VISION & OBJECTIVE of AOS

Vision of AOS
To establish a community of Asian oncologists to guide and improve multidisciplinary cancer care, in order to improve the outcomes and qualify of life of cancer patients in Asia.

Objectives
To bring together experts to address current issues on prevalent cancers in Asia
To define the needs of Asian oncologists and showcase cancer researches/trials in Asia
To provide latest updates in state-of-the-art techniques in diagnostics and multidisciplinary care (medical oncology, radiation therapy and surgical oncology)
To provide a platform for continuous exchange among the medical and biotechnology community in Asia
To provide a networking opportunity for clinical researchers, clinicians and the pharmaceutical companies

WELCOME MESSAGE

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the Asian Oncology Summit website. On behalf of the programme committees and organisers, I’d like to invite you to join us for the Third Asian Oncology Summit to be held in Hong Kong, China, on April 8–10, 2011. We have assembled a tremendous 2.5 day schedule containing many regional and internationally renowned experts that we hope you will find compelling and informative.

The previous Summit was attended by approximately 720 participants from throughout the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Once again, we aim to provide a meeting that is relevant to practicing physicians to help inform clinical practice and to optimise and improve patient management. The 2011 Summit includes five parallel programmes each dedicated to a different oncology specialty. Additionally, the Summit includes a clinical trials plenary session, various plenary lectures, editor’s choice poster awards, and a writing workshop by the editors of The Lancet Oncology.

The theme for the 2011 event is ‘Building Capacity. For Today. For Tomorrow’. In these economically constrained times, healthcare capacity has never been more important. Healthcare infrastructure and new modalities, technologies, and treatments have the potential to improve substantially treatment outcomes.

I hope you find the conference details on this website - coupled with the accessible location for the Summit - to be a persuasive reason to attend. Your active participation will continue to make the Asian Oncology Summit a unique and valuable contribution to medical practice in Asia.

I look forward to seeing you in Hong Kong.

Kind regards,

Dr Emma Grainger
Deputy Editor, The Lancet Oncology and chair of AOS 2011

Summit Lectures
- Genitourinary Cancer
- Supportive Oncology
- Palliative Oncology
- Neuro-oncology

Scientific Suites
- Gastrointestinal Cancer Suite
- Women’s Health Suite
- Haematology-oncology Suite
- Thoracic Cancer / Head & Neck Cancer Suite
- Radiation Oncology Suite

AOS 2011 Faculty List

Chair
Emma GRAINGER, UK

Special Advisor
David COLLINGRIDGE, UK

Plenaries
Opening Plenaries
Judith MACKAY, Hong Kong
Meg O’BRIEN, USA

Summit Lectures
Palliative Oncology
Sebastiano MERCADANTE, Italy
Jim CLEARY, USA

Neuro-Oncology
Eric CHANG, USA
Michael PRADOS, USA

Genitourinary Cancers
Andrew K LEE, USA

Supportive Oncology
Dorothy KEEFE, Australia
Declan WALSH, USA

Suite Scientific Committee

Gastrointestinal Cancer Suite
CHENG Ann-Lii, Taiwan (Chair)
Yoon-Koo KANG, South Korea

Haematology-Oncology Suite
KWONG Yok Lam, Hong Kong (Chair)
LIM Soon Thye, Singapore

Radiation Oncology Suite
Werner BURKART, Austria (Chair)
Rethy CHHEM, Austria

Women’s Health Suite
Masakazu TOI, Japan (Chair)

Thoracic Cancer Suite
Masahiro FUKUOKA, Japan (Chair)

Head and Neck Cancer Suite
Anthony CHAN, Hong Kong (Chair)
Joseph WEE, Singapore
Alex Pei-Jen LOU, Taiwan

Suite Speakers
Gastrointestinal Cancer Suite
CHENG Ann-Lii, Taiwan (Chair)
Yoon-Koo KANG, South Korea

Haematology-Oncology Suite
KWONG Yok Lam, Hong Kong (Chair)
LIM Soon Thye, Singapore

Radiation Oncology Suite
Werner BURKART, Austria (Chair)
Rethy CHHEM, Austria

Women’s Health Suite
Masakazu TOI, Japan (Chair)

Thoracic Cancer Suite
Masahiro FUKUOKA, Japan (Chair)

Head and Neck Cancer Suite
Anthony CHAN, Hong Kong (Chair)
Joseph WEE, Singapore
Alex Pei-Jen LOU, Taiwan

Location