Programme Thursday 26 September 2024
Time
Programme and Room
08:00-09:00
Welcome & Registration
Room: Trajectum
08:00-08:30
Committee Meetings
Access is restricted to members only
08:00-08:30
E-Health and AI (Room: 0.5)
08:00-08:30
Survivorship (Room: 0.4)
08:00-08:30
Cancer and Aging: Reflection for Elders (CARE) (Room: 0.8)
08:00-08:30
Low and Medium Income Countries (LMIC) (Room: 0.9)
09:00-10:30
Parallel Sessions 17-24
09:00-10:30
17: Cancer treatment related symptoms (Room: Auditorium 1)
Chair:
Michiel Daem, Ghent University Hospital, Cédric Hèle institute
- Oral #53 Cranial radiotherapy-related neurocognitive decline: A voxelbased imaging analysis - Charlotte Sleurs, Dept. Cognitive Neuropsychology, Tilburg University
- Oral #205 Physiological and Psychosocial Challenges Experienced by Younger Colorectal Cancer Survivors. A Qualitative Study. - Claudia Redeker, Birkbeck College, University of London
- Oral #80 Pretreatment fatigue in breast cancer patients: comparison with healthy controls and associations with biopsychosocial variables - Patricia Blickle, 1 Division of Physical Activity, Preventionand Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
- Oral #68 A mixed-method pilot randomized controlled trial of a remote supportive intervention for individuals taking oral anticancer agents - Saima Ahmed, McGill University
- Oral #315 Long-term fatigue in oropharyngeal cancer survivors post radiotherapy: the ROC-oN Study - Florien Boele, Leeds Institute of Medical Research, University of Leeds
- Oral #439 Identifying the gap between cancer-related fatigue management guidelines and clinical practice: a systematic review - Marijn Witziers, Department of Health Psychology, University Medical Center Groningen
09:00-10:30
18: E-health (Room: 0.1)
Chair:
June Kievits, Albert Schweitzer hospital
- Oral #528 Strategies for national dissemination and implementation of a blended intervention for fear of cancer recurrence. - Esther Deuningsmit, Department of IQ Health, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Oral #462 Psycho-oncology clinicians’ perceptions of the acceptability of blended psychological therapy for the treatment of anxiety and depression in patients with cancer: a qualitative interview study - Kelly Ferrao Nunes-Zlotkowski, The University of Sydney
- Oral #278 Evaluation of the Effects of Virtual Nature Therapy on Emotional Wellbeing in Oncology Waiting Rooms - Zdeňka Barešová, Department of Medical Psychology and Psychosomatics, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University
- Oral #254 Does an online Healthy Living after Cancer program with telephone coaching continue to improve outcomes compared to a selfguided control? - Lisa Beatty, College of Education, Psychology, and Social Work, Flinders University
- Oral #398 Randomized controlled trial of group blended and individual unguided online mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for people with cancer - Nasim Badaghi, Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Center
- Oral #216 Empowerment among breast cancer survivors using an online peer support community - Marina Ruiz Romeo, The Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute IDIBELL, Psychooncology and Digital Health Group
09:00-10:30
19: Family centered care (Room: 0.5)
Chair:
Ozan Bahcivan, Turkish Psycho-Oncological Association (Psiko-Onkologlar Dernegi)
- Oral #410 Virtual Bereavement Support - Improving Care of Families - Sue Morris, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- Oral #22 Dyadic Mindful Self-Compassion Intervention for Lung Cancer Patients and Their Family Caregivers: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial - Juan Li, Xiangya School of Nursing of Central South University
- Oral #236 How to Support Cancer Patient Families: An Example of Psycho-Oncological Intervention at All Stages - Eloísa Estela da Cunha Fernandes, Portuguese League Against Cancer - Northern Branch
- Oral #87 Development and implementation of a cultural navigation program supporting international patients and families, including those displaced by war. - Erica Sirrine, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Oral #388 Patterns of supportive care use in the first two years postdiagnosis: associations with reported need for help and geographic isolation in Australian parents with a child with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia - Clarissa Schilstra, UNSW Sydney and the Behavioural Sciences Unit, Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital
09:00-10:30
20: Equity, diversity and inclusion in cancer care and research (Room: 0.11)
Chair:
Mirjam Spangers, Amsterdam UMC
- Oral #664 Principles to promote social equality in the cancer trajectory: A Group Concept Mapping Study - Maria Aagesen Occupational Science, User Perspectives and Community-based Research, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Oral #539 Why participate? Patients and providers' views on commercial clinical trials for advanced cancer in Santiago, Chile - Loreto Fernandez Gonzalez, Instituto Oncologico FALP
- Oral #578 Recommendations to Improve Breast Cancer Care for Black Women in Canada: Patient Perspectives - Ielaf Khalil, Mount Sinai Hospital
- Oral #199 Psychological care needs and financial burdens among lymphoma patients in Taiwan - Chihtao Cheng, Koo Foundation Sun YatSen Cancer Center
- Oral #556 The State Of Psychosocial Oncology Research Among Canadian Black Communities: A Scoping Review - Sophie Lebel, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ottawa
- Oral #32 Utilization of Telehealth Behavioral Oncology Services Within Underserved Populations During COVID-19 - Adaixa Padron Wilborn, TGH Cancer Institute
09:00-10:30
21: Childhood survivorship care (Room: 0.8)
Chair:
Pernille Bidstrup, Danish Cancer Insitute
- Oral #367 ‘Engage’: A new intervention to support distance-delivered childhood cancer survivorship care - Clarissa Schilstra, UNSW Sydney
- Oral #376 Evolution of cardiorespiratory fitness over a 1-year period in childhood cancer survivors and possible limiting factors- Nel Van Ermengem, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven
- Oral #76 The Impact of Health Conditions and Psychosocial Risk and Protective Factors on Psychosocial Functioning in Survivors of Childhood Cancer: the DCCSS-LATER Study - Anne Maas, Princes Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology
- Oral #12 Implementation of the Bright Ideas Intervention among Caregivers of Children with Cancer in Uganda: A Promising Approach for Psychosocial Support. - Rachel Dr Kansiime, Joint Clinical Research Centre Mulago ational Specilaised Hospital
- Oral #510 Co-creation of a pain science education intervention for children living beyond cancer: protocol of the PANACEA study - Sophie Pleysier - Pain in Motion research group (PAIN), Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
09:00-10:30
22: Cancer care across the life span (Room: 0.9)
Chair:
Anja Mehnert, University Medical Center Leipzig
- Oral #471 How does a cancer diagnosis affect economic, education, social, and health outcomes? A matched cohort study of adolescents and young adults in England. - Richard Mattock, University of Leeds
- Oral #546 Factors associated with the use of the term 'cancer' in parentchild discussions about parental cancer: insights from parents' experiences - Salomé Lamal, Université Libre de Bruxelles
- Oral #175 Towards understanding post-treatment self-management learning needs of young adults with hematological cancer - Benedicta Hartono, Faculty of Nursing, Université de Montréal
- CANCELLED - Oral #416 Dyadic effects of illness cognition and psychological distress among young and middle-aged couples with colorectal cancer: The mediating role of dyadic coping - Qian Sun, Sun Yatsen University
- Oral #147 Comparative policy analysis of cancer survivors’ equitable access to education - Dr. Margeret Flood, Maynooth University education department
09:00-10:30
23: Implementation (Room: 0.4)
Chair:
Miranda Velthuis, IKNL
- Oral #48 Facilitating patient-oncologist communication in advanced treatment-resistant cancer: development and feasibility testing of a question prompt list. - Anne Brédart, Institut Curie
- Oral #301 Moving beyond barriers: The development of evidence-based strategies to improve the implementation of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in clinical oncology care. - Eva Boomstra, Department of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute
- Oral #135 THE ATTEMPT TO CONDUCT GROUPS BY THE PROGRAM CONQUER FEAR DURING THE WAR IN UKRAINE - Kateryna Lysnyk, PhD student of Psychology Faculty Drahomanov Ukrainian State University
- Oral #318 The Africa Elevate Program: Implementation and evaluation of a cross-cultural psycho-educational support program for cancer patients and survivors in sub-Saharan Africa - Kevin Stein, MaineHealth Institute for Research
- Oral #428 Synthesizing expertise from researchers, educators, health care professionals and experts by experience in oncosexology in The Netherlands - Ilaniek I.C. Zantingh, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
- Oral #262 The effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)-therapy on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms and Quality of Life in patients with cancer - Helen Driessen, Erasmus Medical Center
09:00-10:30
24: Innovations (Room: 0.2/0.3)
Chair:
Yvonne O’Meara, University College Dublin
- Oral #356 The COMFORT Trial: A Randomised Control Trial Comparing Group-Based COMpassion-FOcused Therapy Techniques And Breathing Pattern ReTraining With Treatment As Usual On The Psychological Functioning Of Patients Diagnosed With Cancer Recurrence. - Sinead Lynch, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
- Oral #360 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to increase compliance to sexual dysfunction treatments in men with prostate cancer: Results from a randomized controlled trial - Christian J Nelson, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Oral #322 Trajectories of objectively measured stress after a cervical cancer diagnosis: A longitudinal analysis of scalp hair cortisol - Belle H. de Rooij, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL)
- Oral ID #558 Addressing Distress among Cancer Survivors in southern India: Opportunities for Community-led Survivorship Interventions - Surendran Veeraiah, Cancer Institute (W.I.A)
- Oral #696 Worst-case Scenarios as a Strategy to Understand and Reduce Fear of Progression and Trauma Symptoms in Late-Stage Cancer - Joanna J Arch, University of Colorado Boulder
- Oral #463 General practice support for oncology patients; the added value of an oncology practice nurse - Charlotte Maas, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC
10:30-11:00
Coffee break
Room: Praetorium/Trajectum and Lobby
11:00-12:00
Plenary session 3 (Auditorium 1)
11:00-12:00
The new, me & AI (Room: Auditorium 1)
Auditorium 1
Chair: Sophie Lebel, University of Ottawa
Plenary speakers:
Sabine Siesling, Marije van der Lee
Sabine Siesling and Marije van der Lee will talk about the future of using Artificial intelligence in Psycho-oncology and the meaning for our daily work. We will reflect and interact with the audience about how can we use AI to personalize care and at the same time keep the human touch. How can we have the best of both worlds, combining technology including AI with our psychological therapy that is founded on trust and human connection? What will be the effect of AI prognostic prediction models on fear of cancer recurrence? Do we want digitals twins of our therapists?
12:00-13:00
Lunch break
Room: Praetorium/Trajectum and Lobby
12:30-13:00
As for the AGM (Room: 0.11)
Access is restricted to members only
12:30-13:00
Postervisit 3
Programme postervisit 3
Room: Praetorium/Trajectum and Lobby
13:00-14:15
Parallel Sessions 25-32
13:00-14:15
25: Cancer and Fertility (Room: Auditorium 1)
Theme: Patient oriented research approaches
Chair:
Vicky Lehmann, Department of Medical Psychology, Amsterdam UMC
- Oral #252 Supporting oncofertility decisions: decision aids and other tools - Michelle Peate, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health, Royal Women's Hospital,University of Melbourne
- Oral #203 Prevalence and predictors for fertility-related distress among 1010 young adults 1.5 years following cancer diagnosis – results from the Fex-Can Cohort - Claudia Lampic, Umeå University
- Oral #349 Fertility status assessment among female survivors of childhood cancer - Brooke Cherven, Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Emory University School of Medicine
- Oral #264 Perceived consequences of fertility preservation (or lack thereof) on young cancer survivors - Vicky Lehmann, Department of Medical Psychology, Amsterdam University Medical Center
13:00-14:15
26: The Supportive Oncology Collaborative: Enhancing Access and Care through Integrated Supportive Services (Room: 0.1)
Theme: Innovation in psychosocial oncology interventions
Chair:
Carrie Wu, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Oral #362 Doubling Down on Access: How the Integration of Telemedicine and Collaborative Care Expands Reach in Supportive Oncology Services - Carrie Wu, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Oral #378 Integrating Palliative Care with Psychosocial Care in the Supportive Oncology Collaborative - Kate Lally, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School
- Oral #383 Site-Specific Clinical Implementation of Supportive Oncology Collaborative Teams - Stephanie C Tung, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Oral #386 The Role of Psychology in The Supportive Care Collaborative - Cristina Pozo Kaderman, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
