The peritoneum is a common site of metastasis in advanced gastric cancer (GC). Diagnostic
laparoscopy is now routinely performed as part of disease staging, leading to an earlier …

Background The importance of immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) can no longer be understated
since its move to front-line treatment in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in recent …

Immune checkpoint inhibition (ICI) is an established therapeutic option for patients with
deficient mismatch repair or high levels of microsatellite instability tumors. Yet, response to ICI …

Peritoneal metastases (PM) in gastric cancer (GC) portend a poor prognosis, yet our
understanding of tumor microenvironmental (TME) characteristics associated with GCPM remain …

Background Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) with surgically incurable
metastases would be recommended for palliative chemotherapy (PC). The role of surgical …

39 Background: Multiple studies of TNT for LARC have shown improved pathological complete
response (pCR) rate and disease-free survival (DFS). However, real-world data in Asia is …

455 Background: Malignant ascites occurs frequently in patients with gastric cancer (GC)
and colorectal cancer (CRC) with peritoneal metastasis (PM). The presence of PM and …

Background Currently, there is a lack of available information on the body composition
characteristics of Asian patients with morbid obesity seeking bariatric surgery. The objective of …

Background: Discordance between perceived quality of life of the child/caregiver and the
physician9s assessment of asthma control may play an important role in the degree of …

… BAH HWEE GWEE Nanyang Technological University, Singapore ebhgwee@ntu.edu.sg …
YONGXIANG XIA Hangzhou Dianzi University, China xiayx@hdu.edu.cn …