Session – 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Saturday, 7 November 2026 - Session 2

Integrating Patient Perspectives In Healthcare

11/07/2026 09:00 AM 11/07/2026 11:00 AM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Integrating Patient Perspectives In Healthcare 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	7 November 2026	Time:	09:00 - 11:00 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Zahid Bashir & Farah Asif	CME Credit Hour:	2

09:00	BUILDING PATIENT AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT IN PAKISTAN
09:00	Arishay Hussaini - Research Associate, Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan Baber Saeed - Director Clinical Trial Unit, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

09:15	CO-PRODUCING ONCOLOGY RESEARCH
09:15	Tahira Islam - Engagement Coordinator & Co-lead, PPIE Oncology Group, SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan Gulnaz Ayaz - Assistant Professor, Beaconhouse University, Lahore Pakistan

09:30	COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH: LESSONS FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA
09:30	Bipin Adhikari - Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU), Bangkok, Thailand

09:45	Collaboration and Developing Partnerships with Communities to Reduce Health Inequalities in U.K
09:45	Kirit Mistry- South Asian Health Action (SAHA), England, UK

09:55	BUILDING PATIENT RESEARCHER NETWORKS IN TANZANIA
09:55	Elibariki Godfrey Mkumbo - Social Sciences Researcher, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

10:10	PANEL DISCUSSION - BUILDING SUSTAINABLE PPIE ACROSS DIVERSE SETTINGS
10:10	Moderator: Timo Tolppa - Regional Clinical Trial Coordinator, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Panelists: Baber Saeed Khan, Madiha Hashmi, Gulnaz Ayaz, Bipin Adhikari, Kirit Mistry, Elibariki Godfrey Mkumbo, & Tahira Islam

Head & Neck Cancer

11/07/2026 11:10 AM 11/07/2026 01:10 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Head & Neck Cancer 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	7 November 2026	Time:	11:10 - 13:10 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Salman Arif & Asma Rashid	CME Credit Hour:	2

11:10	BALANCING CURE AND QUALITY OF LIFE: ADAPTIVE RADIATION STRATEGIES FOR ADVANCED NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA
11:10	Nancy Y Lee - Vice Chair Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, New York, USA

11:35	LOCAL CONTROL AND TOXICITY IN COMPLEX HEAD AND NECK RE-IRRADIATION
11:35	Christina Tsien - Professor of Radiation Oncology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada

12:00	CHALLENGES IN HEAD NECK CANCER SURGERY IN PAKISTAN
12:00	Shayan Khalid Ghaloo - Consultant Head And Neck Surgeon, SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

12:25	CASE DISCUSSION: RE-IRRADIATION SBRT IN HEAD & NECK
12:25	Moderator: Asma Rashid - Consultant Clinical & Radiation Oncology SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan Panelists: Nancy Y Lee, Christina Tsien, Raza Hussain & Shayan Khalid Ghaloo

Free Papers - (Nursing)

11/07/2026 02:00 PM 11/07/2026 03:30 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Free Papers - (Nursing) 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	7 November 2026	Time:	14:00 - 15:30 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Sukaina Muhammad & Jennifer Suhail	CME Credit Hour:

14:00	BRIDGING THE GAP IN DIABETES CARE: A SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS AND BASELINE QUALITY-OF-LIFE ASSESSMENT FOR ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY-BASED NURSE-LED CLINICS IN A RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED URBAN SETTING OF KARACHI, PAKISTAN
14:00	Shireen Arif- Ziauddin University Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery

14:15	EXPLORING THE EXPERIENCES OF PATIENTS & FAMILY MEMBERS RELATED TO CHANGE OF PATIENT’S CODE STATUS AT A TERTIARY CARE CANCER HOSPITAL, LAHORE, PAKISTAN: A QUALITATIVE EXPLORATORY STUDY
14:15	Saima Rubab SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

14:30	PSYCHOSOCIAL AND EXISTENTIAL SUFFERING AMONG PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASES UNDERGOING HEMODIALYSIS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY
14:30	Tazeem Akhter Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan

14:45	UNVEILING THE PERCEPTION OF NURSES AND CHALLENGES TO ADMITTED GERIATRIC PATIENTS IN PAKISTAN: A QUALITATIVE EXPLORATIVE STUDY
14:45	Muhammad Shoaib University of Eastern Finland, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Sciences

15:00	THE POWER OF PRESENCE: SHADOWING TRAINEE NURSES TO NURTURE EXCELLENCE IN PATIENT CARE IN THE ADULT INPATIENT ONCOLOGY
15:00	Naureen Abdul Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan