2026 GHOS - Event Details

Thursday 31^stOctober and Friday 1^st November 2024
Department Radiation Oncology, Groote Schuur Hospital

GHOS 2024 – Thank You for Joining Us!

GHOS 2026 will be at the Intercontinental Hotel on September 4-5, 2026 in Lusaka, Zambia, with pre-conference training to be held on September 3
Please join us!
Registration Cost: $2,000
Registration includes: 3 nights accommodation at the Intercontinental Hotel, Lusaka
Airport transfers
Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be provided during conference days.
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2024 GHOS - Event Details

Thursday 31^stOctober and Friday 1^st November 2024
Department Radiation Oncology, Groote Schuur Hospital

GHOS 2024 – Thank You for Joining Us!

The Greater Horn Oncology Symposium (GHOS) 2024 was a tremendous success, and we want to extend our deepest gratitude to all the speakers, attendees, and organizers who made this event possible! We appreciate your dedication to advancing oncology care and fostering collaboration across regions. Your participation helped make this symposium a valuable experience for everyone involved.

We are excited to share videos of all speaker presentations and event photos, available for viewing and download on this page.
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Featured Topics and Speakers

2 November Speakers

Henriette Burger

Radiation Oncology

Stellenbosch University

Access to Radiotherapy and Capacity-building in Africa

Clinical Oncology

Kenyatta Univ. Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital

Cyberknife Experience in KUTRRH

Agnes Ewongwo, MD

Resident, Radiation Oncology

Stanford University - Palo Alto, USA

Using AVATAR in the Pediatric Patient Population to Assist with
Treatment Delivery and to Improve Quality of Life

Paediatric and CNS Radiation Oncology

Brain Metastases

Esther Majaliwa

Paediatric Oncology

Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre

Paediatric Oncology Topic

Paediatric Oncology

Paediatric Radiation Oncology

Paediatric Radiotherapy in Africa

Paediatric Oncology

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Head and Neck Radiation Oncology

Duke University

Head and Neck Topic

Breast Radiation Oncology

Henry Ford Health

Breast Cancer in African American vs African Women

Solomon Kibudde, MD

Radiation Oncologist

Uganda Cancer Institute - Uganda

Hypofractionated Radiotherapy for Cervical Cancer - A
Systematic Review

Nanette Joubert

Medical Physicist

University of Cape Town - Cape Town South Africa

Medical Imaging for Radiotherapy

Gynecologic Radiation Oncology

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Gynecologic Oncology Topic

Gynecologic Radiation Oncology

University of California Irvine

Gynecologic Oncology Topic

3 November Speakers

Atukuzwe Kahakwa, MD

Registrar, Clinical Oncology

Ocean Road Cancer Institute - Tanzania

Factors associated with biochemical failure in Localized Prostate Cancer treated with radical definitive 3DCRT and Androgen deprivation therapy at ORCI from 2018-2021: a retrospective cohort study

GU/Gyne Radiation Oncology

Erasmus University

Ultra-hypofractionation for Prostate Cancer: The U-HYPO AFRICA Study OR Sexual Health after Radiotherapy for Gynecological Cancer

HN and Lymphoma Radiation Oncology

University of California San Diego

University of Kansas

Advantages of High Dose Rate Prostate Brachytherapy in Resource Limited Settings

Ashenafi Kumela

Medical Physicist

Addis Ababa University - Ethiopia

Dosimetry: Patient Specific QA

Kavuma Awusi, PhD

Prinicipal Medical Physicist

Uganda Cancer Institute - Uganda

The Evolution and Recent Radiation Therapy Advancement in Uganda

Queen G Tarimo MD

Prevalence Of Depression

Ocean Road Cancer Institute

Prevalence of Depression and Associated Risk Factors in Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients Treated at Ocean Road Cancer Institute

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Other physician speakers

Radiation Oncology

University of Kansas

Breast Cancer or Prostate Cancer topic

GU/Gyne Radiation Oncology

Gamma West Cancer Center

Global Radiation Oncology Topic

Radiation Oncology

Medical College of Wisconsin

Medical Physicist

Allegheny Health Network - Pittsburgh, USA

Creation of the Ukrainian Medical Physics Training Course, and its Potential for Transferability and Scalability to Sites in Africa

Radiation Oncology

Impact of Delayed Treatment in Survival Outcomes (Breast/Prostate and Cervical cancer) in LMIC (origin research) OR Prospective study of locally advanced cervical comparing ChemoRT(CFRT) and HFRT OR HypoAfrica study

Radiation Oncology

Erasmus University

Hypofractionated Breast Radiotherapy Study with Tygerberg Hospital‍

Physics focused presentations

CSO/Founder Vertual Ltd

Using Vertual Platform for Training in Radiotherapy in Resource-Limited Settings

a Siemens Healthineers company

Craniospinal RT Using the Halcyon

MD Anderson Cancer Center

The Radiation Planning Assistant – an Update

Stanford University

Stanford University

The Radiation Planning Assistant – an Update

Other speakers from Africa

Clinical Oncology

Bugando Medical Center

Furaha Serventi

Clinical Oncology

Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center

Claire Umubyeyi

Clinical Oncology

Rwanda Military Referral and Teaching Hospital

Head and Neck Cancer, Case presentation

Sonia Worku and

Ashenafi Kumela

Clinical Oncology and Physics

Black Lion Hospital - Ethiopia‍

Sikudhani Muya, MD

Consultant Clinical Oncology

Ocean Road Cancer Institute - Tanzania

Pediatric Case Wilms Tumor

Registrar, Clinical Oncology

Cancer Disease Hospital

Epidemiology, clinicopathological characteristics and outcomes of de novo metastatic breast cancer.

Clinical Oncologist

Cancer Disease Hospital - Zambia

Bridging Care Gaps for Cancer Patients in Underserved Districts/Provinces in Zambia

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‍Thank you again for being part of GHOS 2024 — we look forward to seeing you at the next event!

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