Programme

2025/03/18

Early Cancer Detection & Prevention

An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure

Friday, 26 Sep 2025

Morning Session	Programme
9.00 am	Opening address
Education Session
9.10 am	Tailoring Screening for Risk in Breast Cancer Prevention (BREATHE) A/Prof Mikael Hartman Head & Senior Consultant, Division of General Surgery (Breast Surgery), Department of Surgery, National University Hospital Associate Professor, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore
9.30 am	Turning Data into Progress: Insights from a Large-Scale Screening Mammography Uptake Study Prof Lee Soo Chin Senior Consultant, Department of Haematology-Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore Associate Director of Research, Department of Haematology-Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore Director, Cancer Genetics Program, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore Senior Principal Investigator, Cancer Science Institute, Singapore Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
9.50 am	The Long Road from Lab to Bedside: Our Experience Over the Years in Developing miRNA Technology into a Clinical Test A/Prof Too Heng-Phon Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS Director Research, N2CR, NUS Co-Founder, Non-executive Chairman, Scientific Director, MiRXES Pte LTD Co-Founder, Non-executive Chairman, Scientific Director, AGEM Bio Pte LTD
10.10 am	Tea Break
10.55 am	Oral Abstracts Presentation – Basic Science
11.40 am	Oral Abstracts Presentation – Translational Science
12.25 pm	Lunch

Afternoon Session	Programme
2.00 pm	Oral Abstracts Presentation – Clinical Science
2.45 pm	Oral Abstracts Presentation – Nursing/Paramedical/Supportive Care
3.30 pm	Refreshments
Plenary Session
3.45 pm	New Frontiers for Cancer Detection Using Cell-Free DNA Prof Dennis Lo Vice-Chancellor and President of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Director of the Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, CUHKLi Ka Shing Professor of Medicine and Professor of Chemical Pathology, CUHK
Hear the Journey Session
4.15 pm	Jack of All Trades, Master of None, Though Oftentimes Better Than Master of One Dr Nesaretnam Barr Kumarakulasinghe Consultant, Department of Haematology Oncology, NUH
4.35 pm	Can You Really Have It All? One Academic Infectious Diseases Physician’s Journey Prof Paul Anantharajah Tambyah Senior Consultant, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital Professor, Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (YLLSOM), National University of Singapore
4.55 pm	Cocktail and networking session
5.30 pm	Announcement of Award Winners
5.45 pm	Closing Address

NCAM 2025 Mini Symposium

Catalysing Research in Primary Care and Cancer:

Where Are We Now and Where Are We Heading To?

Saturday, 27 Sep 2025, 2-5pm

Registration for NCAM Mini-Symposium is complimentary

Contact our conference secretariat at Enquiries NCAM (NUH) [email protected]