President: Yi-Hsiang Huang
Secretary General: I-Cheng Lee
President | Secretary General | ||
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6th | 2020-2023 | Shi-Ming Lin | Chen-Chun Lin |
5th | 2017-2020 | Shi-Ming Lin | Chen-Chun Lin |
4th | 2014-2017 | Chung-Kwe Wang | Kuan-Yang Chen |
3rd | 2012-2014 | Chung-Kwe Wang | Kuan-Yang Chen |
2nd | 2010-2012 | Pao-Huei Chen | Chung-Kwe Wang |
1st | 2008-2010 | Pao-Huei Chen | Chung-Kwe Wang |
The Taiwan Liver Cancer Association (TLCA) was officially founded in May 2008. The current president is Prof. Yi-Hsiang Huang. There are 423 members currently, including hepatologists, hepatobiliary surgeons, pathologists, interventional radiologists, radio-oncologists, medical-oncologist and basic researchers of liver cancers. Taiwan Liver Cancer Association, formerly known as Taiwan Liver Cancer Study Group, was established in July 2003 by Dr. Chung-Kwe Wang. After five years of continuous meetings with all the enthusiastic members, he had the vision to see the necessity of founding the TLCA.
The missions of TLCA are to update and improve the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of liver cancer, interact the techniques and experience of management of HCC, promote basic researches in hepatology, communicate with internationally well known scholars and host international symposium.