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Panelists:
Frederica Antillon-Klussman, MD, PhD, MM
Professor
Medical School, Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala City, Gutemala
Medical Director
Unidad Nacional de Oncologia Pediatrica, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Scott Howard, MD, MSc
Associate Member, Department of Oncology
Director of Clinical Trials, International Outreach Program
St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Sara Day, RN, MSN
Nursing Director,International Outreach Program
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Presentation Description: It is widely known that growing up with childhood cancer may have consequences in adulthood. Little is known about possible predictors of these consequences. The course of life (fulfilling developmental tasks and achieving developmental milestones) may be an important mediator of later quality of life and psychological functioning. The course of life of 353 Dutch survivors in comparison to 508 peers was discussed in this presentation.
Speaker:
Martha Grootenhuis, PhD
Head, Psychosocial Research Department
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Holland
Head, Psychosocial Research Department
Emma Children’s Hospital, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Holland
Presentation Description: The advent of positron emission tomography has enabled integrated anatomical and functional imaging. Its role in adult cancer is better understood, and this presentation by a pre-eminent authority examined current and future applications of the imaging modality, and explored the evidence.
Speaker:
Barry Shulkin, MD, MBA
Chief, Division of Nuclear Medicine
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Presentation Description: This panel presentation highlighted some of the very significant changes pediatric oncology nursing has undergone in Ontario over the past 25 years.
Panelists:
Patti Bambury, RN, RScN
Children’s Out-Patient Clinic, Resource Nurse
Grand River Hospital, Kitchener, ON
Marilyn Cassidy, RN, BA
Pediatric Interlink Community Nurse
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON
Janet Gammon, RN, BScN
Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator, Division of Haematology/Oncology
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
Eleanor Hendershot, RN, MN
Advance Practice Nurse, Solid Tumor Section, Division of Haematology/Oncology
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON