The 2024 CACA Integrated Lung Cancer Conference, organized by the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association and the CACA Lung Cancer Integration Committee, was held in Zhuhai from October 25 to 26. Under the theme “Gathering Strength and Leading the Future,” the conference brought together top experts in lung cancer to discuss key challenges and advancements. Oncology Frontier interviewed Prof. Li Zhang from Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, who shared insights on the clinical applications, development, and future prospects of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) in lung cancer treatment.

From October 17 to 19, 2024, the 18th National Breast Cancer Conference and the 19th Shanghai International Breast Cancer Symposium (SIBCS 2024) took place in Shanghai. During this period, the fourth Controversy & Consensus Consortium (3C) Summit, focusing on clinical practice in Chinese breast cancer, was successfully held. Leading breast cancer experts and patient representatives participated in discussions and voting on updates for the 2025 CBCS Guidelines “Little Red Book.”

The 9th Congress of the Chinese Chapter of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (CCIHPBA) and The Seminar on the Academic Thoughts of Prof. Oiu Fazu and his 110 Birth Anniversary and Sino -Geman Medical Educaton Fomum, along with A Commemorative Ceremony in honor of the late Prof. Wan Yee Joseph LAU, were held in Wuhan from October 24 to 27, 2024. Upholding the themes of "Exchange, Standardization, Innovation, and Development," the event brought together renowned hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery experts from home and abroad to discuss key challenges, share clinical insights, and promote new techniques. At the symposium, Prof. Kuansheng Ma from The Southwest Hospital of Army Medical University, delivered an academic presentation titled, “Interpretation of the Primary Liver Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines (2024 Edition) - Systemic Treatment.” In this exclusive interview, Prof. Ma shares further insights on this topic.

Adhering to the core concept of "Integrated Cancer Prevention and Treatment, Winning through Integration," on November 14, 2024, a feast of knowledge on cancer prevention and treatment that brought together domestic and international medical elites, patient representatives, and leaders from all walks of life—The 2024 Chinese Congress on Holistic Integrative Oncology and The 40th Anniversary of China Anti-Cancer Association—grandly opened at the Xi'an International Conference Center.

The 2024 CACA Integrative Gastric Cancer Conference took place in Wuhan from October 18-19, 2024. Oncology Frontier invited Dr. Jie’er Ying, Chairman of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association’s Gastric Cancer Integrative Rehabilitation Committee and Head of the Hepatobiliary and Gastric Oncology Department at Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, to discuss the current state and development of integrative rehabilitation for gastric cancer.

The 18th International Liver Cancer Association (ILCA) Annual Conference took place in Toronto, Canada, from October 17-19, 2024. During the conference, Prof. Richard S. Finn of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA presented subgroup data from the real-world REFINE study, highlighting that patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC) who received transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) or transarterial radioembolization (TARE) in addition to regorafenib had better survival trends. Oncology Frontier invited Dr. Yunfei Yuan from the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center to discuss and provide insights on this study.