Programme

Welcome Address

Dr Joshua Tay
Associate Director (Surgical Oncology Research),
National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS)


Opening Address

Prof Thomas Loh
Group Chairman Medical Board,
National University Health System

Keynote Address 1: A Paradigm Shift in Resectable Locally Advanced HNSCC Treatment with Immunotherapy  

Prof Lou Pei-Jen
Vice Superintendent & Joint Professor, Department of Otolaryngology and Graduate Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine & National Taiwan University Hospital

Keynote Address 2: Microfluidics for Precision Oncology: From Diagnosis to Personalized Therapy

Prof Lim Chwee Teck
Director, Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (iHealthtech), Singapore

Topic 1: Organ preservation for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after neoadjuvant therapy: myth or reality?

Prof Chao Yin-Kai
Chief, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Topic 2: Surgery is N=1

Prof Dean Ho
Head, Provost's Chair Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University Singapore (NUS)

Topic 2: Precision Surgical Oncology in Pancreatic Cancer: Expanding Resectability Through Multivisceral and Vascular Techniques 

Prof Ulrich Ronellenfitsch
Professor, Evidence-Based Visceral Surgical Oncology, Universitätsmedizin Halle, Universitätsklinikum Halle (Saale), Germany

Topic 3: From Promise to Practice: Real-World Challenges of AI in Breast Cancer Care

Dr Serene Goh
Consultant, Division of General Surgery (Breast Surgery), Department of Surgery, National University Hospital (NUH)

Peri-Operative Immunotherapy
Lightning talks (Oral Presentation)

Topic 1: Immune-Related Adverse Events of Checkpoint Inhibitors in Gastric Cancer: A FAERS-Based Pharmacovigilance Analysis to Inform Peri-Operative Risk Stratification

Ms Ghina Tsurayya

Topic 2: Complete pathological response after platinum-based chemotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibitor and radical resection for locally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma – a case series and literature review

Dr Stephanie Nga Sze Wong

Topic 3: The influence of Glutathione-S-Transferase Theta 2 (GSTT2) expression on BCG response in a syngeneic mouse model of bladder cancer.

Ms Wen Xiu Loh

Lightning Talks (Oral Presentation)

Topic 1: Integrating Chest CT–Derived Skeletal Muscle Index with SARC-F for Comprehensive Sarcopenia Assessment in Lung Cancer

Dr Yingchun Zeng

Topic 2: Voice-Based Screening of Laryngeal Pathology Using Public Voice Datasets

Mr Shibo Liu

Lightning Talks (Oral Presentation)

Topic 1: Current Evidence on Screening Strategies for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Systematic Review

Ms Adena Peh

Topic 2: Optimal Management of Ruptured Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis

Mr Bai Zong Rui

Topic 1: The future of surgery: How surgical robots and AI are transforming upper GI procedures — personal insights

Prof Koichi Suda
Professor & Head, Divisions of GI & HPB Surgery, Department of Surgery, Fujita Health University, Japan

Topic 1: SSTR2 as a targetable biomarker in cancers: Head & neck, brain and beyond

Prof Matt Lechner
Professor, Rhinology and Head & Neck Cancer, Department of Targeted Intervention, University College London

Topic 2: Transcriptome-wide RNA biomarkers for precision oncology: Harnessing large archival tissue cohorts.

Dr Joshua Tay
Senior Consultant
Department of Otolaryngology,
Head & Neck Surgery (ENT),
National University Hospital

Topic 3: Mapping Biogeographical Heterogeneity and Host-Microbiome Interactions for Colorectal Neoplasia

A/Prof Sunny Wong
Consultant
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH)

Lightning Talks (Oral Presentation)

Topic 1: Performance of AI-based sonographic evaluation differs in follicular-patterned versus papillary thyroid carcinoma

Dr Hao Li

Topic 2: COP: A Real-Time Digital Twin for Operational Orchestration Across the Surgical Oncology Continuum

Dr M. Shaillender

Lightning Talks (Oral Presentation)

Topic 1: Candidate biomarkers for presence or absence of tumour after TURBT?

Mr Yusheng Too

Topic 2: Optimal Timing of Preoperative Indocyanine Green Administration for Tumor-Background Discrimination in Bony and Soft Tissue Sarcomas: A Preclinical and Translational Study

Ms Yap Shu Ting

Exclusive: Medical Student Suturing Competition
Location: NUHS Tower Block Staff Lounge

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Networking Break

Panel Discussion (Translational)
Dr Adriel Leong
Associate Consultant, Division of General Surgery (Neurosurgery), Alexandra Hospital

Topic: Bring AI & Precision Oncology to Bedside

a) How to build layers of evidence and trustworthiness for clinical implementation 

b) Challenges faced and how to overcome them (including regulatory and cost challenges

c) What’s next – what we wish we have at bedside today! 

Panelists:

1. Prof Lou Pei-Jen
2. Prof Eric C. Leuthardt
3. Prof Lim Chwee Teck
4. Dr Serene Goh

Closing Keynote: Breathing Life into Discovery: My Journey as a Thoracic Surgeon-Scientist

Prof John Tam Kit Chung
Head of Division & Senior Consultant Thoracic Surgery,
Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery,
National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS)

Closing Address

Prof Jimmy So
Head & Senior Consultant, Division of Surgical Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore