Leading cancer experts gather in Australia

International and Australian cancer experts will come together in Canberra later this week for the nation’s largest annual cancer meeting.

Two hundred speakers, including nine international experts, will present their latest research and discuss innovations, program developments and issues in cancer detection, prevention, treatment, care and education.Themed Cancer Care: An integrated approach, the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (COSA) will host 600 health professionals from around the country.The meetying will take place from Wednesday 24th November to Friday 26th November at the National Convention Centre inCanberra.Program highlights include:Wednesday, 24 November10am Coordinated oncology research: a national cancer research networkDr Peter Harper, Guy’s Hospital, UK11am Introduction to cancer geneticsDr Pierre Hainaut, International Agency for Research on Cancer, France11.05am Screening for bowel cancer: the national pilot studyDr Chris Stevenson, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, ACT3.30pm Advances in first line therapy of ovarian cancerDr Peter Harper, Guy’s Hospital, UK4pm Mortality and cancer incidence in Australian Korean war veteransDr Keith Horsley, Department of Veterans Affairs, ACT4.10pm Controversies in gynaecological oncologyProfessor Martin Gore, Royal Marsden Hospital, UK4.45pm Pharmacoeconomics- funding new drugs in cancer therapyMr Michael Dooley, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VicThursday, 25 November7.30am Gene therapy- has the promise been kept?Professor Martin Gore, Royal Marsden Hospital, UK8.45am Hypothetical: multidisciplinary care in lung cancer- Fellowship of the Ring12pm Not all doom and gloom: wellbeing of cancer survivors five years after diagnosisMs Allison Boyes, The Cancer Council NSW1.30pm Symposium: let’s talk about sex3.30pm Pilot clinical psychology service via videoconferencing for people with cancerMs Louise Shepherd, Prince of Wales Hospital, NSW3.55pm Relationship between in-transit metastasis and lymph node managementDr Matthew Clark, Middlemore Hospital, New Zealand4.30pm Communicating with kids about cancerMr John Friedsam, Pam McLean Cancer Communications Centre and Cansupport, NSW4.45pm United we stand- effects of a couple coping intervention on adjustment to earlystage breast or gynaecological cancerDr Jennifer Scott, Queensland Cancer Fund-Griffith University, QLDFriday, 28 November7.15am Cancer and the family- the wider impactProfessor James Zabora, The Catholic University of America, USA8.30am Symposium: cancer in the elderly- the emerging epidemic9am Shared treatment decision making- survey of cancer doctors’ views and attitudesMs Heather Shepherd, University of Sydney, NSW9am Dissecting the relative importance of UVA, UVB and visible light on naevi inductionA/Professor Scott Menzies, Sydney Melanoma Diagnostic Centre, NSW2pm Hypothetical: Is there a role for complementary and alternative therapy in themanagement of cancerKeep watching this site, we will bring the latest news hot from the conference daily!