Session – 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Sunday, 26 October 2025 - Session 1

Free Papers

10/26/2025 09:00 AM 10/26/2025 11:00 AM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Free Papers 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	26 October 2025	Time:	09:00 - 11:00 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Zia Faruqui, Humayun Bashir, Haroon Hafeez	CME Credit Hour:	0

09:00	30 O: ENHANCING GUIDELINE BASED CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING IN RESOURCE LIMITED SETTINGS THROUGH SIMULATION
09:00	Khansa Rehman Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan

09:10	31 O: OUTCOMES OF INTRATHECAL/INTRAVENTRICULAR AND INTRAVENOUS COLISTIN IN POST-SURGICAL MENINGITIS AND VENTRICULITIS DUE TO CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA: A FIVE-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE STUDY AT A QUATERNARY CARE HOSPITAL OF PAKISTAN
09:10	Ali Hassan Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan

09:20	32 O: OUTCOMES OF AMPHOTERICIN B, AZOLES, AND ECHINOCANDINS IN CANDIDEMIA: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY FROM A QUATERNARY CARE HOSPITAL IN PAKISTAN
09:20	Ali Hassan Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan

09:30	33 O: RESPIRATORY COMPLICATIONS AND REHABILITATION AFTER ESOPHAGECTOMY IN ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA. RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS
09:30	Muhammad Abdullah SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

09:40	34 O: EVALUATING FDG PET/CT VERSUS TISSUE BIOPSY IN PROGRESSIVE HODGKIN LYMPHOMA: DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY FOR DETECTING RELAPSE SITES
09:40	Muntaha Fatima Rana SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

09:50	35 O: ROLE OF FDG PET CT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA
09:50	Tabeer Sagheer SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

10:00	36 O: PROGNOSTIC UTILITY AND INTER-RATER RELIABILITY OF PET/CT QUANTITATIVE PARAMETERS FOR DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL IN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA TREATED WITH TACE
10:00	Shehla Tanveer The University Of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

10:10	37 O: PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF DISEASE DISTRIBUTION AND SUV MAX IN LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS: CORRELATION WITH EVENT-FREE AND OVERALL SURVIVAL
10:10	Zeeshan Sikandar SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

10:20	38 O: NAVIGATING THE LANDSCAPE OF PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES: A QUALITATIVE EXPLORATION OF CAREGIVERS EXPERIENCES AND PALLIATIVE CARE INTEGRATION
10:20	Shahzadi Resham Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

10:30	39 O: BEYOND THE GUIDELINES: EVALUATING BI-RADS 3 LESIONS IN A HIGH-SUSPICION BREAST CANCER POPULATION—OUTCOMES AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS
10:30	Attka Maryam SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

Breast Cancer - Early Detection & Prevention

10/26/2025 11:20 AM 10/26/2025 01:20 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Breast Cancer - Early Detection & Prevention 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	26 October 2025	Time:	11:20 - 13:20 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Kauser Bano & Tahira Yasmeen	CME Credit Hour:	2

CME Evaluation

	BREAST CANCER - EARLY DETECTION & PREVENTION: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

11:20	BREAST CANCER PREVENTION IN LOW RESOURCE SETTINGS & GLOBAL BREAST CANCER INITIATIVE - A WAY FORWARD?
11:20	Julie Gralow Professor Emeritus of Medical Oncology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Alexandria, USA

11:45	BREAST CANCER AWARENESS - A PERSPECTIVE FROM NIGERIA
11:45	Zainab Shinkafi Bagudu President-elect UICC, Founder Medicaid Cancer Foundation, Senior Adviser on Women’s Health and Cancer Advocacy to the Coordinating Minister of Health of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria

12:10	ADVANCEMENTS AND CHALLENGES IN EARLY DETECTION AND SURGICAL BREAST CANCER TREATMENT IN PAKISTAN: IMPACT ON PATIENT OUTCOMES
12:10	Lubna Vohra Associate Professor of Surgery, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

12:55	PANEL DISCUSSION & QUESTIONS AND ANSWER

Sarcoma & Reconstructive Surgery

10/26/2025 02:00 PM 10/26/2025 03:30 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Sarcoma & Reconstructive Surgery 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	26 October 2025	Time:	14:00 - 15:30 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Mamoon Ur Rashid & Ilyas Rafi	CME Credit Hour:	1.5

CME Evaluation

	FROM RADIATION TO RECONSTRUCTION: SOLVING THE PAEDIATRIC BONE SARCOMA PUZZLE

14:00	CHALLENGES IN MANAGING EWING SARCOMA WITH RADIATION THERAPY
14:00	Bilal Mazhar Qureshi Assistant Professor Paediatric Radiation Oncology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

14:25	EWING SARCOMA RESECTION: ENSURING ONCOLOGICAL CONTROL IN LIMB SALVAGE WHILE MAINTAINING FUNCTION
14:25	Vineet Kurisunkal Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Royal Orthopedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK

14:50	PAEDIATRIC BONE SARCOMA RECONSTRUCTION: CHALLENGES AND TAILORED SOLUTIONS
14:50	Mamoon Ur Rashid Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan

15:15	PANEL DISCUSSION: DIFFICULT CASES

Ahsan Rashid Memorial Research Session

10/26/2025 04:00 PM 10/26/2025 05:30 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Ahsan Rashid Memorial Research Session 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	26 October 2025	Time:	16:00 - 17:30 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Amer Rehman Farooqi	CME Credit Hour:	0

16:00	01 O: IMPACT OF A RAPID RESPONSE TEAM IN ONCOLOGICAL SETTINGS AND ASSOCIATED OUTCOMES. SHAUKAT KHANUM MEMORIAL CANCER HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE
16:00	Khawaja Muhammad Hamza Zahid SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

16:12	02 O: IMPROVING OUTCOMES IN PAEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY PATIENTS WITH POSTERIOR FOSSA TUMOURS: THE RAPID ASSESSMENT PATHWAY FOR POSTERIOR FOSSA TUMOUR (RAPT) IN RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTING
16:12	Qurat Ul Ain Tariq SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

16:24	03 O: DPP INHIBITION: A PROMISING TARGET FOR INDUCING CELL DEATH IN CANCER
16:24	Paras Jawaid Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

16:26	04 O: TEXTBOOK OUTCOMES IN LIVER SURGERY: A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE AT A CANCER-DEDICATED CENTRE
16:26	-Muhammad Anas Bin Akhtar SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

16:48	05 O: MODIFIED BLUMGART VS. CONVENTIONALDOUBLE LAYER DUCT TO MUCOSA ANASTOMOSIS FOR PANCRETICOJEJUNOSTOMY FOR WHIPPLE\'S PROCEDURE. A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY
16:48	Muhammad Ayzed Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan

17:00	06 O: CLINICAL EXPERIENCE OF OUR 50 CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS TREATED ON PAKISTAN FIRST MR-LINAC: WORKFLOW OPTIMIZATION AND EARLY OUTCOMES FROM A SINGLE INSTITUTION
17:00	Syed Ashar Amjad Senior Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

17:15	AWARDS CEREMONY