Session – 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Sunday, 8 November 2026 - Session 3

Women in Oncology

11/08/2026 09:00 AM 11/08/2026 11:00 AM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Women in Oncology 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	8 November 2026	Time:	09:00 - 11:00 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Rubina Sohail,Romena Qazi & Tabinda Sadaf	CME Credit Hour:	2

09:00	BREAKING BARRIERS: WOMEN IN PAEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY - A JOURNEY ACROSS BORDERS
09:00	Naheed Usmani - Consultant Paediatric Oncologist, Care First Paediatrics, Los Gatos, USA

09:25	LEADERSHIP IN ONCOLOGY: A PERSONAL VIEW
09:25	Nicky Thorp - Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Royal College of Radiologists, UK

09:50	BEYOND THE SCALPEL: WOMEN SHAPING SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
09:50	Amina Khan - Consultant Oncological Surgeon, SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

10:15	PANEL DISCUSSION: WOMEN IN ONCOLOGY: LEADERSHIP, CHALLENGES & THE WAY FORWARD
10:15	Panelists: Naheed Usmani, Nicky Thorp and Amina Khan

10:35	QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Soft Tissue Sarcoma

11/08/2026 11:10 AM 11/08/2026 12:10 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Soft Tissue Sarcoma 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	8 November 2026	Time:	11:10 - 12:10 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Zeeshan Khan & Ilyas Rafi	CME Credit Hour:	1

11:10	DESMOID FIBROMATOSIS AND CHANGING PARADIGMS
11:10	Hassan Hameed - Consultant Medical Oncologist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK

11:35	WHOOPS SURGERY AND ITS MANAGEMENT IN SOFT TISSUE SARCOMAS
11:35	Zeeshan Khan - Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar, Pakistan

12:00	DECISION MAKING IN SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA
12:00	Bilal Shafiq - Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

12:25	HISTOPATHOLOGIC CHALLENGES IN SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA DIAGNOSIS
12:25	Sajid Mushtaq- Consultant Pathologist, SKMCH&RC, Lahore, Pakistan

12:50	QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Free Papers

11/08/2026 12:20 PM 11/08/2026 01:50 PM Asia/Karachi 15 OPAQUE Free Papers 25th Shaukat Khanum Cancer Symposium

Date:	8 November 2026	Time:	12:20 - 13:50 (GMT+5)
Chair:	Mazhar Ali Shah & Najma Shaheen	CME Credit Hour:

12:20	01 : PRESENTATION AND OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS WITH RETINOBLASTOMA TREATED IN A RESOURCE-LIMITED LOWER-MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRY: A 10-YEAR EXPERIENCE
12:20	Maryam Jalil Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan

12:30	02 : INITIAL RESULTS OF FIRST NATIONAL STANDARD OF CARE PROTOCOL FOR MANAGEMENT OF EXTRA-OCULAR RB IN PAKISTAN (PSPO RB 2022-01)
12:30	Mohiba Ali Pakistan Society of Pediatric Oncology (PSPO), Karachi, Pakistan

12:40	03 : OUTCOMES OF PEDIATRIC PRECURSOR B CELL ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA: A TERTIARY CARE CANCER CENTER EXPERIENCE FROM A LOWER-MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRY
12:40	Amina Anwar Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan

12:50	04 : IMPLEMENTATION OF SELECTIVE RETINOBLASTOMA 1 GENETIC TESTING FOR RISK-ADAPTED SURVEILLANCE OF UNILATERAL ENUCLEATED RETINOBLASTOMA IN A RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTING
12:50	Saliha Sarfraz Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan

13:10	05 : CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF 60 GY IN 20 FRACTIONS WITH PELVIC NODAL IRRADIATION FOR HIGH-RISK AND NODE-POSITIVE PROSTATE CANCER: A SINGLE-INSTITUTION STUDY
13:10	Fajar Rafi Ranjha Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan

13:20	06 : MOLECULAR LANDSCAPE OF SOLID TUMORS IN A PAKISTANI COHORT: A REAL-WORLD NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING EXPERIENCE FROM A TERTIARY CANCER CENTRE
13:20	Sadia Anjum Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan

13:30	07 : LONG-TERM SURVIVAL OUTCOMES OF SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE CERVIX: A 10-YEAR EXPERIENCE FROM PAKISTAN
13:30	Muhammad Anas Tahseen Asar Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan

13:40	08 : A DECADE OF NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA: SURVIVAL, FAILURE PATTERNS, AND PROGNOSTIC FACTORS- A SINGLE INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE
13:40	Anusha Haider Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan