Scientific Program

February 17, 2017, Friday
07.30 - 07.45	Welcome to Second Annual Meeting of MEMAGO
	Ali Ayhan, Karim Elmasry, Shaheena Dawood, Muhieddine Seoud
07.30 - 07.45	Uterine Malignancies
	Moderators: Sinan Ozalp, Jihad Ezzeddine, Muhieddine Seoud, Shaheena Dawood
07.45 - 08.00	Sentinel lymph node biopsy in endometrial cancer	*M. Faruk Kose (Turkey)*
08.00 - 08.15	Lymphadenectomy in endometrial cancer; Pros-cons?	*Fuat Demirkiran (Turkey)*
08.15 - 08.30	Management of endometrial cancer found on routine hysterectomy for benign disease	*Anil Onan (Turkey)*
08.30 - 08.45	Radiotherapy in early endometrial cancer: Is less better?	*Aly Abdel Razek (UAE)*
08.45 - 09.00	Management of advanced endometrial cancer	*Aytekin Altintas (Turkey)*
09.00 - 09.20	Discussion & Coffee break
09.20 - 10.55	Moderators: Kunter Yuce, Zuhdi Khaled, Janah el Hassan, Ateş Karateke
09.20 - 09.35	Role of surgery in recurrent endometrial cancer	*Husnu Celik (Turkey)*
09.35 - 09.50	Role of chemo-radiotherapy and hormonal treatment in recurrent endometrial cancer	*Salim Rassou (UAE)*
09.50 - 10.05	Management of recurrent leiomyosarcomas	*A. Baris Guzel (Turkey)*
10.05 - 10.20	Management of endometrial stromal sarcoma	*Tufan Bilgin (Turkey)*
10.20 - 10.35	Management of uterine carcinosarcoma	*Yakup Kumtepe (Turkey)*
10.35 - 10.55	Discussion & Coffee break
10.55 - 12.30	Ovarian Malignancies
	Moderators: Demir Ozbasar, Fadil Kara, Georges Chahine, David Atallah
10.55 - 11.10	Survival impact of upper abdominal surgery in ovarian cancer	*Ali Ayhan (Turkey)*
11.10 - 11.25	What is the expectation from neo-adjuvant chemotheraphy in advanced ovarian cancer; short and long term survival	*Husnu Gokaslan (Turkey)*
11.25 - 11.40	Choosing right patient for surgical management of recurrent ovarian cancer; patient selection and management	Kunter Yuce (Turkey)
11.40 - 11.55	Will intra-peritoneal chemotherapy survive GOG 252?	Muhieddine Seoud (Lebanon)
11.55 - 12.10	Chemotherapy for recurrent epithelial ovarian cancer	Nilufer Guler (Turkey)
12.10 - 12.30	Discussion
12.30 - 13.30	Lunch
13.30 - 14.50	Moderators: Mehmet Mutlu Meydanlı, Shaheena Dawood, Maria Ansari, Saadeldine el Itani
13.30 - 13.45	Sex-cord stromal tumors of the ovary	*Cosan Terek / Sevki Goksun Gokulu (Turkey)*
13.45 - 14.00	Management of germ cell tumors of the ovary	*Tayup Simsek (Turkey)*
14.00 - 14.15	Targeted therapies/Immunotherapy in ovarian cancer	*Georges Chahine (Lebanon)*
14.15 - 14.30	Role of hyperthermic intra-peritoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) in the treatment of ovarian tumors	*Ismail El Badawi (Saudi Arabia)*
14.30 - 14.50	Discussion & Coffee break
14.50 - 16.10	Cervical Malignancies
	Moderators: Murat Gultekin, Karim Elmasry, Muhieddine Seoud, David Atallah
14.50 - 15.35	Round Table: Cervical cancer screening in Middle East; Lessons learned from Turkey, UAE and Lebanon; and what do women know about HPV?
