The APHOG F
riends Newsletter Editorial Team is pleased to present the 5th issue of the newsletter, bringing together updates from across the Asian Clinical Study Group for Children and Adolescents with Cancer.
Highlights include:
- Gold September message from Alice L. Yu, MD, PhD, on advancing childhood cancer care through clinical trials in Asia, and the role of APHOG and SIOP Asia in strengthening regional research networks
- Committee Chair appointments following APHOG’s 2026 Annual Meeting in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, welcoming the first cohort of disease and functional group committee members and their elected Chairs
- Faculty Spotlight on Dr. Naureen Mushtaq, Pakistan’s first formally trained Pediatric Neuro-oncologist
- APHOG Network update on the ongoing international survey of pediatric cancer data centers across Asia (open until October 31)
- Featured clinical research on long-term follow-up care for survivors across 87 pediatric oncology centers in Asia, published in BMJ Global Health and The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
- APHOG Academia: Congratulations to Prof. Maya Prasad on receiving the SIOP GHN AYA Care Award 2026
- Upcoming events, including the APHOG Session at SIOP 2026 (September 16), the APHOG/SIOP Asia Joint Symposium on Germ Cell Tumor (November 4, virtual), and the APHOG Global Seminar on AML (December 2, virtual)
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