The traumatic stress model starts with the assumption that cancer is a traumatic event, and people often think of children with cancer as having depression or post-traumatic stress. But that is not always the case.
Dr. Sean Phipps and his team discovered that for some survivors their personal function actually improved as a result of their cancer experience.
Sean Phipps, PhD is the Chair of Psychology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. He spoke at the 2013 POGO Multi-Disciplinary Symposium on Childhood Cancer.
Straight Talk about Childhood Cancer is POGO’s new series of video shorts featuring the insights of experts whose leading-edge work impacts the care, treatment and quality of life of childhood cancer patients, survivors and their families.
Currently, medical robotics plays a significant role in the surgical treatment of certain diseases such as prostate and abdominal cancers. Over the next ten years, robotics will play an increasing role in every aspect of surgery, significantly impacting the field of pediatric oncology.
Dr. James Drake explains that, in certain instances, using robotics produces better results that are often faster and safer than traditional surgical procedures. He envisions that in the next ten years we will see semi-autonomous robots assisting with complicated surgeries, accessing areas that surgeons have difficulty reaching. With a vast pool of talent and expertise, Canada is poised to lead the way, but the field of medical robotics needs everyone’s advocacy and support to achieve its exciting and ambitious goals.
Straight Talk about Childhood Cancer is POGO’s new series of video shorts featuring the insights of experts whose leading-edge work impacts the care, treatment and quality of life of childhood cancer patients, survivors and their families.
Dr. Paul Rogers explains that malnourishment can in fact result from receiving very high dose chemotherapy, and, as a consequence, medical teams need to be more proactive in supporting children’s dietary needs. He suggests that weight, though it’s the most common measure, isn’t a sufficient indicator on its own. Dr. Rogers points out that while nutritional supports can diminish the effects of chemotherapy and help a child maintain their health while in treatment, he is clear that research is still needed to determine the overall impact on disease.
Dr. Paul Rogers is a pediatric oncologist at BC Children’s Hospital and Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia. He presented “The Role of Nutrition in Pediatric Oncology” at the 2013 POGO Symposium on Childhood Cancer, an annual education event to help health care professionals remain up-to-date in the rapidly advancing field of pediatric oncology.
Straight Talk about Childhood Cancer is POGO’s new series of video shorts featuring the insights of experts whose leading-edge work impacts the care, treatment and quality of life of childhood cancer patients, survivors and their families.
The 2013 POGO Multi-Disciplinary Symposium on Childhood Cancer – Innovation in Pediatric Oncology – examined the current state and future directions of pediatric cancer care by disseminating and evaluating current research, groundbreaking technologies and new treatment innovations. In the tradition of POGO’s Symposia, this two-day event was interdisciplinary, drawing over 260 faculty and attendees from medicine, nursing, and the behavioural disciplines.
NOTE: The content of each presentation below captures the unedited information and opinions presented by the speakers. Please note that the information contained in the presentations was current at the time it was presented – there may be further information in subsequent literature. Listed speaker credentials were current at the time of presentation.
Neuropathic Pain Related to Vincristine: A Pediatric Descriptive Study
Catherine Goudie, MD
Christine Racette, MD
Bringing 131I- MIBG Therapy Closer to Home
Denise Mills, RN(EC) MN, NP-Pediatrics CPN/ACNP
Relations Among Anxiety and Depression, Autonomy and Mothers’ Overprotective Parenting Practices in Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer
Amanda Sherman, MA, PhD Candidate
The Canadian Cancer Landscape – Where Are We Headed?
Ronald Barr, MB, ChB, MD, FRCP (Glasg), FRCP (Lond), FRCPC, FACP, FRCPath, FRCPHCH
Esther Green, RN, BScN, MSc(T)
David Malkin, MD, FRCP (C)
Brenda Spiegler, PhD, C.Psych, ABPP(CN)
Presentation Description: The evolution of success in the treatment of childhood cancer is acknowledged as one of the most dramatic achievements of contemporary medicine – a cure rate that rose from 20% to over 80% in 50 years. In the last thirty years, coinciding with the life of POGO, that rate has maintained a steady upward trend. This presentation focused on the concepts and strategies that systematically moved the success rate upward, using acute lymphoblastic leukemia and medulloblastoma as exemplars of the integration of knowledge and building of strategy that made pediatric oncology the focal point of advance in understanding of the biology of cancer and the application of that understanding to therapy. Finally, the presentation addressed the implications of that knowledge pattern for survivorship
Speaker:
Mark Greenberg, OC, MB, ChB, FRCP(C), FAAP
Senior Adviser, Policy & Clinical Affairs
Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO), Toronto