13:00-14:15
27: New digital technologies to support cancer patients: benefits, challenges and ethical implications (Room: 0.5)
Theme: Digital health and cancer care
Chair:
Friederike Kendel, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- Oral #527 Online or Face-to-Face? Differences and challenges in the oncological setting - Friederike Kendel, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Gender in Medicine
- Oral #531 Digital therapeutic improving distress in cancer patients: a nationwide randomized controlled trial - Franziska Springer, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center Central Germany (CCCG), Leipzig
- Oral #533 Parenting with pleasure - despite cancer? Online-based parenting program for parents with cancer - Tanja Zimmermann, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
- Oral #535 The right not to know in the digital age: perspective of patients with a family history of breast and ovarian cancer - Paula Thomas, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Gender in Medicine
13:00-14:15
28: Fear of progression, uncertainty and resilience among patients with advanced cancer living with a long-term response to novel therapies (Room: 0.11)
Theme: Survivorship
Chair:
Melanie P.J. Schellekens, Helen Dowling Institute
- Oral #429 Development and evaluation of a clinical interview for high fear of progression in people with advanced cancer receiving systemic treatment - Jose A.E. Custers, Radboud university medical center
- Oral #526 Living with Lung Cancer: the experiences of fear of progression in individuals with lung cancer receiving immunotherapy or targeted therapy - Alanna Chu, The University of Ottawa
- Oral #598 Protective factors of resilience in advanced cancer patients obtaining long-term response to immunotherapy or targeted therapy: an Ecological Momentary Assessment study. - Laura Zwanenburg, Helen Dowling Institute
- Oral #612 Validation of the Dutch version of the Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale-C in patients with advanced cancer receiving systemic treatment - Cheyenne Braam, Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Medical Psychology
13:00-14:15
29: Creating meaning and purpose: adaptations and developments in Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy (Room: 0.8)
Innovation in psychosocial oncology interventions
Chair:
Annekathrin Sender, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Comprehensive Cancer Center Central Germany (CCCG), Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Prof Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf, University Medical Center Leipzig
- Oral #235 Meaning Centered Psychotherapy in portuguese cancer patients – a meaningful experience - Guida Da Ponte, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health - Centro Hospitalar Barreiro-Montijo
- Oral #248 “Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy integrating Essential Care” - Tirso Ventura Faci, Psychiatrist, University of Zaragoza, Spain
- Oral #265 Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for thou art with me (Psalems 23:4): Adopting MeaningCentered Psychotherapy in Multicultural Israel - Gil Goldzweig, The Academic College of Tel Aviv Yaffo
- Oral #478 LOGOS: Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy in a hybrid design for adult cancer survivors in aftercare - Annekathrin Sender, University of Leipzig Medical Center Comprehensive Cancer Center Central Germany (CCCG)
- Oral #42 From paper version to digital solution -The development of a digital Decision Aid to be used in cancer screening in Sweden - Anna Jervaeus, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sverige
13:00-14:15
30: Physical activity as medicine for persistent pain after treatment for cancer: from theory to practice (Room: 0.9)
Theme: Cancer treatment-related symptom and toxicity management
Chair:
Lore Dams, University of Antwerp
- Oral #354 Implementing behavioural change in breast cancer survivors
with chronic pain through physiotherapy - Marthe Van Overbeke, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. Ghent University - Oral #372 Opening the Black Box in Interventions: Development of a Program Theory - Emma Tack, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. Ghent University, Ghent
- Oral #401 Barriers and facilitators to physical activity in cancer survivors with pain - Sophie Van Dijck, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Oral #446 Tailored pain science education for individuals living with persistent pain after breast cancer - Lore Dams, MOVANT, University of Antwerp
13:00-14:15
31: Psycho-oncology screening and interventions, the tough process from development to implementation (room: 0.4)
Theme: Implementation science, knowledge translation and synthesis
Chair:
Judith Prins, Radboud University Medical Centre
- Oral #167 IMPLEMENTING PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOMES (PROMS) IN PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY CARE: LESSONS LEARED - Martha Grootenhuis, Princess Maxima Centre
- Oral #219 THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY FOR CANCER RELATED FATIGUE - Hans Knoop, Department of Medical Psychology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam
- Oral #225 The translational research pathway of three interventions in psychosocial care in the Netherlands: meaning-centered group psychotherapy, life review therapy and Oncokompas - Irma Verdonck-de Leeuw, Amsterdam UMC
- Oral #420 Similarities and differences in the use of two evidence-based online psychological interventions for cancer survivors in research and real-world settings - Judith Prins, Radboud University Medical Centre, Department of Medical Psychology
13:00-14:15
32: The value of informal care by trained volunteers for patients with cancer and their relatives (Room: 0.2/0.3)
Theme: Community-based and volunteer cancer care services
Chair:
Johanna Kasperkovitz-Oosterloo, Program manager at IPSO
- Oral #324 Cooperation formal and informal care - Anita Wesselius-Wuestman, Human Talent Consulting
- Oral #480 Informal care for patients with cancer and their relatives in the Netherlands and its added value - Johanna Kasperkovitz Oosterloo, Program manager at IPSO
- Oral #489 Informal psychosocial cancer care – an international survey - Lucienne Berenschot, Berenschot Onderzoek en Advies / Ecorys
- Oral #491 Required changes in the healthcare system to make effective matched care possible - Johanna Kasperkovitz Oosterloo, Program manager at IPSO
14:15-15:30
Parallel Sessions 33-37
14:15-15:30
33: Sustainable implementation of online self-management tools: international challenges and a Dutch implementation example (Room: Auditorium 1)
Theme: Digital health and cancer care
Chair:
Chantal Lammens, The Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Oral #95 What is needed for improved uptake and adoption of digital aftercare programs by cancer survivors: a mixed methods study applying the COM-B model - Liza van Deursen, Center for Public Health, Care and Society, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
- Oral #111 Clinical implementation of an eHealth Appstore for Dutch cancer survivors and their relatives - Anne de Korte, The Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation
- Oral #327 Introducing a digital patient-facing support app for breast cancer in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands: a comparative evaluationy - Kimberley Hogg, Px HealthCare
- Oral #677 Effectiveness and Safety of the Untire App for Managing Moderate-to-Severe Cancer-Related Fatigue in German Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial and Insights on Market Access - Simon Spahrkäs, Tired of Cancer B.V.
14:15-15:30
34: Ultra-Brief Behavioral Interventions for Cancer Survivors: When Less is More (Room: 0.1)
Theme: Innovation in psychosocial oncology interventions
Chair:
Christopher J. Recklitis, Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
- Oral #90 Sexual Health and Rehabilitation (SHARE): A Brief Clinical Intervention Female Cancer Survivors - Sharon Bober, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School
- Oral #148 A brief psychoeducational intervention for self-reported cancer-related cognitive impairment: Quantitative and qualitative results of a single-arm prospective study - Lori Bernstein, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
- Oral #194 Sleep Treatment Education Program-1 (STEP 1): A Randomized Trial Testing a Single-Session Behavioral Intervention for Cancer Survivors with Insomnia - Christopher J Recklitis, DanaFarber/Harvard Cancer Center
14:15-15:30
35: ROUND TABLE Towards equity in psychosocial oncology research: a roundtable discussion with researchers from Australia, Denmark, and the Netherlands. (Room: 0.5)
Theme: Equity, diversity and inclusion in cancer care and research
Chair:
Nicole Ezendam, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation
- Oral #379 Making psychosocial oncology research in the Netherlands more inclusive: Results from a cross-sectional survey study among researchers. - Fabiola Müller, Amsterdam UMC
