Program

Time Session / Title Name/Affiliation
08:00-08:45 Registration
08:45-08:50 Opening remarkDo Joong Park Chairman, Korean Laparoendoscopic Gastrointestinal Surgery Study Group (KLASS)
08:50-08:55 Welcome remarkYoon Ok Ahn Chairman, Korean Foundation for Cancer Research (KFCR)
08:55-09:00 Welcome remarkHyuk-Joon Lee Program Organizer, Seoul International Gastric Cancer Forum 2026
Chairman of Board of Directors, Korean Gastric Cancer Association (KGCA)
Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH)
09:00~10:10    Session I  Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Resectable AGC
Chairpersons: Woo Jin Hyung Yonsei Univ., Korea
Keun-Wook Lee Seoul Nat'l Univ., Bundang Hosp. Korea
09:00-09:15 How to avoid unnecessary preoperative chemotherapy?Cheong-Il Shin Seoul Nat’l Univ., Korea
09:15-09:30 How to apply neoadjuvant chemotherapy?Tae Yong Kim Seoul Nat’l Univ., Korea
09:30-09:45 Surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapyZiyu Li Peking University Cancer Hospital, China
09:45-10:00 Pathologic report after neoadjuvant chemotherapyMyeong-Cherl Kook National Cancer Center, Korea
10:00-10:10   DiscussionSeung Jong Oh Inha Univ., Korea
Hye-Seong Ahn Seoul Nat’l Univ., Korea
Myoung-Won Son Soonchunhyang Univ., Korea
10:10-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-11:40    Session II  Innovations in Gastric Cancer Research: From Models to Clinical Practice
Chairpersons: Seong-Ho Kong Seoul Nat'l Univ., Korea
Hoon Hur Ajou Univ., Korea
10:30-10:45 Tumor angiogenesis in gastric cancerSandra Ryeom Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA
10:45-11:00 Tumor-resident microbiome and immune response in gastric cancerYun-Suhk Suh Seoul Nat'l Univ., Korea
11:00-11:15 Bioprinting technologies enabling organoid-assisted alternative test platformsJinah Jang POSTECH, Korea
11:15-11:30 Fluorescence-guided gastric cancer surgery: ICG and novel probesCuong Duong Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia
11:30-11:40   DiscussionYe Seob Jee Dankook Univ., Korea
In Seob Lee Ulsan Univ., Korea
Tae-Han Kim Seoul Nat'l Univ., Korea
11:40-12:50 Lunch
12:50-13:10 Jin-Pok Kim's Award for the Best Cancer Research in Korea (김진복 암연구상 시상식)
13:10-13:30   Special Lecture Chairperson: Han-Kwang Yang National Cancer Center, Korea
13:10-13:30 Future perspectives of MIS for gastric cancer Tsuyoshi Etoh Oita University, Japan
13:30-14:40 Session III  Updates of MIS Gastrectomy for GC Chairpersons: In Gyu Kwon Yonsei Univ., Korea
Mi Ran Jung Chonnam Nat'l Univ., Korea
13:30-13:45 KLASS-07Sungsoo Park Korea Univ., Korea
13:45-14:00 KLASS-12Han-Hong Lee Catholic Univ., Korea
14:00-14:15 Robotic gastrectomy in JapanHiroya Takeuchi Hamamatsu University, Japan
14:15-14:30 Robotic gastrectomy in ChinaYanbing Zhou Qingdao University, China
14:30-14:40   DiscussionSang Eok Lee Konyang Univ., Korea
Dong-Jin Kim Catholic Univ., Korea
Shin-Hoo Park Eulji Univ., Korea
14:40-15:00 Coffee break
15:00-16:10   Session IV  Management of Stage IV GC Chairpersons: Kyung-Won Seo Kosin Univ., Korea
Ji Yeong An Sungkyunkwan Univ., Korea
15:00-15:15 Role of surgery in stage IV gastric cancerDong-Wook Kim Dankook Univ., Cheonan, Korea
15:15-15:30 Clinical trial for stage IV gastric cancer in JapanTakaki Yoshikawa Yokohama City University
15:30-15:45 Timing of conversion surgery in gastric cancerChungyoon Kim Seoul Nat'l Univ., Korea
15:45-16:00 Intraperitoneal chemotherapy in stage IV gastric cancerPiers Boshier Imperial College London, UK
16:00-16:10   DiscussionYoung Suk Park Seoul Nat'l Univ., Korea
Chang-In Choi Pusan Nat'l Univ., Korea
Maria Bencivenga Verona Univ., Italy
16:10-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-17:40    Session V  Function Preservation & Perioperative Care Chairpersons: Keun Won Ryu National Cancer Center, Korea
Oh-Kyung Kwon Kyungpook Nat'l Univ., Korea
16:30-16:45 SENORITA: balance between safety and functionBang Wool Eom National Cancer Center, Korea
16:45-17:00 Updates of PPGSouya Nunobe Cancer Institute Hospital, Japan
17:00-17:15 Feasibility of tailored gastrectomy aided by fluorescence LN navigationSeong-Ho Kong Seoul Nat'l Univ., Korea
17:15-17:30 Pre & rehabilitation in gastric cancer surgeryHyoung-Il Kim Yonsei Univ., Korea
17:30-17:40   DiscussionHong Man Yoon National Cancer Center, Korea
Dong-Seok Han Seoul Nat’l Univ., Korea
Felix Berlth University Hospital Tübingen, Germany
17:40 ClosingHyuk-Joon Lee Chairman, Korean Gastric Cancer Association (KGCA)