中国からのFACO設立団体であるChinese Society of Clinical Oncology(CSCO)の第16回学術集会（The 16th Annual Meeting of Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology）と併催する形で、第1回FACO学術集会が、中国・厦門で開催されました。
学術集会に合わせて開催された日中韓の研究者によるビジネス会合では、東アジアに多い疾患である胃がんを三カ国で進める旨の提案が出されました。
The 1st International Conference of FACO was held in Xiamen, China, in conjunction with the 16th Annual Meeting of the Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (CSCO), the FACO founding organization from China.
At the same time, a business meeting with doctors from Japan, China and South Korea was held and a proposal was made by three countries to promote gastric cancer, which is a common disease in East Asia.