2025 Abstracts
2025 Abstract Winners
Top Oral Abstract Awards
Riley Jones
Abstract 119: Dosimetric Effects of Online Adaptive Radiation for Stereotactic Treatment Of Prostate Cancer
Morgan Pugh-Toole
Abstract 107: T-SLICE: An In Vitro Tumor Model to Evaluate the Impact of Hypoxia on the Ovarian Cancer Tumour Microenvironment
Oral Abstract Awards
Amira Benzina
Abstract 143: Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia in Pregnancy: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Peyton Briand
Abstract 122: Understanding barriers faced by Nova Scotians when accessing cancer care: a qualitative analysis of the patient experience
Meg Dahn
Abstract 133: Incidence, risk factors, and short-term outcomes of anthracycline induced cardiotoxicity in pediatric oncology patients: A population-based study in Canada
Mahtab Khudadad
Abstract 103: Molecular Profiling of Advanced Cutaneous Melanoma in Nova Scotia
Maiti McGrath
Abstract 125: Direct-to-unit prostate radiation therapy using generalized optimization and on-couch adaptation
Vinayak Mull
Abstract 134: Advancing the quality-efficiency frontier in multi-target radiotherapy with a dynamic isocenter
Maryam Shaaban
Abstract 121: Developing a program for Natural Killer Cell Expansion and Selection as precise adoptive cell therapy |
Karla Valenzuela
Abstract 126: Establishment of an In Vitro Model of Tumor Hypoxia, Microbiome, and Macrophage Interactions to Study Chemoresistance in Pancreatic Cancer
Poster Presentation Awards
Riley Arseneau
Abstract 110: CD4+ T cells are associated with immune neighbourhood formation and improved survival in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Caroline Carneiro
Abstract 139: Inter-clonal cooperation during metastasis: therapeutic implications
Angela Cheng
Abstract 109: Vanishing tumor beds in breast cancers treated with neoadjuvant systemic therapy: a pathology-based study
Megan Clark
Abstract 101: Evaluating the Necessity and Impact of Cardiac Imaging on Breast Cancer Care in Northwestern Ontario
Faramarz Jalili
Abstract 108: Colorectal cancer mortality in Canada: Assessing socioeconomic inequalities from 1990-2019
Mahtab Khudadad
Abstract 104: Comparative Analysis of the efficacy between MRI Lesion-Targeted and Combined (MRI lesion targeted and Standard Prostate Needle Core Biopsies) in detecting Prostatic Adenocarcinoma
Daniel Medina-Luna
Abstract 141: Tumour Immune Penetration and Response to Radiotherapy
Laura Minard
Abstract 111: Description of a Pharmacist-led PARP Inhibitor Clinic for Patients with Ovarian Cancer in Nova Scotia, Canada
Kaitlin Strugnell
Abstract 115: Exception Status Drug Funding for Rare Cancer Therapies: A Review of Patient Outcomes in Nova Scotia
Jennifer Sweetapple
Abstract 120: Development and Implementation of a Pharmacist-led Clinic for Patients Receiving CAR T-cell Therapy in Nova Scotia, Canada