Liver Cancer Program

08:30 - 09:30 REGISTRATION
10:00 - 10:15 OPENING CEREMONY:
Report by Khunying Mathuros Ruchirawat
Opening Address by Prof. Dr. HRH Princess Chulabhorn
Session I:
Chairpersons: - Curtis Harris (National Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
- Robert Wiltrout (National Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
10:15 - 11:00 Inflammation and Cancer: Microenvironment, Cytokines, MicroRNA and p53
- Curtis Harris (National Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
11:00 - 11:45 Liver Immunity and Liver Cancer
- Robert Wiltrout (National Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
11:45 - 13:00 LUNCH
Session II:
Chairpersons: - Xin Wei Wang (National Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
- Thiravud Khuhaprema (National Cancer Institute, Thailand)
13:00 - 13:30 Epidemiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Thailand
- Thiravud Khuhaprema (National Cancer Institute, Thailand)
13:30 - 14:00 Epidemiology of Cholangiocarcinoma in Thailand
- Vajarabhongsa Bhudhisawasdi (Khon Kaen University, Thailand)
14:00 - 14:45 Genome-Based Molecular Predictors in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Xin Wei Wang (National Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
14:45 - 15:00 Circulating Tumor Cells as a Correlate of Tumor Stage and Metastasis and Their Potential Importance for the Understanding, Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatic Disease
- Peter R.C. Gascoyne (MD Anderson Cancer Center, U.S.A.)