29TH ANNUAL
West Hawai‘i
Cancer Symposium
Schedule
Presented by:
American Cancer Society — Hawai‘i Pacific
University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center
Friday, September 11, 2026
7:15 AM
Registration & Continental Breakfast
7:50 AM
Welcome & Introduction
Celestia Higano, MD • University of British Columbia
8:00 AM
Updates in Advanced Prostate Cancer
Alan Bryce, MD • City of Hope
8:45 AM
Management of Bladder Cancer
9:30 AM
Holistic Management of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
10:15 AM
Break
Visit exhibitors.
10:45 AM
Advocating for Your Patient and Profession: Lessons Learned from the Parallel Histories of Breast Cancer Treatment and Health Policy
Sharon Lum, MD, MBA • Loma Linda School of Medicine
11:30 AM
Keynote Address: The Exiles of Kalaupapa: Leprosy on Molokai, 1866-1969
Wen Shen, MD, MA • NYU Grossman School of Medicine
12:15 PM
Break
Visit exhibitors.
12:30 PM
Lunch & Complex Case Presentations
Jan H. Wong, MD • East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
1:45 PM
Evaluation & Adjourn
Saturday, September 12, 2026
7:15 AM
Registration & Continental Breakfast
7:50 AM
Welcome
Jan H. Wong, MD • East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
8:00 AM
Multidisciplinary Options for Esophageal Cancer
Stephen Swisher, MD • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
8:45 AM
RAS Inhibitors in Pancreatic Cancer: The Future is Now
Andrew Ko, MD • University of California at San Francisco
9:30 AM
The ABCs of ADCs: Antibody Drug Conjugates and Bispecific Antibodies in Lung Cancer
Bryan Schneider, MD • Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan
10:15 AM
Break
Visit exhibitors.
10:45 AM
Gynecologic Implications of Anti-Cancer Treatments
Barbara Norquist, MD • University of Washington School of Medicine
11:30 AM
Precision Care in Advanced Breast Cancer: Local Regional Strategies and the Expanding Role of ctDNA
Kelly Hunt, MD • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
12:15 PM
Newest Practice Changing Trials in Breast Cancer Treatment: HR+, HER2+, TNBC
Edith A. Perez, MD • Mayo Clinic