ONCO 2023

24th Annual Cancer Congress

Chairman

Dr AbuBakar Shahid

CO Chairman

Dr Rab Nawaz Makeen

Dr Abu Bakar Shahid

Chairman

Director & Chief Consultant at INMOL Cancer Hospital Lahore

Dr Rab Nawaz Maken

Co Chairman

Consultant Oncologist at INMOL Cancer Hospital

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

Day1

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 – 18:00Session: US-Pakistan Oncology Working GroupMod. : Dr M. Khurram Khan
16:30 – 16:35IntroductionDr M. Khurram Khan, USA
16:35 – 16:45Presentation of Agha Khan HospitalDr Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, AKU
16:45 – 16:55Presentation of SKMCH & RCDr Farah Rasheed, SKMCH
16:55 – 17:05Moving forwardDr Abubaker Shahid, INMOL
17:05 – 17:25International collaborative fight against cancerDr C. Norman Coleman, USA
17:25 – 17:45Role of IAEA in fight against cancer at Global and Regional levelDr May Abdel Wahab, IAEA
17:45 – 18:00 Open Discussion 
18:00 – 19:00 Session: US-Pakistan Oncology Working Group Mod. : 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

Day2

Saturday 25th February, 2023

Venue: Grand Ballroom - C

09:00 – 10:00 Session: Advances in Radiotherapy – 1 Moderator: Dr Bibek Acharia
Panel of Experts: Dr Azhar Rashid, Dr Muhammad Muneeb Khan, Dr Eleonora Lanzi, Dr Nour Uri
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 – 11:15Session: Advances in Radiotherapy – 2Moderator: Dr Atif Khan
 
Panel of Experts: Dr Merdan Fayda, Dr Mansoor Ahmed, Dr Majid Mohiuddin, Dr Atif Khan
 
10:00 – 10:20High precision radiotherapy with 1.5 T MR LinacDr Merdan Fayda, Turkiye
10:20 – 10:40Radiotherapy Immune ModulationDr Mansoor Ahmed, USA
10:40 – 11:00Spatially Fractionated GRID RadiotherapyDr Majid Mohiuddin, USA
11:00 – 11:15Panel discussion 
11:15 – 11:30TEA BREAK 
11:30 – 12:20 Session: Dr Maqbool Shahid Session Moderator: Dr Numair Younis
Panel of Experts: Dr Mutahar Ali Tunio, Dr Arzoo Fatima, Dr Sadia Sadiq, Dr Akif Ullah Khan, Dr Shazia Fatima
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 – 13:30Session: Haem-OncologyModerator: Dr Rija Tariq
 
Panel of Experts: Dr Shabeeha K. Rana, Dr M. Khurram Khan, Dr Nadia Sajid, Dr Muneeb Nasir
 
12:20 – 12:40New era in management of DLBCLDr Shabeeha K. Rana, UAE
12:40 – 13:00Radiotherapy in lymphoma; Why and how we do itDr M. Khurram Khan, USA
13:00 – 13:10Hyper CVAD in the management of ALLDr Zara Kiyani, INMOL
13:10 – 13:20Frequency of CNS involvement in Burkett’s LymphomaDr Shukria, INMOL
13:20 – 13:30Panel discussion 
13:30 – 14:15LUNCH & PRAYERS BREAK 

Day2

Saturday 25th February, 2023

Venue: Imperial Ballroom - A

09:00 – 10:00 Session: GIT Malignancies Moderator: Dr Aun Jamal
Panel of Experts: Dr Aun Jamal, Dr Nasir Ali, Dr Asif Masood, Dr Rana Irfan Mahmood
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 – 11:20Session: GenitourinaryModerator: Dr Sameed Hussain
 
Panel of Experts: Dr Rana Irfan Mahmood, Dr Muhammad Ali, Dr Mutahar Ali Tunio, Dr Numair Younas
 
10:00 – 10:15Non-surgical management of early prostate cancerDr Rana Irfan Mahmood, UAE
10:15 – 10:25Ga-68 PSMA scanning in the management of prostate cancer Dr Numair Younas, INMOL
10:25 – 10:40New bullets: Theranostics in prostate cancerDr Mutahar Ali Tunio, UK
10:40 – 10:55Emerging role of SABR in the management of renal cell carcinomaDr Muhammad Ali, Australia
10:55 – 11:05Panel discussion 
11:05 – 11:20TEA BREAK 
11:20 – 12:25 Session: Early Breast Cancer Mod. : Dr Humera Mahmood
Panel of Experts: Dr Misbah Masood, Dr Waqas I. Ali, Dr Khizar Hayat, Dr Atif Khan, 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 – 13:30Session: Gynecological TumorsModerator: Dr Nabila Javed
 
Panel of Experts: Dr Humera Mahmood, Dr Khizar Hayat, Dr Rana Irfan Mahmood, Dr Misbah Masood
 
