The Inherited Cancers Network Asia (I-Can Asia) is a non-profit organization founded in 2025 with a dedicated mission to improve health outcomes for individuals affected by hereditary cancers in the Asia-Pacific region.

To achieve this, I-Can Asia is establishing a real-time registry that will serve as an essential resource for healthcare professionals, driving better care coordination and informed treatment decisions. Our efforts are centered around several core objectives:

Improving Care Coordination
We aim to identify and address gaps in patient management, ensuring individuals receive the seamless care they deserve from diagnosis through treatment.

Expanding Access to Clinical Trials
I-Can Asia is committed to ensuring that individuals in the Asia-Pacific region have access to the latest treatments and preventative clinical trials, broadening the opportunity for life-changing therapies.

Promoting Genomic Medicine Research
We actively support pan-Asian research that spans from basic science to multi-center clinical trials, enhancing our understanding of hereditary cancers and advancing targeted treatments.

Empowering Patients & Raising Awareness
Our mission includes engaging and empowering patients, increasing awareness of hereditary cancers, and promoting early detection. By educating communities, we encourage a proactive approach to managing inherited cancer risks.

I-Can Asia is dedicated to making a lasting impact on the lives of individuals affected by hereditary cancers.

Through collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and advocating for patients, we strive to create tangible improvements in healthcare outcomes across the region.

The Singapore Society of Oncology (SSO), founded in 1981, is a professional medical organisation for all

Singapore healthcare professionals who treat and manage cancer patients. The aim of the SSO is to provide an active platform to promote the practice of oncology through education, research, collaborations and partnerships with allied local, regional and international organisations.

The SSO is committed to providing continued medical education (CME) and other opportunities for the cancer specialist community to further enhance their knowledge, skills and expertise in the rapidly evolving practice of oncology. Where relevant or necessary, the SSO will also represent the views of the society and its members in public forums and debates.

Our Mission

• To advance the knowledge & practice of medicine in the field of oncology especially in the prevention, recognition & treatment of oncological diseases in this country
• To promote research in the Republic of Singapore in oncology
• To organise regular scientific discussions and practical demonstrations on subjects related to the prevention, recognition and treatment in oncology
• To contribute actively to medical and health education at all levels Society of Colorectal Surgeons Singapore
• To develop the speciality of colorectal surgery and to promote its awareness to a high standard and good standing in Singapore

In the last three decades, GESS has hosted Scientific Meetings (GIHep), Endoscopy Workshops and Postgraduate Courses for doctors and nurses annually. In 1995, GESS collaborated with the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) to hold its first Asian AGA meeting in Singapore. Since then, GESS has continued to host other successful regional meetings in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, such as the Asian Pacific Digestive Week (APDW) in 2003 and 2011, and the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) Liver Week in 2013.

Our Objectives Are:

• To advance the knowledge and practice of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Singapore
• To promote research in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
• To promote regional and international collaborations with other Gastroenterological societies
• To organise meetings, seminars and conventions on Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy
• To publish educational materials in the field of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association (Singapore) is a professional organisation formed to elevate the standard of care of liver, pancreatic and biliary diseases in Singapore by promoting education, training and research in these areas. The idea of forming a hepatobiliary/pancreatic association in Singapore was first mooted in 2008 by a group of hepatobiliary surgeons following the official formation in the region of the Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Billiary Association (A-PHPBA).

The IAP is dedicated to the advancement of Pathology through educational exchanges worldwide. In order to achieve this mission, the academy will:

Serve as an international pathology organisation that coordinates activities of its divisions and encourages the formation of new divisions where appropriate.

• Convene an international congress each biennium providing educational programs to advance pathology education, research and practice
• Provide access to the highest quality pathology education worldwide through lectures and seminars, educational grants, international congresses and teaching materials – accessible through its Divisions Encourage strategic placement of international congresses to promote access to advanced Pathology Education in underserved areas 

• To develop the speciality of colorectal surgery and to promote its awareness to a high standard and good standing in Singapore
• To be the professional body which sets standards and guidelines for members in the management of surgical colorectal disease in Singapore
• To participate in national programs for the prevention and screening of colorectal cancer or other significant colorectal diseases
• To foster friendship, understanding and collaboration among its members and with international colorectal surgical societies especially those in ASEAN