Program

Day 1 

​Friday, 6 September 2024 (1.30pm to 8.30pm)

Time

Title

Speakers

12.30pm to 1.30pm

Registration

 

1.30pm to 1.45pm

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Dr. Mohamed Salem Al-Hassan
CEO & Medical Director, NCCCR Chairman, Corporate Cancer Services, HMC

Dr. Mohammed Ussama Al Homsi
Deputy Medical Director for Education, Research and Quality, Senior Consultant Medical Oncologist, NCCCR

Session 1 - Moderators: Dr. Asma El Hassan & Dr. Mohamed Siralkhatim

1.45pm to 2.05pm

Melanoma/Skin Cancers/Sarcoma (Abstract LBA2): Neoadjuvant nivolumab plus ipilimumab versus adjuvant nivolumab in macroscopic, resectable stage III melanoma: The phase 3 NADINA trial

Dr. Asma El Hassan
Senior Consultant Medical Oncologist, NCCCR

2.05pm to 2.25pm

Melanoma/Skin Cancers/Sarcoma (Abstract LBA9503): Combination of encorafenib and binimetinib followed by ipilimumab and nivolumab versus ipilimumab and nivolumab in patients with advanced BRAF-V600E/K-mutated melanoma: The primary analysis of an EORTC randomized phase II study (EBIN)

Dr. Ashraf Awadelkarim
Associate Consultant Medical Oncologist, NCCCR

2.25pm to 2.40pm

Melanoma/Skin Cancers/Sarcoma (Abstract 9500): Long-term follow up for adjuvant dabrafenib plus trametinib in stage III BRAF-mutated melanoma: Final results of the COMBI-AD study

Dr. Mutie Ullah Ahmed
Clinical Fellow, Oncologist, NCCCR

2.40pm to 2.55pm

Melanoma/Skin Cancers/Sarcoma (LBA9512): Individualized neoantigen therapy mRNA-4157 (V940) plus pembrolizumab in resected melanoma: 3-year update from the mRNA-4157-P201 (KEYNOTE-942) trial

Dr. Mohamed Aboagla
Clinical Fellow, Oncologist, NCCCR

2.55pm to 3.10pm

PANEL DISCUSSION

3.10pm to 3.30pm

Prayer and Coffee Break

Session 2 - Moderators: Dr. Salha Bujassoum & Dr. Mufid El Mistiri

3.30pm to 3.50pm

Breast Cancer - Metastatic (Abstract 1021): TBCRC 048 (olaparib expanded) expansion cohorts: Phase 2 study of olaparib monotherapy in patients (pts) with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) with germline (g) mutations in PALB2 or somatic (s) mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2

Dr. Salha Bujassoum
Chair of Medical Oncology and Palliative Care, Senior Consultant Medical Oncologist, NCCCR

3.50pm to 4.10pm

Breast Cancer - Metastatic (Abstract LBA1000): Trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) vs physician’s choice of chemotherapy (TPC) in patients (pts) with hormone receptor-positive (HR+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-low or HER2-ultralow metastatic breast cancer (mBC) with prior endocrine therapy (ET): Primary results from DESTINY-Breast06 (DB-06)

Dr. Khalid Al-Baimani
Senior Consultant Medical Oncologist,
Head of Medical Oncology Department,
Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer
Care and Research Center, Oman

4.10pm to 4.30pm

Breast Cancer - Metastatic (Abstract 1007): Trastuzumab and pertuzumab in combination with eribulin mesylate or a taxane as first-line chemotherapeutic treatment for HER2-positive, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer: Results of a multicenter, randomized, non-inferiority phase 3 trial in Japan (JBCRG-M06/EMERALD)

Dr. Francois Calaud
Senior Consultant Medical Oncologist, NCCCR

4.30pm to 4.50pm

Breast Cancer - Local/Regional/Adjuvant (Abstract LBA502): Correlation of serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels on identification of premenopausal patients (pts) with hormone receptor positive (HR+), HER2-negative, node-positive breast cancer most likely to benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy in SWOG S1007 (RxPONDER)

Dr. Abdulwahab Al-Tourah
Consultant Medical Oncologist,
Head of Medical Oncology, 
Kuwait Cancer Control Center, Kuwait

4.50pm to 5.10pm

Breast Cancer - Metastatic (Abstract LBA1001): Abemaciclib plus fulvestrant vs fulvestrant alone for HR+, HER2- advanced breast cancer following progression on a prior CDK4/6 inhibitor plus endocrine therapy: Primary outcome of the phase 3 postMONARCH trial

Dr. Ahlam Yousif
Consultant Medical Oncologist, NCCCR


5.10pm to 5.30pm

Breast Cancer - Local/Regional/Adjuvant (Abstract LBA500): A-BRAVE trial: A phase III randomized trial with avelumab in early triple-negative breast cancer with residual disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy or at high risk after primary surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy

Prof. Humaid Al-Shamsi
CEO of Burjeel Cancer Institute,
President of Emirates Oncology Society, UAE

5.30pm to 5.50pm

PANEL DISCUSSION

5.50pm to 6.10pm

Prayer and Coffee Break

Session 3 – Moderators: Dr. Francois Calaud & Dr. Hind El Malik


6.10pm to 6.30pm

Breast Cancer - Local/Regional/Adjuvant (Abstract 505): Correlation of serum anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels on identification of premenopausal patients (pts) with hormone receptor positive (HR+), HER2-negative, node-positive breast cancer most likely to benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy in SWOG S1007 (RxPONDER)

Dr. Mufid El Mistiri
Senior Consultant Medical Oncologist, NCCCR

6.30pm to 6.50pm

Breast Cancer - Local/Regional/Adjuvant (Abstract LBA507): Prognostic utility of ctDNA detection in the monarchE trial of adjuvant abemaciclib plus endocrine therapy (ET) in HR+, HER2-, node-positive, high-risk early breast cancer (EBC)

Dr. Cicy Mary Jacob
Consultant Medical Oncologist, NCCCR

6.50pm to 7.10pm

Breast Cancer - Metastatic (Abstract LBA1002): Palbociclib plus exemestane with GnRH agonist vs capecitabine in premenopausal patients with HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer: Updated survival results of the randomized phase 2 study Young-PEARL

Dr. Mohammed Gaber
Medical Oncologist, NCCCR

7.10pm to 730pm

Gynecologic Cancer (Abstract 5511): Final A phase II study of fulvestrant and abemaciclib in hormone receptor positive advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer

Dr. Hind El Malik
Senior Consultant Medical Oncologist, NCCCR

7.30pm to 7.50pm

Gynecologic Cancer (Abstract 5506): Phase II randomized multi-centre study of neoadjuvant Olaparib in patients with platinum sensitive relapsed high grade serous ovarian cancer: The NEO trial.

Dr. Shaza Bek
Medical Oncologist, NCCCR

7.50pm to 8.10pm

Gynecologic Cancer (Abstract 5504): Adjuvant chemotherapy following concurrent chemoradiation (CRT) in patients with high-risk early-stage cervical carcinoma following radical hysterectomy: Results of NRG oncology/RTOG 0724/GOG-0724.

Dr. Suparna Chandramouli
Associate Consultant Radiation Oncologist, NCCCR

8.10pm to 8.25pm

PANEL DISCUSSION

8:25pm to 8:30pm

Day 1 Closing Remarks

8.30pm

Dinner ​