the Asian Sarcoma Consortium
Topic 1: Research Updates from Singapore
Speaker : Dr. Valerie Yang, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore
Topic 2: Research Updates from India
Speaker : Dr. Jyoti Bajpai, Tata Memorial Centre, India
Topic 3: Research Updates from Taiwan
Speaker : Dr. Tom Wei-Wu Chen, National Taiwan University Cancer Centre,Taiwan
Topic 4: Research Updates from Japan
Speaker : Dr. Makoto Endo, Kyushu University, Japan
Topic 5: Research Updates from Hong Kong SAR
Speaker : Dr. Gordon Tang, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong

Meet Our Speakers

Dr Gordon TANG

Dr Gordon TANG is a medical oncologist working in the Department of Clinical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong. He graduated from Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong in 2015. His research interest is in sarcoma, lung and breast cancer. He is involved in multiple lung, breast and sarcoma...

Dr. Valerie Shiwen YANG

Assistant Professor Valerie YANG is a Medical Oncology Consultant at the Department of Lymphoma and Sarcoma of the National Cancer Centre Singapore. She is jointly appointed at the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR, where she leads the Translational Precision Oncology Laboratory. She is a National Science Scholar, graduand of the MB/PhD program at the...

Dr. Tom Wei-Wu CHEN

Tom Wei-Wu Chen, MD
Attending physician
Department of Oncology
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan

Dr. Tom W. Chen is currently an attending physician at the Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) in Taipei, Taiwan. Dr. Chen received internal medicine training followed by a fellowship course as a medical oncologist in NTUH. Afterwards, he joined Drug Development Program (DDP) in Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, Canada as a clinical fellow to study early phase clinical trials with Dr. Lillian Siu and Dr. Phil Bedard. During his stay in Princess Margaret, he gained more experience with next-generation sequencing and precision medicine, as well as interest in sarcoma patients.