Date: 24th March 2020 (Tuesday)

Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Venue: Balai Ungku Aziz,

University of Malaya

NPC Research Day

9th

& 10th NPCSM AGM

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Organizer:

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Society of Malaysia

Food included for NPCSM members

Invited speakers:

Dr. Alan Khoo Soo Beng Translational NPC Institute for Medical Research

Professor Dr. Edmund Sim Ui-Hang Cancer Genetics UNIMAS

Dato’ Dr. Pua Kin Choo Senior Consultant ENT Surgeon Gleneagles Penang

Professor Dr. Tang Ing Ping Senior Consultant ENT Surgeon UNIMAS, Sarawask General Hospital

Dr. Voon Pei Jye Consultant Medical Oncologist UNIMAS, Sarawak General Hospital

Adj. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Joseph Wee Senior Consultant in Radiation Oncology National Cancer Centre Singapore

Professor Dr. Lo Kwok Wai NPC Genomics Chinese University of Hong Kong

Keynote speakers:

Co-organizer:

Faculty of Dentistry

TENTATIVE PROGRAM

NPC Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

9th

Research Day & 10th NPCSM AGM

0830 – 0900 Registration

0900 – 0910 Welcoming remarks by President of NPCSM

Assoc. Professor Dr. Yap Lee Fah (University of Malaya)

Session I – Basic research

0910 – 0950 Keynote I

Translational genomics of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Professor Dr. Lo Kwok Wai (Chinese University of

Hong Kong)

0950 – 1010 Tea

1010 – 1040 Title - To be announced

Dr. Alan Khoo Soo Beng (Institute for Medical Research)

1040 – 1100 Title - To be announced

Professor Dr. Edmund Sim Ui-Hang (UNIMAS)

1100 – 1120 Title - To be announced

Name (A ffiliation) - To be announced

1130 – 1140 Tech/commercial talk

The RNAscope® in situ hybridization technology as a powerful tool

to establish the etiology of pathogenic viruses in tumour samples

Biomed-Global

1140 – 1150 Photo session

1150 – 1320 Lunch + Free time + booth visit

1220 – 1320 10th AGM of the NPCSM (for NPCSM members only)

Session II – Clinical research

1320– 1400 Keynote II

Title- To be announced

Adj. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Joseph Wee (National Cancer Centre

Singapore)

1400 – 1430 Title - To be announced

Dato’ Dr. Pua Kin Choo (Gleneagles Penang)

1430 – 1450 Clinical experience in endoscopic endonasal transpterygoid

nasopharyngectomy in NPC

Professor Dr. Tang Ing Ping (UNIMAS; Sarawak General

Hospital

1450 – 1510 Title - To be announced

Dr. Voon Pei Jye (UNIMAS; Sarawak General Hospital)

1510 – 1530 Tea

1530 – 1610 Forum

Facilitator: Assoc Professor Dr. Yap Lee Fah

Challenges from bench to bedside in NPC

treatment/management in Asian and Malaysia setting

Panel: All speakers

1610 – 1620 Closing address by 9th NPC Research Day Chairperson

Dr. Eddie Lim Yat Yuen (University of Malaya)