15.35 - 15.50	HPV vaccines, current literature	*Saad Ghazal el Aswad (UAE)*
15.50 - 16.10	Discussion & Coffee break
16.10 - 17.45	Moderators: Salim Rassou, Khaled Balaraj, U. Firat Ortac, Dogan Vatansever
16:10 - 16:25	Management of cervical cancer found during simple hysterectomy	*Issam Lataiefa (Jordan)*
16.25 - 16.40	Sentinel lymph node biopsy in cervical cancer	*M. Murat Naki (Turkey)*
16.40 - 16.55	Management of early stage cervical cancer, less radicality in low volume disease	*Macit Arvas (Turkey)*
16.55 - 17.10	Neo-adjuvant chemotheraphy versus Primary Radio-chemotherapy in FIGO IB2 cervical cancer	*Cagatay Taskiran (Turkey)*
17.10 - 17.25	Exenterative surgery in cervical cancer	*Polat Dursun(Turkey)*
17.25 - 17.45	Discussion & Coffee break
17.45 - 18.30	Special Symposium (INDUSTRY SPONSORED) The gynecologic oncologist in the obstetrical wards (Post partum hemorrhage)
	Moderators: Walid el Saheb, Esra Kuşçu, Shaheena Dawood
17:45 - 18:00	Role of the gynecologic oncologist in the management of post partum hemorrhage	*David Atallah (Lebanon)*
18:00 - 18:15	Turkish model and experience in post-partum hemorrhage	Ates Karateke (Turkey)
18:15 - 18:30	The adherent Placenta: Surgical Pearls	Muhieddine Seoud (Lebanon)

February 18, 2017, Saturday
07.45 - 09.20	Cervical Malignancies
	Moderators: Ozcan Balat, Tolga Tasci, Michael Fadi, Falah Al Khatib
07.45 - 08.00	Survival impact (PFS, OS) of adjuvant radiotherapy in early stage cervical cancer	*Ferah Yildiz (Turkey)*
08.00 - 08.15	Residual disease after chemo-radiotherapy in cervical cancer: implications and management	*David Atallah (Lebanon)*
08.15 - 08.30	Role of chemotherapy in recurrent cervical cancer	*Ozden Altundag (Turkey)*
08.30 - 08.45	Radiotherapy in recurrent cervical cancer	*Clement Khoury (Lebanon)*
08.45 - 09.00	Targeted therapies in cervical cancer	*Maria Ansari (UAE)*
09.00 - 09.20	Discussion & Coffee break
09.20 - 10.55	Vulval and Vaginal Malignancies
	Moderators: Mehmet Ali Vardar, Saad Aswad, Ali Razzak, M. Murat Naki
09.20 - 09.35	Choosing optimal surgical method for vulval cancer	*Mehmet Ali Vardar (Turkey)*
09.35 - 09.50	Management of advanced stage vulval cancer	*Nejat Ozgul (Turkey)*
09.50 - 10.05	Flaps used in vulval reconstruction after surgery	*Samet Topuz (Turkey)*
10.05 - 10.20	Sentinel lymph node biopsy in vulval cancer	*İlkkan Dünder (Turkey)*
10.20 - 10.35	Management of vaginal cancers	*Mazen Bishtawi (Jordan)*
10.35 - 10.55	Discussion & Coffee break
10.55 - 12.25	Onco-fertility
	Moderators: Serkan Erkanlı, Khaled Sait, Isam Lataiefa, Hanifi Sahin
10.55 - 11.10	The main requirement and rationality for onco-fertility	*Cem Iyibozkurt (Turkey)*
11.10 - 11.25	Fertility sparing in cervical cancer and follow-up	*Ray Makwela (UAE)*
11.25 - 11.40	Fertility sparing in endometrial cancer and follow-up	*Nadine el Kassis (Lebanon)*
11.40 - 11.55	Fertility sparing in ovarian cancer and follow-up	*Cetin Celik (Turkey)*
11.55 - 12.10	Fertility sparing in borderline ovarian cancer and follow-up	*Hasan Yuksel (Turkey)*
12.10 - 12.25	Discussion
12.25 - 13.25	Lunch
13.25 - 15.00	Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Oncology
	Moderators: Denis Querleu, Ilkkan Dundar, Shaheena Dawood, M. Faruk Kose
13.25 - 13.40	Laparoscopic approach for adnexal masses	*U. Firat Ortac (Turkey)*
13.40 - 13.55	Robotic pelvic and paraaortic transperitoneal lymphadenectomy	*Mete Gungor (Turkey)*
13.55 - 14.10	Laparoscopic and robotic extra-peritoneal lymphadenectomy	*Müfit C. Yenen (Turkey)*
14.10 - 14.25	Laparoscopic radical hysterectomy in early stage cervical cancer	*Ahmet Gocmen (Turkey)*
14.25 - 14.40	Laparoscopic vs robotic surgery in endometrial cancer	*Fatih Gucer (Turkey)*
14.40 - 15.00	Discussion & Coffee break
15.00 - 16.20	Cancer Genetics and Borderline Ovarian Tumor
	Moderators: Waleed Al Jassar, Ray Makwela, Waleed Sayed, Yavuz Salihoglu
15.15 - 15.15	Genetic risk assessment in gynecological cancers	*Karim Elmasry (UAE)*
15.15 - 15.30	Prophylactic suggestions for hereditary/familial gynecologic malignancies	*Serkan Erkanlı (Turkey)*
15.30 - 15.45	Management of borderline ovarian tumors	*Muzaffer Sancı (Turkey)*
15.45 - 16.00	Management of recurrent borderline ovarian tumors	*Zuhdi Khaled (UAE)*
16.00 - 16.20	Discussion & Coffee break
16.20 - 18.10	Miscellaneous
	Moderators: Hassan Jaafar, Zuhdi Khaled, Ismail El Badawi, Orhan Unal
16.20 - 16.35	Optimizing centers for the management of gynecological malignancies, standardization of clinics	*Denis Querleu (France)*
16.35 - 16.50	Gestational trophoblastic disease: Incidence and trends in the Gulf	*Khaled Sait (Saudi Arabia)*
16.50 - 17.00	Management of PSTT and ETT	*Tayfun Gungor (Turkey)*
17.00 - 17.10	Current management of Low Risk GTDs	*Waleed Al Jassar (Kuwait)*
17.10 - 17.20	Current management of High Risk GTDs	*Sinan Ozalp (Turkey)*
17.20 - 17.35	Follow-up in GTN and hCG variants	*Muge Harma / Mehmet Harma (Turkey)*
17.35 - 17.50	Enhanced recovery after gynecologic cancer surgery	*Mehmet Mutlu Meydanli (Turkey)*
17.50 - 18.10	Discussion & Coffee break
18.10 - 19.50	Young Gynaecological Oncologists Session
	Moderators: Denis Querleu, Mete Gungor, İbrahim Yalcin, Erkan Sari
18.10 - 18.25	Classification of radical hysterectomy	*Denis Querleu (France)*
18.25 - 18.40	Tips and tricks of laparoscopic pelvic-paraaortic lymphadenectomy for young gynecological oncologists	*Gokhan Tulunay (Turkey)*
18.40 - 18.50	The future of gynecologic oncology; perspective and problems of young gynecological oncologists	*Ilker Selcuk (Turkey)*
18.50 - 19.00	Gynecological cancer and pregnancy	*Kemal Gungorduk (Turkey)*
19.00 - 19.10	What is the point of oophorectomy in endometrioid endometrial cancer; endpoint mortality	*Gokhan Boyraz (Turkey)*
19.10 - 19.20	Psychological support of gynecological cancer patients and survivors	*Nedim Tokgozoglu (Turkey)*
19.20 - 19.30	Palliative care in gynecologic oncology	*Hakan Ozan (Turkey)*
19:30 - 19:50	Discussion
19:50	CLOSING CEREMONY
	Adjournment and plans for the next MEMAGO meeting