FRIDAY

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7:00 AM
Breakfast . Exhibit . Opening Remarks

8:00 AM
General Session

Cancer Disparities & Cancer Disparities Research Among Chinese Americans: Significance, Status & Strategies 
Moon S. Chen, Jr., PhD, MPH   

8:50 AM
Breakout Session A:  Women’s Cancer I

Perspectives for Preventive and Therapeutic Vaccines for Cervical Cancer
T.-C. Wu, MD, PhD


Ovarian Cancer and Other Gynecologic Malignancies‐The Latest and Greatest
John K. Chan, MD  
 

Breast Cancer Risk Factors in Chinese
Anna H. Wu, PhD, MPH

8:50 AM
Breakout Session B: East West Medicine

Qi Gong: The Genesis of Chinese Medicine
Shi-Yin Wong, MD, PhD


Clinical Approach to Adverse Events and Interactions Related to Herbal Medicines
Elaine Kang-Yum, RPh, CPIS

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10:20 AM
Break . Exhibit

10:30 AM
General Session: Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer in Patients of Chinese Descent
William Pao, MD, PhD

Epidemiology of Lung Cancer in Southern California
Sai-Hong  Ignatius Ou, MD, PhD

Physician and Family Involvement in Promoting Smoking Cessation Among Chinese American and Canadian Patients
Janice Y. Tsoh, PhD

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12:00 PM
Lunch . Exhibit

1:00 PM
General Session: Hepatocellular Carcinoma

The A, B and C of Viral Hepatitis
Tse-Ling Fong, MD, FACP


Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Myron J. Tong, MD, PhD

Surgical Treatments for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Ronald W. Busuttil, MD, PhD, FACS


Imaging-assisted Therapies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
David S. Lu, MD, CM

2:45 PM
Break . Exhibit

3:00 PM
Breakout Session A: Pediatric Challenges

Supersize Me: Childhood Obesity in Chinese-Americans
Jyu-Lin Chen, RN, CNS, PhD


Dietary Factors, NAFLD and Metabolic Syndrome
Robert H. Lustig, MD

3:00 PM
Breakout Session B: Nasopharyngeal and Prostate Cancer

East Meets West: A 2010 Update on Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Sai-Hong  Ignatius Ou, MD, PhD


Technological Advances in Radiation Oncology for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer
Jeffrey Y.C. Wong, MD

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4:05 PM
General Session: Stem Cells Generation

Stem Cells: From Bench to Bedside
Gerald M. Pao, PhD

How To Make A Heart: The Islet-1 Progenitor Story
Kenneth R. Chien, MD, PhD

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