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Singapore Sarcoma, Skin & Rare Cancers Symposium
Programme

Clear Water Ripples

Scientific Programme Day 1 (20 July)

0830 – 0900

Registration

0900 – 0905 

Opening Speech & Welcome Address

Prof Lim Soon Thye  

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SESSION 1: Merging Shared Expertise: Managing Rare Cancers

Session Chair: Dr Nagavalli Somasundaram

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0905 – 0925 (20 min)

Plenary Speaker:  Rare by Diagnosis, United by Unmet Need: Building Systems of Care for Rare Cancers

KOL Speaker: Associate Professor Yeh Chen Lee, University of New South Wales

0925 – 0940 (15 min)

Flash Talk 1:  The NCCS Rare Cancer Service

Local Speaker: Dr Nagavalli Somasundaram

0940 – 1020 (40 min)

Fireside Chat: Embers of Insight, Illuminating Rare Cancers

Moderators: Dr Law Yi Chye (NCCS), Dr Jason Chan (NCCS), Dr Mohamad Farid Bin Harunal Rashid (NCCS), Dr Eileen Poon, Dr Sathiyamoorthy Selvarajan, Dr Johnny Ong (NCCS), Dr Henry Soeharno, Patient

1020 - 1030 (10 min)

Ceremony: Launch of the NCCS Rare Cancer Service

Invited Drs: Prof Lim Soon Thye, Prof Tan Mann Hong, Dr Jason Chan, Dr Ravindran Kanesvaran,Dr Nagavalli, Dr Law Yi Chye, Dr Claramae Chia, Dr Johnny Ong, Dr Bryan Ho, Dr Nei Wen Long

1030 – 1045 (15 min)

Flash Talk 2:  Clinical Management of Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors Book

Local Speaker: Dr Mark Puhaindran

1045 – 1125 (40 min)

Patient Sharing Session:

Facilitated by DPO Ms Emily Tan (25 min + Q&A 10 min)

1125 – 1220 (55 min)

Lunch /

concurrent with Lunch Symposium (Zuellig)

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SESSION 2: Beyond the Surface: Skin Cancers & More

Session Chair: Dr Oh Choon Chiat (SGH) & Dr Martin Chio (NSC)

 

1300 – 1315 (15 min)

Flash Talk 3 – Evolving landscape in Melanoma

Local Speaker – Dr Mohamad Farid Bin Harunal Rashid (NCCS)

1315 – 1330 (15 min)

Flash Talk 4 – Skin Cancer Syndromes

Local Speaker – Dr Lynette Wee Wei Yi (KKH)

1330 – 1345 (15 min)

Flash Talk 5 – The Future of Imaging in Diagnosis of Skin Cancers

Local Speaker – Dr Steven Thng Tien Guan (NSC)

1345 – 1400 (15 min)

Flash Talk 6 – Skin Cancer Research

Local Speaker – Dr Peter Goon Kin Cho (NUH)

1400 – 1515 (75 min)

Live Tumour Board – Beyond the Surface: Skin Cancers & More  

Moderators – Dr Oh Choon Chiat (SGH), Dr Martin Chio (NSC), Dr Tan Wen Hao (SGH), Dr Chiang Jianbang (NCCS), Dr Nei Wen Long (NCCS), Dr Claramae (NCCS), Dr Koo Si Xuan (SGH)

1515 – 1545 (30 min) 

Tea Break /

concurrent with L'Oréal Industry Sponsored Slot

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SESSION 3: Head and Neck Sarcomas

Session Chair: Dr Rahul Harshad Nagadia (NCCS)

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1620 – 1635 (15 min)

Flash Talk 7 – Surgical considerations in Head and Neck Sarcomas

Local Speaker – Dr Rahul Harshad Nagadia (NCCS)

1635– 1650 (15 min)

Flash Talk 8 – Role of Radiotherapy/ Proton therapy in HNN Sarcomas

Local Speaker – Dr Kiattisa Sommat (NCCS)

1650 – 1705 (15 min)

Flash Talk 9 – Systemic therapy considerations in HNN Sarcomas

Local Speaker – Dr  Lim Jianri (TTSH)

1705 – 1720 (15 min)

Flash Talk 10 – Angiosarcoma from Biology to Clinical Trials

Local Speaker – Dr  Elhadi Iich (NCCS – CDH)

1720 – 1730 (10 min)

Q&A – Panel

1730 – 1735 (5 min)

Closing Address Day 1

Dr Nagavalli Somasundaram

1530 – 1615  (45 min)

L'Oréal Industry Sponsored Slot / concurrent w Tea Break

1210 – 1255 (45 min)

Zuellig Industry Sponsored Slot / concurrent w Lunch

Clear Water Ripples

Scientific Programme Day 2 (21July)

