Session – 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Friday, 6 November 2026 - Session 3

Nuclear Medicine

11/06/2026 08:30 AM 11/06/2026 10:00 AM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Nuclear Medicine 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	6 November 2026	Time:	08:30 - 10:00 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Saima Haider & Hajira Ilyas	CME Credit Hour:	1.5

08:30	FROM SCAN ROOM TO CLINIC: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN NUCLEAR PHYSICIAN AND ONCOLOGIST
08:30	Muhammad Babar Imran - Consultant Nuclear Physician; PINUM Cancer Hospital, Faisalabad, Pakistan

08:55	MOLECULAR IMAGING OF LOBULAR BREAST CANCER: BRIDGING METABOLIC AND STROMAL STRATEGIES
08:55	Sharjeel Usmani - Consultant Nuclear Physician; Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Center, Muscat, Oman

09:20	1. CASE DISCUSSION: WHEN IMAGING MEETS IMMUNOTHERAPY: ROLE OF MOLECULAR IMAGING
09:20

09:35	2. CASE DISCUSSION: NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS AND LU-177 DOTATATE: A MULTISPECIALTY JOURNEY FROM DIAGNOSIS TO THERAPY
09:35

09:45	3. CASE DISCUSSION: Lu-PSMA IN THE FIGHT AGAINST PROSTATE CANCER
09:45	Panelists: Sharjeel Usmani, Ahmad Qureshy, Aamna Hassan, Asma Rashid, & Muhammad Babar Imran

Pharmaco-Oncology

11/06/2026 10:10 AM 11/06/2026 11:40 AM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Pharmaco-Oncology 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	6 November 2026	Time:	10:10 - 11:40 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Ejaz Ullah Cheema & Omar Akhlaq Bhutta	CME Credit Hour:	1.5

10:10	IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERIC DRUG UTILIZATION IN TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CANCER: COST SAVING OPPORTUNITY
10:10	Syed Shamim Raza - Director Pharmacy Services, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

10:30	APPROACHES TO ENHANCING DRUG SAFETY COMPETENCIES FOR CYTOTOXIC AND HAZARDOUS DRUGS
10:30	Ejaz Ullah Cheema - Professor, Dean of School of Pharmacy, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

10:50	CANCER PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT IN POST RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS: THE EMERGING ROLE OF TRANSPLANT PHARMACIST
10:50	Azam Ishaque - Renal Transplant Pharmacist, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dabi, UAE

11:10	Free Paper EVALUATING THE CHEMOTHERAPY DRUG TENDER SYSTEM IN A CANCER TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN PAKISTAN: A MIXED-METHOD STUDY
11:10	Saban Ahmed - SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

11:20	Free Paper EVALUATING WHO/INRUD PRESCRIBING INDICATORS AND CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT DRUG-DRUG INTERACTIONS IN COMMUNITY PHARMACY PRESCRIPTIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE CITIES OF PAKISTAN
11:20	Saba Ashraf - University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan

11:30	PANEL DISCUSSION
11:30	Panelists: Syed Shamim Raza, Ejaz Ullah Cheema, & Azam Ishaque

Free Papers

11/06/2026 11:50 AM 11/06/2026 01:20 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Free Papers 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	6 November 2026	Time:	11:50 - 13:20 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Ahsun Waqar Khan, Muhammad Usman Rashid & Saad ur Rehman	CME Credit Hour:

11:50	01 : INCIDENCE AND COMMON PATHOGENS ASSOCIATED WITH VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA IN ONCOLOGICAL CRITICAL CARE PATIENTS
11:50	Jalil Ur Rehman Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan

12:00	02 : COMPARISON OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND CONSULTANT ANAESTHETISTS IN PERIOPERATIVE DECISION-MAKING: A CASE-BASED OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
12:00	Bilal Asif Evercare Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan

12:15	03 : INTRAVENOUS LIDOCAINE INFUSION VERSUS PLACEBO FOR POSTOPERATIVE ACUTE PAIN CONTROL IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING STAGING LAPAROSCOPY
12:15	Hamza Zahid Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan

12:30	04 : FREQUENCY OF HYPOXEMIA AND HYPEROXEMIA AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH 90-DAY MORTALITY IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS: A RETROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
12:30	Asad Aleem Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan

12:45	05 : ANTI-CANCEROUS POTENTIAL OF RESERPINE TARGETING THE OXIDATIVE STRESS PATHWAY IN THE CCL4-INDUCED LIVER FIBROSIS MODEL
12:45	Aamir Sohail Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan

13:00	06 : ANTICIPATION EFFECT IN PAKISTANI BREAST CANCER FAMILIES WITH OR WITHOUT BRCA1/2 PATHOGENIC VARIANTS
13:00	Aamir Sohail Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan

13:10	07 : POPULATION-LEVEL MORTALITY TRENDS IN BREAST CANCER WITH LIVER METASTASIS AMONG POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES, 1999–2025
13:10	Sahar Zafar University Medical and Dental College, Faisalabad, Pakistan

