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First Asian Conference for Cachexia

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First Asian Conference for Cachexia

Date:: Friday, Oct 23, 2026

Venue3rd Conference Room, Chih-Teh Building, Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Organizers: Taiwan Association of Integrated Care; Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital; Taipei Municipal Gan-Dau Hospital (TVGH); Taiwan Association of Nurse Practitioners; Center for Healthy Longevity and Aging Sciences, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Time

Topic

Speaker

Moderator

08:50-08:55

Opening Remark

Prof. Liang-Kung Chen

Superintendent, Taipei Municipal Gan-Dau Hospital (TVGH), Taiwan

08:55-09:00

Welcome Remark

Prof. Hidenori Arai

President, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Japan

09:00-09:30

Excessive Oxidative Fatty Acid Leads to Muscle Atrophy in Cancer Cachexia

Prof. Teh Bin Tean

Deputy CEO National Cancer Centre Singapore

Prof. Muh-Hwa Yang

Vice Superintendent, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

09:30-10:00

Interdisciplinary Care for Cancer Cachexia in Japan

Prof. Tateaki Naito

Director, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Japan

10:00-10:30

Uremic cachexia: reframing muscle wasting in chronic kidney disease

Dr. Ran-Hui Cha

National Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea

10:30-10:45

Discussion

10:45-11:00

Tea Break

 

 

 

 

11:00-11:30

Rehabilitation Nutrition for Cachexia

Prof. Hidetaka Wakabayashi

Division Head, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan

Prof. Li-Ning Peng

Director, Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

11:30-12:00

Chinese-Western integrated approach for Cancer Cachexia

Prof. Tse-Hung Huang

Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan

12:00-12:15

Discussion

12:15-13:00

Lunch

13:00-13:30

Knowledge and practice gaps in cancer cachexia

Prof. Hidetaka Wakabayashi

Division Head, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan

Prof. Hidenori Arai

President, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Japan

 

Prof. Keisuke Maeda

Deputy Director, Nutrition Therapy Support Center, Aichi Medical University, Japan

13:30-14:00

An overview of the GENESIS survey and a multidisciplinary focus group interview on cancer cachexia in Japan. Knowledge and practice gaps in cancer cachexia

Prof. Tateaki Naito

Director, Shizuoka Cancer Center, Japan

14:00-14:30

Interprofessional approach for cancer cachexia and cardiac rehabilitation (CORE: Cardio-oncology rehabilitation)

Associate Prof. Masaaki Konishi

Department of Cardiology, Yokohama City University, Japan

14:30-15:00

Cachexia in ASEAN countries

Prof. Prasert Assantachai

Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.

15:00-15:15

Tea Break

15:15-17:00

Oral Presentation

 

Dr. Chih-Kuang Liang

Chief, Division of Geriatric Integrated Care, Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

 

Date:Saturday, Oct 24, 2026

Venue:3rd Conference Room, Chih-Teh Building, Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Time

Topic

Speaker

Moderator

09:00-09:20

Cachexia Phenotype in Community-Dwelling Older Adults and Its Association with Healthy Aging and Mortality

Prof. Fei-Yuan Hsiao

Graduate Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Dr. Ming-Yueh Chou

Director, Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

09:20-09:40

Cancer Cachexia Care in Geriatric Medical Services (Pre-recorded)

Prof. Lin Kang

Department of Geriatric Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China

09:40-10:00

Cachexia Care: Perspectives from Nursing Profession

Prof. Heng-Hsin Tung

Associate Dean, College of Nursing, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

10:00-10:20

Association between GDF-15 and Nutritional Status among Older Adults

Prof. Chang Won Won

Department of Family Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

10:20-10:30

Discussion

10:30-10:45

Tea Break

 

10:30-12:00

COACH ED Symposium(Collaborative Oncology Alliance for Cancer Cachexia Education

10:45-11:15

The hidden burden: Why cachexia matters

Prof. Hidenori Arai

President, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Japan

Prof. Liang-Kung Chen

Superintendent, Taipei Municipal Gan-Dau Hospital (TVGH), Taiwan

 

Prof. Hidenori Arai

President, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Japan

 

Prof. Hidetaka Wakabayashi

Division Head, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan

11:15-11:25

Case study: cancer cachexia and cardiac cachexia

Associate Prof. Masaaki Konishi

Department of Cardiology, Yokohama City University, Japan

11:25-11:35

Early detection of cachexia in clinical settings

Prof. Keisuke Maeda

Deputy Director, Nutrition Therapy Support Center, Aichi Medical University, Japan

11:35-12:15

Panel Discussion

Oncologist, Cardiologist, Nursing

12:15-13:00

Lunch

 

13:00-15:15

ERAS Symposium Enhanced Recovery After Surgery

13:00-13:30

Optimizing Nutrition in Cancer Surgery: Preventing and Managing Cachexia Across the Surgical Journey

Assistant Prof. Shuenn-Wen Kuo

Attending Physician, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan

Prof. Liang-Kung Chen

Superintendent, Taipei Municipal Gan-Dau Hospital (TVGH), Taiwan

13:30-14:00

Precision Nutrition in Cancer Cachexia: Biological Rationale, Clinical Evidence, and Practical Application

Nutrition Science (Invited)

14:00-14:30

Protecting Nutrition and Muscle Health During Radiotherapy: From Toxicity Management to Cachexia Prevention

Associate Prof. Pei-Wei Shueng

Director, Department of Radiology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan

14:30-15:00

Beyond Weight Loss: Why Cancer Cachexia Matters to Every Oncologist

Assistant Prof. Yi-Hsin Liang

Attending Physician, Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan

15:00-15:15

Discussion

15:15-15:30

茶休 Tea Break

15:30-16:00

Position Statement from AWGC

Early detection and management of cachexia in ERAS

Prof. Liang-Kung Chen

Superintendent, Taipei Municipal Gan-Dau Hospital (TVGH), Taiwan

Prof. Hidenori Arai

President, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Japan

16:00-16:30

Discussion

 

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