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10 Jul 2023 |
FPAHK hosts Cervical Disease Clinic 20th Anniversary seminar to appeal for efforts to fight cervical cancer
The Family Planning Association of Hong Kong (FPAHK) celebrates its Cervical Disease Clinic’s 20th Anniversary this year by hosting the Seminar on “New Horizon in Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention” in September to appeal for local healthcare professionals’ concerted efforts to fight against cervical cancer.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the HPV-based testing as the preferred cervical screening method. Hong Kong’s Cancer Expert Working Group on Cancer Prevention and Screening, Centre for Health Protection has also incorporated primary high-risk HPV testing and co-testing as two alternative recommended cervical screening methods. This seminar aims to update local healthcare professionals on the latest advances in cervical cancer screening and prevention, including HPV-based testing and new HPV vaccination data, raise their awareness on current services in FPAHK and other local institutions and strengthen networking and concerted efforts towards eradicating cervical cancer in Hong Kong.
The seminar will be held from 12:30 pm to 5:00 pm on 2 September 2023 (Saturday) at Grand Ballroom, Sheraton Hotel, 20 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It will be kicked off with a luncheon symposium with the following presentations on overseas experiences (subject to change):
- Clinical evidence for longitudinal efficacy in cervical cancer screening (Prof. Dr. Thomas IFTNER, Director, Institute for Medical Virology and Epidemiology of Viral Diseases, University of Tuebingen, Germany)
- The Singapore Experience: HPV Primary Screening and the Use of p16/Ki67 Dual Stain for Triage (Prof. Sun-kuie TAY, Senior Consultant, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore)
Dr. Teresa Mun-pik LI, JP, Deputy Director of Health will officiate at the opening ceremony of the Seminar. The seminar session will be delivered by local experts as follows (subject to change):
- Keynote Lecture: Updates on HPV Vaccination (Prof. Hextan Yuen-sheung NGAN, Clinical Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong (HKU))
- Cytology and HPV-Cytology Co-testing in Cervical Cancer Screening (Prof. Annie Nga-yin CHEUNG, Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology, HKU)
- HPV Testing: What Has it Changed? (Dr. Jacqueline Ho-sze LEE, Clinical Associate Professor (Honorary), Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK))
- Updated HKCOG Guideline on Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention (Dr. Siew-fei NGU, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, HKU)
- Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention Services in FPAHK (Dr. Grace Ching-yin WONG, Senior Doctor, FPAHK & Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
- HPV Primary Screening - Laboratory Perspectives (Dr. Mang-ting NG, Mandy, Senior Medical & Health Officer (Histopathology & Cytology), Department of Health)
Registration fee is $200 per participant. 1 Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) point will be awarded for completing the luncheon symposium and 3 CNE points for the seminar, i.e. a total of 4 CNE points for the whole programme. Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points will be announced soon. For seminar details or online registration, please refer to the programme webpage below. For enquiries, please contact Education Division at 2919-7734 or email to sexedu@famplan.org.hk. Application closes on 14 August 2023.
Programme webpage: https://bit.ly/fpahk_cdseminar (with online registration methods)
Seminar poster (subject to changes):