The 2nd Asian Conference on Tumor Ablation (ACTA) was held from October 30 to October 31 in Fukuoka, Japan. The conference brought together university professors from many Asian countries, such as Singapore, Malaysia, Philippine, Thailand, India, China, Japan and South Korea. Tumor ablation experts from Europe and America were also invited to attend the conference. Prof. Niu Lizhi, President of Guangzhou Fuda Cancer Hospital, was invited to deliver a keynote speech as a special guest due to his remarkable achievement in the field of cryoablation for tumor.
Prof. Niu was invited to make deliver keynote speeches on the two themes, namely Experience Summery on 8,000 Cases of Cryoablation and Cryablation for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. It was worth mentioning that there were three Chinese experts being elected as ACTA Faculty members. They are Prof. Wu Peihong from Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Prof. Zhai Bo from Renji Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and Prof. Niu Lizhi from Guangzhou Fuda Cancer Hospital affiliated to School of Medicine, Jinan University.
In the first morning of the conference, the keynote speech-Experience Summary on 8,000 Cases of Cryosurgery-delivered by Prof. Niu Lizhi was highly recognized by participating experts. Prof. Niu presided over the conference in the second morning of the conference and delivered another keynote speech-Cryoablation for Non-small Cell Cancer. After listening to the speech, participants agreed that Guangzhou Fuda Cancer Hospital ranks the first in Asia in the field of cryosurgery for cancer both in terms of the history and the quantity of cases.
The conference came to a successful conclusion in the afternoon of October 31. The 3rd Asian Conference on Tumor Ablation is scheduled to convene in South Korea in 2016 and the 4th in China in 2017.
Chairmen of the conference (from L to R: Prof. Lin Shiming from Taiwan Province,
China, Prof. Tanaka Masatoshi from Japan and Prof. Rhim Hyunchul from South Korea)
Prof Niu is delivering a keynote speech
A picture of participating experts (from L to R: Prof. Niu Lizhi from Guangzhou Fuda Cancer Hospital, Prof. Kuang Ming from 1st Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Prof. Wu Peihong from Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Prof. Zhao Ming from Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center )
Prof. Niu Lizhi is raising a question during Q&A
A picture of Prof. We Peihong (L) and Prof. Niu Lizhi (R)
A picture of experts (from L to R： Prof. Niu Lizhi from China, Prof. Huang Kaiwen from Taiwan Province, China, Prof. Seror Olovier from French, Prof. Puauei from Singapore)
Group picture