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The 2026 Pujiang Prostate Cancer Conference was successfully held in Shanghai, bringing together leading experts to discuss the latest advances and clinical experience in prostate cancer management, further promoting standardized care and technological innovation in China.

The 2026 Pujiang Prostate Cancer Conference was held in Shanghai on June 26–27, 2026, under the theme "Standardization, Precision, Chinese Innovation, and Global Collaboration." The meeting brought together leading experts in uro-oncology from across China to showcase advances in standardized prostate cancer management and cutting-edge research.

At the 2026 ASCO Annual Meeting, Professor Claudio Vernieri from the Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (Italy) presented the key findings of the PALMARES-2 study. Among patients with HR+/HER2− metastatic breast cancer, only about 20% continued first-line endocrine therapy (ET) plus a CDK4/6 inhibitor beyond first progression, achieving a median real-world progression-free survival (rwPFS) of 10.5 months and a median real-world overall survival (rwOS) of 71.3 months. The study also suggested that adding local treatment—particularly radiotherapy—was associated with improved outcomes.

The Samsung Breast Cancer Forum, a national meeting bringing together young breast cancer specialists from China's four leading academic breast cancer organizations, was recently held in Zhengzhou. The meeting focused on advances in precision oncology, multidisciplinary collaboration, and the development of the next generation of breast cancer specialists.

The Samsung Breast Cancer Forum, a national meeting bringing together young breast cancer specialists from China's four leading academic breast cancer organizations, was recently held in Zhengzhou. The conference featured a comprehensive scientific program focused on advances in precision breast cancer care, multidisciplinary collaboration, and the development of future clinical leaders.

Breast cancer remains the most commonly diagnosed malignancy among women worldwide. With advances in early detection and multidisciplinary treatment, five-year survival rates have improved significantly. At the same time, increasing numbers of patients are seeking better postoperative quality of life and breast reconstruction options.

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy among women worldwide, and its management has fully entered the era of precision medicine driven by molecular subtyping. Compared with Western populations, Chinese patients tend to develop breast cancer at a younger age and often present with higher-risk disease. Combined with China's large patient population, these characteristics place increasing demands on the efficiency, standardization, and precision of breast pathology.

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remains one of the most aggressive breast cancer subtypes due to the absence of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and HER2 expression, leaving patients without effective endocrine or anti-HER2 targeted therapies. Among its molecular subtypes, basal-like immune-suppressed (BLIS) TNBC is particularly challenging because of its highly invasive biology, immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, poor response to immunotherapy, and limited treatment options after disease progression.

Breast cancer remains one of the most significant public health challenges affecting women worldwide. Improving prevention and treatment, strengthening international scientific collaboration, and promoting the global exchange of clinical knowledge are shared priorities across the oncology community.

At the 2026 ASCO Annual Meeting, Jian Zhang and colleagues from Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center presented several impactful studies spanning supportive care, targeted therapy, and prognostic modeling.