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SAARC cancer conference and SLCO annual academic sessions this week

The 17th SAARC International Cancer Conference of the SAARC Federation of Oncologists and the annual academic sessions of the Sri Lanka College of Oncologists (SLCO) will be held from December 7-10 at the Taj Samudra Hotel in Colombo.

The sessions will be held under the guidance of Sri Lanka College of Oncologists President Dr N Jeyakumaran, with many foreign and local delegates expected to participate.

The chief guest at the inauguration of the sessions on Thursday, December 8 will be Dr Palitha Abeykoon who was recently appointed to the highlevel Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) coconvened by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Bank.

Dr Abeykoon is Senior Advisor to the Health Ministry and a former WHO Special Envoy for Covid-19 Preparedness and Response.

The Dr Kumar Weerasekara Memorial Oration on the topic ‘Real world evidence in cancer care: A low hanging fruit, waiting to be plucked’, will be delivered by Consultant in Paediatric Oncology, Dr Sanjeeva Gunasekera. Dr Gunasekera is attached to the National Cancer Institute, Maharagama.

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