Clinical Oncology Society of Australia 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting — ASN Events

Clinical Oncology Society of Australia 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting — ASN Events

Tuesday 2 December	Wednesday 3 December	Thursday 4 December
07:15 - 08:15 Breakfast session - Implementation of scalp cooling for prevention of chemotherapy induced alopecia Breakfast session - Wellness models in the acute cancer setting	07:15 - 08:45 COSA Breakfast session - Cancer Specific Advance Care Planning - Considering challenges and opportunities COSA Breakfast session - Nursing and Cancer Survivorship: A Perfect Match Breakfast session - PoCoG Early Career Mentoring Breakfast Breakfast session - VOYCE (YERVOY Clinical Network): supporting medical oncologists and nurses in managing patients on YERVOY treatment	07:15 - 08:15 Breakfast session - Connecting, communicating & collaborating to reduce inequalities in cancer care for Indigenous people Breakfast session - Optimising oral chemotherapy options in metastatic breast cancer Breakfast session - New Frontiers in PET/CT and NET
08:30 - 09:00 Opening ceremony		08:30 - 10:00 COSA/WCC joint plenary - Sustainable health systems
09:00 - 10:30 Plenary - Challenges in managing oligometastatic disease	09:00 - 10:30 Plenary - Recent improvements in lung cancer care; what you must know
		10:00 - 10:30 Morning Tea
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea and Poster Viewing	10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea and Poster Viewing	10:30 - 12:00 COSA/WCC joint concurrent session - The financial morbidity of cancer care Concurrent session - Cancer clinical trials Concurrent session - Cancer services in developing nations Submitted symposia - Radiation therapy(proposed by the Faculty of Radiation Oncology (RANZCR) Submitted symposia - Developing and implementing cancer policy in Australia
11:00 - 12:30 Concurrent session - Current evidence in the management of secondary disease Concurrent session - Pharmacotherapies Concurrent session - Cancer surveillance Concurrent session - Prehabilitation & rehabilitation Best of the Best Orals - Lung cancer 11:00 - 12:00 Best of the Best Orals - Basic & translational	11:00 - 12:30 Concurrent Session - The best ways of controlling lung cancer Concurrent session - Emerging technologies Concurrent Session - Symptom management in lung cancer Submitted symposia - Online psychological interventions to improve cancer care Best of the Best Orals - Clinical Best of the Best Orals - Education
		12:00 - 13:15 Lunch
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch COSA Cancer Pharmacists Group AGM COSA Clinical Trials and Research Professionals Group AGM COSA Geriatric Oncology Group AGM COSA Psycho-oncology Group AGM COSA Complementary & Integrative Therapies Group AGM	12:30 - 13:30 Lunch COSA AGM
		13:15 - 14:30 COSA Presidential Lecture
13:30 - 15:00 Plenary - Care of cancer survivors; what works?	13:30 - 15:00 Plenary - What factors influence patient outcomes?
		14:30 - 15:30 COSA/WCC joint hot topic - Is the cost of cancer treatment worth the benefits?
15:00 - 16:00 Afternoon tea Poster discussion 1	15:00 - 16:00 Afternoon tea Poster discussion 2
15:15 - 15:40 Best of the Best Poster discussion A - Clinical research, services and education Best of the Best Poster discussion B - Researching cancer treatments	15:15 - 15:40 Best of the Best Poster discussion A - Epidemiology and Health services Best of the Best Poster discussion B - Supporting Indigenous and poor prognosis cancer patients
16:00 - 17:30 Concurrent session - Integrative cancer management Concurrent session - Late effects Concurrent session - Metastases/recurrence Submitted symposia - Cancer inflammation Best of the Best Orals - Survivorship Best of the Best Orals - Health services	16:00 - 17:30 Concurrent session - The lung cancer MDT Concurrent session - Mesothelioma Concurrent session - Nutrition Submitted symposia - Contemporary issues in evidence based integrative oncology Best of the Best Orals - Epidemiology Best of the Best Orals - Supportive care
17:30 - 19:00 Welcome function and Luminous awards	17:30 - 19:00 COSA Survivorship Group AGM
19:00 - 21:30 Dinner Symposium - Bespoke checks - An update on immune checkpoint inhibitors for cancer therapy	19:00 - 21:00 Conference dinner