Programs

Day 2.  Saturday, 27 November 2021

Time

Title

Speakers

8am - 8.20am

Session 1:  Gastrointestinal Cancer - Gastroesophageal, Pancreatic, and Hepatobiliary: Hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy of oxaliplatin plus fluorouracil versus sorafenib in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma: A biomolecular exploratory, randomized, phase 3 trial (The FOHAIC-1 study). 

Dr. Arwa Isameldin Ahmed 

Consultant Medical Oncology, National Centre for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar. 

8.20am - 8.40am

Session 2:  Gastrointestinal Cancer - Colorectal and Anal: Final overall survival for the phase 3 KN177 study: Pembrolizumab versus chemotherapy in microsatellite instability-high/mismatch repair deficient metastatic colorectal cancer

Dr. Kakil Ibrahim

Sr. Consultant Medical Oncology, National Centre for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

8.40am - 9.00am

Session 3:  Gastrointestinal Cancer - Gastroesophageal, Pancreatic, and Hepatobiliary: Adjuvant nivolumab (NIVO) in resected esophageal or gastroesophageal junction cancer (EC/GEJC) following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT): expanded efficacy and safety analyses from CheckMate 577.40 Ronan Joseph Kelly, MBA, MD

Dr. Alaaeldin Shablak

Consultant Medical Oncology, National Centre for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar 

9.00am - 9.20am

Session 4:  Gastrointestinal Cancer - Colorectal and Anal: The TRUSTY study: A randomized phase 2/3 study of trifluridine/tipiracil plus bevacizumab versus irinotecan and fluoropyrimidine plus bevacizumab as second-line treatment in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer

Dr. Mohamed Sir

Consultant Medical Oncology, National Centre for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

9.20am - 9.40am

Session 5:  Gastrointestinal Cancer - Colorectal and Anal: Trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd; DS-8201) in patients (pts) with HER2-expressing metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC): Final results from a phase 2, multicenter, open-label study (DESTINY-CRC01)

Dr. Mai Mostafa

Associate Consultant Medical Oncology, National Centre for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

9.40am - 10am

Session 6:  Melanoma/Skin Cancers: Relatlimab (RELA) + nivolumab (NIVO) versus NIVO in first-line advanced melanoma: Primary phase 3 results from RELATIVITY-047 (CA224-047)

Dr. Asma El Hassan

Sr. Consultant Medical Oncologist, National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

10am - 10.20am

Session 7:  Melanoma/Skin Cancers: Crossover and rechallenge with pembrolizumab in recurrent patients from the EORTC 1325-MG/Keynote-054 phase 3 trial, pembrolizumab versus placebo after complete resection of high-risk stage III melanoma

Dr. Ashraf Awad

Associate Consultant Medical Oncologist, National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

10.20am - 10.50am

Break

10.50am - 11am

Session 8:  Sarcoma: Eribulin and gemcitabine in previously treated patients with advanced liposarcoma or leiomyosarcoma: A multicenter, single-arm, phase 2-trial

Dr. Asma El Hassan

Sr. Consultant Medical Oncologist, National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

11am - 11.10am

Session 9:  Sarcoma: High clinical activity of pembrolizumab in chordoma, alveolar soft part sarcoma (ASPS) and other rare sarcoma histotypes

Dr. Asma El Hassan

Sr. Consultant Medical Oncologist, National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

11.10am - 11.30am

Session 10: Central Nervous System Tumors: Efficacy and safety of larotrectinib in adult and pediatric patients with tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) fusion-positive primary central nervous system tumors

Dr. Ashraf Awad

Associate Consultant Medical Oncologist, National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

11.30am - 11.50am

Session 11:  Head and Neck Cancer: Camrelizumab versus placebo combined with gemcitabine and cisplatin for recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A randomized, double-blind, phase III trial

Dr. Alaaeldin Kanbour

Consultant Medical Oncology, National Centre for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

11.50am - 12.10pm

Session 12:  Genitourinary Cancer - Kidney and Bladder: Final analysis of KEYNOTE-426: Pembrolizumab plus axitinib versus sunitinib as first-line therapy for advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC)

Dr. Abdulrahman Zar Gul

Sr. Consultant, Medical Oncology, National Centre for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

12.10pm - 12.30pm

Session 13:  Genitourinary Cancer - Kidney and Bladder:  Avelumab first line (1L) maintenance for advanced urothelial carcinoma (UC): Analysis of clinical and genomic subgroups from the JAVELIN Bladder 100 trial

Dr. Abdulrahman Zar Gul

Sr. Consultant, Medical Oncology, National Centre for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

12:30pm - 1pm

Break

1pm - 1.20pm

Session 14:  Genitourinary Cancer - Kidney and Bladder:  Nivolumab plus cabozantinib in patients with non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma: Results of a phase 2 trial

Dr. Ammar Madani

Associate Consultant Medical Oncology, National Centre for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

1.20pm -1.40pm

Session 15:  Genitourinary Cancer - Kidney and Bladder: Phase II trial of durvalumab plus tremelimumab with concurrent radiotherapy (RT) in patients (pts) with localized muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) treated with a selective bladder preservation approach: IMMUNOPRESERVE-SOGUG trial. *

Dr. Rajiv Apsani

Specialist Radiation Oncologist, National center for cancer care and research, Hamad medical corporation, Qatar

1.40pm -2pm

Session 16:  Care Delivery and Regulatory Policy: Association between Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act and survival among newly diagnosed cancer patients

Ms. Wafaa Shehada

Clinical Nurse Specialist, Breast Cancer, National Centre for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

Ms. Shaikha Mohsen Al-Keldi

Clinical Nurse Specialist, National Centre for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

2pm - 2.20pm

Session 17:  Care Delivery and Regulatory Policy: Documentation of goals of care (GOC) by medical oncologists is associated with improved oncology patient end-of-life (EOL) care outcomes.

Ms. Asma Mohammad

Clinical Nurse Specialist, National Centre for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar.

2.20pm - 2.40pm

Session 18: Developmental Therapeutics - Molecularly Targeted Agents and Tumor Biology: 

Racial and ethnic disparities among participants in precision oncology clinical studies. 

Dr. Anas  Hamad 

Director Pharmacy, National Centre for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar. 

2.40pm - 3pm

Closing Remarks

Dr. Ussama Al Homsi

Deputy Medical Director, Education, Quality and Research, National Centre for Cancer Care and Research. Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar