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GBCC 2025

Global Breast Cancer Conference 2025

09:00-10:15
Symposium 1

Optimal Approach of Loco-Regional Management for

Room 1 (Vista 1+2)
Moderators
  • Kweon Cheon Kim (Chosun Univ. Hospital, Korea)
  • Olga Kantor (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
Speakers
  • De-escalation Strategies for Axillary Surgery in Early-Stage Indolent Breast Cancer
    Marios Konstantinos Tasoulis (The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom)
  • Local Control After Recurrence: When to Do Re-sentinel Biopsy, Re-radiotherapy
    Olga Kantor (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
  • Sequencing Systemic Therapy and Local Control for Advanced BCs
    Sung Gwe Ahn (Gangnam Severance Hospital, Korea)
Panel Discussion 1

Optimal Neoadjuvant Strategy for ER+ Breast Cancer

Room 2 (Grand 1)
Moderators
  • Kyong Hwa Park (Korea Univ. Anam Hospital, Korea)
  • Erica Mayer (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
Speakers
  • Neoadjuvant vs. Adjuvant Chemotherapy for ER+ Breast Cancer
    Kyung-Hun Lee (Seoul National Univ. Hospital, Korea)
  • Emerging Option of Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy for ER+ Breast Cancer
    Sherene Loi (Univ. of Melbourne, Australia)
  • Current Status and Future Directions of Neoadjuvant Hormonal Therapy
    Erica Mayer (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
Symposium 2

Current Status, Challenges, and Future Directions of Breast Cancer Screening in Asia

Room 3 (Walker 1)
Moderators
  • Bo Kyoung Seo (Korea Univ. Ansan Hospital, Korea)
  • Hongping Song (Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical Univ., China)
Speakers
  • Screening for Breast Cancer in Korea: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
    Jae Kwan Jun (National Cancer Center, Korea)
  • Breast Cancer Screening in China: Policies, Current Status, and Key Challenges
    Hongping Song (Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical Univ., China)
  • Breast Cancer Screening in India: Policies, Current Status, and Key Challenges
    Rashmi Sudhir (Apollo Hospitals Jubilee Hills, India)
Special Session

OASIS Project (Joint Session of KBCSG-JCOG-BCT)

Room 4 (Walker 2)
Moderators
  • Jong Han Yu (Samsung Medical Center, Korea)
  • Bruce Mann (The Royal Women's Hospital, Australia)
  • Tadahiko Shien (Okayama Univ. Hospital, Japan)
Speakers
  • Introduction of OASIS Project
    Hiroji Iwata (Nagoya City Univ., Japan)
  • Ongoing and Proposal Trials (KBCSG)
    Chihwan David Cha (Hanyang Univ. College of Medicine, Korea)
  • Omission of Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy for ER+T1ab BC
    Yuko Takahashi (Okayama Univ. Hospital, Japan)
  • Omission of Axillary Dissection for cN+BC
    Kaori Terata (Akita Univ. Hospital, Japan)
  • Ongoing and Proposal Trials (BCT)
    Nicholas Zdenkowski (Breast Cancer Trials (ANZ), Australia)
Oral Presentation 1
Room 5 (Art Hall)
Moderators
  • Sang Yull Kang (Jeonbuk National Univ. Hospital, Korea)
  • Tae-In Yoon (Dongnam Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences, Korea)
Speakers
  • The Effect of Axillary Surgery on the Prognosis of IBTR After BCS
    Jongyeon Yoon (ASAN Medical Center, Korea)
  • What Is the Appropriate Radiation Dose to Axillary Nodes with Prior Metastasis in cN+ Breast Cancer Downstaged to ypN0 After Preoperative Systemic Therapy: A Comprehensive Dosimetric Analysis
    Tae Hoon Lee (Samsung Medical Center, Korea)
  • Prospective Feasibility Study on Delayed Selective Sentinel Node Biopsy for Patients Undergoing Mastectomy for Ductal Carcinoma in situ
    Eunhye Kang (Seoul National Univ. Hospital, Korea)
  • Is it Necessary to Remove Suspicious Calcification in Hormone Receptor Negative and HER2 Positive Breast Cancer who Received Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy, Especially in Pathologic Complete Response
    Cho Eun Lee (Samsung Medical Center, Korea)
  • Dosimetric parameters of the axillary-lateral thoracic junction as a risk factor for breast cancer-related lymphedema
    Soon Woo Hong (Seoul National Univ. Bundang Hospital, Korea)
  • Utility of Pre-operative Mapping of the Blood Supply to the Nipple Areolar Complex for Individualised Pedicle Planning During Reduction Mammoplasty for Breast Cancer: MAP-NAC, a Cohort Study
    Radhika Merh (Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom)
  • Percutaneous Cryoablation with Palliative Intent for Breast Cancer Patients: Feasibility, Safety and Tumor Ablation Rate
    Yuk-Kwan Chang (Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong)
  • Initial Experience on Broadening the Use of Cryoablation on early Breast Cancers
    Ho Hung Billy Cheung (The Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
  • Comparative Incidence Rates and Survival Rates in BRCA-positive patients: A Meta-Analysis of Active Surveillance versus Risk Reduction Mastectomy
    Mark Christian Schallenberg (Makati Medical Center, Philippines)
10:30-11:45
Symposium 3

Advancing Care in Breast Cancer for Young Women: Biology, Treatment, and Beyond

Room 1 (Vista 1+2)
Moderators
  • Sang Uk Woo (Korea Univ. Guro Hospital, Korea)
  • Ann Partridge (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
Speakers
  • Unique Challenges in Breast Cancer for Young Women: What’s Different? 
    Yeon Hee Park (Samsung Medical Center, Korea)
  • Endocrine Treatment Strategies for Young Women: Tailoring for Optimal Outcomes
    Ann Partridge (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
  • BRCA Mutations in Young Women’s Breast Cancer: Risk, Treatment, and Implications for Family Planning 
    Matteo Lambertini (Univ. of Genova - IRCCS Policlinico San Martino Hospital, Italy)
Panel Discussion 2

Margin Assessment After Breast Conserving Surgery

Room 2 (Grand 1)
Moderators
  • Byung Ho Son (ASAN Medical Center, Korea)
  • E. Shelley Hwang (Duke Univ. School of Medicine, U.S.A.)
Speakers
  • Width of Closest Margin: Greater the Safer?
    E. Shelley Hwang (Duke Univ. School of Medicine, U.S.A.)
  • Integration of Margin Status and Subsequent Radiotherapy
    Su Ssan Kim (ASAN Medical Center, Korea)
  • Safe Margins for Different Tumor Types?
    Takehiko Sakai (Cancer Institute Hospital, Japan)
Education Session 1

Navigating the new Paradigm in Breast Pathology

Room 3 (Walker 1)
Moderators
  • Sung Hun Kim (The Catholic Univ. of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Korea)
  • Eun Young Kim (Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  • ER-Low and HER2-Low Breast Cancer: Pathological and Clinical Landscape
    Eun Yoon Cho (Samsung Medical Center, Korea)
  • Lobular Carcinoma: Current Concepts and Clinical & Therapeutic Implications
    Eun Young Kim (Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Korea)
  • Lobular Carcinoma: Radiological Implication
    Nariya Cho (Seoul National Univ. Hospital, Korea)
Special Session

Policy on Breast Cancer

Room 4 (Walker 2)
Moderators
  • Hyukjai Shin (Myongji Hospital, Korea)
  • Takashi Ishikawa (Tokyo Medical Univ., Japan)
Speakers
  • Treatment Inequity in Breast Cancer: Necessity of Global Collaboration
    Reshma Jagsi (Emory Univ., U.S.A.)
  • Disparities in Access to Systemic Treatment in Asia
    Suthinee Ithimakin (Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol Univ., Thailand)
  • Current Treatment of Breast Cancer in Mongolia
    Odbayar Barkhas (National Cancer Center of Mongolia, Mongolia)
Panelists
  • Discussion
    Takashi Ishikawa (Tokyo Medical Univ., Japan)
Oral Presentation 2
Room 5 (Art Hall)
Moderators
  • Sungmin Park (Chungbuk National Univ. Hospital, Korea)
  • Young-Joon Kang (The Catholic Univ. of Korea, Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  • Comparing AI-Enhanced Digital Mammography and Digital Breast Tomosynthesis for Interval Breast Cancer Detection: Interim Results from a Multi-Reader, Multi-Case Crossover Trial
    Serene Si Ning Goh (National Univ. of Singapore, Singapore)
  • Retrospective Evaluation of Interval Breast Cancer Screening Mammograms by Radiologists and AI: Are these Partially Preventable?
    Jonas Subelack (University of St.Gallen, Switzerland)
  • Enhancing Breast Cancer Risk Stratification in Women with Dense Breasts: Integrating Sonographic Glandular Tissue Assessment with the Mammography-based Risk Model
    Jung Oh Lee (Seoul National Univ. Hospital, Korea)
  • Impact of Preoperative Breast MRI on Survival Outcomes for Breast Cancer Patients
    Jong-Ho Cheun (SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Korea)
  • Clinical significance of Incidental focal hypermetabolic PET-CT breast lesions
    Juliana Jee Binti Jeffri Jee (Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Australia)
  • Prognostic Value of Pretreatment 18F -FDG PET/CT Parameters in Patients with Hormone Receptor-Positive, HER2-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer Treated with CDK4/6 Inhibitor Plus Endocrine Therapy
    Minseung Suh (ASAN Medical Center, Korea)
  • BreastTumor.ai: Artificial Intelligence-powered Diagnosis of Breast Tumour Pathologies Using Histological Images
    Sakthi Jaya Sundar Rajasekar (Melmaruvathur Adhiparasakthi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, India)
  • Three-dimensional HER2 Analysis May Identify more Patients Eligible for Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Compared to Conventional Immunohistochemistry
    Po-Hsiang Huang (National Taiwan Univ. Hospital, Taiwan)
12:00-12:45
Plenary Lecture 1

Improved Understanding, Care and Outcomes for Young Breast Cancer Patients

Room 1 (Vista 1+2)
Moderators
  • Sung-Bae Kim (ASAN Medical Center, Korea)
Speakers
  • Improved Understanding, Care and Outcomes for Young Breast Cancer Patients
    Ann Partridge (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
13:00-13:45
Satellite Symposium 1
Room 1 (Vista 1+2)
Moderators
  • Ho Yong Park (Kyungpook National Univ. Chilgok Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  • Breakthroughs in Treatment of HER2 Expressing Metastatic Breast Cancer
    Dae-Won Lee (Seoul National Univ. Hospital, Korea)
Satellite Symposium 2
Room 2 (Grand 1)
Moderators
  • Joohyuk Sohn (Yonsei Univ. College of Medicine, Korea)
Speakers
  • First CDK4/6 Inhibitor for HR+/HER2- EBC: Abemaciclib-Increasing the Chance for Cure
    Matteo Lambertini (Univ. of Genova - IRCCS Policlinico San Martino Hospital, Italy)
14:00-14:45
Plenary Lecture 2

Advances in Tailoring Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer

Room 1 (Vista 1+2)
Moderators
  • Sung-Ja Ahn (Chonnam National Univ. Medical School, Korea)
Speakers
  • Advances in Tailoring Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer
    Reshma Jagsi (Emory Univ., U.S.A.)
15:00-16:15
Panel Discussion 3

Molecular Tumor Board: NGS-Guided Decision Making

Room 2 (Grand 1)
Moderators
  • Jee Hyun Kim (Seoul National Univ. Bundang Hospital, Korea)
  • Pedram Razavi (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, U.S.A.)
Speakers
  • Case Presentation + Voting
    Jee Hyun Kim (Seoul National Univ. Bundang Hospital, Korea)
  • Case Presentation + Voting
    Pedram Razavi (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, U.S.A.)
  • Case Presentation + Voting
    Jisun Kim (ASAN Medical Center, Korea)
Panelists
  • Discussion
    Hee Jin Lee (ASAN Medical Center, Korea)
  • Kyubo Kim (Seoul National Univ. Bundang Hospital, Korea)
Symposium 4

Navigating Hormone Receptor-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer: Innovations and Challenges

Room 3 (Walker 1)
Moderators
  • Seock-Ah Im (Seoul National Univ. Hospital, Korea)
  • Shigehira Saji (Fukushima Medical Univ., Japan)
Speakers
  • CDK4/6 Inhibitors: Challenges and Beyond
    Hee Kyung Ahn (Samsung Medical Center, Korea)
  • ET-Based Combinations and Novel Agents in HR+/HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer
    Erica Mayer (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
  • ADCs in HR+/HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer
    Shigehira Saji (Fukushima Medical Univ., Japan)
ABCN Business Meeting (Invited Only)
Room 4 (Walker 2)
Oral Presentation 3
Room 5 (Art Hall)
Moderators
  • Yong Min Na (Chonnam National Univ. Hwasun Hospital, Korea)
  • Joohyun Woo (Ewha Womans Univ. College of Medicine, Korea)
Speakers
  • Extracellular Vesicle Biomarkers as Tools for Real-Time Monitoring of Drug Resistance in Breast Cancer
    Jee Ye Kim (Yonsei Univ. College of Medicine, Korea)
  • Leveraging CRISPR/Cas9-Based ctDNA Assay for Early-Stage Breast Cancer Detection: A Pilot Study
    Hong-Kyu Kim (Seoul National Univ. Hospital, Korea)
  • Advancing HER2 Status Profiling of HER2-Low Breast Cancer through Extracellular Vesicle Tumor DNA Detection
    Jee Ye Kim (Yonsei Univ. College of Medicine, Korea)
  • Paired Genomic Profiling of Triple Negative Breast Cancer to Understand the Mechanisms of Chemoresistance and Develop Novel Treatment Targets
    Atul Batra (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India)
  • EDIL3/Del-1-Mediated Phosphorylation of AMPKβ Drives Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Progression
    Seol-Hwa Jeong (Kyungpook National Univ., Korea)
  • EDIL3+ CAFs Promote Lymph Node Metastasis by Disrupting Lymphatic Endothelial Barriers in Breast Cancer
    Yao Yao (Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China)
  • Reclassification of Germline BRCA1/2 Variants of Uncertain Significance Following Breast Cancer Next Generation Sequencing
    Zhao Xian Ni (The Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
16:30-17:45
Symposium 5

Liquid Biopsy in Breast Cancer

Room 2 (Grand 1)
Moderators
  • Joohyuk Sohn (Yonsei Univ. College of Medicine, Korea)
  • Ben Ho Park (Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center, U.S.A.)
Speakers
  • Current Technologies in Liquid Biopsy: A Comprehensive Review
    Heather Parsons (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
  • Liquid Biopsy in Early Breast Cancer: MRD Monitoring, Early Detection, and Adaptive Therapeutic Decisions
    Pedram Razavi (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, U.S.A.)
  • Biomarkers and Resistance in Metastatic Breast Cancer: Tailoring Liquid Biopsy Approaches
    Ben Ho Park (Vanderbilt Univ. Medical Center, U.S.A.)
Education Session 2

Innovative Approaches in Precision Medicine

Room 3 (Walker 1)
Moderators
  • Jong Won Lee (ASAN Medical Center, Korea)
  • Jennifer Ligibel (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
Speakers
  • Incorporating Comprehensive and Integrative Medicine
    Jennifer Ligibel (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, U.S.A.)
  • Integration of Big Data and AI on Healthcare Research
    Yong Hyun Cho (Kakao Healthcare, Korea)
  • Digital Clinical Trials-Precision Medicine from Patients
    Hyung-Jun Kim (JNPMEDI, Korea)
Symposium 6

Neurotization in Breast Reconstruction: Enhancing Outcome and Patient Quality of Life

Room 4 (Walker 2)
Moderators
  • Goo-Hyun Mun (Samsung Medical Center, Korea)
  • Visnu Lohsiriwat (Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol Univ., Thailand)
Speakers
  • Neurotization in Breast Reconstruction: A Review and Exploration of Ongoing Research
    Joseph Kyu-Hyung Park (Seoul National Univ. Bundang Hospital, Korea)
  • Oncoplastic Surgery: Enhancing Quality of Life Through Cosmetic and Sensory Satisfaction
    Visnu Lohsiriwat (Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol Univ., Thailand)
  • Abdominal Flap Neurotization: Technical Tips and Outcomes
    Goo-Hyun Mun (Samsung Medical Center, Korea)
Oral Presentation 4
Room 5 (Art Hall)
Moderators
  • Eun Young Kim (Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Korea)
  • Eun-Shin Lee (Korea Univ. Anam Hospital, Korea)
Speakers
  • Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy Followed by Adjuvant Pembrolizumab in Early-Stage TNBC: Overall Survival Results From the Phase 3 KEYNOTE-522 Study in Asian Patients
    Yeon Hee Park (Samsung Medical Center, Korea)
  • Discovery of 14-3-3 Proteins YWHAB/YWHAZ as Regulators of CDK4/6 Inhibitor Resistance
    Jiun-I Lai (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan)
  • Abemaciclib in Combination with Hormonal Therapy for Chemotherapy-Treated Patients With ER+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer
    Kazutaka Narui (Yokohama City Univ. Medical Center, Japan)
  • Changes in the Degree of Satisfaction and Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Patients who are Candidates for Breast Conservation but Opted for Mastectomy; A Single-Center Prospective Study
    Changhoon Lee (Seoul National Univ. College of Medicine, Korea)
  • An Educational Video as an Aid in Pre-test Genetic Counselling in a Breast Clinic of a Multicultural Asian City
    Ava Kwong (The Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
  • Adherence to Hormonal Therapy in Breast Cancer Patients: EHR-based Retrospective Data Analysis
    Suyeon Kim (ASAN Medical Center, Korea)
  • Non-pharmacological Interventions for Distress and Anxiety in Patients with Breast Cancer and their Family Caregivers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    Lisa Clara Schiess (Univ. of Basel, Switzerland)
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