Session – 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Saturday, 7 November 2026 - Session 3

Paediatric Rhabdomyosarcoma In Low-Middle-Income Country

11/07/2026 09:00 AM 11/07/2026 11:00 AM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Paediatric Rhabdomyosarcoma In Low-Middle-Income Country 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	7 November 2026	Time:	09:00 - 11:00 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Sadaf Altaf & Rabia Muhammad Wali	CME Credit Hour:	2

09:00	RATIONALIZING TREATMENT FOR METASTATIC RHABDOMYOSARCOMA IN LMICS: BALANCING SURVIVAL AND QUALITY OF LIFE
09:00	Ata Ur Rehman Maaz - Consultant Paediatric Oncology, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar

09:25	AN OVERVIEW OF THE LATE EFFECTS OF CHILDHOOD CANCER TREATMENT
09:25	Nicky Thorp - Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Royal College of Radiologists, UK

09:50	SURGICAL DECISION-MAKING AND TECHNICAL CHALLENGES IN ABDOMINO-PELVIC RHABDOMYOSARCOMA
09:50	Khalid Elmalik - Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK

10:15	CASE DISCUSSION
10:15	Panelists: Ata Ur Rehman, Muneeb-uddin-Karim, and Khalid Elmalik

Long-Term Survivorship In Childhood Cancers

11/07/2026 11:10 AM 11/07/2026 01:10 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Long-Term Survivorship In Childhood Cancers 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	7 November 2026	Time:	11:10 - 13:10 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Mehwish Faizan & Najma Shaheen	CME Credit Hour:	2

11:10	UNCERTAINTY IN CHILDHOOD CANCER SURVIVORS AND THE NEED TO REVISIT ILLNESS-RELATED CONVERSATIONS
11:10	Naheed Usmani - Consultant Paediatric Oncologist, Care First Paediatrics, Los Gatos, USA

11:35	CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DIRECTED CHEMOTHERAPIES IN CHILDHOOD ACUTE LEUKEMIA (Virtual Talk)
11:35	Ajay Vora - Consultant Paediatric Haematologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK

11:55	THE SILENT LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENT CANCER
11:55	Aziza Shad - Assistant Professor, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, USA

12:20	CASE DISCUSSION
12:20	Panelists: Aziza Shad, Naheed Usmani & Ajay Vora

Paediatric Critical Care and Palliation

11/07/2026 02:00 PM 11/07/2026 03:30 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Paediatric Critical Care and Palliation 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	7 November 2026	Time:	14:00 - 15:30 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Tehmina Kazmi & Sadia Omer	CME Credit Hour:	1.5

	PREPARING THE PAEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY CRITICAL CARE OF TOMORROW


14:00	USE OF NEW THERAPIES FOR HLH IN CRITICAL CARE
14:00	Melissa Hines - Associate Member, St. Jude Faculty, Director, Histiocytosis and Immune Dysregulation Team, USA

14:25	ROLE OF ECMO IN ONCOLOGY CRITICAL CARE
14:25	Naveed Ur Rehman - Consultant Paediatric Critical Care, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

14:50	UTILIZE PALLIATIVE CARE EXPERTISE FOR CHILDREN WITH THEIR END-OF-LIFE CARE
14:50	Irum Ghafoor - Consultant Internal & Palliative Medicine, SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

15:15	PANEL DISCUSSION: HEALING BEYOND THE VENTILATOR - CONTINUUM OF REHABILITATION FROM CRITICAL CARE TO HOME
15:15	Panelists: Naveed Ur Rehman, Irum Ghafoor, Muhammad Fiaz, & Naira Hayat