【GD TODAY】Guangdong, American hospitals announce five-year cancer prevention and treatment collaboration
Recently,?the?First?Affiliated?Hospital?of?Sun?Yat-sen?University?(FAH-SYSU)?and?Dana-Farber?Cancer?Institute?(DFCI),?a?teaching?hospital?affiliated?with?Harvard?Medical?School,?jointly?hosted?the?"Innovations?in?Cancer?Care?Symposium",?focusing?on?cutting-edge?areas?such?as?women's?oncology,?clinical?research?innovations?in?oncology,?and?precision?oncology.
The?event?attracted?top-tier?oncologists?from?China?and?the?United?States,?editors-in-chief?of?international?authoritative?journals,?and?leaders?in?the?medical?industry.?Through?interdisciplinary?dialogues,?they?explored?innovative?pathways?for?diagnosis?and?treatment?and?promoted?clinical?translation.
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At?the?symposium,?FAH-SYSU?and?DFCI?announced?a?five-year?strategic?partnership?that?will?involve?comprehensive?collaboration?in?areas?such?as?leadership?training,?talent?development,?and?discipline?construction.
Xiao?Haipeng,?president?of?FAH-SYSU,?noted?that?the?global?cancer?burden?has?risen?to?20?million?new?cases?annually?and?is?projected?to?surge?to?35?million?by?2050.?In?China?alone,?there?were?4.57?million?new?cancer?cases?and?3?million?cancer-related?deaths?in?2020.
"Cancer?remains?one?of?the?most?severe?and?urgent?health?challenges?facing?humanity?globally,?requiring?global?medical?institutions?to?work?together?to?address?cancer?prevention?and?treatment?and?drive?future?changes?in?cancer?therapy,"?said?Xiao.
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Xiao?added?that?cancer?prevention?and?treatment?rely?on?the?sharing?of?wisdom?across?borders.?FAH-SYSU?will?further?strengthen?its?collaboration?with?DFCI?to?jointly?develop?comprehensive?strategies?for?cancer?prevention?and?treatment?and?drive?future?changes?in?cancer?therapy.
He?cited?an?example,?stating?that?during?the?collaboration,?DFCI?has?organized?over?280?online?training?courses?for?doctors,?nurses,?and?medical?students?from?FAH-SYSU.?"In?the?2023-2024?period?alone,?it?facilitated?three?batches?of?a?total?of?14?clinicians?to?participate?in?programs?at?DFCI,"?he?said.
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Professor?Craig?Bunnell,?the?Chief?Medical?Officer?of?DFCI,?acknowledged?the?achievements?made?by?both?parties?in?clinical?translation?and?talent?exchange.?He?looks?forward?to?further?deepening?the?collaboration?in?talent?development?and?discipline?construction?to?bring?more?hope?to?cancer?patients?worldwide.
In?February?2021,?FAH-SYSU?and?DFCI?established?a?groundbreaking?partnership?focusing?on?advancing?specialist?care?and?telemedicine?innovations.?The?collaboration?covers?multiple?disciplines?including?hematology,?breast?surgery,?gastrointestinal?oncology,?urology,?thoracic?surgery,?nursing,?and?pharmacy.
Over?the?past?four?years,?the?two?parties?have?jointly?initiated?a?series?of?educational?programs,?clinical?exchanges,?and?academic?conferences?on?cancer?prevention?and?treatment?innovations,?attracting?over?80?faculty?members?from?Harvard?Medical?School's?affiliated?teaching?institutions?and?more?than?3,000?doctors?and?students?from?FAH-SYSU.
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文/記者 Chen?Jinxia
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報道時間:2025-03-14
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