Programme

Provisional Programme

07:00-17:00 REGISTRATION
BREAKFAST SYMPOSIA
08:30-09:30

SASMO: Pfizer

Topic: Next generation treatment in ALK positive NSCLC: The era of targeted therapies.
Next generation treatment in ALK positive NSCLC

Speaker: Dr Rosario Garcia Campelo

Chair: Dr Sze Wai Chan

SASCeTS: THERMO FISHER

Topic: Genetic Characterization of Lymphoid cancers using a newly developed Community Next Generation Sequencing Panel
Speaker: Dr Raquel Viana
 

SESSION 1
10:00-12:30

Joint Plenary

Chairs: Prof Estelle Verburgh and Prof Georgia Demetriou

DKMS Symposium
Chair: Erna West
10.00-10:05 Opening
Dr Devan Moodley and Dr Justin Du Toit  
DKMS Symposium Opening
Dr Alexander Schmidt
10:05-10:30 Update on BCell Malignancies
Professor Stephan Opat
Meeting Lifesavers
Kwazi Mhlongo
10:30-11:10 Hodgkins lymphoma. Brentuximab vedotin in first line.
Dr Anna Sureda
Apheresis and processing SANBS
Dr Tanya Glatt
Dr Yona Skosana
11:10-11:30 REFRESHMENT BREAK
11:30-12:00 Beyond remission: secondary primary malignancies in patients with lymphoma post auto transplant
Dr Carmelo Gurnari
History of unrelated donor registries – impact on transplant journey
Sr Gabi Rall
12:00-12:30 Lymphoma genomics
Professor Stephan Opat
DKMS Patient Services
Kwazi Mhlongo
12:30-13:30 REFRESHMENT BREAK
LUNCH SYMPOSIA
12:30-13:30

SASMO: Novartis

Topic: The Era of CDK4/6 inhibitors in the management of early breast cancer
Speaker: Prof Guiseppe Curigliano
Virtual

SASCeTS: Janssen

Topic:  Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
Speaker: Prof Martin Trepel

Chair: Dr Andrew McDonald

SESSION 2
13:30-15:30

SASMO: BREAST TRACK

Chairs: Dr Aaron Ndhlumi & Dr KeoTabane

SASCeTS: DONOR SELECTION

Chairs: Michael Cass

13:30-14:00 Genomic Signatures in Breast Cancers
Dr Martine Piccart
DKMS Africa: our approach to give more patients in South Africa a second chance at life
Dr Theo Gerdener
14:00-14:30 An approach to a metastatic Breast Cancer patient
Prof Guiseppe Curigliano
Virtual
SABMR – Donor experiences and an approach to the minor donor.
Prof Galen Switzer
14:30-15:00 DAC/ADC in breast cancer.
Dr Martine Piccart
Germline mutations in haematological malignancies & impact on donor selection
Dr Carmelo Gurnari
15:00-15:30 NAPBC standards improving quality of care.
Dr Tony Nguyen
Virtual

Panel Discussion
Current Practices in donor selection

Facilitated by Dr Julia Pingel

15:30-16:00 REFRESHMENT BREAK
SESSION 3
16:00-18:00

SASMO: Lung Session

Chairs: Dr Sze Wai Chan & Dr Jacqueline Hall

SASCeTS: Bone marrow failure syndromes

Chairs: Dr Justin du Toit & Dr Candice Hendricks

16:00-16:30 How to incorporate the latest data for the treatment of EGFR mutation positive NSCLC
Dr Jordi Remon
HAPLO transplant in Fanconi anaemia with PTCY method.
Dr Carmem Bonfim
16:30-17:00 Approach to resectable NSCLC – eoadjuvant, peri-operative or adjuvant?
Dr RG Campelo
Improving access to allogeneic transplant for AA patients in public sector. Challenges to solutions
Dr Thandeka Nkabi
Dr Justin du Toit
Dr Yasmin Goga
17:00-17:30 De-escalating strategy – data and practice
Dr Jordi Remon
BMT for Non-malignancies in a developing country
Lalith Parmar, President Sankalp India Foundation NPO
17:30-18:00 Are all anti-PD(L)1 the same in the treatment of NSCLC?
Dr RG Campelo
Brazilian experience on allo transplant in aplastic anaemia/BMFS
Dr Carmem Bonfim
18:10-19:00 SASMO AGM  SASCeTS AGM 
19:00-21:00 EXHIBITORS WELCOME COCKTAIL
07:00-17:00 REGISTRATION
BREAKFAST SYMPOSIA
07:30-08:30

SASMO: MSD
Topic: Navigating Metastatic NSCLC: Unveiling the Optimal Strategy with the latest Data
Speaker: Dr Jordi Remon

Chair: Dr Omondi Ogude

SASCeTS: Novartis
Topic: GVHD prophylaxis
Speaker: Dr Donal Mclornan

Chair: Prof Estelle Verburgh

SESSION 4
09:00-11:00 Joint Plenary
Chairs: Prof Bernardo Rapoport &  Prof Estelle Verburgh
09:00-09:30 Hodgkins lymphoma
Dr Anna Sureda
09:30-10:00 Cancer in People Living with HIV
Dr Mazvita Muchengeti
10:00-10:30 Fertility preservation in South Africa : Utilization , efficacy, and outcomes.
Dr Chris Venter
10:30-11:00 “Right patient, Right treatment, Right line, Right time”
Dr Linda Kelly
11:00-11:30 REFRESHMENT BREAK
SESSION 5
11:30-13:00 SASMO: HBP 
Chairs : Dr Omondi Ogude
Dr Richard Khanyile
SASCeTS:
Chairs: Dr Justin du Toit
SASOPh –
PHARMACISTS
NURSES
SYMPOSIUM
11:30-12:00 Lessons to be learnt from HCC therapy
Dr Mohsen Mokhtar
GVHD prophylaxis – a shift to PTCY across international centres
Dr Jurjen Versluis
Emergency in Oncology (Extravasation)
Carien van der Merwe
Chemotherapy organ damage
Andrea Brummer
12:00-12:30 The place of Interventional radiology in HCC
Dr John Cantrell
An approach to mismatched unrelated donor and haploidentical transplants in a state-of-the-art setting.
Prof Thomas Klingebiel
Pharmaceutical Care Plan and Documentation
Razeeya Khan
Moving from the horror to the symphony. The impact of Narrative Therapy in Oncology.
Pieter Le Roux
12:30-13:00 Surgery for HCC: Transplant vs Resection
Dr Sharan Rambarran
MDS/AML with TP53 – to transplant or not?
Dr Jurjen Versluis
Venous access in donor
Muriel Wentzel
13:00-14:00 LUNCH
LUNCH SYMPOSIA
13:00-14:00

SASMO: Roche
Topic: Treatment of Early HER2+ Breast Cancer:
Evolution or Revolution
Speaker: Dr Martine Piccart

Chair: Dr Devan Moodley

SASCeTS: Takeda
Topic: MBrentuximab Vedotin in sALCL and CTCL
Speaker: Dr Anna Sureda

Chair: Dr Michael Cass

SESSION 6
14:00-16:00 SASMO: Upper GIT / GE disease
Chairs: Dr Ashraf Wadee & Dr Mariza Tunmer
SASCeTS: CAR Ts
Chairs: Dr Pieter de Witt
SASOPh –
PHARMACISTS
Chair: Miempie Truter
NURSES
SYMPOSIUM
14:00-14:30 Neo-adjuvant vs adjuvant strategies in Oesphageal malignancies
Prof  Mohsen Mokhtar
Update on CAR Ts in Paediatric ALL CAR T CELLS
Prof Wing Leung
Pharmacovigilance
Ms Machikoana Phasha
BACRELBA
Eileen Claassens
14:30-15:00 Radiotherapy in upper GIT malignancies
Dr Mariza Tunmer
Access to CAR-T’s in South Africa – work in progress
Dr Candice Hendricks

14:30 – 15:20
Authorisations workshop/ Monopoly Game
Andrea Brummer

15:20 – 15:40
ACIF Oncology Programme
Vivien Katzav

 

15:00-15:30 Surgery for Upper GIT malignancies
Dr Leanne Prodehl
Development of CAR-NK therapy
Prof Wing Leung
Patient Counselling
Tegan Bilse
15:30-16:00 Interventional radiology vs Surgery for Oligometastatic disease.
Dr Leeanne Prodehl
Dr John Cantrell (Virtual)
First CAR T trial in SA – Dr Dr David Brittain
16:00-16:30 REFRESHMENT BREAK
SESSION 7
16:30-18:00 SASMO: Proffered Papers
Chairs: Dr Gary McMichael & Dr Dalene Geldenhuys
SASCeTS: Proffered Papers
Chair: Dr Sharlene Parasnath
SASOPh –
PHARMACISTS
Chair: Johandre Van Jaarsveld
 
16:30-18:00 Proffered Papers Proffered Papers 16:30 – 17:15
Regulatory aspects of Biosimilars
Quinton Barber
17:15 -18:00
Substitution/Interchange
ability/Switching
Johan Labuschagne
19:30-23:30 GALA DINNER (Sponsored by Dr Reddy’s)
SESSION 8
08:00-10:00 Joint Plenary
Chairs: Dr David Brittain and Dr Yusuf Mayet
08:00-08:30 The Ethics of Bio Banking and Data Mining.
Prof Shenuka Singh
08:30-09:00 Health Technology Assessments in Oncology: Who cares?
Dr Noluthando Nematswerani
09:00-09:30 Alternative Reimbursements Models as access solutions
Gavin Bauer
09:30-10:00 Regulatory issues around advance medicinal therapeutic products
Ignatius Viljoen
BRUNCH SYMPOSIA
10:00 – 11:00 SASMO: Key Oncologics
Topic: Nerlynx® for the extended adjuvant treatment of early-stage HR+ & HER2+ breast cancer
Speaker: Prof Georgia Demetriou
Chair: Dr Rika Pienaar
SASCeTS: Roche
Rethink DLBCL treatment. Navigating new treatments in DLBCL
Speaker: Dr Wendy Osborne
Chair: Dr David Brittain
11:00 – 11:30 REFRESHMENT BREAK
SESSION 9
11:30-13:30 SASMO: Urological Malignancies
Chairs: Dr Devan Moodley & Dr Mia Hugo
SASCeTS: Present & Future
Chairs: Dr Jacques Malherbe
11:30-12:00 Management of early -stage bladder malignancies
Dr Amar Challapalli
Choosing the best donor for PMF
Dr Donal McLornan
12:00-12:30 FDG PET/ PSMA PET / MRI PET / MRI / CT / Bone scan: what to do when?
Dr Amar Challapalli
How I Treat low grade (Follicular) Lymphoma.
Dr Wendy Osborne
12:30-13:00 Optimising outcomes in cystectomy: is the pen mightier than the sword?
Dr Justin Howlett
B-cell receptor targeting and its evolution in the treatment of CLL
Prof Martin Trepel
13:00-13:30 SASMO 2024 Closing SASCeTS 2024 Closing

Programme and Topics is subject to change

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