Breast cancer is one of the life-threatening malignancies among females in Hong Kong. Obesity is recognised as being correlated with poor prognosis in several cancers, including breast cancer. A recent meta-analysis which included 27 studies had dis...
E-cigarettes have become a popular stop tobacco smoking aid in recent years. However, evidence on the effectiveness of e-cigarettes for assisting people to quit tobacco smoking remains controversial. In a Cancer Research UK-funded study, researchers...
Poor Prognosis in Patients with Stage III Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) NSCLC, which accounts for 80-85% of all cases of lung cancer, constitute one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide 6,7 . In approximately 30% of patients, the diseas...
Recent Advances in Therapies for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour Gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) is the most common mesenchymal tumour of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, mainly in the stomach and small intestine. GIST constitutes a distinct ...
The Uro-Oncology Asia 2021 Significant advances in urological cancer treatments have been emerging in recent years. For instance, immunotherapy continues to play an increasingly important role and innovations in biomarkers help select patients for s...
Management of Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma Date: 25 February 2021 (Thursday) Time: 19:15 - 20:40 (GMT+8, HKT) Meeting format: Zoom meeting Webinar on Management of Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma Multiple myeloma (MM) is charact...
Benefits of yogurt on gastrointestinal health have been widely investigated in numerous studies and regular yogurt consumption may contribute to the favorable gut microbiome. Recently, the data from 2 large, prospective cohort studies revealed that ...
Overview of Breast Cancer Treatments Dr. Li outlined that there are 3 major aspects for breast cancer treatment including surgery, radiotherapy and pharmacological treatment. For pharmacological treatment, in turns, there are 4 classes of therapies,...
The Importance of Systemic Treatment Sequencing in Improving Survival for Patients with Advanced Liver Cancer Dr.Catherine Frenette, Prof. Peter Galle, Dr.Richard Finn, Prof. Jean-Frédéric Blanc, Dr. Kirhan Özgürdal, Prof. An...
Diagnostic Imaging for HCC in Local Clinical Practice Currently, local guideline on diagnostic imaging for HCC is yet to be developed, whereas various international diagnostic guidelines such as the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liv...
A Beacon of Hope for Patients with Metastatic Triple Negative Breast Cancer (mTNBC) Frequently afflicting young women below 50 years old, Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) accounts for 14% of breast cancer cases in Hong Kong 1 . Classified by the...
Relieving the Health Burden of Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Prostate cancer is considered one of the most prevalent cancers in men worldwide. In Hong Kong, it is the fourth leading cause of male cancer deaths, with both age-standa...
