2011 Symposium

2011 POGO Symposium on Childhood Cancer

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The 2011 POGO Multi-Disciplinary Symposium on Childhood Cancer – Unraveling the Mysteries of Transplantation – examined clinical and scientific advances in pediatric stem cell transplantation as treatment for various types of cancers. It focused on the medical and psychosocial impacts of this intensive intervention on patients, families, donors and survivors, and examined important ethical issues. A multi-disciplinary audience of over 270 healthcare professionals attended. Learning objectives included:

Recognize and examine critical milestones in the evolution of pediatric stem cell transplantation.
Identify and manage clinical complications affecting pediatric stem cell transplant patients.
Recognize and mitigate psychosocial effects of transplant on patients, families, donors and survivors.
Identify and evaluate ethical issues relating to pediatric stem cell transplantation.
Demonstrate improved communication skills to promote co-operative integrated management of pediatric stem cell transplant patients.

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The Evolution of Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation

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Presentation Description: The field of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT) had its firm beginnings in paediatrcis with the first successful bone marrow transplant being performed in 1968 on a child with severe combined immune deficiency. Today more than 15,000 allogeneneic SCTs are performed worldwide with around one quarter of those occurring in children suffering from a wide variety of malignant and genetic disorders. There is no doubt that SCT represents one of the most innovative treatments of the last decades, and while the principles of SCT have remained the same, dramatic changes in the details of SCT over the last forty years have led to significant improvements in the outcome. While many children are now cured from otherwise fatal disorders, much work is still required to reduce both acute toxicities, and specifically in children, the long-term side effects of these procedures.

Speaker:

Paul Veys, MBBS, FRCP, FRCPath, FRCPH
Director, Blood and Marrow Transplantation
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, England
Reader in Stem Cell Transplantation
UCL Institute of Child Health Molecular Immunology Unit

Structure, Infrastructure and Operation of the SickKids Transplant Program

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Presentation Description: This presentation provided an overview of the Transplant Program at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario.

Speaker:

John Doyle, MD, FRCPC, FAAP
Section Head, Section of Blood and Marrow Transplant, Haematology/Oncology Division
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON

Cord Blood Banking and Transplantation

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Presentation Description: The blood retained in the placenta after birth, cord blood, is a rich source of young blood-making stem cells which have been shown to be an excellent option for transplantation in children/young adults who do not have a sibling match. This talk highlighted the key steps in the journey from birth of the cord blood donor to use in transplantation.

This presentation provided an overview of the biology of cord blood, issues related to cord blood banking – both private and public, and the use of cord blood as an alternative donor source in pediatric transplantation.

Speaker:

Donna Wall, MD
Director
Manitoba Blood and Marrow Transplant Program, Winnipeg, MB

An Overview of Behavioural/Psychosocial Aspects of Transplant

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Presentation Description: When a child has to undergo a SCT, the entire family is involved. The way parents deal with the stressors surrounding SCT has a direct influence on the child’s coping and emotional well being. If risk factors for a difficult adaptation can be identified early in the trajectory, families can be counseled more efficiently. This presentation dealt with the emotional impact of SCT before, during and afterwards (including the long term of 5 and 10 years after SCT) on parents and patients, methods to assess emotional reactions in parents and patients and the identified risk and protective factors. Additionally, several fragments of a DVD that was made to better prepare parents to the SCT period were shown. The DVD involved a group session of four couples of parents whose children have undergone SCT, talking about issues they have or had before, during and after their child’s SCT.

Speaker:

Jantien Vrijmoet-Wiersma, PhD
Pediatric Psychologist
Private Practice

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2011 POGO Symposium on Childhood Cancer

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The Evolution of Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation

Structure, Infrastructure and Operation of the SickKids Transplant Program

Cord Blood Banking and Transplantation

An Overview of Behavioural/Psychosocial Aspects of Transplant