13th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research (Agenda)

Agenda

September 16, 2025 (Times in US Eastern Time)

TimeSessionSPEAKERS
9:00-9:15 AMOpening RemarksSatish Gopal, MD, MPH, Director, Center for Global Health, National Cancer Institute, USA
9:15-10:45 AMOral Abstract Session

Moderators:

Eduardo Cazap, M.D., Ph.D., FASCO,  Founder and First President, Sociedad Latino Americana y del Caribe De Oncología Médica; Editor-in-Chief, ecancer; Co-chair, RINC-SLACOM, Argentina

Margarita Correa-Méndez, Ph.D., M.S., M.P.H., Program Director, Center for Global Health, National Cancer Institute, USA

Abstract Titles and Presenters:

Clinicopathological Profile of Pancreatic Cancer Patients in a Lower Middle-Income Country: A Single Centre Study [Sri Lanka]​; Sashini Denagamagei, Centre for Cancer Research, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka

Oral HPV Prevalence and Genotypes Among Men Living with HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean: Preliminary Results of the ULACNet-201 Trial  [Latin America]; Anna Beltrame, Center for Immunization and Infection Research in Cancer (CIIRC), H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, USA

Breast cancer care pathways of women presenting at district-level and non-capital city hospital settings: findings from the ABC-DO Ghana [Ghana]​; Clement T Narh, Fred N. Binka School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana 

Hospitalizations for Malignant Pancreatic Neoplasms in Brazil: An Epidemiological Analysis from 2019 to 2023 [Brazil]​; João Paulo Farezin Fortti, Federal University of Health Sciences, Porto Alegre, Brazil 

Evolving Pediatric Cancer Outcomes in Tanzania: An Eight-Year Retrospective Study [Tanzania]​; Deborah Jasmine, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore 

Impact of Community Education Program for Retinoblastoma in Tanzania [Tanzania]​; Richard Mhone, Bugando Medical Centre, Tanzania 

Understanding Colorectal Cancer-Related Stigma in Nigeria: A Qualitative Analysis [Nigeria]​; Catherine Zivanov, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Global Cancer Disparities Initiatives, USA

Psychometric Assessment of the Impact of Event Scale-Revised among Zambian Women with Cervical Cancer [Zambia]​; Douglas DeMoulin, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA​​​​​​​

10:45-10:50 AMBreak 
10:50-11:20 AMPearline Award Ceremony and Address

Moderator:

Franklin W. Huang, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, United States

Pearline Award Address:

Asem Mansour, M.D., CEO and Director, King Hussein Cancer Center, Jordan

11:20-11:30 AMClosing RemarksLaura Esfeller, M.A., Patient Advisory Board Member, KCCure; Patient Advocate, SWOG Cancer Research Group, USA

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