Session – 24th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Friday, 24 October 2025 - Session 1

Oncological Nursing - I

10/24/2025 08:30 AM 10/24/2025 10:10 AM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Oncological Nursing - I 24th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	24 October 2025	Time:	08:30 - 10:10 (GMT+5)
Moderator:	Raisa Gul & Nasir Khan & Farida Khan	CME Credit Hour:	1.5

	UNITING FOR IMPACT: GLOBAL STRATEGIES FOR CONTEXUAL HEALTH INITIATIVES IN ONCOLOGY NURSING

08:30	USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN NURSING ACADEMIA
08:30	Angel Anthamatten Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, USA

08:55	USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELIGENCE IN NURSING PRACTICE
08:55	Siobhán O’Connor Senior Lecturer, King’s College, London, UK

09:20	COMPASSION MEETS EXPERTISE: NURSE-LED BREAST CLINICS TRANSFORMING PATIENT CARE
09:20	Lubna Ghazal Associate Director of Nursing, SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

09:45	THINKING ABOUT CANCER SURVIVORS: NURSE-LED REHABILITATION
09:45	Adnan Yaqoob Principal Nursing Education, SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

10:05	QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Thoracic Oncology

10/24/2025 10:10 AM 10/24/2025 11:40 AM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Thoracic Oncology 24th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	24 October 2025	Time:	10:10 - 11:40 (GMT+5)
Moderator:	Tabinda Sadaf	CME Credit Hour:	1.5

	NAVIGATING COMPLEX CASES IN LUNG CANCER: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS

	Panelists:Maryam Hameed /Aamna Hassan /Asma Rashid /Ahmed Awais /Sameed Hussain /Zeeshan Tariq

10:10	Case 1: METASTATIC NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER

10:30	Case 2: STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY IN EARLY-STAGE LUNG CANCER

10:50	Case 3: EARLY-STAGE NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER

11:10	Case 4: MANAGING BRAIN METASTASIS

11:30	QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Breast Cancer

10/24/2025 11:50 AM 10/24/2025 01:20 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Breast Cancer 24th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	24 October 2025	Time:	11:50 - 13:20 (GMT+5)
Moderator:	Abbas Khokhar & Jamshed Ali (Pesh)	CME Credit Hour:	1.5

	PIVOTAL PRACTICE VIEW ON BREAST CANCER MANAGEMENT

11:50	ESTIMATING THE RISK OF RECURRENCE IN EARLY-STAGE BREAST CANCER
11:50	Rob Stein Professor of Breast Cancer, University College London, London, UK

12:15	MANAGEMENT OF METASTATIC HER-2 POSTIVE BREAST CANCER - RECENT ADVANCES
12:15	Azmina Tajdin Valimohd Consultant Medical Oncologist, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

12:40	HOW I TREAT METASTATIC TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER IN 2025
12:40	Kamran Rashid Consultant Medical Oncologist, Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan

13:05	PANEL DISCUSSION - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Acute Oncology & Allied Medicine

10/24/2025 02:00 PM 10/24/2025 03:30 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Acute Oncology & Allied Medicine 24th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	24 October 2025	Time:	14:00 - 15:30 (GMT+5)
Moderator:	Arif Mehmood Siddiqui & Waqas Shafiq & Ahmed Imran Siddiqi	CME Credit Hour:	1.5

	RECENT ADVANCEMENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE ONCOLOGY CONDITIONS

14:00	GASTROINTESTINAL BLEED - A NOT SO COMMON CAUSE
14:00	Arif Mehmood Siddiqui Consultant Gastroenterologist, Rashid Latif Khan University Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan

14:25	HYPERGLYCEMIC EMERGENCIES IN ONCOLOGY - CHALLENGING CASES
14:25	Fawad Randhawa Consultant Endocrinologist, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan

14:50	ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES
14:50	Shahid Sattar Ahmed Assistant Professor Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA

15:15	QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Cancer Genomics

10/24/2025 03:40 PM 10/24/2025 05:30 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Cancer Genomics 24th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	24 October 2025	Time:	15:40 - 17:30 (GMT+5)
Moderator:	Sohail Qureshi & Amir Faisal	CME Credit Hour:	1.5

	FROM DATA TO DECISION: ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS FROM MOLECULAR PROFILING

15:40	USING CEREBROSPINAL FLUID TO INFORM DIAGNOSIS OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMORS
15:40	Honey V. Reddi Medical Director, Belay Diagnostics, Chicago, USA

16:05	HEREDITY CANCER PREDISPOSITION SYNDROME: CHALLENGES IN DIAGNOSIS & MANAGEMENT
16:05	Salman Kirmani Professor of Paediatrics & Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

16:30	DEMOCRATIZATION AND COMPLETE VALIDATION OF A CLINICAL COMPREHENSIVE GENOMIC PROFILING ASSAY
16:30	Hemad Yessai Head of Molecular Genomics, National Reference Laboratory, Abu Dhabi, UAE

16:55	GENETIC LANDSCAPE OF PAKISTANI FAMILIAL BREAST CANCER PATIENTS USING MULTIGENE PANEL TESTING
16:55	Muhammad Usman Rashid Senior Research Scientist, SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

17:20	QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS & PANEL DISCUSSION
17:20	Panelists: Muhammad Usman Rashid, Hemad Yessai, Honey V. Reddi & Salman Kirmani