While management of relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) is still a challenging clinical problem, there is emerging evidence demonstrating the benefits of immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs)-based regimens in controlling the disease. Nonethele...
Season 2 of the “Kidneys Talk” will officially be live on 9 th July 2022 and every other Tuesday for a total of 9 episodes. Brought to you by a local non-profit making voluntary organization, the Hong Kong Kidney Foundation (HKKF). Their...
Co-organized by the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA), the Asia Pacific Advanced Heart Failure Forum was held on 7th May at the Hong Kong Science Park. The forum was a hybrid event of virtual broadcas...
Despite the increasing longevity of the worldwide population, the elderly is a group of individuals commonly faced with increased morbidities that would have necessitated them receiving surgical and non-surgical procedures with anaesthesia. However,...
The webinar on the therapy in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour (GIST) titled “The Pathway to Excellence: New Product Launch” was successfully held on 29 th March 2022. By pointing out several real-world experience in managing GIST, Dr. Ge...
The world has been living with COVID-19 for almost two years and a half. Hong Kong went through waves of outbreak and the goal is still not vividly visible for the time being, especially the storm of Omicron variant has no sign of fading away. Even ...
Improved knowledge on age-related changes in each anatomical layer of the face has facilitated the advancement in facial rejuvenation strategies, including the use of dermal fillers and botulinum toxin. While collagen is a key structural component o...
The management of relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) continues to be challenging though new therapeutics for the disease have been emerging in recent decades. Essentially, while decreased survival was observed in each extra line of ther...
The first season of the “Kidneys Talk”, a live channel organised by the Hong Kong Kidney Foundation (HKKF), with the Hong Kong Society of Nephrology (HKSN) and the Hong Kong Association of Renal Nurses (HKARN) as the co-organisers, has b...
Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRSwNP) is a predominantly type 2 inflammation-mediated disease of the nasal mucosa and paranasal sinuses. The disease is also associated with a wide spectrum of symptoms and negative impacts on health-re...
Currently, there is no treat-to-target framework to guide systemic treatment in adults with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD) exists. Hence, an international Steering Committee has developed recommendations, which covers guiding principles, ...
The Hong Kong Doctors Union (“HKDU”) has been aiming at fending the welfare and rights of local medical practitioners and serving as the bridge between our community and the medical profession since establishment in the 1960s. This year,...