0830 – 0900

Registration

0900 – 0905

Opening Speech & Welcome Address

Dr Johnny Ong (NCCS)

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SESSION 4: Multidisciplinary Approaches to SPRinT

Session Chair: Dr Jolene Wong (SGH)

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0905 - 0925 (20 min)

Opening Plenary:  Evolution of Surgical Sarcoma Service in Singapore and the World

Local Speaker  – Dr Johnny Ong Chin-Ann (NCCS)

0925 – 0940 (15 min)

Flash Talk 1:  Laparoscopic Approaches of Sarcoma

Local Speaker  – Dr Jolene Wong (SGH)  

0940 – 0955 (15 min)

Flash Talk 2:  Local Therapies in Sarcoma

Local Speaker  – Dr Too Chow Wei (SGH)  

0955 – 1025 (30 min)

Fireside Chat: Role of Molecular Diagnostics in Sarcoma

Moderators: Dr Law Yi Chye (NCCS)

Medical Oncology: Dr Jason Chan (NCCS), Dr Mohamad Farid Bin Harunal Rashid (NCCS)

Pathologists: Dr Benjamin Livingston (SGH), Dr Aw Sze Jet (KKH)

1025 – 1040 (15 min)

Q&A – Panel

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SESSION 5: CNS tumors

Session Chair: Dr Tham Chee Kian (NCCS)

 

1040 – 1055 (15 min)

Flash Talk 3 – Intracranial Germ Cell Tumours and Medulloblastoma

Local Speaker: Dr Enrica Tan Ee Kar (KKH)

1055 – 1110 (15 min)

Flash Talk 4 – Radiation Perspectives on Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors and Medulloblastoma

Local Speaker: Dr Looi Wen Shen (NCCS)

1110 – 1125 (15 min)

Flash Talk 5 – IDH1 Mutant Gliomas

Local Speaker: Dr Tham Chee Kian (NCCS)

1125 – 1140 (15 min)

Q&A – Panel

1140 – 1235 (55 min)

Lunch

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SESSION 6: Standing Strong: Tackling Orthopaedic Oncology

Session Chair:  Dr Lester Chan Wai Mon

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1240 – 1255 (15 min)

Flash Talk 6 – Aggressive (Desmoid) Fibromatosis – watch, wait and what next?

Local Speaker – Dr Lester Chan

1255– 1310 (15 min)

Flash Talk 7 – Ewing’s Sarcoma – Multimodality treatment – lessons from Birmingham

Local Speaker – Dr Kumaran Rasappan  

1310 – 1325 (15 min)

Flash Talk 8 – TS-GCT – The good, the bad and the ugly

Local Speaker – Dr Chan Chung Ming  

1325 – 1340 (15 min)

Flash Talk 9 – Approach to systemic therapy of TSGCT

Local Speaker – Dr Tan Ya Hwee

1340 - 1400 (20 min)

Q&A – Panel

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SESSION 7: Deep Dive into Rare Cancers – Navigating Complexities

Session Chair: Dr Johnny Ong (NCCS)

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1400 - 1510 (70 min)

Regional Experience in Rare Cancer (Case Series from Intl Participants)

1400 – 1410 (10 min)

Immunotherapy for Malignant Melanoma: Clinical & Basic Research in Chinese Patients

Intl Speaker: Dr. Sun Wei, Dep of Bone and Soft Tissue Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Centre

1410 – 1420 (10 min)

A case of Comprehensive Treatment for Advanced Recurrent Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin 

Intl Speaker: Prof. Li Min, Head of Dermatology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University (Suzhou Dushu Hospital)

1420 – 1430 (10 min)

Enhancing Preoperative Diagnosis of Rare adrenal neoplasms Clinical Validation of the MA-YOLO Deep Learning Framework in multiphase CT

Intl Speaker: Shan Liyu, Dept of Gastric & Small Intestine, Yunnan Cancer Hospital

1430 – 1440 (10 min)

Surgical Management Strategies & MDT Practice for Petroperitoneal Leiomyosarcoma A Single- Centre Case Series

Intl Speaker: Dr Duan Yuanpeng, Dept of Urology, Yunnan Cancer Hospital

1440 – 1450 (10 min)

Clinicopathological Characteristics & Prognostic Model Construction for Malignant Melanoma of the Digestive System

Intl Speaker: Dr Long Tingfeng, Dept of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Yunnan Cancer Hospital

1500 – 1520 (20 min)

Tea Break

1525 – 1640 (75 min)

Live Tumour board on Rare Cancers  

Panel – Dr Sathiyamoorthy Selvarajan, Dr Tiffany Hennedige, Dr Esther Chang, Dr Nei Wen Long (NCCS), Dr Johnny Ong (NCCS), Dr Yeh Chen Lee

1640 – 1645

Closing Address Day 2

Dr Nei Wen Long (NCCS)

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