Wednesday, 14th November COSA-IPOS Joint Scientific Meeting 2012

Mentors: Barry Bultz, Lori Weiner, Andrea Patenaude, David Kissane, Mary Jane Esplen, Matt Loscalzo, Liz Eakin, Maggie Watson

Welcome by Paul Jacobsen

• When Cochrane meets Machiavelli: the science and politics of population cancer screening in Hong Kong - Gabriel M Leung
• The US perspective - Jamie Ostroff
• The system’s contribution to psychosocial problems in cancer patient: A neglected area. - Rob Sanson-Fisher

Chair: Michelle Carr

• The Potential for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to Optimise Wound Healing As a Complementary Therapy for People Undergoing Cancer Treatment - Kerrie Coleman
• Hyperbaric therapy from the patient's perspective - Jennifer Sargent
• Pressure Injuries: Voyage to Infinity and Beyond! - Tracy Nowicki
• Optimising wellbeing in people living with malignant wounds - Michelle Gibb

• Novel insights into the molecular basis of squamous cell carcinoma - Stephen M Jane
• Improving patient responses to monoclonal antibody therapies in epithelial cancer through changes in cellular trafficking and signaling pathways. - Fiona Simpson
• Targeting c-Jun with the DNAzyme Dz13 for therapy of human basal cell carcinoma - Gary M Halliday
• Lessons from clinically relevant biological modelling of human melanoma - Clare Fedele
• Targeting endogenous stress in melanoma - Brian Gabrielli

• Low dose CT screening for lung cancer - Henry Marshall
• Navigation bronchoscopy and molecular sampling for suspicious lung lesions - Steven Leong
• Molecular diagnosis and therapies for lung cancer - Jeremy Long
• Surgery for early lung cancer; thoracotomy, VATs or robots? - Peter Cole

• Are Indigenous Australians interested in family history and genetic predisposition to cancer? A report of cancer patients in Queensland - Christina M Bernardes
• Development of an in-patient exercise program for children undergoing Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) - Tina Cheng
• The effect of patient age on receipt of adjuvant chemotherapy for node-positive colon cancer: a population-based health data linkage study - Mikaela Jorgensen
• Exploring reasons for extended length of stay in older cancer patients. - Belinda Lambros
• Patients' and their doctors’ preferences for adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) in early non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): What makes it worthwhile? - Sue-Anne McLachlan
• Emergency department utilization by adult cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study - Amy Waller

• The median informs the message: the accuracy of individualized scenarios for survival time based on oncologists’ estimates - Belinda E Kiely
• Using scenarios to explain life expectancy in advanced cancer: attitudes of people with a cancer experience. - Belinda E Kiely
• Burden of disease as a prognostic indicator for survival in non-small cell lung cancer - should oligometastatic disease be treated differently? - Rajiv Kumar
• Phase 3 study COU-AA-301of abiraterone acetate (AA) plus prednisone (P) in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC): an exploratory analysis of prior docetaxel treatment and survival benefit - Paul Mainwaring
• Efficacy of sorafenib in advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) independent of prior treatment, histology or prognostic group - Ali Tafreshi
• Abiraterone acetate (AA) in chemotherapy-naïve patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC): results of interim analysis (IA) of COU-AA-302, a randomized phase 3 study - Paul de Souza

Chair: Helen Farrugia

• Unstaged cancer in New Zealand: prevalence, predictors and patient prognosis - Jason Gurney
• Impact of weight change and weight cycling on overall and subtype-specific endometrial cancer risk. - C M Nagle
• Obesity and survival in women with ovarian cancer: results from the Australian ovarian cancer study, a systematic review and meta-analysis - Melinda Protani
• Factors associated with the use of complementary and lifestyle therapies (CALTs) by long term prostate cancer survivors as a result of their prostate cancer diagnosis - Dianne O'Connell
• Predicting absolute risks for oesophageal adenocarcinoma - Aaron P Thrift
• A method to project prevalence by phase of care for prostate cancer - Xue Qin Yu

Includes launch of Cancer Council CUP Multimedia CD in Theatrette 1

Chair: Mark Smithers

This session will include a presentation from Julie Fraser, Melanoma Patient representative.

• Melanoma: common myths and misconceptions - Daniel Coit
• Melanoma in Queensland: incidence, mortality and survival - A C Green
• New systemic treatments for melanoma - Grant McArthur
• Emerging technologies in skin cancer detection - H. Peter Soyer

• When aging and illness combine to require care: caregivers for elders - Jimmie Holland
• Coping and distress among spouse caregivers to older cancer patients: Gender and age differences - Gil Goldzweig
• Differential effects of coping on quality of life between spousal and adult daughter caregivers - Youngmee Kim
• Key psychological themes for daughters who were caregivers of mothers with breast cancer - David Wellisch

