Chennai: Liver and pancreatic diseases, like most lifestyle diseases, are becoming increasingly common nowadays with no early signs of the disease. Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary (HPB) cancers can only be diagnosed at an advanced stage, as they are do not show any symptoms and barely about 20 per cent of them are curable.

To discuss the complications in the management and treatment of HPB cancers and to spread awareness about the advancements in the surgical procedures for HPB treatments, medicos at MIOT Hospitals are organizing MIOT HPBCON 2018, a national conference on liver and pancreatic diseases and their management. The conference also aims to focus on the complications following HPB procedures, which include anticipation, prevention, correction and management in the best possible way. Around 600 medical students have registered for the conference, while HPB experts from across the country will be sharing their experience on the same.