CoHO 2026 Preliminary Agenda
Fairmont Chateau Whistler
Friday, November 13th, 2026 |
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| 10:00 – 11:15 AM | CoHO Registration Open – Frontenac Foyer |
| 11:00 – 11:30 AM | Refreshments / Light Lunch |
| 11:00 – 11:10 AM | CoHO Opening Remarks – Dr. Barb Melosky, Dr. Wendy Lam – Frontenac Ballroom AB |
| 11:10 – 12:00 PM | CLL Session – Chair: Dr. Wendy Lam |
| 11:10 – 12:00 PM | First-Line Treatment for CLL in Era of Targeted Therapies – Dr. Chris Hillis Panelist – Dr. Carolyn Owen |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 12:00 – 1:35 PM | Lymphoma Session – Chair: Dr. Ed Hardy |
| 12:00 – 12:20 PM | Update on R/R Follicular Lymphoma – Dr. Laurie Sehn |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 12:20 – 12:40 PM | Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment in 2026 – Speaker TBD |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 12:40 – 12:50 PM | Bridging to CART in DLBCL – Dr. Andrea Lo |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 12:50 – 1:05 PM | Canadian Consensus Guidelines on Lymphoma Treatments – Dr. Carolyn Owen |
| 1:05 – 1:35 PM | Lymphoma Case Presentations and Panel Discussion – Dr. Laurie Sehn, Dr. Andrea Lo, Dr. Carolyn Owen |
| 1:35 – 1:50 PM | Nutrition Break – Frontenac Foyer |
| 1:50 – 3:00 PM | Myeloma Session – Chair: Dr. Irwin Sandhu – Frontenac Ballroom AB |
| 1:50 – 2:30 PM | Presentation TBD – Dr. Chris Venner & Dr. Andrew Cowan |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 2:30 – 3:00 PM | Myeloma Case Presentations and Panel Discussion – Chair: Dr. Irwin Sandhu Panelists: Dr. Chris Venner, Dr. Andrew Cowan |
| 3:00 -3:50 PM | GI Cancer Session – Chair: TBD |
| 3:00 -3:50 PM | Riding the Molecular Wave in GI Oncology – Dr. Elie Kasouf |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 3:50 -5:30 PM | GU Cancer Session – Chair: Dr. Simon Yu |
| 3:50 – 4:10 PM | Update on Systemic Therapy for GU Cancers – Dr. Krista Noonan |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 4:10 – 4:30 PM | TMT is the Way to Be – Dr. Ryan Urban |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 4:30 – 4:50 PM | RC is Still Standard of Care – Dr. Nathan Wong |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 4:50 – 5:30 PM | GU Cancer Case Presentations and Panel Discussion – Dr. Krista Noonan, Dr. Ryan Urban, Dr. Nathan Wong |
| 5:30 – 5:45 PM | Closing Remarks |
| 5:45 – 7:45 PM | CoHO Welcome Reception – Frontenac Foyer |
| 6:00 PM | CoHO Young Investigators’ Abstract Presentations |
Saturday, November 14th, 2026 |
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| 7:00 – 7:30 AM | Express Workout – Michael Kurz |
| 8:00 – 9:00 AM | Young Investigators’ Breakfast – Empress Ballroom |
| 8:00 – 9:00 AM | Breakfast – Frontenac Ballroom C |
| 9:00 – 10:55 AM | Lung Cancer Session – Chair: Dr. Barb Melosky |
| 9:00 – 9:30 AM | Medical Oncology – Dr. Vishal Navani |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 9:30 – 9:50 AM | Radiation Oncology – Dr. Devin Schellenberg |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 9:50 – 10:10 AM | Surgical Oncology – Dr. Anna McGuire |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 10:10 – 10:55 AM | Lung Session Case Presentations and Panel Discussion – Chairs: Dr. Maisam Makarem & Dr. Barb Melosky Panel: Dr. Anna McGuire, Dr. Devin Schellenberg, Dr. Vishal Navani |
| 10:55 – 11:15 AM | Nutrition Break – Frontenac Foyer |
| 11:15 – 1:00 PM | Breast Cancer Session – Chair: Mehrnoosh Pauls – Frontenac Ballroom AB |
| 11:15 – 11:35 AM | Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Local Therapy Update – Dr. Andrew Bang |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 11:35 – 11:55 AM | ER+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer Update – Dr. Stephen Chia |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 11:55 – 12:15 PM | HER2+ and TNBC Metastatic Update – Dr. Arif Awan |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 12:15 – 1:00 PM | Case Presentations and Panel Discussion – Dr. Andrew Bang, Dr. Stephen Chia, Dr. Arif Awan |
| 1:00 – 2:00 PM | Lunch – Frontenac Ballroom C |
| 2:00 – 3:40 PM | GLP-1 Session – Chair: TBD – Frontenac Ballroom AB |
| 2:00 – 2:20 PM | Endocrine Facets of GLP-1 Drugs – Dr. Georges Argoud |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 2:20 – 2:30 PM | Link Between GLP-1 Drugs Causing Thyroid Cancer – Dr. Nicole Chau |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 2:30 – 2:50 PM | Can GLP-1 Drugs Lower Cancer Risk? – Dr. Nathalie LeVasseur |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 2:50 – 3:10 PM | Exercise and Cancer Rehabilitation – Dr. Lauren Capozzi |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 3:10 – 3:40 PM | Case Presentations and Panel Discussion – Dr. Georges Argoud, Dr. Nicole Chau, Dr. Nathalie LeVasseur, Dr. Lauren Capozzi |
| 3:40 – 4:00 PM | Nutrition Break – Frontenac Foyer |
| 4:00 – 4:20 PM | RESPONSe Program |
| 4:00 – 4:20 PM | Closing the Loop: Remote Symptom Monitoring in Oncology – From Theory to Practice – Dr. Jeremy Ho |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 4:20 – 4:35 PM | Young Investigators’ Research Awards – Presented by Dr. Cheryl Ho Frontenac Ballroom AB |
| 4:35 – 4:55 PM | Quiz Show – Best of CoHO (Prizes) – Dr. Simon Yu |
| 4:55 – 5:00 PM | Closing Remarks – Dr. Barb Melosky, Dr. Wendy Lam |
Sunday, November 15th, 2026 |
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| 7:00 – 7:30 AM | Express Workout – Michael Kurz |