• Intensive training methods for peer volunteers who deliver a complex, psychosocial intervention in a phase III trial: PeNTAGOn - Penelope Schofield
• Preliminary findings from a randomized trial of standard versus prosocial online support groups for distressed breast cancer survivors - Stephen J Lepore
• A randomised trial of couples-focussed peer support for men with localised prostate cancer   - Suzanne Chambers
• Translating peer support on the ground: the national prostate cancer support network - John Friedsam
• Efficacy of peer support interventions: Summary of current knowledge - Jeff Dunn

• Educational interventions for the management of cancer-related fatigue in adults: A Cochrane Review - Sally Bennett
• Psychological distress predicts maintenance of cancer-related fatigue in cancer patients treated with chemotherapy. - Maria M Pertl
• Prevalence and risk factors for sleep difficulty in a national cohort of Danish women treated for primary breast cancer 7-9 years following surgery. - Ben Colagiuri
• Low consultation rates of cancer patients with insomnia. - Marie Solange Bernatchez
• “I’m not complaining because I’m alive”: constructing a discourse of cancer-related fatigue that can inform clinical practice. - Maria M Pertl

• After five years of a distress screening routine - what has happened to favor the reduction of patients’ incidence with high distress over these years? - Cristiane D. Bergerot
• Predictors of desire for help in oncology outpatients reporting pain or distress - Kerrie Clover
• Effects of psychosocial screening on cancer patients’ reported quality of life and satisfaction with care - Josette JEHM Hoekstra-Weebers
• Psychosocial screening in cancer genetics clinics: the potential benefit of a patient administered easy to use tool to help guide psychological resources and approaches to intervention. - Mary Jane Esplen
• Identifying distress at late disease stages along the cancer treatment journey - Cristiane D. Bergerot

• What is the potential for using blended learning strategies to enhance end of life care communication skills training? - Sue Duke
• Garnering stakeholder feedback to develop a comprehensive community-based navigation program - Melissa Sileo
• Exploration of the experiences and views of healthcare professionals caring for older people with cancer. - Heather Lane
• Patterns and predictors of psychological morbidity and quality of life in men with prostate cancer who receive curative radiotherapy. - Rebecca Bergin
• Prevalence of social support of patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers: critical features of the inter-relationship. - Catherine Burns

• On the emotional connection of medical specialists dealing with death and dying - Sofia C Zambrano
• The impact of working in psycho-oncology: exploring clinicians’ and researchers’ rewards and challenges. - Margaret Crowley
• Medical specialists caring for the dying: an insight into their experiences and attitudes towards death and dying - Sofia C. Zambrano
• Setting up a structured continuing educational programme for volunteers working in palliative care in a tertiary care cancer institute in India: a preliminary assessment of educational need - Jayita Deodhar
• Investigating stress, burnout and job satisfaction within the New Zealand oncology care context - Gay Dungey

• Mindfulness-based cognitive group therapy for women with breast and gynaecologic cancer: effectiveness and feasibility - Lesley Stafford
• The effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction on mood, quality of life and wellbeing with women with stages 0-III breast cancer: A randomised controlled trial - Caroline J Hoffman
• The effectiveness of a modified Mindfulness-based program to address distress, quality of life, depression and anxiety in people affected by cancer - Greg R Sharplin
• Vocational rehabilitation services for patients with cancer: a pilot randomised controlled trial among women with breast cancer following surgery - Richard G Kyle
• Safety and side-effects of 15 non-pharmacological interventions used as a therapy for cancer: a surprising assessment of the literature. - Anne M Williams

• Prevalence,　associated factors and course of delirium in advanced cancer patients - Megumi Uchida
• Antidepressant initiation following a cancer diagnosis: A matched comparison study in an older cohort. - Efty Stavrou
• Just when I thought I was coping ok….The psychological impact of steroids in multiple myeloma - Toni Lindsay
• Emotional expression in spoken narratives and diurnal cortisol rhythms among women with metastatic breast cancer participating in supportive expressive group therapy - Rie Tamagawa

• EAT: A stepped wedge cluster randomised trial to improve nutrition in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy - Ben Britton
• A feasibility study of relaxation therapy plus autohypnotherapy training (HYPREL)for patients with thoracic cancer undergoing radiotherapy. - Emma J Lewis
• ACT in ACTion: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy(ACT) presented in a group format to cancer patients - Sue McConaghey
• Group medical consultations and iPads for breast cancer survivors: from pilot study to RCT - Judith Prins
• Nurse Intervention Project: a randomized controlled trial to assess the (cost) effectiveness of the use of the Distress Thermometer in breast cancer patients. - Judith B Prins
• Evaluation of the efficacy of two models of delivering information about treatment-focused genetic testing among young women newly diagnosed with breast cancer - Belinda Rahman
• A randomised controlled trial of a theory-based school intervention to improve sun-protective behaviour among adolescents - Katherine White

Facilitator: Matt Loscalzo
Panel: Fran Boyle, Bryan Burmeister, Dan Coit, Angela Cotroneo, Cathy Mason, Donna Milne, Mark Smithers
This joint session is convened by IPOS and COSA, and follows a highly successful format used at previous meetings. It is designed to provide a forum for discussion of the complex issues which arise in the care of patients with melanoma and skin cancer. The facilitator will present a series of challenging clinical cases to engage members of the multidisciplinary panel in discussion. There will be opportunities for members of the audience to contribute to this discussion.

