Cancer center for women holds symposium

Ewha Womans University Hospital Cancer Center for Women will hold a symposium on the latest medical progress on cancer treatment on Jan. 25 at its hospital in Mok-dong, western Seoul.

Speakers for the event are renowned medical doctors and researchers on women’s cancers, including Seoul National University Hospital professor Park Ung-yang, Korea University Hospital professor Kim Yeol-hong and Dr. Yoo Byeong-cheol of the National Cancer Center.

They will talk about the challenge of developing cancer biomarkers and recent advances in cancer therapy, the hospital said.

The symposium is sponsored by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Health Industry Development Institute.

(christory@heraldcorp.com)