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I ecancer Choosing Wisely Cambodia 2023

Hyatt Regency, Phnom Penh
18th March 2023
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08:00 - 09:00 REGISTRATION OPENS
Regency Ballroom
09:05 - 09:10 Opening Speech
Her Excellency Dr Or Vandine, Secretary of State for Health
Ministry of Health
09:05 - 09:15 - Phnom Penh join City Cancer Challenge mission to improve access to quality cancer care
Mr Thet Ko Aung
Senior Manager, Technical Coopertion - City Cancer Challenge (C/Can)
09:15 - 09:45 - Cancer situation in Cambodia
Dr Kol Hero
Director of the Preventive Medicine Department, Ministry of Health. Cambodia
09:45 - 10:00 - Current and future status of cancer care in Calmette Hospital
Dr Rath Beauta
Medical Oncologist, Head of National Cancer Center in Calmette Hospital
10:00 - 10:15 - Childhood cancer: the surprising scientific facts
Dr Mlis Ratha
Pediatric oncologist National Cancer Center in Calmette hospital
10:15 - 10:45 COFFEE BREAK

10:45 - 11:15 - Choosing Wisely: An important step in the right direction / Q&A
Dr Frederic Ting
Chair - Research Committee (Department of Internal Medicine), Riverside Medical Center, Philippines
11:15 - 11:45 - The concept of time toxicity: A patient's perspective
Dr Christopher Booth
Professor of Medical Oncology Canada Research Chair in Population Cancer Care Queen’s University
11:45 - 12:15 - Cancer communications: What patients wants to hear, and professionals prefer to say? / Q&A
Dr Soumitra Datta
Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Department of Palliative Care and Psycho-oncology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
12:15 - 13:40 LUNCH

13:40 - 14:10 - Why tumours markers are not recommended as screening test? / Q&A
Dr Frederic Ting
Chair - Research Committee (Department of Internal Medicine), Riverside Medical Center, Philippines
14:10 - 14:40 - Choosing Wisely in Hemato-medical oncology / Q&A
Dr Omar AbdiHamid
Clinical Oncologist, Cancer Researcher, Garissa Cancer Center, Kenya
14:40 - 15:00 - Hemopathy burden in National Cancer Center / Q&A
Dr Kao Vannarith
Onco-Hematologist, National Cancer Center, Calmette Hospital
15:00 - 15:20 - To avoid unnecessary second surgery in differentiated thyroid cancer / Q&A
Dr Thou Sarameth
Nuclear Medicine, National Cancer Center, Calmette Hospital
15:20 - 15:40 COFFEE BREAK

15:40 - 16:00 - Role of radiation therapy in preventing handicap / Q&A
Dr Rom Mony
Radiation Oncologist, National Cancer center, Calmette Hospital
16:00 - 16:30 - Does the mind matter in cancer? Experiences of Psycho-oncology from a tertiary cancer centre in South Asia / Q&A
Dr Soumitra Datta
Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Department of Palliative Care and Psycho-oncology, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India
16:30 - 17:00 - The Multidisciplinary team (MDT) approach and quality of care in cancer patient in Cambodia / Q&A
Dr Ung Nearot
Medical Oncologist, National Cancer Center, Calmette Hospital
17:00 - 17:05 - Closing remarks
Dr Rath Beauta
Medical Oncologist, Head of National Cancer Center in Calmette Hospital