London Global Cancer Week 2022
THE EFFECTS OF THE COVID PANDEMIC ON CANCER TREATMENT
Opportunities For Collaboration And Innovation
03:30 PM TO 05:30 PM (Pakistan Standard Time), Friday, 18th November, 2022
The American Association of Continuing Medical Education accredits this educational activity
for a maximum of 2.25 category I AACME credit hours.
Feedback & To Claim CME Credits
Session Chairs
– Prof Richard Sullivan, Director, Institute of Cancer Policy and Co-Director of the Centre for Conflict & Health Research, King’s College, London, UK
– Aasim Yusuf, Chief Medical Officer, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centres, Lahore & Peshawar, Pakistan
An Introduction To The Cancer And Covid-19 Taskforce
Prof Richard Sullivan, Director, Institute of Cancer Policy and Co-Director of the Centre for Conflict & Health Research, King’s College, London, UK
The Effects Of The Covid Pandemic On Cancer Treatment
Speakers & Presentations
| Dorothy Lombe
Consultant Radiation Oncologist |
’Silver Linings of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Accelerated Steps to Technology Sharing – Vaccines Made in Africa’ – Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa – Inequities in access to the vaccine against SARS CoV-2 Revolution in African leaders to shift the status quo |
| Fawad ul Qamar Head of Clinical and Radiation Oncology, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Peshawar, Pakistan |
“Innovations in Cancer Care During and Beyond COVID-19 Pandemic” – Innovations and strategies adopted during COVID 19 – Experiences during the pandemic impacting quality of care – Use of hypo-fractionated radiotherapy regimens for breast cancer, tele-medicine and virtual MDT services. – Continuing these strategies to meet the growing demand for cancer care services |
| Deborah Mukherji Medical Oncologist Clemenceau Medical Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
“Re-defining Global Cancer Research-Priorities after COVID-19″ – How COVID-19 and Cancer Global Taskforce has been engaging with international stakeholders – Focus on Low and Middle-Income Countries – Re-defining cancer research priorities following the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Raúl Murillo
Director, Centro Javeriano de Oncología, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Jveriana, Bogotá, Colombia |
– The context of the Colombian health system
– The pandemic waves and the lockdown – Trends of demand of oncology services at a reference centre – Clinical stage at diagnosis |
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