Programme
Please note timings and session details are just a guide and the programme will be updated following abstract reviews and as details are finalised.
Programme updated 9 August.
| Time | Session |
| 09.30 - 12.00pm | Molecular Oncology Symposium |
| 10.00 - 12.00pm | Cancer Trials NZ Future-proofing clinical cancer research in New Zealand at a time of major systems change |
| Lunch - own arrangements | |
| 1.30 - 6.00pm | RCPANZ/NZSP committee meeting, Crowne Plaza Hotel (lunch from midday) |
| 1.00 -2.30pm | Lung oncology SIG Colorectal cancer SIG Gynae cancer league SIG |
| 2.30 - 3.30pm | AstraZeneca Symposium Emma Felix Angela George Jenny Mclachlan |
| 3.30 - 5.00pm | Gastro intestinal SIG Digital pathology SIG ctDNA SIG TME SIG |
| 5.00pm | SIG feedback session |
| Time | Session | |
| 7.45am | Mihi Whakatau | |
| 8.00am | He Akoranga Whakahoungia Tania Huria - MIHI (Maori / Indigenous Health Institute), University of Otago Myra Ruka - Waikato Hospital Manaia Cunningham - Consultant Panel | |
| 10.00am | Morning tea | |
| 10.30am | Together into the future Richard Sullivan - King’s College London and King’s Institute of Cancer Policy | |
| 12.30pm | Lunch | |
| 1.30pm | Bruce Cain & AB Pearson lecture: Breast, basal and brain: biology-pathology-therapy These annual named lectures are given at the NZSO and NZSP meetings, respectively. | |
| 2.30pm | Guest lecture Angela George - Royal Marsden Hospital, London | |
| 3.30pm | Afternoon tea | |
| 4.00pm | Scientists Together Annette Lasham | |
| 4.30pm | Somatic mosaic mutations in circulating lymphocytes are associated with breast cancer risk. Ian Campbell | |
| 4.40pm | A murine immunocompetent acute myeloid leukemia (AML) model for testing immunotherapies Hui Mei Lee | |
| 4.50pm | Automated computational biomechanics workflows for improving breast cancer diagnosis and treatment Thiranja Prasad Babarenda Gamage | |
| 5.00pm | Drug re-purposing for colorectal cancer: the potency of anti-helmintic drugs mebendazole and albendazole Sarah Baird | |
| 5.10pm | Peroxidasin as a modulator of cancer cell invasion Martina Paumann-Page | |
| 5.20pm | Ex vivo culture of patient-derived endometrial cancer tumour Hannah van der Woude | |
| 5.30 - 7.00pm | Welcome reception amongst the posters | |
| Time | Session | |||
| 7.00am | MSD Breakfast session: Evidence and tools to support precision medicine Matthew Strother - Canterbury District Health Board Kindly sponsored by MSD | |||
| 8.45am | Pathology and oncology together A pathologist’s view: Pathologic assessment of tumour regression: it’s complicated; Chris Hemmings - Canterbury Health Laboratories and University of Otago | |||
| 10.30am | Morning tea | |||
| Pharmac Emerging Researcher. Science presentations | IGENZ Pathology Prize | |||
| 11.00am | Lipopolysaccharides from colorectal cancer – associated bacteria influence cytokine production in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) Arielle Suli | Understanding the role of H179 TP53 mutations in cancer Gaurav Gyanwali | ||
| 11.10am | Mature adipocyte modulation of breast cancer cell chemo-responsiveness Jessika Wise | Role of NGS based RNA fusion panel in solving the diagnostic dilemmas in solid tumour setting Pranav Dorwa | ||
| 11.20am | Reprogrammed antioxidant defences in metastatic melanoma cells Therese Featherston | Quo Vadis Androgen Receptor – What about Triple Negative Breast Cancer Alex Dubrava | ||
| 11.30am | Investigating the Relationship Between Ascorbate and the Differentiation of Monocytes in an Ex-Vivo Melanoma Model Ben Topham | Age is the best predictor of MLH1 promotor methylation in mismatch repair deficient endometrial carcinoma Sarushen Gounden | ||
| 11.40am | Intracellular ascorbate accumulation in human glioblastoma cells in vitro Eleanor R Burgess | Prognostic Utility of Histological Nuclear Grading by Digital Morphometry in Renal Cell Carcinoma Manoj Jain | ||
| Pharmac Emerging Researcher. Clinical presentations | ||||
| 11.50am | Non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma: treatment pathways and outcomes at Auckland District Health Board Rachel Yuen | Severe vitamin C depletion in patients undergoing myeloablative chemotherapy and HSCT: can this be restored by oral vitamin C supplementation Emma Vlasiuk | ||
| 12.00pm | Cancer of the nasopharynx in Aotearoa from 1994 to 2018: incidence and survival in a population-based, national registry cohort study Alice Minhinnick | |||
| 12.10pm | Pan-cancer access to next-generation sequencing in Aotearoa through research: patient characteristics in MoST Olivia Perelini | |||
| 12.20pm | Advanced non-small cell lung cancers with KRAS variants in the Auckland region Sam Dunn | |||
| 12.30pm | Do immune related adverse events from immune checkpoint inhibitors confer improved survival in stage IV melanoma Eric Zheng and Amritpreet Singh | |||
| 12.40pm | Lunch and poster session | |||
| 1.40pm | Roche Translational Cancer Research Fellowship (2021 winners) DNA methylation panel for early detection and tracking treatment response in lung cancer patients | |||
| 2.00pm | Intro to Bridget Robinson Award Laird Cameron | |||
| 2.05pm | Presentation of award and accomplishments Bridget Robinson | |||
| 2.10pm | Awardee presentation | |||
| 2.40pm | Afternoon tea | |||
| 3.15pm | Cancer service providers and patients together Q&A | |||
| 4.20pm | Stage III Non Small Cell Lung Cancer curative intent treatment: Does post code matter? Catherine Smith | |||
| 4.30pm | Experiences of Telehealth Appointments for Oncology and Haematology Patients During NZ’s First COVID-19 Lockdown Rob McNeil | |||
| 4.40pm | National harmonisation of chemotherapy regimens in Aotearoa New Zealand Chris Jackson | |||
| 4.50pm | Session closes | |||
| 5.00 - 6.00pm | NZSO AGM Marg Currie | RCPANZ / NZSP AGM Chris Hemmings & Peter Bethwaite RCPA matters Lawrie Bott | ||
| 7.00 - 11.00pm | Conference dinner and awards at Christchurch Art Gallery | |||
| PATHOLOGY DAY | |
| Time | Session |
| 8.00am | Update on cervical screening programme (NCSP) Margaret Sage - National Cervical Screening Programme |
| 9.00am | Digital pathology in practice David Snead - PathLAKE |
| 9.45am | Digital pathology in research Gavin Harris - University of Auckland and Canterbury Health Labs |
| 10.15am | Te Aho o Te Kahu - structured pathology and data capture John Manderson |
| 10.45am | Morning tea |
| 11.15am | Academic pathologists are an endangered species: Can they be saved? Panel: |
| 12.30pm | Lunch |
| 1.30pm | Health impacts of climate change Alistair Woodward - University of Auckland |
| 2.30pm | Breast pathology - papillary lesions Sunil Lakhani - UQ Centre for Clinical Research and Pathology Queensland |
| 3.30pm | Close |