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.