12:25 – 12:40Recent advances of radiotherapy in gynaecological tumorsDr Rana Irfan Mahmood, UAE
12:40 – 13:00Brachytherapy in Ca Cervix; Intra-cavitory and InterstitialDr Khizar Hayat, KSA
13:00 – 13:30Case presentation and Panel discussionDr Humera Mahmood, NORI
13:30 – 14:15LUNCH & PRAYERS BREAK 

Day2

Saturday 25th February, 2023

Venue: Grand Ballroom - C

14:15 – 15:15Session: Lung CancerModerator: Dr Ali Raza
 
Panel of Experts: Dr David Tan Boon Harn, Dr Shobhit Baijal, Dr Guru Sharan Sah, Dr Ali Raza
 
14:15 – 14:30Recent advances in systemic treatment of SCLCDr Guru Sharan Sah, Nepal
14:30 – 14:50Immunotherapy: Improving patient outcome across lung cancerDr Shobhit Baijal, UK
14:50 – 15:05SBRT in lung cancerDr David Tan, Singapore
15:05 – 15:15Panel discussion 
15:15 – 16:15 Session: Hepatocellular Carcinoma Moderator: Dr Najam ud Din
Panel of Experts: Dr Najam, Dr Amer Latif, Dr Altaf Alam, Dr David Tan Boon Harn, Dr Naeem Naqi
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 Mod. : Ahmed Nadeem Abbasi
Jury: Dr Atif Khan, Dr Asghar Hussain Asghar, Dr Arzoo Fatima
16:15 – 16:25 Randomized control trial of Zinc sulphate in prevention of chemother- apy 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

Day2

Saturday 25th February, 2023

Venue: Imperial Ballroom - A

14:15 – 15:15Session: Head & NeckModerator: Dr Arif Jamshed
 
Panel of Experts: Dr Muhammad Ali, Dr Zeeshan Alvi, Dr Muhammad Faisal, Dr Arif Jamshed
 
14:15 – 14:30Locally advance head and neck cancer; where do we standDr Zeeshan Alvi, CMH
14:30 – 14:45Advance techniques of radiotherapy in H & N tumorsDr Muhammad Ali, Australia
14:45 – 15:15Cases and Panel discussionDr Muhammad Ali, Australia
15:15 – 16:15Session: Brain TumorsMod. : Dr Sameed Hussain
 
Panel of Experts: Dr Azhar Rashid, Dr Muhammad Mohsin Fareed, Dr Sameed Hussain, Dr Merdan Fayda
 
15:15 – 15:30Treatment of primary malignant brain tumors; Local experience with extreme hyopfractionated radiotherapyDr Azhar Rashid, NCCI
15:30 – 15:50Novel treatment approaches with VERSA HD-HDRSDr Merdan Fayda, Turkiye
15:50 – 16:05Role of extreme hyopfractionation in brain metastasisDr M. Mohsin Fareed, USA
16:05 – 16:15Panel discussion and Q/A 
16:15 – 17:35Session: Dr Shamsuzzaman SessionModerator: Dr Sohail Murad
 
Jury: Dr M.K. Khan, Dr Akif Ullah Khan, Dr Azhar Rashid
 
16:15 – 16:25Survival rates of Patients with Nasopharyngeal carcinoma:A single institution experience.Dr Sadia Sadiq, INMOL
16:25 – 16:35Triple T “Tailoring the treatment” Experience of adaptive radiotherapyDr Quratulain Badar, ZU
16:35 – 16:45Role of 18F-FES PET-CT in estrogen positive breast cancer patients.Dr Anam Fatima, AKU
16:45 – 16:55Biological characteristics of colorectal cancers in older patient’s comparison with younger population.Dr Fayaz Hussain Mangi, NIMRA
16:55 – 17:05Analysis 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 – 17:15Initial experience of radiosurgery at a university hospital, a report of first 500 patients.Dr M. Atif Mansha, DUHS
17:15 – 17:25Ten years experience of treating prostate cancer with Cyberknife SBRTDr Kamran Saeed, JPMC
17:25 – 17:35Can Vitamins Cure Cancer?Dr M. Muneeb Khan, UK 
17:35 – 17:50TEA BREAK 
19:00 OnwardsGALA DINNER 

Day3

Sunday 26th February, 2023

Venue: Grand Ballroom - C

09:00 – 10:30 Session: Advance Breast Cancer Mod. : Dr Asghar H. Asghar
 
Panel of Experts: Dr Humera Mahmood, Dr Misbah Masood, Dr Madan Pia
 
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 Closing Ceremony Mod. : 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 Concil and Exhibitors
11:30 – 11:35 Vote of thanks Dr Abubaker Shahid, INMOL
11:35 – 12:00 HI-TEA