Session – 24th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Saturday, 25 October 2025 - Session 2

Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging

10/25/2025 09:00 AM 10/25/2025 11:00 AM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Nuclear Medicine &
Molecular Imaging 24th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	25 October 2025	Time:	09:00 - 11:00 (GMT+5)
Moderator:	Muhammad Adnan Saeed & Ahmad Qureshy	CME Credit Hour:	2

	TARGETED THERAPY IN CANCER CARE

09:00	FIBROBLAST ACTIVATION PROTEIN INHIBITOR (FAPI) BASED THERANOSTICS - WHERE WE ARE AT AND WHERE WE ARE HEADING
09:00	Arzoo Fatima Saleem Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Atomic Energy Cancer Hospital, Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Oncology Lahore, Pakistan

09:20	F18 FDG PET-CT IN BLADDER CANCER: AN APPLICATION ONCE CONSIDERED INFEASIBLE
09:20	Humayun Bashir Consultant Nuclear Medicine, SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

09:45	CHANGING PARADIGMS IN TREATMENT OF DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CANCER
09:45	Shazia Fatima Consultant Nuclear Medicine, Atomic Energy Cancer Hospital, Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Oncology Lahore, Pakistan

10:05	ROLE OF FDG PET-CT IN ASSESSING RESPONSE TO IMMUNOTHERAPY - A CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE
10:05	Nosheen Fatima Professor of Nuclear Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

10:25	TARGETED THERAPY CASES
10:25	Aamna Hassan Consultant Nuclear Medicine, SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan Panelists: Muhammad Numair Younis /Rizwan Syed /Hajira Ilyas /Humayun Bashir /Usman Zafar

Head & Neck Cancer

10/25/2025 11:20 AM 10/25/2025 01:20 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Head & Neck Cancer 24th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	25 October 2025	Time:	11:20 - 13:20 (GMT+5)
Moderator:	Arif Jamshed & Abdul Ahmed	CME Credit Hour:	2

	BREAKTHROUGHS IN THE MANAGEMNT OF ORAL CANCER

11:20	OROFACIAL RECONSTRUCTION
11:20	Khaleeq Ur Rehman Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial & Head and Neck Reconstructive Surgery, New Cross Hospital Wolverhampton, UK

11:45	NECK DISSECTION EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
11:45	Mohammed Al Muharraqqi Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Bahrain Defence Force Medical Services, Manama, Bahrain

12:10	ADVANCEMENT IN NON-SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF ORAL CAVITY CANCERS
12:10	Shahid Iqbal Consultant Clinical Oncology, Newcastle Upon-Tyne Hospital, Newcastle, UK

12:35	LOCOREGIONAL DIFFERENCES AND ITS IMPACT ON SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS WITH ORAL CAVITY CANCERS
12:35	Ali Khurram Professor of Pathology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

13:00	PANEL DISCUSSION & QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Palliative Medicine

10/25/2025 02:00 PM 10/25/2025 03:35 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Palliative Medicine 24th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	25 October 2025	Time:	14:00 - 15:35 (GMT+5)
Moderator:	Sheikh Moeen ul Haq & Atif Saleem	CME Credit Hour:	1.5

	CHALLENGES TOWARDS THE END-OF-LIFE CARE

14:00	CHALLENGES TOWARDS THE END OF LIFE (WEST)
14:00	Sheikh Moeen ul Haq Consultant General and Palliative Medicine, St. John’s Hospice, London, UK

14:20	CHALLENGES TOWARDS THE END OF LIFE (EAST)
14:20	Muhammad Atif Waqar Assistant Professor Palliative Care, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

14:40	CHALLENGES TOWARDS THE END OF LIFE (PAEDS)
14:40	Habiba Zaheer Consultant Psycho-Oncologist, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

15:00	HOME PALLIATIVE CARE - NURSING PERSPECTIVE
15:00	Saira Saeed Palliative Care Nurse, SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

15:15	PANEL DISCUSSION: MANAGING A CHALLENGING CASE
15:15	Wania Imtiaz Fellow Palliative Medicine, SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan Panelists: Sheikh Moeen ul Haq /Haroon Hafeez /Atif Waqar /Irum Ghafoor