Keynote Speakers
Prof. Dr. Tomohiro Matsuda,
President of the International Assoc. of Cancer Registries (IACR),
2017-2019, WHO
Dr. Tomohiro Matsuda was born in Tokyo, Japan in
1973. After graduating Kobe University (1996) and Tokyo University
(1998), he moved to France as a doctoral student in Paul Sabatier
University in Toulouse. He joined Tarn cancer registry, and received
a doctoral degree in epidemiology (2003). Dr. Matsuda landed a
position of researcher in the Division of Epidemiology in the
National Institute of Public Health in Japan.
Currently Dr. Matsuda works in the National Cancer Center in Tokyo
as chief of the national cancer registry section, while pursuing
research in descriptive cancer epidemiology, especially in incidence
and survival comparison. Since 2006, he has managed a project to
standardize registration methods and played a key role in enacting
the Act on Promotion of Cancer Registries (2013). Dr. Matsuda has
been involved in international cancer registration training programs
in Korea, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, etc. and
in the GICR project as the director of the IARC Collaborating Center
in Japan. Dr. Matsuda has been the president of the International
Association of Cancer Registries, IACR, since 2016 enhancing the
capacity of cancer registries worldwide.
Prof. Dr. Yung-Po Liaw
Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan
Professor Yung-Po Liaw (https://jrain1005.wixsite.com/liawypen) graduated from National Taiwan University with a master's degree in biostatistics and a doctorate in epidemiology. Yung-Po Liaw currently works at the department of public health and institute of public health, Chung Shan Medical University., Research interests include spatio-temporal mapping of cancer in Taiwan, big data analysis of epidemiology, and precision public health research. The big data used include Taiwan Biobank Database, National Health Insurance Research Database, National Cancer Registry and National Death Database. Our research team constructed a 40-year spatio-temporal cancer map (http://Taiwancancermap.csmu-liawyp.tw/) in Taiwan, and also focused on precision public health research related to GWAS, SNP, HLA, and methylation. Our team is looking forward to cooperating with researchers from all over the world. Work together to explore interesting scientific topics
Speech Title "Taiwan cancer map"
Cancer has been listed as one of the top causes of death in
Taiwan for many years. The burden of cancer is substantial and
affects both medical care and public health, not only in Taiwan but
all over the world. The construction of the Cancer Map will help in
establishing cancer etiology. Generating cancer hypotheses through
cancer maps could reduce the cancer incidence, thereby reducing the
associated burden.
Taiwan Cancer Map is a spatio-temporal map showing cancer mortality
in Taiwan. Mortality data will be obtained from the National Death
Databank of the Bureau of Health Promotion, Department of Health,
Executive Yuan. The map presents the spatio-temporal variation in
age-standardized mortality of various cancers in every township in
Taiwan. In this talk, we will show the spatio-temporal cancer map of
Taiwan and its application.