Session – 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Saturday, 7 November 2026 - Session 1

Oncological Nursing - II

11/07/2026 09:00 AM 11/07/2026 11:00 AM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Oncological Nursing - II 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	7 November 2026	Time:	09:00 - 11:00 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Rehana Elahi & Sukaina Muhammad	CME Credit Hour:	2

09:00	STRENGTHENING STANDARDS AND IMPROVING OUTCOMES IN A MAGNET-DRIVEN ENVIRONMENT
09:00	Zeenat Sulaiman Khan - Regional Chief Executive Officer, Aga Khan Health Services, Kenya

09:25	TISSUE VIABILITY AND BED-SORE PREVENTION
09:25	Sukaina Muhammad - Advanced Practice Nurse, Wound Care Specialist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada

09:50	IMPROVING CANCER CARE IN LMICS THROUGH RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
09:50	Nasir Khan - Director of Nursing, SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

10:15	CORE COMPETENCIES FOR HIGH-QUALITY ONCOLOGY NURSING
10:15	Hafiz Sabghatullah - Assistant Director, SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

10:40	QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
10:40

Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours

11/07/2026 11:10 AM 11/07/2026 01:10 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	7 November 2026	Time:	11:10 - 13:10 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Syed Irfan Kabir	CME Credit Hour:	2

11:10	PERSPECTIVES ON PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOURS
11:10	Syed Nabeel Zafar - Consultant Surgical Oncologist, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, USA

11:30	FROM DIAGNOSIS TO THERAPY: THE ROLE OF GA-68 DOTA-TOC PET/CT AND LU-177 DOTATATE THERANOSTICS IN PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOURS
11:30	Sharjeel Usmani - Consultant Nuclear Physician, Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Center, Muscat, Oman

11:50	PATHOLOGICAL DILEMMAS IN DIAGNOSING PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOURS
11:50	Mudassir Hussain - Consultant Pathologist, SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

12:10	THE OXFORD EXPERIENCE OF MANAGING PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOURS (Virtual Talk)
12:10	Zaheer Soonawalla - Consultant Hepatobiliary Surgeon, Clinical Director for Surgery, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, UK

12:30	PANEL DISCUSSION & QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers

11/07/2026 02:00 PM 11/07/2026 03:30 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	7 November 2026	Time:	14:00 - 15:30 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Mahmud Aurangzeb & Zubair Shabbir Khanzada	CME Credit Hour:	1.5

14:00	ADVANCEMENTS IN MULTIMODAL THERAPIES IN UPPER GI CANCERS (Virtual Talk)
14:00	Elizabeth Smyth - Consultant Oncologist, Oxford University Hospital, Oxford, UK

14:25	TEXTBOOK OUTCOMES IN UPPER GI CANCER SURGERY
14:25	Farhan Rashid - Consultant of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Imperial College London, UK

14:50	IMPLEMENTATION OF AI IN UPPER GI CANCERS MANAGEMENT: FROM DIAGNOSIS TO TREATMENT
14:50	Syed Nabeel Zafar - Consultant Surgical Oncologist, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, USA

15:15	PANEL DISCUSSION & QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS