24th – 26th Nov 2006

 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Friday, 24 Nov 2006

Venue: J.L. Auditorium, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

                                                     Time: 0800-1700 hours

 

0800-0830 hrs: Registration & Breakfast

 

0830-0900 hrs: Anatomy for the Gynae Surgeon

Chairpersons: V.L. Bhargava, Anila Kapadia

1. Pelvic Anatomy – A Surgeon’s Perspective – Karl Podratz

2. Anatomy from the Laparoscopic Surgeon’s Perspective – Shailesh Puntambekar

 

Live Workshop:

OT Coordinators-                                             Hall coordinators

  1. Prof Alka Kriplani                                  1. Dr K.K.Roy                        

  2. Prof Sunesh Kumar                                 2. Dr Vatsla Dadhwal

  3. Dr Neerja Bhatla

  4. Dr Nutan Agarwal

  5. Dr J.B. Sharma

 Cases to be demonstrated:

 1. Laparoscopic Radical Hysterectomy – Shailesh Puntambekar

    Moderators: Renu Misra, Urvashi Jha

 2. Radical Trachelectomy / Nerve-Sparing Radical Hysterectomy – A.P.M. Heintz

    Moderators: Shalini Rajaram,  B.K. Goyal

 3. Laparoscopic Carcinoma Endometrium--  Shailesh Puntambekar

    Moderators: S.S. Trivedi, K.K.Roy

 4. Para-aortic lymphadenectomy – Amlesh Seth/ Y.T Kim

    Moderators: Amita Maheshwari, Veena Jain

 5. Radical vulvectomy – Hemant Tongaonkar / A. Peedicayil

    Moderators: U. Bafna, Amita Suneja

 

6. Interstitial implant & Brachytherapy – P. Julka/ D.N. Sharma

   Moderator: G.K. Rath

    (depending on time and availability of cases)

 

AGOICON 2006

24th – 26th Nov 2006

 

 

1700-1745 hrs: REGISTRATION FOR CONFERENCE

 

 

1745-1830 hrs: INAUGURATION

Chief Guest: Prof M K Bhan, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science &  Technology

                      Govt of India.

 

 

1830-1915 hrs: AGOICON ORATION

Chairpersons: Kasturi Lal, Ava Desai, Suneeta Mittal

Advanced Ovarian Cancer – Surgical Management:  Karl Podratz, Mayo Clinic, USA

 

 

1915 – 2000 hrs: CULTURAL PROGRAMME (courtesy: Indian Council of Cultural Relations)

 

 

2000 hrs: WELCOME DINNER – AIIMS Swimming Pool Lawns

 

 

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

 

     SATURDAY, 25TH NOV 2006

 0730-0800 : Registration and Breakfast

       0800-0930 : Free Communications

                     Hall A:  J.L. Auditorium, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

                     Hall B:  Conference Hall, 1st floor, AIIMS.

                                                

 

 

 

 

 

      Hall A: Advanced Research in Gynae Oncology – JL Auditorium

Chairpersons: J.B. Sharma, S. Padma, C. Sarodey

 

 

 

 

1.       Ovarian conservation – R. Patni

2.       Treating until progression in relapsed ovarian cancer – M. Singh

3.       Gonadotrophin levels in postmenopausal women with epithelial ovarian cancer: A hypothesis on the role of the role of nerve growth factor and FSH receptor- C. Bose

4.       Pre-invasive lesions of cervix: When do we treat? – B. Bharani

5.       Predicting response to chemotherapy in epithelial ovarian cancer: Role of apoptotic regulatory molecules of the BCl-2 family – R. Srinivasan

6.       Definitive radiotherapy for carcinoma vagina – V. Goel

7.       Synchronous endometrial and ovarian malignancy -  R. Sekhon

8.       Intestinal obstruction in advanced ovarian cancer – B.L. Nayak

9.       Phase II trial of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in cervical cancer in Indian women – M. Biswas

10.   Clinical  significance of post coital bleeding – Usha Rani Poli

11.   SLNB (Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy) in carcinoma cervix – S. Somashekhar

 

 

Hall B: Young Scientists’ Presentations – Conference Hall

   Chairpersons: Amita Suneja, Renu Mishra, UD Bafna

 

