Srinagar: The Department of Radiation Oncology SKIMS,conducted a Continuous Medical Education CME program under theme “TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER-. EVIDENCE, CONTROVERSIES,
CONSENSUS” on at “The Orchard Retreat’ Zakura.
The CME was an academic feast where various aspects pertaining to diagnosis and management of Triple Negative Breast Cancer were discussed threadbare by the luminaries in the field of
oncology.
On this occasion the speakers emphasized that Triple Negative Breast Cancer, which affects
younger population more, is biologically more
aggressive than the other variants and hence should be managed with multimodality approach with regular of immunotherapy drugs like Pembrolizumab.
The CME was organized under the astute guidance of Professor Fir Afroz, HOD Radiation Oncology & Chairpersonfor the event, and was ably assisted by Dr Shaqul Qamar (Associate Prof) and Dr Shahida Nasreen(Assistant Prof) as Organizing Secretaries. At theoutset Dr Shaqul Qamar gave a brief welcome address.