Asian Health Institute

March 16 & 23, 2023: Two-part Asian Lung Cancer Symposium

Date: March 16, 2023  to March 23, 2023
Time: 5:00–6:30 pm PDT
Location: https://bit.ly/LungCancerMarch2023
Fee: Free
Speaker:

Bilingual (Cantonese/English) Health Education Virtual Town Hall

Lung cancer is a leading cancer diagnosis and leading cause of death in the Asian community both here in the U.S. and overseas. Within the AAPI subgroups, Vietnamese and Hawaiians have the highest rates of lung cancer deaths, while Filipino men and women have the lowest rates. Data from a study showed that Asians were 2.13 times more likely to be diagnosed with lung cancer at a later stage than Whites. Early diagnosis helps to get treatment at an earlier stage, and improves the survival probability and quality of life. But how can you find out early? Want to find out more about lung cancers? Please join us in this important town hall.

Registration
You will receive the Zoom link by email after registering using the link below, and you can click on the link to save the event in your calendar.
https://bit.ly/LungCancerMarch2023

Host
Diana Lau, PhD, RN, CNS
Director, UCSF Asian Health Institute

Moderator
Johannes Kratz, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of California, San Francisco

Discussion Topics & Panelists

March 16, 2023

A Hidden Health Disparity: Lung Cancer among Asian American Females Who Never Smoked
Iona Cheng, MPH, PhD
Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Chief, Cancer Epidemiology Division
University of California, San Francisco

Lung Cancer Screening – Who should get it?
Brett Elicker, MD
Professor of Clinical Radiology
Chief of Cardiac and Pulmonary Imaging Section
University of California, San Francisco

March 23, 2023

State-of-the-art Treatment in Early Stage Lung Cancer: Use of Robotic Mini-invasive Surgery
Johannes Kratz, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of California, San Francisco

State-of-the-art Treatment in Late Stage Lung Cancers: Use of Novel Therapies
Victoria Wang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology and
Molecular Oncology, UCSF Cancer Center
University of California, San Francisco

Questions and Answers
Questions can be submitted prior to the Town Hall meeting
by fax: 415-592-9824
or by email: ahi.ucsf@gmail.com

For more information on the class, click here for the flyer.

The session will be recorded and posted on YouTube.

For more information, visit
https://ahi.ucsf.edu
https://facebook.com/UCSFAHI