  1. Clinical significance of markers in genital tract malignances – P. Saxena

  2. Malignancies of the female genital tract from general – H. P. Pokharel

  3. Ovarian cancer – Retrospective review of single institution experience – S. Sharma

  4. Comparison between conventional pap smear and liquid based cytology for screening of carcinoma cervix – A. Zeba

  5. Comparative evaluation of cytology and HPV testing by hybrid capture II in the screening of cervical cancer and its precursors. – K. Kumar

  6. C-ERBB-2 and C-ERBB-3 growth factor receptor expression in cervical cancer in adenocarcinoma – M.M. Bal

  7. Single visit approach using VIA/VILI and LEEP – S. Singla

  8. Sentinel node evaluation in early stage cervical cancer – H. Sharma

  9. Visual inspection of cervix with acetic acid (VIA) as a screening tool for cancer cervix in low resource settings – S. Rajeshwari

  10. Crush Cytology: A faster alternative to histopathological diagnosis. Pilot study : A RSTRCC experience – S. Kothari

  11. A prospective randomized trial comparing closed suction drainage and no drainage following lymphadenectomy in gynaecological malignancies – Sumana G.

  12. Clear cell adenocarcinoma of ovary – Clinical characteristics, prognostic factors & survival – Y. Kulkarni

 

0930 – 1000: Session I: Epidemiology and Clinical Trial Design

Chairpersons:  S.N. Mukherjee, Sunesh Kumar, B.R. Shrivastav

1. Changing trends in Epidemiology of Gynaecologic Cancers in India – Kishore Chaudhry

2. Clinical trial design – R.M. Pandey

 

1000 – 1030: TEA

Inauguration of Scientific Exhibition & Poster Display, Poster Session 1

 

1030 – 1145: Session II: Uterine Cancer

Chairpersons: C. Raghunandan, S.K. Giri, K. Uma Devi

      1. Management guidelines for endometrial cancer – Suneeta Mittal

      2. Management strategies for unusual histopathologies – Gauri Gandhi

      3. Management of uterine sarcomas – Role of conservative management and multimodal therapy – Amita Maheshwari

      4. Disease based therapy – Karl Podratz

 

1145 – 1245: Session III: Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia

Chairpersons: S.K. Das, V.K. Arora, S.K. Ghai

1. Current status of cervical cytopathology – Kusum Verma

2. Role of HPV testing in the management of CIN – Neerja Bhatla

      3. Management of screened abnormalities – Jeffrey Tan

      4. Management of CIN in the menopause – Nitu Bajekal

 

     1245 – 1345: LUNCH

 

  1345 – 1415: KEYNOTE ADDRESS

   Chairpersons: Usha K. Luthra, S.S. Shastri, Swaraj Batra

   Preventing cervical cancer in low resource settings – R. Sankaranarayanan

 

1415 – 1445: Session IV: Panel discussion:

  The Future is here: Preventing cervical cancer with HPV vaccines

     Moderator: Neerja Bhatla

     Panelists:    S.K. Das                              B.C. Das

                 Sanjoy K. Datta                   S.S. Shastri

       Neeta Singh                         Jeff Tan

 

 

   1445 – 1515: TEA & POSTER SESSION 2

 

1515 – 1600: Session V: Cervical cancer

Chairpersons: Alka Kriplani, Shalini Rajaram, Raj Kerkar

1. Evidence-based guidelines for management of cervical cancer – Ava Desai

2. Radical vaginal trachelectomy – A.P.M. Heintz

3. Complications of advanced laparoscopic surgery – Shailesh Puntambekar                 

     4. Role of intraoperative radiotherapy – Karl Podratz

 

 

1600 – 1700: Session VI: Controversies and New Developments

Chairpersons: J.K. Singh, Neera Agarwal, Tushar K. Kar

1. New directions in cervical cancer screening – Mark van Asten

2. Impact and extent of lymphadenectomy in gynaecological cancers – Hemant Tongaonkar

3. Role of endoscopy in gynae malignancies – Current evidence – Alka Kriplani

4. MR-guided focused ultrasound: A non-invasive technique – Shekhar Sibal

5. Practical use of intensity modulated radiation therapy – Vivek Mehta

 

1700: Hall A – JL Auditorium: AGOI GBM

           Hall B – Conference Hall:  Opportunities and future prospects in the UK – Nitu          Bajekal

 

1930:  BANQUET – India Habitat Centre

               (Buses leave from AIIMS at 6.45 p.m.)

 

SUNDAY, 26TH NOV 2006

0730 – 0800:  Registration and Breakfast

 

0800 – 0830:  Breakfast Meeting: Hall B  (Conference Hall) – Sponsored by AOGIN

Chairpersons: Revathy Ananth, V. Dadhwal, Indrani Ganguly

Quality Assurance and Quality Control in Colposcopy – Lessons from Australia – Jeffrey Tan

      

   0830 – 0900: Video session – Hall A (JL Auditorium)

  Chairpersons: Nutan Agarwal, Shakti Bhan, Usha Rani Poli

    1. Radical vulvectomy - Vijay Zutshi

    2. Tailored radical hysterectomy for cancer  cervix – Namrata Kachhara

    3. Technique of paraaortic/pelvic lymphadenectomy for ovarian cancer – Chitrathara

 4. Sentinel node dissection in cervical cancer – D.K. Vijaykumar

 

0900 – 1000: Session I: Ovarian Malignancy 1

     Chairpersons: S.S. Trivedi, Neelam B. Vaid, M. Vijayaraghavan

      1. Newer perspective on pathology of epithelial ovarian cancers – Naveena Singh, UK

      2. Update on hereditary ovarian cancers: Who to test and how to manage – T. Rajkumar

      3. Newer tumour markers in ovarian malignancy: From laboratory to clinical practice –

          D. Raghunadharao

      4. Management of Low Malignant Potential Tumours – Y.T. Kim

 

1000 – 1045: Session II: Ovarian Malignancy 2

     Chairpersons: L. Dhaliwal, G.S. Bhattacharya, Mridul Gehlot

      1. Recurrent/ resistant ovarian cancer: New treatment strategies – Lalit Kumar

      2. Newer drugs in ovarian cancer – Shyam Agarwal

3. Intraperitoneal therapy in ovarian malignancy – T.S. Ganesan

 

 

1045 – 1115: TEA & POSTER SESSION 3

 

     1115 – 1145: Session III: Public Policy on Cervical Cancer Control in India

   Moderator: Partha Basu

   Discussants:  K Ramamoorthy                          R Sankaranarayanan

                            Bela Shah                                     G K Rath

                         Ava Desai                                     Raksha Arora

                         K.Uma Devi

 

1145 – 1230: Session IV: Recent Advances & Future Directions

Chairpersons: Kamal Buckshee, B K Mohanty, B.C. Das

1.      Emerging technologies in radiation oncology – Vivek Mehta 

2.      Targeted therapies – P.K. Julka

3.      Robotic assisted endoscopic surgery – A. P. M. Heintz

 

   1230 – 1300: Session V: Imaging in Gynae Oncology

   Chairpersons: A. Malhotra, Sanjay Thulkar, M. Puri

   1. PET in Gynae Cancers – Rakesh Kumar

2. New imaging techniques in Gynae Oncology – Harsh Mahajan

 

1300 – 1330: LUNCH

 

   1330 – 1400: Session VI: Palliative Care

   Chairpersons: Urmil Sharma, V. Hingorani, Harsha Khullar

1.      Palliative care – Firuza D. Patel

   2.   Management of cancer pain – Sushma Bhatnagar

 

   1400 – 1500: Session VII: Tumour Board: Case Studies: Challenges in Gynaecologic    

                       Oncology

Moderators: Meeta Mankad & B.K.Goyal

Discussants: Sunesh Kumar                              Shalini Rajaram

                     Veena Jain                                    Rama Joshi

                     D.N. Sharma, Radiotherapy         D. Raghunadharao, Medical Oncology

 

1500 – 1530:  Session VIII: Gestational Trophoblastic Disease: Clinical Challenges

Chairpersons:  SBL Shrivastava, S. Chhabra, Neerja Goel

1. Management of high risk trophoblastic disease – Abraham Peedicayil

2. Return of chemoprophylaxis for high risk molar pregnancy – Vijay Zutshi

 

 

1530 – 1600: TEA & POSTER SESSION 4

 

1600 – 1700: Session IX: Debates

Chairpersons: P.K. Julka, Sudha Salhan, Pariseema Dave

   1. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy improves outcome in ovarian malignancy

                    For:       S. Ganapathy Ramanan

            Against:       Sudeep Gupta

   2. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is better than concurrent chemoradiation in locally advanced /  

       advanced cervical carcinoma in developing countries

                  For:   Shalini Rajaram

           Against:  Ranjit Mandal

 

1700: PRIZE DISTRIBUTION & VALEDICTORY FUNCTION


 

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