On June 4-8, Eastern Time, the 57th American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in 2021 was held in the form of an online conference. The research result on small cell lung cancer (SCLC) by Kong Tiandong, a master’s tutor of clinical medicine in HENU, a young scholar of Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou (The Third People's Hospital of Zhengzhou), and Director of the Department of Respiratory Oncology was accepted by the conference, and he communicated with participating experts for exchanges in the form of a poster, which demonstrated the innovative strength of HENU in the field of clinical oncology research on the international stage. This result is expected to be included in abstract form by the top journal JCO (Journal of Clinical Oncology) (IF=32.9). This is also another embark of the results of the deputy chief physician Kong Tiandong's team on the international clinical oncology scientific research stage after the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2020.
ASCO Annual Meeting is the world’s largest, highest academic and most authoritative clinical oncology conference, bringing together many world-class oncologists to share and discuss the current international cutting-edge clinical oncology research results and tumor treatment technologies. Many important research findings and clinical trial results will be released for the first time at the ASCO Annual Meeting.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) was established in 1964 and is the world's leading academic organization for oncology. It brings together more than 25,000 professionals from a wide range of fields. The annual meeting is characterized by the presentation of the latest results of basic and clinical cancer research. Many important research findings and clinical trial results that year were released at the ASCO Annual Meeting. As the world's largest and the most authoritative clinical oncology conference with the highest academic level, ASCO Annual Meeting has always been the most important international academic event for oncology experts and scholars worldwide, and it also demonstrates the research directions in the field of oncology.
SCLC is a tumor which is highly aggressive, rapidly progressing and prone to widely spread. Although it only accounts for 13-15% of all lung cancers, it is highly malignant and most patients have a poor prognosis. SCLC is relatively sensitive to radiotherapy and chemotherapy, but it is extremely drug resistant. Even the combination with PD-L1 monoclonal antibody and chemotherapy, it still is limited in the improvement of survival. Therefore, improving the treatment of SCLC has always been a thorny issue in the clinic medicine. The scientific research achievements of Professor Kong Tiandong, a young scholar of HENU, which appeared on the international academic stage this time, extended the median overall survival of the first-line treatment of SCLC to 15 months, which was recognized by international colleagues.