| Thursday, March 5 |
| 7:00 am |
Registration / Continental Breakfast / Exhibits |
| 7:50 am |
Welcome and Introduction - Chair: Declan Walsh |
| 8:00 am |
Assessment: Toward Better Pain Control - Paul Glare |
| 8:20 am |
Hospice: Surviving the New Rules - Susan Swinford |
| 8:40 am |
Symptoms: Steroids: First Do No Harm - Susan LeGrand |
| 9:00 am |
Intervention: Cognitive Behavioral Techniques-You Can Do It - Terry Altilio |
| 9:20 am |
Refreshment Break / Exhibits |
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Chair: Bassam Estfan |
| 9:40 am |
Update: Advanced Breast Cancer - Tom Budd |
| 10:20 am |
Diagnosis: Which Dementia-Does it Matter? - Maribeth Gallagher |
| 10:40 am |
Research: Origins of Cancer Fatigue - Mellar Davis |
| 11:00 am |
Controversy: Support When You Don’t Share the Beliefs - Christina Puchalski |
| 11:20 am |
Submitted Abstracts: Oral Presentations |
| 11:40 am |
Refreshment Break / Exhibits |
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Supportive Oncology |
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Chair: Declan Walsh |
| 1:30 pm |
Perspective: Coping Through the Trajectory of Illness - William Breitbart |
| 2:10 pm |
Advances: Bone Health in Cancer - Bassam Estfan |
| 2:30 pm |
Master Class : Why Don’t We Use Antiemetic Guidelines? - Ricahard Gralla |
| 2:50 pm |
Complication: Chemo Brain - Ian Tannock |
| 3:10 pm |
Prognosis: Improved Guidance in Metastatic Disease -Paul Glare |
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Parallel Workshops (1:30 - 3:00 pm) |
| A) |
Hospice: Regulatory Town Hall Meeting - Susan Swinford |
| B) |
Setting Boundaries: The Lines for Doctors, Nurses and Social Workers -
Amy Bauer/Cheryl Carrino |
| C) |
Opioid Strategies: Cased based Management - Mellar Davis/Bassam Estfan |
| 3:30 pm |
Adjourn |
| 6:00 pm |
Poster Session/Reception |
| 7:00 pm |
Satellite Dinner |
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| Friday, March 6 |
| 7:00 am |
Continental Breakfast / Exhibits |
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Palliative Medicine |
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Chair: William Breitbart |
| 8:00 am |
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Keynote Speaker
Chemotherapy: Is It Really Palliative?
Ian Tannock |
| 8:40 am |
Dementia: Is It Time for Hospice? - Maribeth Gallagher |
| 9:00 am |
Complications: The Opioid Bowel Syndrome - Declan Walsh |
| 9:20 am |
Communication: Waiting on the Miracle - Christine Puchalski |
| 9:40 am |
Refreshment Break / Exhibits |
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Chair: William Breitbart |
| 10:00 am |
Master Class : The Spectrum in Advanced Illness - William Breitbart |
| 10:40 am |
Update: Triple Receptor Negative Disease-Progress? - Tom Budd |
| 11:20 am |
Symptoms: Breakthrough Pain - Paul Glare |
| 11:40 am |
Controversy: Sedation for Existential Distress - Terry Altilio |
| 12:00 pm |
Refreshment Break / Exhibits |
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Supportive Oncology |
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Chair: Mellar Davis |
| 1:30 pm |
Survivors: Late Effects of Chemotherapy - Ian Tannock |
| 2:10 pm |
Complications: Leptomenigeal Disease - Susan LeGrand |
| 2:30 pm |
Guidelines: Modern Management of Mucositis - Bassam Estfan |
| 2:50 pm |
Sympton: Delayed Nausea - Continued Suffering - Richard J. Gralla |
| 3:10 pm |
Advances: New Agents for Her2 Positive Breast Cancer - Tom Budd |
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Parallel Workshops |
| A) |
Hospice: Regulatory Town Hall Meeting - Susan Swinford |
| B) |
Setting Boundaries: The Lines for Doctors, Nurses and Social Workers - Amy Bauer/Cheryl Carrino |
| C) |
Opioid Strategies: Cased based Management - Mellar Davis/Bassam Estfan |
| 3:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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| Saturday, March 7 |
| 7:00 am |
Breakfast With The Professor / Exhibits
Chair: Richard Gralla |
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Palliative Medicine |
| 8:00 am |
Spirituality: Dying and the Major Faith Traditions - Christina Puchalski |
| 8:40 am |
Advances: Cachexia: Have We Learned Anything? - Mellar Davis |
| 9:00 am |
Complications: Neuroleptic Medications -The Dangers - William Breitbart |
| 9:20 am |
Abstracts: Oral Presentations |
| 9:40 am |
Refreshment Break / Exhibits |
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Chair: Susan LeGrand |
| 10:00 am |
Symptoms: The Psychosocial/Cultural Context of Pain - Terry Altilio |
| 10:40 am |
Complications: Modern Management of Hypercalcemia - Susan LeGrand |
| 11:20 am |
Administration: Hospice Medical Directors: The Changing Role - Susan Swinford |
| 11:40 am |
Controversy: Should Morphine Still be First? - Declan Walsh |
| 12:00 pm |
Closing and Awards - Susan LeGrand |
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