Talk on cancers of the liver, bile duct and pancreas tonight
KUCHING: The much awaited medical talk on ‘Advances in the treatment of cancers of the liver, bile duct and pancreas’ will be held tonight (7pm) at 9th Floor, Function Room, Crown Towers, Pending Road, here.
Conducted by Professor Dr Pierce Chow, our own Kuching boy, the talk will be a sharing session with the public on cancers of the liver, bile duct and pancreas which are common in the Asia-Pacific region.
“In particular, 80 per cent of all primary liver cancer in the world is found here,” said Chow who has carried out extensive clinical and translational research cancers of the liver and pancreas and is actively involved in clinical research on new therapies in liver cancer.
Until recently, surgery was the only therapy that offered the opportunity for long-term survival with these cancers. The last 10 years has however seen the development of more effective non-surgical treatment options.
These new treatment strategies have significantly improved clinical outcomes when patients with these cancers are diagnosed at a stage when surgery is not feasible.
Optimal clinical outcome in patients is best achieved when the care of patients is undertaken by a multi-disciplinary team of specialist doctor.
Chow is a professor with Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore and senior consultant surgical oncologist at National Cancer Singapore and Senior Consultant HPB Surgeon at Singapore General Hospital.
On top of his busy clinical practice, he also serves on academic, government and pharmaceutical advisory boards.
The public talk is jointly organised by National Cancer Society and the See Hua Group of newspapers and will be held at Functions Rooms on the 9th Floor, Crown Towers, Kuching.
The talk shall be conducted mainly in English, but explanation in Chinese would be available if the audience requests.
Members of the public who have called in to register are requested to be punctual while those who have not called are also welcomed.
NCC members and the public can call 082-330505 for further enquiries.
Source: Borneo Post Online
Published: 01 Nov 2013
