ONCO 2023
24th Annual Cancer Congress
PSCO brings together a diverse international community of Clinical Oncologists, Radiation oncologists, Medical oncologists, Medical physicists and other healthcare professionals to encourage communication and interactive networking amongst one another, as well as to exchange first-hand scientific and research information on the latest developments in the field of Oncology.
As the field of Oncology continues to develop with increased studies, research, and new technologies, the aim of the PSCO is to broaden the scope of this unique National forum and to gather an audience interested in Clinical Oncology, Surgery, Radiology, Pathology, and multidisciplinary management of cancer patients related topics during the annual conference and Exhibition.
By changing the venue location each time, the PSCO conference and Exhibition provides not only a platform for scientific knowledge exchange, but also an instrument for establishing sustainable National / International collaborations between the participants.
Complete Scientific Agenda
Day 1
Friday 24th February, 2023
Venue: Grand Ballroom - C
| Time | Presentation | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 15:00 – 16:30 | Inauguration | Moderator: Dr Rafia Usman |
| 15:00 – 15:10 | Recitation of the Holy Quran | |
| 15:10 – 15:15 | Welcome Address by the Chair – ONCO2023 | Dr Abubaker Shahid, INMOL |
| 15:15 – 15:20 | Address by the Patron – PSCO | Dr Abrar Ahmed Javed |
| 15:20 – 15:30 | Address by the President – PSCO | Dr Muhammad Faheem, NORI |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | Address by the Worthy Chief Guest | Dr Raja Ali Raza Anwar, Chairman PAEC |
| 15:45 – 15:55 | Future of Radiation Oncology | Dr Rana Irfan Mahmood, UAE |
| 15:55 – 16:05 | Evolution of Theranostics in Pakistan | Dr Irfan Ullah Khan, INMOL |
| 16:05 – 16:15 | Presentation of Memento to the Chief Guest & Inauguration of Exhibition | |
| 16:15 – 16:30 | TEA BREAK |
| 16:30 – 18:00 | Session: US-Pakistan Oncology Working Group | Moderator: Dr M. Khurram Khan |
| 16:30 – 16:35 | Introduction | Dr M. Khurram Khan, USA |
| 16:35 – 16:45 | Presentation of Agha Khan Hospital | Dr Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, AKU |
| 16:45 – 16:55 | Presentation of SKMCH & RC | Dr Farah Rasheed, SKMCH |
| 16:55 – 17:05 | Moving forward | Dr Abubaker Shahid, INMOL |
| 17:05 – 17:25 | International collaborative fight against cancer | Dr C. Norman Coleman, USA |
| 17:25 – 17:45 | Role of IAEA in fight against cancer at Global and Regional level | Dr May Abdel Wahab, IAEA |
| 17:45 – 18:00 | Open Discussion |
| 18:00 – 19:00 | Session: US-Pakistan Oncology Working Group | Moderator: Dr M. Khurram Khan |
| 18:00 – 18:20 | Next generation sequencing: The next frontiers | Dr Saad A. Khan, USA |
| 18:20 – 18:40 | Hereditary Cancers in South Asians: Genetic testing, counseling and risk management. | Dr Rajiv Sarin, India |
| 18:40 – 19:00 | Q/A | |
| 19:00 Onwards | DINNER |
Day 2
Saturday 25th February, 2023
Venue: Grand Ballroom - C
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Session: Advances in Radiotherapy – 1 Panel of Experts: Dr Azhar Rashid, Dr Muhammad Muneeb Khan, Dr Eleonora Lanzi, Dr Nour Uri |
Moderator: Dr Bibek Acharia |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Recent advances in the management of GBM | Dr M. Muneeb Khan, UK |
| 09:10 – 09:30 | Radiosurgery Optimisation Capabilities with HyperArc | Dr Eleonora Lanzi, Italy |
