Acute Cancer Care Essentials

Patients with cancer increasingly present to emergency departments, acute medical units and general practice with complex, time-sensitive complications. This free, one-day event equips frontline clinical staff with the knowledge and confidence to recognise and manage them in the critical first hours of care.

Hosted by Guy's Cancer Academy in partnership with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, the day brings together leading oncology consultants and senior acute oncology specialists from across South East London to share practical, evidence-based approaches to the presentations you are most likely to encounter on the front line.

What we'll cover

• Recognising new presentations of cancer
• Management of immunotherapy toxicities
• Brain metastases
• Metastatic spinal cord compression
• Malignant bowel obstruction

Chairs

• Dr Kiruthikah Thillai, Director, Guy's Cancer Academy
• Dr Mona Hassan, Specialist Registrar in Oncology

Speakers

• Dr Vishal Manik, Consultant Clinical Oncologist (Uro-Oncology and AOS)
• Dr Daniel Hughes, Consultant Medical Oncologist (Lung and AOS)
• Dr Ailsa Lumsden, Consultant Medical Oncologist (Cancer of Unknown Primary)
• Judit Prokaj, Acute Oncology Nurse Specialist

Who should attend

This event is designed for doctors of all grades, Emergency Department teams, acute medicine teams, GPs, nurses and allied health professionals working across South East London.

Event details

• Date: Friday 14 August 2026
• Time: 09:00 to 16:30
• Venue: Sherman Education Centre, Guy's Hospital, London SE1
• Cost: Free to attend.

Spaces are limited. Register now to secure your place.