Cancer Risk Reduction Strategies in the Context of Bariatric Surgery and Endoscopy Session

Cancer Risk Reduction Strategies in the Context of Bariatric Surgery and Endoscopy Session

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Track 1 South Writing HallUniversity of Oxford Examination Schools, 75 - 81 High St, Oxford OX1 4BG, UK

14:00-16:00

Chair: Dr Oliver Fisher(St George Hospital & St George& Sutherland Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)

Moderators

Dr Onon Bal(Second State Central Hospital, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)

Prof Ricardo Zorron(Hospital CUF Descobertas, Lisbon, Portugal)

Dr Geoffrey Chow(OU Health Physicians Tulsa Bariatric Surgery, Oklahoma, USA)

14:00-14:10: The International Obesity Society(IOS) - a Global Obesity Research Ecosystem to Promote Research Excellence on Obesity& Cancer

Dr Wah Yang (First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China)

14:15-14:25: Endoscopic Weight Loss Strategies for Severely Obese Patients with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Coli

Prof Roberto Simons-Linares(Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA)

14:30-14:40: Should there be a Preferred Bariatric Surgery Operation to Maximise Cancer Risk Reduction Strategy from Weight Loss?

Emeritus Prof Robin Blackstone(University of Arizona, Arizona, USA)

14:45-14:55: What is the Effect of Sleeve Gastrectomy on the Risk of Oesophago-gastric Cancer?

Mr Bruno Sgromo(Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust& University of Oxford, UK)

15:00-15:10: Breast Cancer Risk after Bariatric Surgery& Implications of Type of Bariatric Surgery

Dr Reynu Rajan(Avisena Specialist Hospital, Selangor, Malaysia)

15:15-15:25: Beyond Weight Loss- the Impact of Bariatric& Metabolic Surgery on Endometrial Cancer Risk

Dr Gabriela Zapata(Clinica Bariatrica Napoleon Salgado, Quito, Ecuador)

15:30-16:00

Experts' Discussion Forum: Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy as a First Step Procedure for Oncologic Purposes- Going Against the Grain?

Chairs

Mr Raslan Charef(Phoenix Health, Manchester, UK& St Helens& Knowsley Hospital, UK)

Prof Aayed Al Qahtani(King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

Panel:

Mr Simon Dexter(St James Hospital& University of Leeds, UK)

Prof Osama Taha(Assiut University Hospital. Assiut, Egypt)

Miss Anna Kamocka(Chelsea& Westminster Hospital& Imperial College London, UK)

Prof Luciana El-Kadre(Brazilian Society of Videoscopic, Robotic and Digital Surgery, Brazil)

Dr Rodrigue Chemaly(LAUMC-Rizk Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon)

Prof John Preto(CUF Porto Hospital, Porto, Portugal)

Prof Saeed Safari(Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences(IUMS), Tehran, Iran)

Mr Bruno Sgromo(Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust& University of Oxford, UK)

Prof Omar Ghanem(Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, USA)

16:00-16:30 COFFEE(North Writing Hall and Rooms 7, 8, 9)