13:20	08 : HIGH FREQUENCY AND PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF TP53 PROMOTER METHYLATION IN PAKISTANI GLIOBLASTOMA PATIENTS
13:20	Ahad Naveed Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan

Free Papers

11/06/2026 02:20 PM 11/06/2026 03:50 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Free Papers 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	6 November 2026	Time:	14:20 - 15:50 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Bilal Shahzad Azam, Fateh Ullah & Irum Ghafoor	CME Credit Hour:

14:20	01 : IMPACT OF COOKING-RELATED HOUSEHOLD AIR POLLUTION (HAP) ON NEVER-SMOKER NSCLC RISK IN WOMEN: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
14:20	Usama Waris Ameer-ud-Din Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan

14:30	02 : DEMOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND SURVIVAL OUTCOMES OF COLORECTAL CANCER PATIENTS: A CROSS SECTIONAL RETROSPECTIVE ANALYTICAL STUDY AT A TERTIARY CARE CANCER HOSPITAL IN PAKISTAN (2011-2015)
14:30	Shehzad Khan Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Peshawar, Pakistan

14:45	03 : PD-L1 TESTING LACKS PREDICTIVE VALUE IN GI CANCERS: A META-SYNTHESIS AND PROPOSAL FOR TIERED STRATIFICATION BEYOND MSI
14:45	Asma Siddique Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan

15:00	04 : REAL-WORLD STUDY AN AUDIT ON THE ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH GNRH AGONIST THERAPY IN PREMENOPAUSAL PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER
15:00	Junaid Khan Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Peshawar, Pakistan

15:15	05 : ASSESSMENT OF MALNUTRITION SCREENING PRACTICES IN ONCOLOGY DEPARTMENTS OF SELECTED HOSPITALS IN LAHORE: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
15:15	Naaima Abid Warris University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

15:30	06 : EFFECT OF COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE) ON COLONOSCOPIC ADENOMA AND POLYP DETECTION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META ANALYSIS
15:30	Hakim Ullah Wazir Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan

15:40	07 : MAPPING THE LANDSCAPE OF SYMPTOM BURDEN ACROSS DISEASE GROUPS IN PALLIATIVE CARE IN A TERTAIRY CARE HOSPITAL
15:40	Iqra Muneeb Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan

15:50	08 : IMPACT OF HOSPITAL SCHOOLING PROGRAM ON EDUCATIONAL CONTINUITY AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN PEDIATRIC CANCER PATIENTS
15:50	Wania Imtiaz Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan

Free Papers

11/06/2026 04:00 PM 11/06/2026 05:30 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Free Papers 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	6 November 2026	Time:	16:00 - 17:30 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Bushra Ahsan, Usman Hassan & Usman Ahmad	CME Credit Hour:

16:00	01 : CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF AML1-ETO POSITIVE ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA IN ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT PATIENTS: A SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE FROM PAKISTAN
16:00	Zara-Tul-Ain Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan

16:10	02 : ASSOCIATION OF ORAL VANCOMYCIN PROPHYLAXIS WITH CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION IN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
16:10	Asad Jahangir King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan

16:20	03 : DIRECT ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS VERSUS LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT HEPARIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER-ASSOCIATED THROMBOSIS IN GASTROINTESTINAL MALIGNANCIES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
16:20	Muhammad Rehman Saeed Abu Umara Medical And Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan

16:30	04 : OUTCOMES OF MRD-DIRECTED PEDIATRIC-INSPIRED REGIMEN COMPARED WITH NON-MRD-BASED REGIMEN IN ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT PRECURSOR B-CELL ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA: A SINGLE-CENTER RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
16:30	Misbah Maktoob Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan

16:40	05 : REAL-WORLD OUTCOMES OF DIFFUSE LARGE B-CELL LYMPHOMA: A 7-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY FROM A TERTIARY CARE CENTER IN A LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRY
16:40	Shahzeb Ahmed Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan

16:50	06 : TRANSLATING PCR-RFLP INTO ROUTINE CLINICAL MYCOLOGY: A PRACTICAL APPROACH FOR RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF CLINICALLY IMPORTANT YEASTS AND MOLDS
16:50	Humaira Farooq Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan

17:00	07 : CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF STROMA RICH AND STROMA POOR NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA
17:00	Faisal Rehman Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan

17:10	08 : FINDING UNCOMMON ANA PATTERNS IN LIVER PATIENTS AND CORRELATING THEIR CLINICAL PICTURE IN CONTEXT WITH THE PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS-A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE
17:10	Mehjabeen Imam Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute & Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan

17:20	09 : DEMOGRAPHIC, CLINICO-PATHOLOGICAL AND SURVIVAL STUDY OF SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR OF BRAIN DIAGNOSED AT SHAUKAT KHANUM MEMORIAL CANCER HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTRE
17:20	Shayan Khan Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan