Azza Chabchoub, Africa and Middle East regional representative on the 2026-2028 Board of Directors at IGCS – International Gynecologic Cancer Society, shared on LinkedIn:
“A great experience at SIOG – International Society of Geriatric Oncology.
I had the pleasure of speaking about Surgical Decision-Making in Frail Older Patients with cervical cancer in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
A topic that is particularly close to my heart, because making the right decision is not always about what we can do surgically, but what we should do for each individual patient.
We talked about frailty, prehabilitation, multidisciplinary decisions, and, of course, the realities of practicing in resource-limited settings. Because things don’t always look the same in textbooks and in real life!
It was a pleasure to share the perspective from Tunisia and to exchange ideas with colleagues who share the same passion for improving cancer care for older patients.
I ended my talk with a sentence that seemed to resonate with the audience: ‘The best surgery for cervical cancer is the one we don’t have to perform.’
A big thank you to Houda Belfekih for the kind invitation and for making this happen!
Always a pleasure to learn, share, meet great people and bring new ideas back home.”
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