The inaugural Innovations in Cancer Treatment and Care conference united over 300 health professionals across the NSW health sector to share information, practices and technologies to improve cancer outcomes.
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Thank you to all our speakers and attendees who took part in the
inaugural Innovations in Cancer Treatment and Care NSW
Conference.
Videos of the presentations have been embedded below, or you can
watch them all on the Cancer Institute's Youtube channel.
Watch the Innovations playlist on Youtube
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Rapid learning cancer systems
Associate Professor Amy Abernethy , Director of
the Duke Cancer Care Research Program and the Centre for Learning
Health care, Duke Cancer Institute.
Read an
interview with Amy Abernethy
Aboriginal health and cancer services working together
Victoria Jones , Psycho-Oncology Service
Development Social Worker & Project Officer Aboriginal Health
& Cancer Services - Working Together, Cancer Services and
Aboriginal Health; Murrumbidgee and Southern NSW Local Health
Districts & Alison Simpson , Acting Team Leader
Murrumbidgee, Albury Community Health Centre.
Find out more about the Working
Together program .
Surgical Consolidation
Moderated by Dr Norman Swan and including
special guests Professor David Currow (CEO Cancer
Institute NSW), Professor Ross Smith (Surgeon),
Professor Clifford Hughes AO (CEO Clinical
Excellence Commission),Kay Hyman (CEO Nepean Blue
mountains Local Health District) Professor Brian
McCaughan (Surgeon), Nigel Lyons (CEO
Agency for Clinical Innovation), Michael Milton
(Paralympian and oesophageal cancer survivor) & A/Prof
Arthur Richardson (Surgeon).
Morning concurrent sessions
Afternoon concurrent sessions
Under served populations
(workshop)
Service delivery innovations
Chaired by Blythe O'Hara, Executive Officer, Prevention
Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health, University
of Sydney.
Watch the Under served poulations session on Youtube
Abstracts presented:
Development and evaluation of a culturally sensitive support group
program for Chinese- Australian women with breast cancer - a pilot
study , Dr Cannas Kwok, University of Western SydneyAwareness about the signs and symptoms of lung cancer in at
risk populations in NSW, Mayanne Lafontaine, Cancer Institute
NSW
A community partnership program for promoting cancer awareness and
screening practices among Chinese- and
African-Australian , Dr Olayide Ogunsiji, University of
Western Sydney
Silence and Suffering: Using applied theatre to promote prevention
measures and reduce stigma related to cancer , Dr Astrid
Perry, Prince of Wales Hospital
Engaging youth in reducing the burden of liver cancer in culturally
and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities , Mamta Porwal,
Cancer Council NSW
Chaired by Professor Afaf Girgis, Executive
Director, Translational Cancer Research Unit, South
Western Sydney Clinical School.
Watch the Service Delivery session on Youtube
Abstracts presented:
Poster abstracts
A nomogram to predict central compartment lymph node metastasis in
papillary thyroid carcinoma
A novel technique for inverse planning of prostate IMRT for
patients with bilateral hip prostheses
Addressing cancer stigma within Macedonian and Serbian communities
in the Illawarra
Are radiation oncologists aware of health literacy amongst people
with cancer treated with radiotherapy?
The consumer role in innovation in cancer treatment &
care K Smith (Lead)
Common
sense approach to psycho oncology referral S Turley (Lead), J Carter
Development of an evidenced based multimodal suite of information
and support resources for people affected by cancer of unknown
primary.
Does a tailored Spaced Education pain assessment module improve
specialist palliative care nurses' pain assessment
practices? J Phillips (Lead), N Heneka, L Lam, T
Shaw
Endorectal balloons in post-prostatectomy radiotherapy - Improved
geometric and dosimetric stability of the clinical target volumes
and organs at risk.
Incorporating a Radiologist into a Radiation Oncology Department: A
New Model of Care? M Dimigen (Lead), S Vinod, K Lim, T
Tran
Improving Cancer Care
Communication N Kaadan (Lead)
Intensity Modulated RadioTherapy and Image Guided RadioTherapy:
design of a study to assess how well these new techniques can be
quantified
Management of dysplastic Barrett's oesophagus and early oesophageal
cancer (EAC) with a combination of radiofrequency ablation and
endoscopic mucosal resection is safe and efficacious: A quaternary
referral centre experience
Moving on
from "paperless" to complete "e-ness". The digital revolution
enhancing patient care.
Nutritional management of patients with head and neck cancer on a
wiki platform - The way of the future in developing and maintaining
evidence based guidelines
Pancreaticoduodenectomy: a 9 year review of outcomes in a regional
Australian teaching hospital
RPAH Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy Treatment for Breast
Cancer
Specialist
registered nurse led treatment review clinic
State of
the arc treatment at Sydney Radiosurgery
Stereotactic body radiation therapy for liver and lung
cancer
Superselective Stop flow Chemotherapy for Solid Neoplasma with
Chemoextraction
Swallowing functional outcomes in head and neck oncology patients:
a prospective database.
The Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre Knowledge
Portal
Use of apps to enrich patient/provider relationships in skin cancer
surveillance
Volumetric arc therapy for stereotactic body radiotherapy in early
lung cancer.
What are people with cancer are told about radiotherapy and how do
they perceive it?
Youth
Cancer Networks Project: New South Wales and ACT