- Oral #381 How to involve and include vulnerable patients with cancer in research – experiences from the Danish Research Center for Equality in Cancer (COMPAS) - Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton, Cancer Survivorship, Danish Cancer Institute
- Oral #392 Supporting cancer clinicians and researchers to provide culturally inclusive care to Indigenous Australians: an e-learning resource - Gail Garvey, University of Queensland
14:15-15:30
36: A joint ESGO-IPOS symposium addressing current psychosocial challenges in gynaecological cancer care (Room: 0.11)
Theme: Vaccine hesitancy and public health systems strategies
Chair:
Tania Estapé, Psychosocial Oncology Coordinator, FEFOC Fudnació, Barcelona, Spain
- Oral #713 Fertility preservation in women with cancer: Psychosocial issues and counselling - Joachim Weis, Chair for Self-Helping Research in Oncology CCC Freiburg
- Oral #714 Patients’ perspective on cancer treatment over the trajectory of female cancer - Kim Hulscher, ENGAGE Co-Chair of ESGO
- Oral #715 We have solutions for the prevention of Human Papillomavirus related cancers? Why is Canada still searching for a problem? - Zeev Rosberger, Senior Investigator and Associate Professor Departments of Oncology, Psychology and Psychiatry Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research and McGill University Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Oral #707 Barriers to achieving cervical cancer elimination in Africa - Chioma Asuzu, University of Ibadan
14:15 - 15:30
37: Session cancelled (room: 0.4)
15:30-16:00
Coffee break
Room: Praetorium/Trajectum and Lobby
16:00-17:15
Plenary session 4 (room: auditorium 1)
16:00-17:15
IPOS Presidential Plenary: Integrating psychosocial care into routine cancer care: the current state and the future direction. (Room: Auditorium 1)
Auditorium 1
Chair: Wendy Wing Tak Lam
Plenary speakers:
#712 The Role of Professional Certification for Psycho-Oncologists in Enhancing Quality of Cancer Care - Luigi Grassi, Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, University of Ferrara
Background: . Although psycho-oncology as a discipline dates back at least 50 years, issues relating to certification of the Psycho-oncology profession is not available. Clarification of this matter is in order to avoid non-trained professionals present themselves as psycho-oncologists, while high quality comprehensive psychosocial care within oncology can be only guaranteed by a specialization in the filed. Methods: We conducted a survey identifying existing training, professional registration requirements and accreditation programs, at national levels, for the specialty of psycho-oncology as well as the mandatory presence of this specialist in cancer teams. Survey questions were emailed to representatives of psycho-oncology of 43 countries worldwide. Results: 39 countries replied and answered the questionnaire (91%). Specific details, from the registered contact person, for each country, about psycho-oncology training, professional registration and accreditation were sent. Disparities were reported between countries. The majority of countries had no formally recognized profession of “Psycho-oncologist”, while some countries reported that it is mandatory (or recommended to have) a specialist in psycho-oncology in cancer centres and, thus, that an accredited, nationally recognized and certified training in this specialty exists. Conclusions: Since most countries have in their National Cancer Plan psycho-oncology as a specific need in multidisciplinary teams, it is urgent to create a curriculum for the specialty (certification and accreditation) for the profession of psycho-oncology. Given the lack of internationally recognized core standards, ideas and proposals for minimum standards of good care and the training required to deliver this, are explored to clarify who may use the designation “Clinical Psycho-oncologist”. Proposals will be presented.
Including panel discussion with Jayita Deohar, Jose Custers, Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf
Including the following awards:
- Arthur M. Sutherland Award and Memorial Lecture
Harvey Max Chochinov Hiroomi & Setsuko Kawano New Investigator Award
Jose Custers
17:15-18:30
Free time
17:40-18:30
JPORP information and networking session (Room: 0.02/0.03)
Access is restricted to members only
18:30 - 19:00
Bus transfer to congress dinner
Buses to the congress dinner will depart from MECC and Maastricht Central Station
19:00-00:00
Congress dinner at La Caverne
More information and registration can be found here.
23:30-00:00
Bus transfers back to Maastricht