PROGRAM Day 1 Saturday, 2nd October  2004 09.00 - 09.10 Welcome and Announcements, Hussein Khaled and Ian Magrath SESSION 1: Award Lectures - 09.10 to 11.00   Chairpersons : Hussein Khaled and Ian Magrath The Nazli Gad-el-Mawla Award Lecture  For Outstanding Contributions to Cancer Control by an Individual from a Resource-Poor Country. Recipient for 2004: Mahmoud Mahfouz, Egypt 09.10 Introduction to Award and Recipient: Ahmed Elzawawy 09.20 Award lecture: The Responsibility of the Individual in Health Promotion in Cancer Control   The Paul P. Carbone Award for International Oncology For Outstanding Contributions to Oncology or Cancer Research by an Individual from a Resource-Rich Country Recipient for 2004: Franco Cavalli, Switzerland 10.05 Introduction to Award and  Recipient:  Ama Rohatiner 10.15 Award lecture: Cancer in the Developing World: Can the Disaster be Avoided? SESSION  2: INCTR Reports - 11.20 to 13.00 Chairpersons : Hussein Khaled and Ian Magrath 11.20 President’s Annual Report, Ian Magrath Program Reports 11.40  Clinical Research Program, Melissa Adde 12.00 Educational Program,  Ama Rohatiner, Aziza Shad 12.20 Translational Research Program, Kishor Bhatia 12.40  Palliative Care Program, Stuart Brown   INCTR’s Members Forum - 14.00 - 15.00 Chairperson: Ian Magrath Panel: INCTR Program Directors A new feature of the Annual Meeting will be a “business meeting” in which all INCTR members will have an opportunity to come and make suggestions relating to INCTR’s overall programs and projects, structure and management.   SESSION 3:  Proffered Papers - 15.20 – 17.20 In this session, participants will have the opportunity to present their own work.  SESSION 3A: Simultaneous Session: Cancer in Adults (Oral Presentations) Chairpersons :   Hussein Khaled and Ama Rohatiner SESSION 3B: Simultaneous Session: Cancer in Children (Oral Presentations) Chairpersons :   Shripad Banavali and Aziza Shad 17.30 – 18.30 Poster Viewing 19.00 Opening Ceremony 19.30 – 20.00  INCTR Conference Reception 20.00 – 23.00 INCTR Conference Dinner Day 2 Sunday, 3rd October 2004 08.00 – 09.00 Poster Viewing KEYNOTE LECTURE - 09.00 – 09.40 Chairperson: Hussein Khaled     Cancer Care in Egypt: Past, Present and Future, Sherif Omar SESSION 4A Simultaneous Educational Sessions. Cancers of Regional Importance - 09.40 – 12.00   Chairpersons: Magdy El Shahawy and Guy de Thé 09.40 Changing Pattern of Bladder Cancer in Egypt , Nadia Mokhtar 10.00 Surgical Aspects of Bladder Cancer Management,  Monir Aboul Ela 10.20 Treatment of Bladder Cancer in Egypt , Hussein Khaled 10.40 Coffee Break 11.00 Hepatoma: Epidemiology and Prevention, P. Srivatanakul 11.30 Hepatoma: Imaging and Treatment, Ali Khan SESSION 4B:  Simultaneous Educational Sessions: Pediatric Cancers - 0 9.40 – 12.00   Chairpersons: Salah Abdel Hadi and Aziza Shad 09.40 Use of SIOP Protocols for the Management of Wilms Tumor in North Africa , M. Harif 10.10  Clinical Features and Management of Wilms Tumor in Pakistan, Shamvil Ashraf 10.40   Coffee Break 11.00   Current Approaches to Early Detection and Management of Retinoblastoma, F. Munier 11.30  Clinical Features and Management of Retinoblastoma in Africa , Clare Stannard SESSION 5:   Plenary Session - INCTR Consensus Panel Discussion – 12.00 - 13.30   Moderators: Ama Rohatiner, Aziza Shad   Panel: Hossam Kamel, Suresh Advani, Zeba Aziz A new feature of this year’s Annual meeting, INCTR Consensus Panel Discussion will address a topic of importance to countries with limited resources and research conclusions (based on majority decision of the panel). This year, the place of high dose therapy requiring stem cell support (autologous or allogenic) in the management of cancer in resource poor countries will be discussed. The discussion will address several questions including 1. In which diseases and clinical situations is such therapy superior or a reasonable alternative to other treatment approaches? 2. How much of a therapeutic advantage is associated with high dose therapy in these situations? 3. What is the relative financial and toxic (including late effect) cost? 4. What factors, medical, socioeconomic and pragamatic need to be taken into consideration in deciding whether to establish a facility for high dose therapy, an the local indications for such therapy?     Free afternoon/informal meetings/poster viewing Day 3  Monday, 4th October 2004 KEYNOTE LECTURE - 09.00 – 09.40 Chairperson: Stuart Brown Psychological Support for Cancer Patients and their Families, Jimmie Holland SESSION  6:   Regional and Global Programs and Perspectives on Cancer Control – 09.40- 11.05 Chairpersons: Twalib Ngoma and Cecilia Sepulveda These presentations will address aspects of cancer control in countries with limited resources and the perspective of organizations created to address them. 09.40  Palliative Care in an African Setting, Ekie Kikule 10.00  IARC’s Cervical Cancer Screening Program, R. Sankaranarayanan 10.20  The Perspective of AORTIC, Paul Ndom 10.35  The Perspective of CHALLENGE, Indraneel Mittra 10.50  The Perspective of ICEDOC, Ahmed Elzawawy 11.05  Coffee Break SESSION  7:   Workshop - Strategies for Cancer Control in Developing Countries – 11.30 – 13.00 Part 1. Institutions, Approaches and Leadership   Chairpersons: Osama el-Khatib and Ian Magrath In part 1 of this workshop, the strategies of three international organizations concerned with cancer control will be presented and discussed. 11.30  WHO’s  Cancer Control Program, Cecilia Sepulveda 11.50  UICC’s Cancer Control Program, Odd Sǿreide 12.10  IAEA’s Radiotherapy Programs, Victor Levin 12.30  Panel Discussion: Institutional Leadership in Controlling Cancer on a Global Basis   Panel: Sherif Omar, Mohammed Al-Jarallah, Ben Anderson, Santiago Pavlovsky and above speakers SESSION 8:   Strategy Group Reports - 14.00 – 17.30 Chairpersons : Eduardo Cazap and Melissa Adde In this session, a representative from each strategy group will give a brief overview of the group’s ongoing and planned activities. 14.00  Retinoblastoma Strategy Group, Emel Unal 14.30   Leukemia Strategy Group, Suresh Advani 15.00  Breast Cancer Strategy Group, Zeba Aziz 15.30  Lymphoma Strategy Group (African), Twalib Ngoma   15.50  Cervical Cancer Strategy Group, Carlos Santos 16.20  Discussion Day 4 Tuesday, 5th October 2004 KEYNOTE LECTURE - 09.00 – 09.40 Chairperson: Kishor Bhatia Relevance of Molecular Biology to Cancer Control: New Findings in Breast Cancer, James Holland SESSION 9A   Simultaneous Educational Sessions. Cancers of Regional Importance - 09.40 – 10.40   Chairpersons: Krishnan Nair and Alison Brown 09.40  Epidemiology and Prevention of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, Guy de Thé 10.10  Management of Nasopharyngeal Cancer, Hassan Awwad SESSION 9B   Simultaneous Educational Sessions.  Pediatric Cancers - 09.40 – 10.40   Chairpersons: Hassan El-Solh and Angelo Rosolen 09.40   Management of Osteosarcoma, Ibrahim Al-Fawaz 10.10   Limb Sparing Surgery, Martin Malawer SESSION 10    INCTR Multidisciplinary Conference: Management of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma with Mediastinal Involvement.   Panel: Aziza Shad, Henning Bredenfeld, Nadia Mokhtar, Ali Khan, Samy El-Badawy A new element of the Annual Meeting is INCTR multidisciplinary conferences.  Such conferences are a standard feature of patient management in major cancer centers, in which multidisciplinary teams discuss optimal management of a particular patient for whom multimodality treatment or alternative modalities of treatment are options.  The pros and cons of various approaches are discussed by experts.  For patients, they ensure that all relevant specialists have participated in the final decision, and for staff, they provide an opportunity to exchange views, and attempt to develop a consensus on optimal treatment. For more junior members they provide an educational experience. SESSION 11  Workshop: Strategies for Cancer Control in Developing Countries Part 2. Development of Capacity; Ethical Issues; Economic Issues   Chairpersons: Suresh Advani and Francis Crawley In part 2 of this workshop, approaches to the building of capacity, and the financial problems faced in countries with limited resources, both with respect to decisions regarding standard treatment, and supporting essential research (at a minimum, the investigation of the effectiveness of prevention and management approaches in a regional context) will be presented and discussed. 12.00  INCTR’s Program in Capacity Building for Research and Treatment, Ian Magrath 12.20  Who Supports the Cost of Research in Developing Countries?, Yasser Mostafa 12.40  The Dilemma of Treatment Cost versus Efficacy in Developing Countries,  F. Crawley 13.00     Panel Discussion: Mohammad A. Al-Jarallah, Faisal Sultan, El-Nasir Lalani, Sean Swarmer,  Eduardo Cazap and the above speakers SESSION 12 Maximizing Resources and Improving Communications with Information Technology - 14.30-17.00 Chairpersons: Faisal Sultan and Frans Dhaenens Each year, INCTR includes a session on the use of technology in developing countries.   This year, special emphasis will be given to information technology, which has the potential to enhance quality and efficiency and to reduce the cost of health services, research and education 14.30       The Promise of Internet II: Grids, Portals and Semantic Sensitivity,  Dirk Colaert 14.50  Enhancing Communication: the Power of Telemedicine, Ola Wagih Lowrance  15.10  Coffee Break 15.30 The Potential of PACS in Education and Consultation, Frans Dhaenens 15.50 Can Virtual Microscopy Improve Pathologists’ Diagnoses, Peter Dervan 16.10 Telemedicine Activities in India, Kishnan Nair 17.00 Closing Remarks, Ian Magrath

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