| 09:30 – 09:45 | Online Adaptive Radiotherapy with ETHOS | Dr Nour Uri, UAE |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | Panel discussion |
| 10:00 – 11:15 | Session: Advances in Radiotherapy – 2 Panel of Experts: Dr Merdan Fayda, Dr Mansoor Ahmed, Dr Majid Mohiuddin, Dr Atif Khan |
Moderator: Dr Atif Khan |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | High precision radiotherapy with 1.5 T MR Linac | Dr Merdan Fayda, Turkiye |
| 10:20 – 10:40 | Radiotherapy Immune Modulation | Dr Mansoor Ahmed, USA |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Spatially Fractionated GRID Radiotherapy | Dr Majid Mohiuddin, USA |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Panel discussion | |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | TEA BREAK |
| 11:30 – 12:20 | Session: Dr Maqbool Shahid Session Panel of Experts: Dr Mutahar Ali Tunio, Dr Arzoo Fatima, Dr Sadia Sadiq, Dr Akif Ullah Khan, Dr Shazia Fatima |
Moderator: Dr Numair Younis |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Theranostic power and performance of RAI in thyroid cancer | Dr Akif Ullah Khan, IRNUM |
| 11:45 – 11:55 | EBRT in thyroid cancers; Why and how we do it | Dr Sadia Sadiq, INMOL |
| 11:55 – 12:10 | Diagnostic and therapeutic challenge of RAI refractory thyroid cancer | Dr Mutahar Ali Tunio, UK |
| 12:10 – 12:20 | Panel discussion |
| 12:20 – 13:30 | Session: Haem-Oncology Panel of Experts: Dr Shabeeha K. Rana, Dr M. Khurram Khan, Dr Nadia Sajid, Dr Muneeb Nasir |
Moderator: Dr Rija Tariq |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | New era in management of DLBCL | Dr Shabeeha K. Rana, UAE |
| 12:40 – 13:00 | Radiotherapy in lymphoma; Why and how we do it | Dr M. Khurram Khan, USA |
| 13:00 – 13:10 | Hyper CVAD in the management of ALL | Dr Zara Kiyani, INMOL |
| 13:10 – 13:20 | Frequency of CNS involvement in Burkett’s Lymphoma | Dr Shukria, INMOL |
| 13:20 – 13:30 | Panel discussion | |
| 13:30 – 14:15 | LUNCH & PRAYERS BREAK |
Day 2
Saturday 25th February, 2023
Venue: Imperial Ballroom - A
| 09:00 – 10:00 | Session: GIT Malignancies Panel of Experts: Dr Aun Jamal, Dr Nasir Ali, Dr Asif Masood, Dr Rana Irfan Mahmood |
Moderator: Dr Aun Jamal |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Chemoradiotherapy in esophagus tumors, organ preservation | Dr Nasir Ali, AKU |
| 09:15 – 09:30 | Organ preserving treatment of advance rectal cancer | Dr Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi, AKU |
| 09:30 – 09:45 | Anal cancer: Emerging standards in a rare disease | Dr Asif Masood, Shifa Intl. |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | Panel discussion |
| 10:00 – 11:20 | Session: Genitourinary Panel of Experts: Dr Rana Irfan Mahmood, Dr Muhammad Ali, Dr Mutahar Ali Tunio, Dr Numair Younas |
Moderator: Dr Sameed Hussain |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Non-surgical management of early prostate cancer | Dr Rana Irfan Mahmood, UAE |
| 10:15 – 10:25 | Ga-68 PSMA scanning in the management of prostate cancer | Dr Numair Younas, INMOL |
| 10:25 – 10:40 | New bullets: Theranostics in prostate cancer | Dr Mutahar Ali Tunio, UK |
| 10:40 – 10:55 | Emerging role of SABR in the management of renal cell carcinoma | Dr Muhammad Ali, Australia |
| 10:55 – 11:05 | Panel discussion | |
| 11:05 – 11:20 | TEA BREAK |
| 11:20 – 12:25 | Session: Early Breast Cancer Panel of Experts: Dr Misbah Masood, Dr Waqas I. Ali, Dr Khizar Hayat, Dr Atif Khan, Dr Humera Mahmood |
Moderator: Dr Humera Mahmood |
| 11:20 – 11:40 | Innovation and hope in early Her2 +ve breast cancer | Dr Waqas I. Ali, UK |
| 11:40 – 12:00 | Adjuvant local and regional radiotherapy of breast cancer | Dr Atif Khan, USA |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Management of axilla in breast cancer | Dr Misbah Masood, INMOL |
| 12:15 – 12:25 | Panel discussion |
| 12:25 – 13:30 | Session: Gynecological Tumors Panel of Experts: Dr Humera Mahmood, Dr Khizar Hayat, Dr Rana Irfan Mahmood, Dr Misbah Masood |
Moderator: Dr Nabila Javed |
| 12:25 – 12:40 | Recent advances of radiotherapy in gynaecological tumors | Dr Rana Irfan Mahmood, UAE |
| 12:40 – 13:00 | Brachytherapy in Ca Cervix; Intra-cavitory and Interstitial | Dr Khizar Hayat, KSA |
| 13:00 – 13:30 | Case presentation and Panel discussion | Dr Humera Mahmood, NORI |
| 13:30 – 14:15 | LUNCH & PRAYERS BREAK |
Day 2
Saturday 25th February, 2023
Venue: Grand Ballroom - C
| 14:15 – 15:15 | Session: Lung Cancer Panel of Experts: Dr David Tan Boon Harn, Dr Shobhit Baijal, Dr Guru Sharan Sah, Dr Ali Raza |
Moderator: Dr Ali Raza |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Recent advances in systemic treatment of SCLC | Dr Guru Sharan Sah, Nepal |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | Immunotherapy: Improving patient outcome across lung cancer | Dr Shobhit Baijal, UK |
| 14:50 – 15:05 | SBRT in lung cancer | Dr David Tan, Singapore |
| 15:05 – 15:15 | Panel discussion |
| 15:15 – 16:15 | Session: Hepatocellular Carcinoma Panel of Experts: Dr Najam, Dr Amer Latif, Dr Altaf Alam, Dr David Tan Boon Harn, Dr Naeem Naqi |
Moderator: Dr Najam ud Din |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Recent advances in systemic therapy of HCC | Dr Asghar H. Asghar, KIRAN |
| 15:30 – 15:45 | SRS in HCC | Dr David Tan, Singapore |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | Cases and Panel discussion |
| 16:15 – 17:15 | Session: Prof S. H. M. Zaidi Session Jury: Dr Atif Khan, Dr Asghar Hussain Asghar, Dr Arzoo Fatima |
Moderator: Dr Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi |
| 16:15 – 16:25 | Randomized control trial of Zinc sulphate in prevention of chemotherapy induced oral mucositis | Dr Aalia Mushtaq Chaudhary, FFH |
| 16:25 – 16:35 | Characteristics of Urgent Palliative Cancer Care Consultations Encountered by Radiation Oncologists | Dr M. Mohsin Fareed, USA |
| 16:35 – 16:45 | The comparison of diagnostic performance of 68Ga PSMA PET/CT and pelvic MRI in detection of prostate carcinoma | Dr Ubaira Shaukat, INMOL |
| 16:45 – 16:55 | Frequency of Changes in Treatment Plans During Daily Peer Review Meetings (PRM) in Radiation Oncology | Dr Laraib Khan, AKU |
| 16:55 – 17:05 | Outcome of hypofractionated conformal radiotherapy in clinically localized prostate cancer | Dr Mirza M. Asjad Baig, INMOL |
| 17:05 – 17:15 | Delivering curative dose to post hysterectomy cervical cancer patients with gross disease at stump area with IMRT and stump brachytherapy using interstitial needles | Dr Sana Naeem, INMOL |
| 17:15 – 17:30 | TEA BREAK | |
| 19:00 Onwards | GALA DINNER |
Day 2
Saturday 25th February, 2023
Venue: Imperial Ballroom - A
| 14:15 – 15:15 | Session: Head & Neck Panel of Experts: Dr Muhammad Ali, Dr Zeeshan Alvi, Dr Muhammad Faisal, Dr Arif Jamshed |
