Name: The Lancet Oncology: Cancer Care in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Countries
Start: 2024-09-27T16:00:00-0400
End: 2024-09-27T17:00:00-0400

SCIENCE SUMMIT 2024: 17 - 27 September, New York

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Friday September 27, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

Science Summit venue (12th floor)

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Global Oncology and Health Policy: From Inception to Implementation

A substantial improvement in cancer control is one of the most pressing needs worldwide and requires proactive political intervention aligned with clinical needs. Cancer incidence is rising fast, especially in low- to middle-income countries; health systems need strengthening, and many have yet to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic; prevention measures are inadequate; issues related to planetary health are under-appreciated; timely diagnosis and access to safe, effective, and affordable treatment are out of reach for far too many people; and access to palliative care is poor and in many countries unattainable.

In this session on global oncology brought to you by The Lancet Oncology, world-renowned speakers will address these challenges by illustrating a new country-level review in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations, the development of action plans and health policy, financing models and return on investment, considerations related to diagnostics, and examples of successful implementation.

Speakers and running order:

Prof David Collingridge—Chair

Prof Saiful Huq—Cancer Control in SAARC countries: overview and action plan (20 mins)

Prof Hedvig (Hedi) Hricak —Financing for health system strengthening and return on investment: lessons from The Lancet Oncology Commission on cancer imaging (10 mins)

Prof Wil Ngwa—Implementation and successes from The Lancet Oncology Commission on cancer control in Sub-Saharan Africa (10 mins)

Prof Rita Lawlor—Access to diagnostics: key considerations and The Lancet Oncology Commission on cancer ‘omics (10 mins)

Prof Kenneth Fleming— Access to diagnostics: implementation of The Lancet Commission on diagnostics (10 mins)

Q&A session

Speakers

Prof. Wil Ngwa

Director, Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences at Johns Hopkins Medicine

Dr. Wil Ngwa is the PI for the Biomaterial Drones and Radio-immunotherapy Lab at Johns Hopkins Medicine and is Director of the Global Health Catalyst dedicated to catalyzing high impact collaborations to eliminate cancer health disparities in the USA and globally. He completed... Read More →

Prof. David Collingridge

Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet Oncology

Dr David Collingridge is the Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet Oncology and Vice President of editorial strategy and innovation for The Lancet’s large portfolio of clinical journals. Prior to his appointments at The Lancet, he gained a PhD in tumour biology from the Gray Cancer Institute/University... Read More →

Prof. Saiful Huq

UPMC Cancer Center/University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

M. Saiful Huq, PhD is the Director of Medical Physics at the Department of Radiation Oncology at UPMC CancerCenter, Vice President of Physics at D3 Oncology Solutions and Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania... Read More →

Prof. Hedvig (Hedi) Hricak

Carroll and Milton Petrie Chair of Radiology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.

Hedvig (Heidi) Hricak, MD, PhD, has been Chair of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Department of Radiology since 1999 and built it into one of the best cancer imaging departments in the world, acclaimed for excellence in both clinical practice and research. Dr. Hricak holds the Carroll... Read More →

Rita Lawlor

Vice Director, ARC-Net, University of Verona, Italy

Rita Lawlor is a Computer Science graduate of Trinity College Dublin with a doctorate in Oncological Pathology from the University of Verona where she is co-founder of the ARC-Net (www.arc-net.it) applied cancer research centre where is director of the ARC-Net biobank and coordinates... Read More →

Kenneth Fleming

Steering Committee, The Lancet Commission on Diagnostics

Dr Kenneth Anthony Fleming, DPhil, MA(Oxon), MB ChB, FRCPath, FRCP, is an Emeritus Fellow of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford.He has been an academic pathologist for over 40 years. His research interests include the pathogenesis of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, and... Read More →

Friday September 27, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Science Summit venue (12th floor) 345 Park Avenue South, New York, NY, USA

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