PROGRAMME

NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL SARCOMA MEETING | Auckland 2024

Friday 30th August

7:45am - 8:30am Registration Opens

8:45am - 9:00am Welcome: Michael Flint

9:00am - 10:30am National Sarcoma Registry

Michael Flint: The Auckland Bone Tumor Registry History

Josh Kempthorne: The Christchurch Sarcoma database

Isaac Cranshaw: RESAR database

Luke Johnson: The Australian Database project

 

Open forum discussion on a National Trans-Tasman collaborative Database

 

10:30am - 11:00am    Morning Tea

 

11:00am - 12:30pm  Proton Therapy and Sarcoma

Frank Saran: The Australian Bragg Centre for Proton Therapy and Research – an update

Update on Proton Therapy use in Sarcoma

Michelle O’Sullivan: Accessing High-Cost Healthcare in NZ

 

12:30pm - 1:30pm      Lunch

 

1:30pm - 2:30pm  Retroperitoneal Sarcomas

Challenges in Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Care – Isaac Cranshaw
Where should this case be done? – C Pajak / Isaac Cranshaw / M Russell


2:30pm - 3:00pm        Free Papers

1.  A journey of FN1 gene-rearranged neoplasms - Masoumeh Abolfathi1, Del Saldanha1, Gini Kumar1, Daniel Ng1

2.  Ewings Sarcoma of the spine – a case presentation -Josh Chamberlain

3.  Central Cartilaginous Tumours of the Femur – A New Zealand Perspective

Binney R, Prendergast F, Johnston A, Flint M.

4.  Ewing Sarcoma: A Retrospective review of incidence and risk factors affecting NZ Māori – Morgan Short, Johnston A, Kempthorne J

5.  Predictors of Seroma Formation in Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma Treatment – Cameron Tuckey, Backer H, Johnston 

6.  Tumour in joint by MRI - Anthony Doyle, Gayani Mallawa Arachchi, Andrew Griffiths, Pennie Symmans, Irene Low.

7.  Ablation of Chondroid Matrix Tumours – A prospective series - Anthony Doyle, Andrew Robert Johnston

8. “Clinical outcomes after cryoablation for desmoid fibromatosis. A case series from Auckland City Hospital – Clement Korenbaum

 

3:00pm - 3:30pm        Afternoon Tea

3:30pm - 5:00pm        CNS Update

Sarcoma Foundation update

Update on National Sarcoma Guidelines

NZ Sarcoma Society Meeting

 

5:00pm             Meeting Closes

6:30pm            Dinner in Crystal Room 2, Cordis.