Moderator: Dr Arif Jamshed |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Locally advance head and neck cancer; where do we stand | Dr Zeeshan Alvi, CMH |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Advance techniques of radiotherapy in H & N tumors | Dr Muhammad Ali, Australia |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | Cases and Panel discussion | Dr Muhammad Ali, Australia |
| 15:15 – 16:15 | Session: Brain Tumors Panel of Experts: Dr Azhar Rashid, Dr Muhammad Mohsin Fareed, Dr Sameed Hussain, Dr Merdan Fayda |
Moderator: Dr Sameed Hussain |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Treatment of primary malignant brain tumors; Local experience with extreme hyopfractionated radiotherapy | Dr Azhar Rashid, NCCI |
| 15:30 – 15:50 | Novel treatment approaches with VERSA HD-HDRS | Dr Merdan Fayda, Turkiye |
| 15:50 – 16:05 | Role of extreme hyopfractionation in brain metastasis | Dr M. Mohsin Fareed, USA |
| 16:05 – 16:15 | Panel discussion and Q/A |
| 16:15 – 17:35 | Session: Dr Shamsuzzaman Session Jury: Dr M.K. Khan, Dr Akif Ullah Khan, Dr Azhar Rashid |
Moderator: Dr Sohail Murad |
| 16:15 – 16:25 | Survival rates of Patients with Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A single institution experience | Dr Sadia Sadiq, INMOL |
| 16:25 – 16:35 | Triple T “Tailoring the treatment” Experience of adaptive radiotherapy | Dr Quratulain Badar, ZU |
| 16:35 – 16:45 | Role of 18F-FES PET-CT in estrogen positive breast cancer patients | Dr Anam Fatima, AKU |
| 16:45 – 16:55 | Biological characteristics of colorectal cancers in older patients: comparison with younger population | Dr Fayaz Hussain Mangi, NIMRA |
| 16:55 – 17:05 | Analysis of efficacy and tolerability of Ribociclib in patients with metastatic hormone receptor positive, HER-2 negative breast cancer: A retrospective study from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Dr Zarlish Rehman, HMC |
| 17:05 – 17:15 | Initial experience of radiosurgery at a university hospital, a report of first 500 patients | Dr M. Atif Mansha, DUHS |
| 17:15 – 17:25 | Ten years experience of treating prostate cancer with Cyberknife SBRT | Dr Kamran Saeed, JPMC |
| 17:25 – 17:35 | Can Vitamins Cure Cancer? | Dr M. Muneeb Khan, UK |
| 17:35 – 17:50 | TEA BREAK | |
| 19:00 Onwards | GALA DINNER |
Day 3
Sunday 26th February, 2023
Venue: Grand Ballroom - C
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Session: Advance Breast Cancer Panel of Experts: Dr Humera Mahmood, Dr Misbah Masood, Dr Madan Pia |
Moderator: Dr Asghar H. Asghar |
| 09:00 – 09:20 | Success of individualized systemic treatment in ER PR +ve and Her2 -ve metastatic breast cancer | Dr M. Muneeb Khan, UK |
| 09:20 – 09:40 | Prolong Her life: Recent updates in treatment of Her2 positive metastatic breast cancer | Dr Waqas I. Ali, UK |
| 09:40 – 10:00 | Management of triple negative metastatic breast cancer | Dr Muneeb Nasir, INMOL |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Panel discussion |
| 10:30 – 12:00 | Session: Closing Ceremony | Moderator: Dr Ahmed Ijaz Masood |
| 10:30 – 10:40 | Performance and achievements of PSCO 2020-2022 | Dr Asghar H. Asghar, KIRAN |
| 10:40 – 10:50 | CME Calendar of two years | Dr Azhar Rashid, NCCI |
| 10:50 – 11:00 | Road map of PSCO | Dr Mohammad Faheem, NORI |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Disbursement of Mementoes to Executive Council and Exhibitors | |
| 11:30 – 11:35 | Vote of thanks | Dr Abubaker Shahid, INMOL |
| 11:35 – 12:00 | HI-TEA |
