Preliminary Programme
This Advanced Course will be online from India. The times in the programme below are based on Indian Standard Time (IST). This course will not be recorded nor available on-demand. Therefore, you will need to attend the course from 09:00am to 05:30pm Indian Standard Time (IST).
08:30 – 09:00 Welcome remarks & Keynote Address
Dr. Etienne Brain
09:00 – 09:30 Challenges in Geriatric Oncology with special focus in LMIC’s
Dr. Vanita Noronha
Dr. Joyita Banerjee
9.30-10.10 Estimating life expectancy in older patients with cancer using E-
prognosis/Schonberg index
Q&A
Dr. Haydee Verduzco
10:10 – 10:50 Geriatric Assessment and its application in Geriatric oncology.
Q&A
Dr. N. N Prem
10:50- 11:10 Break
11:10 – 11.50 Polypharmacy and drug metabolism in older persons with cancer
Q&A Dr. Vikram Gota (TBC)
11:50 – 12:30 Prediction of Toxicity of Chemotherapy in Older Patients and integration in day-to-day practice
Q&A Dr. Kumar Prabhash (TBC)
12.30-13.10 Management of lung cancer in older adults
Q&A Dr. Vanita Noronha
13: 10– 14:10 Lunch
14:10– 15:40 Multi-Disciplinary Team Case Study: Early & Metastatic Genito urinary cancer
Medical Oncologist: Dr. Shintaro Narita and Dr. Ravindran Kanesvaran
Geriatricians: Dr. Anita Kumar (TBC) and Dr. Manicka Saravanan
15:40: 16.00 Break
16:00 – 17:30 Multi-Disciplinary Team Case Study: Early & Metastatic Breast Cancer
Medical Oncologists: Dr. Etienne Brain and Dr. Janice Tsang
Geriatricians: Dr. Jennifer Myint and Dr. Anupa Pillai
08:30 – 09:10 Frailty Assessment, QOL, Supportive and Palliative care in Geriatric Oncology
Q&A Dr. G Venugopalan
09:10– 9:50 Management of Prostate cancer in older adults
Dr. Akhil Kapoor (TBC)
9:50 – 10:30 Geriatric oncology clinic models
Dr. Andrew Chan
10:30 – 11.00 Break
11:00 – 12:30 Multi-Disciplinary Team Case Study: Early & Metastatic Lung Cancer
Dr. Tanujaa Rajasekaran and Dr. Tomonori Mizutani
Dr. N. N Prem and Dr. Hiroyuki Umegaki
12:30 -13:30 Lunch
13:30 –15:00 Multi-Disciplinary Team Case Study: Early & Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Dr. Kumar Prabhash (TBC), Dr. Tomonori Mizutani, Dr. Hiroyuki Umegaki , Dr. Abhijith Rao
15:00 – 16:30 Multi-Disciplinary Team Case Study: Head and neck cancers in the elderly
Dr. Vanita Noronha, Dr. Purabi Mahajan, Dr. Abhijith Rao, Dr. Anupa Pillai
16:30- 17.20 Two Case presentations from delegates
Dr. Vanita Noronha, Dr. TVSVGK Tilak (TBC)
Dr. N.N Prem, Dr. Andrew Chan and /or Dr. Joyita Banerjee
17:20 – 17: 30 Closing remarks
Dr. Joyita Banerjee
DETAILS
Date: Saturday, 24 & Sunday 25 June, 2023
Location: Online (Zoom)
