AGW 2026: HCC Program
Sunday 30 August
River View 5
Perth Convention & Exhibition
Time | HCC1/LCC: Breaking Boundaries in HCC: Biology Meets Intervention | |
|---|---|---|
Co-chairs: Loey Mak + Lauren Tang | ||
15:50 - 16:05 | Biology-Driven Locoregional Therapy: Is It Time for Routine Tumour Biopsy? | Michael Wallace |
16:05 - 16:20 | The Molecular Basis of Adding Immunotherapy to Locoregional Therapies | Jennifer Currenti |
16:20 - 16:50 | What is the Role of SIRT in 2026? | Laura Kulik |
16:50 - 17:05 | Liver Transplant for HCC: Expanding Boundaries, Refining Selection | Ken Liu |
17:05 - 17:20 | Panel Discussion | All presenters |
Monday 31 August
River View 4+5
Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre
Time | HCC 2/LCC - Surveillance, staging, stratification | |
|---|---|---|
Co-chairs: Ken Liu + Nina Turnitz-Parker | ||
08:30 - 09:-00 | Molecular and Genomic Landscape of Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Jean-Charles Nault (FRA) |
09:00 - 09:15 | Methylation-based ctDNA detection in HCC | Rodrigo Carlessi |
09:15 - 09:45 | Optimising HCC Surveillance in Asia-Pacific: Controversies, Evidence Gaps and Emerging Strategies | Henry Chan |
09:45 - 10:00 | Clinical Applications of PET Imaging in HCC | Nicholas Hannah |
10:00 - 10:15 | Staging Systems in 2026: Is BCLC Still Enough? | Jessica Howell |
10:15 - 10:30 | Panel Discussion | All presenters |
10:30 - 11:00 | Morning Tea |
Time | Liver Cancer Consortium: Advanced HCC in 2026: Sequencing, Survivorship & Science | |
|---|---|---|
Co-chairs: Manon Allaire + Michael Wallace | ||
11:00 - 11:30 | How to Choose First and Second Line Systemic Therapies for Unresectable HCC | Manon Allaire (FRA) |
11:30 - 11:45 | Disease Time Burden, Toxicity and Survivorship in Advanced-Stage HCC | Loey Mak (HK) |
11:45 - 12:00 | Molecularly Targeted Therapies for Cholangiocarcinoma | Benjamin Dwyer |
12:00 - 12:15 | HCC variants: Fibrolamellar, Combined Hepatocellular-Cholangiocarcinoma | Jean=Charles Nault (FRA) |
12:15 - 12:30 | The Role of Exercise in HCC Management | Shirin Salimi |
12:30 - 13:00 | Panel Discussion - based around an interactive case | Jean-Charles Nault (FRA) Loey Mak (HK) Manon Allaire (FRA) Michael Wallace |
13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch |
