Session – 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Sunday, 8 November 2026 - Session 1

Haematologic Malignancies

11/08/2026 09:00 AM 11/08/2026 11:00 AM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Haematologic Malignancies 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	8 November 2026	Time:	09:00 - 11:00 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Raheel Iftikhar , Muhammad Ayaz Mir , Usman Ahmed & Syed Waqas Imam Bokhari	CME Credit Hour:	2

09:00	HODGKINS LYMPHOMA-REFINEMENT IN THERAPY
09:00	Amjad Hayat - Consultant Haematologist and Director Cellular Therapies, Galway University Hospital, Galway, Ireland

09:20	ADVANCES IN DIAGNOSTIC STRATEGIES, MEASURABLE RESIDUAL DISEASE (MRD) DETECTION,AND MONITORING CHALLENGES IN IMAGING IN HODGKINS LYMPHOMA
09:20	Shabeeha Rana - Consultant Haematologist, Kings College London, Dubai

09:40	NON-HODGKINS LYMPHOMA -DLBCL-RELAPSED REFRACTORY DISEASE CHALLENGES AND UPDATES
09:40	Bushra Ahsan - Consultant Clinical Haematologist, SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

10:10	CART THERAPY IN LYMPHOMAS HOW FAR HAVE WE COME? (Virtual Talk))
10:10	Saira Ahmed - Associate Professor, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA

10:30	CASE DISCUSSION
10:30	Panelists: Amjad Hayat, Saira Ahmed, Shabeeha Rana and Natasha Ali

Bone Marrow Transplant

11/08/2026 11:10 AM 11/08/2026 12:10 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Bone Marrow Transplant 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	8 November 2026	Time:	11:10 - 12:10 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Amjad Hayat, Shabeeha K Rana & Syed Waqas Imam Bokhari	CME Credit Hour:	1

11:10	ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA DIAGNOSIS AND INTERCEPTION
11:10	Natasha Ali - Consultant Clinical Haematologist, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

11:30	HAPLOIDENTICAL TRANSPLANT - IN ACUTE LEUKEMIAS - HOPES AND HORRORS
11:30	Muhammad Ayaz Mir - Consultant Haematologist & Bone Marrow Transplant Specialist, Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan

11:50	TRANSPLANT STRATEGIES IN RELAPSE PREVENTION IN AML
11:50	Raheel Iftikhar - Consultant Haematologist & Bone Marrow Transplant Specialist, Armed Forces Bone Marrow Transplant Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan

12:10	LOCAL PERSPECTIVES - TRANSPLANT IN LEUKEMIA
12:10	Syed Waqas Imam Bokhari - Consultant Clinical Haematologist, SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

12:30	PANEL DISCUSSION & QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
12:30	Panelists: Sairah Ahmed, Muhammad Ayaz Mir, Syed Waqas Imam Bokhari, Natasha Ali & Raheel Iftikhar

Anaesthesia and Pain Management

11/08/2026 12:20 PM 11/08/2026 01:50 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Anaesthesia and Pain Management 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	8 November 2026	Time:	12:20 - 13:50 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Sadaf Malik & Ahsun Waqar Khan	CME Credit Hour:	1.5

12:20	ANAESTHESIA, EPOCH, AND TUMOR BIOLOGY: CAN WE INFLUENCE CANCER OUTCOMES?
12:20	Shankar Lal - Consultant Anesthesiologist, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Ireland

12:45	PAIN TO RECOVERY: RETHINKING ANLAGESIA FOR ENHANCED RECOVERY IN CANCER SURGERY
12:45	Syed Mehmood Ali - Consultant of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan

13:10	SURGICAL STRESS, TIMING, AND PRECONDITIONING: INTEGRATING EPOCH INTO ONCOLOGIC SURGERY
13:10	Irfan Ahmed - Consultant Hepatobiliary Surgery, King’s College Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

13:35	PANEL DISCUSSION: WHEN THE SYSTEM FAILS: WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATING ROOM ADVERSE EVENT?
13:35	Panelists: Shankar Lal, Irfan Ahmed, Syed Mehmood, Syed Irfan Kabir, Sadaf Malik, and Ahsun Waqar Khan

Ahsan Rashid Memorial Research Session

11/08/2026 02:30 PM 11/08/2026 04:30 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Ahsan Rashid Memorial Research Session 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	8 November 2026	Time:	14:30 - 16:30 (GMT+5)
Chair:		CME Credit Hour:	1

15:00	POST-OPERATIVE ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS IN CLEAN-CONTAMINATED HEAD AND NECK SURGERY: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL (PEACH TRIAL)
15:00	Muhammad Ali Riaz SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

15:15	OUTCOMES OF CHILDHOOD ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA TREATED ON A NATIONAL PROTOCOL IN PAKISTAN: A MULTICENTER PROSPECTIVE STUDY
15:15	Naeem Jabbar Pakistan Society of Pediatric Oncology

15:30	MODIFIED MIREL’S SCORING SYSTEM - PREDICTION OF BONE METASTATIC FRACTURE IN ONCOLOGICAL PATIENTS ON TC99M MDP SPECT-CT
15:30	Areej Aijaz SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

15:45	HIGH-DOSE METHOTREXATE (HDMTX) PROTOCOL ADHERENCE: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT STUDY AT A TERTIARY CANCER CENTER IN PAKISTAN
15:45	Muhammad Sher Ali SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

16:00	IS LUTETIUM-177 PSMA-617 THERAPY A GAME CHANGER IN THE MANAGEMENT OF METASTATIC CASTRATION RESISTANT PROSTATE CARCINOMA
16:00	Tabeer Sagheer SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

16:15	MECHANICAL BOWEL PREPARATION WITH OR WITHOUT ORAL ANTIBIOTICS IN LEFT-SIDED COLORECTAL CANCER: A RANDOMIZED TRIAL (MEBOA TRIAL)
16:15	Hafsa Basharat SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan