Session – 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Friday, 24 October 2025 - Session 2

Gynaecological Oncology

10/24/2025 08:30 AM 10/24/2025 10:10 AM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Gynaecological Oncology 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	24 October 2025	Time:	08:30 - 10:10 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Rubina Farrukh & Asma Rashid	CME Credit Hour:	1.5

CME Evaluation

	BRIDGING RESEARCH AND PRAINNOVATION IN WOMEN’S HEALTHCTICE

08:30	EVOLUTION OF IMAGE - ADAPTED HYBRID BRACHYTHERAPY FOR CERVICAL CASES - LESSON LEARNT AND FUTURE DIRECTIVE
08:30	Rana Irfan Mahmood Consultant Clinical Oncology, Medicine City Hospital, Dubai

08:55	NEW GENETIC ENDOMETRIAL STAGING AND IMPACT ON OUR POPULATION
08:55	Azmina Tajdin Valimohd Consultant Medical Oncologist, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

09:20	LOCALLY ADVANCED CERVICAL CANCER: ARE WE FINALLY READY TO MOVE THE NEEDLE?
09:20	Joanne Alfieri Associate Professor of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

09:45	QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Free Papers (Video Session)

10/24/2025 10:10 AM 10/24/2025 11:40 AM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Free Papers
(Video Session) 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	24 October 2025	Time:	10:10 - 11:40 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Faisal Saud Dar & Asif Bashir & Shahid Khattak	CME Credit Hour:

10:10	1 O: AWAKE BRAIN SURGERY FOR TUMOR RESECTION WHILE PRESERVING THE MOTOR FUNCTION IN A 6 YEAR OLD PATIENT. IS IT FEASIBLE AND WORTH TAKING THE RISK IN SELECTED CASES
10:10	Qurat ul Ain SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

10:25	2 O: LAPAROSCOPIC LEFT HEPATECTOMY FOR HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA IN A CIRRHOTIC LIVER
10:25	Ali Arif Khan SKMCH&RC, Peshawar, Pakistan

10:40	3 O: LAPAROSCOPIC POSTERIOR PELVIC EXENTERATION FOR LOCALLY ADVANCED RECTAL CANCER: TECHNIQUE AND ONCOLOGIC FEASIBILITY
10:40	Aun Jamal Evercare Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan

10:55	4 O: LAPAROSCOPIC PYLORUS-PRESERVING PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY: OUR TECHNIQUE AND INITIAL EXPERIENCE, FROM A TERTIARY CARE CENTER
10:55	Zia Ullah Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan

11:10	PANEL DISCUSSION

Uro-Oncology

10/24/2025 11:50 AM 10/24/2025 01:20 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Uro-Oncology 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	24 October 2025	Time:	11:50 - 13:20 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Khurram Mir	CME Credit Hour:	1.5

CME Evaluation

	LATEST ADVANCEMENTS IN UROLOGICAL CANCER

11:50	UPDATES IN PROSTATE CANCER
11:50	Rob Jones Consultant Medical Oncologist, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, UK

12:15	ROLE OF RADIOTHERAPY IN RENAL CANCERS
12:15	Habib Khan Assistant Professor Medical Oncology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada

12:35	HOW TO APPLY UPDATED PROSTATE CANCER GUIDELINES IN COUNTRIES WITH RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS
12:35	Narjis Muzaffar Consultant Medical Oncologist, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi, Pakistan

12:55	SEEING BEYOND THE SURFACE: OPTICAL ADVANCES IN BLADDER TUMOR DETECTION
12:55	Syed Muhammad Nazim Consultant Urologist, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

13:10	PANEL DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Young Investigator Forum

10/24/2025 02:00 PM 10/24/2025 03:30 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Young Investigator
Forum 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	24 October 2025	Time:	14:00 - 15:30 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Mohammed Adil Akhter & Khawaja Shehryar Nasir	CME Credit Hour:	1.5

CME Evaluation

	INNOVATE, INVESTIGATE, ELEVATE: YOUNG RESEARCHERS SHAPING MEDICINE

14:00	ROADBLOCKS AND TRIUMPH FACED BY YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN LOW- AND MIDDLE- INCOME COUNTRIES
14:00	Subhash Chandir Associate Consultant, Department of International Health, John Hopkins, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA

14:25	FROM IDEA TO IMPACT: HOW TO START THE RESEARCH PROJECT?
14:25	Irfan Ahmed Director Research, Consultant Hepatobiliary Surgeon, Pakistan Kidney & Liver Institute, Lahore, Pakistan

14:50	PANEL DISCUSSION
14:50	Subhash Chandir Associate Consultant, Department of International Health, John Hopkins, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA

15:10	FACTORS DETERMINING SURVIVAL IN OLIGO-METASTATIC BREAST CANCER IN A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY FROM A LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY (LMIC)
15:10	Kulsoom Shaikh Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

15:20	ENHANCING GUIDELINE BASED CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING IN RESOURCE LIMITED SETTINGS THROUGH SIMULATION
15:20	Khansa Rehman Allama Iqbal Medicla College, Lahore, Pakistan

Pathology

10/24/2025 03:40 PM 10/24/2025 06:00 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Pathology 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	24 October 2025	Time:	15:40 - 18:00 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Sheeba Ishtiaq & Mudassar Hussain	CME Credit Hour:	2.5

CME Evaluation

	THE ART AND SCEINCE OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY

15:40	UPDATE OF EUROPEAN GUIDELINES FOR MANAGEMENT OF B3 BREAST LESIONS
15:40	Muhammad Sohail Associate Professor Histopathology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

16:25	HARNESSING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR PRECISION HEAD & NECK CANCER ANALYSIS
16:25	Ali Khurram Professor of Pathology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

17:10	HISTOPATHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF PROGNOSIS IN ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA
17:10	Wanninayake Mudiyanselage Tilakaratne Professor of Oral Pathology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

17:55	QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS