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 |
| 10:30 – 11:00 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: TBD |
| 11:10 – 12:00 PM | First-Line Treatment for CLL in Era of Targeted Therapies – Dr. Chris Hillis |
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| 12:00 – 1:45 PM | Lymphoma Session – Chair: TBD |
| 12:00 – 12:30 PM | Update on R/R Follicular Lymphoma – Dr. Laurie Sehn |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 12:30 – 12:50 PM | Canadian Consensus Guidelines on Lymphoma Treatments – Speaker TBD |
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| 12:50 – 1:15 PM | Lymphoma – Speaker TBD |
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| 1:15 – 1:45 PM | Lymphoma Case Presentations and Panel Discussion – Dr. Laurie Sehn |
| 1:45 – 2:10 PM | Nutrition Break – Frontenac Foyer |
| 2:10 – 3:25 PM | Myeloma Session – Chair: TBD – Frontenac Ballroom AB |
| 2:10 – 2:40 PM | Presentation TBD – Dr. Irwin Sandhu |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 2:40 – 3:25 PM | Myeloma Case Presentations and Panel Discussion – Dr. Irwin Sandhu |
| 3:25 -5:00 PM | GU Cancer Session – Chair: Dr. Simon Yu |
| 3:25 – 3:50 PM | Update on Systemic Therapy for Prostate Cancer – Dr. Krista Noonan |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 3:50 – 4:10 PM | TMT is the Way to Be – Dr. Ryan Urban |
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| 4:10 – 4:30 PM | RC is Still Standard of Care – Dr. Nathan Wong |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 4:30 – 5:00 PM | GU Cancer Case Presentations and Panel Discussion – Dr. Krista Noonan, Dr. Ryan Urban, Dr. Nathan Wong |
| 5:00 – 5:05 PM | Closing Remarks |
| 5:05 – 8:00 PM | CoHO Welcome Reception – Frontenac Foyer |
| 5:15 PM | CoHO Young Investigators’ Abstract Presentations |
Saturday, November 14th, 2026 |
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| 7:00 – 8:00 AM | Breakfast – Frontenac Ballroom C |
| 8:00 – 8:10 AM | Young Investigators’ Research Award Presentation – Dr. Cheryl Ho Frontenac Ballroom AB |
| 8:15 – 10:20 AM | Lung Cancer Session – Chair: Dr. Barb Melosky |
| 8:15 – 8:45 AM | Medical Oncology – Dr. Vishal Navani |
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| 8:45 – 9:00 AM | Radiation Oncology – Dr. Devin Schellenberg |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 9:00 – 9:15 AM | Surgical Oncology – Dr. Anna McGuire |
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| 9:15 – 9:30 AM | Presentation TBD – Speaker TBD |
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| 9:30 – 10:20 AM | Lung Session Case Presentations and Panel Discussion – Case Presentations: Chairs: Dr. Maisam Makarem & Dr. Barb Melosky Panel: Dr. Anna McGuire, Dr. Devin Schellenberg, Dr. Vishal Navani |
| 10:20 – 10:40 AM | Nutrition Break – Frontenac Foyer |
| 10:40 – 12:00 PM | GI Cancer Session – Chair: TBD – Frontenac Ballroom AB |
| 10:40 – 11:40 AM | Update in CRC/Pancreatic Ca – Dr. Elie Kasouf |
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| 11:40 – 12:00 PM | RESPONSe Program |
| 11:40 – 12:00 PM | RESPONSe Program at Richmond Hospital – Dr. Jeremy Ho |
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| 12:00 – 1:00 PM | Lunch – Frontenac Ballroom C |
| 1:00 – 2:40 PM | Breast Cancer Session – Chair: Dr. Mehrnoosh Pauls – Frontenac Ballroom AB |
| 1:00 – 1:20 PM | Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Local Therapy Update – Dr. Andrew Bang |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 1:20 – 1:40 PM | ER+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer Update – Dr. Stephen Chia |
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| 1:40 – 2:00 PM | HER2+ and TNBC Metastatic Update – Dr. Arif Awan |
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| 2:00 – 2:40 PM | Case Presentations and Panel Discussion – Dr. Andrew Bang, Dr. Stephen Chia, Dr. Arif Awan |
| 2:40 – 2:50 PM | Mini Break – Frontenac Foyer |
| 2:50 – 4:40 PM | GLP-1 Session – Chair: TBD Frontenac Ballroom AB |
| 2:50 – 3:00 PM | Link Between GLP-1 Drugs Causing Thyroid Cancer – Speaker TBD |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 3:00 – 3:20 PM | Can GLP-1 Drugs Lower Cancer Risk? – Dr. Nathalie Levasseur |
| Question and Answer Period | |
| 3:20 – 3:45 PM | Endocrine Facets of GLP-1 Drugs – Speaker TBD |
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| 3:45 – 4:05 PM | Presentation TBD – Speaker TBD |
| 4:05 – 4:35 PM | Case Presentations and Panel Discussion |
| 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 |