• Implementing survivorship care plans in a Canadian environment; understanding the barriers - Margaret Fitch
• Psychosocial services utilized by older adolescents and young adults at a comprehensive cancer center - Jeanelle Folbrecht
• Psychological correlates of not undergoing genetic testing: a systematic review - Louise Heiniger
• A qualitative focus group study to identify the needs of colorectal cancer survivors - Maria Y Ho
• The effect of chemotherapy on cognition in patients with colorectal cancer - Kristy Hodgson
• Features of gender and grief reported in the experiences of family care-givers six months after a family member’s death from ovarian cancer. - E A Lobb
• Perceptions of patient-centred cancer care during radiotherapy treatment: A cross sectional survey  - Lisa J Mackenzie
• Which test is best? – A RCT to evaluate family history as a triage tool in screening for colorectal cancer - Sundresan Naicker
• A prospective study of the role of client variables in distress and therapy outcome within a community cancer counselling service. - Patricia Rolls
• Screening childhood cancer survivors with the Pediatric Quality of Life: Clinical utility relative to the Youth Self Report - Soohyun Shin
• Clinical practice guidelines for the psychosocial care of adults with cancer: updating and priorities for Australian health professionals - Sue Sinclair
• Does social support mean differently for cancer patients and their family caregivers? A cross-sectional study in a Chinese community - Adrian H. Y. Wan
• The prevalence and risk factors of psychosocial distress in newly diagnosed cancer patients - Ging-Long Wang
• Investigating the usefulness of Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 as a screening tool for childhood cancer survivors’ psychological difficulties: clinical utility relative to the Childhood Behavior Checklist - Soohyun Shin

• The data obtained in the first assessment of distress level can indicate future data: Evidence into practice - Cristiane D. Bergerot
• Stop Pain Project: a collaborative, interdisciplinary project to improve the person-centredness of assessment and management of cancer pain. - Josephine Clayton
• Characteristics of cohort and baseline findings: A cohort study to explore recovery of health and well-being following primary treatment of colo-rectal cancer (CREW (ColoRectal Wellbeing) cohort) - Debbie Fenlon
• Quality of care for breast cancer patients: Distress, health care needs and use - Deborah N.N. Lo-Fo-Wong
• Routine screening and management of distress in people with cancer in WA: a pilot study of people with haematological malignancies treated in an outpatient setting. - Lisa Millar`
• Agreement between cancer patients and their radiation oncologist regarding diagnosis and prognosis disclosure experiences in Japan - Masakazu Ogura

• Impact of the diagnosis of a life threatening illness on purpose in life: implication for practice - Elizabeth O. Akin-Odanye
• The effectiveness of group therapy for the bereaved who have lost their patient to cancer in Japan - Kanako Amano
• Research on primary school pupils’ cognition abilities with oncological diseases - Marina Aralova
• Perceptions of psychological distress in Japanese cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy treatment - Hiromi Asada
• Knowledge, attitude and screening behaviour of secondary school male teachers in Ibadan North Local Government Area towards cancer of the prostate - Chioma Asuzu
• Patients with schizophrenia and cancer - Joseph Barbuto
• Cancer as a life-defining event - Joseph Barbuto
• Program design for stress management in a group of administrative employees at an Oncology Unit. Caracas –Venezuela. - Gissell G Barreto
• Relation among resilience, emotional unrest and life quality in patients with cancer attending the Department of Oncology - Gissell Barreto
• Screening for distress and quality of life: The relationship between them and the severity of the disease - Cristiane D. Bergerot
• Psychosocial factors influence the adaptation of cancer diagnosis/treatment: Association between distress and coping styles - Cristiane D. Bergerot
• Suffering in cancer – conceptualization, assessment and interventions.  A systematic literature review. - Megan Best
• Investigating the engagement of cancer patients and survivors into psychological treatment - Rachel Brebach
• Psycho-emotional experience and the critical factors in 80 elderly patients undergoing terminal cancer stage - Francesco Buda
• Reducing Symptoms with Spa Therapy – A pilot trial to improve quality of life in palliative care patients [The RESPAT Project] - Tracey Bullen
• The experience of cancer among informed and non-informed Indian cancer patients: A qualitative study - Mahati Chittem
• Grief counseling experiences of bereaved children in a memorial service - Ching-Hui Chung
• The theme of death in the transcripts of adult attachment interviews in cancer patients: a pilot study - Cristina Civilotti
• Relationships between stressors, depression and salivary pH in older persons who care for spouses with cancer - Miri Cohen
• Acculturation and unmet practical, supportive and informational needs of Latino cancer patients - Rosario Costas-Muniz
• Self-reported coping stratergies and predictors of distress for hospitalsied cancer patients. - Sue De Bono
• Benefits of mindfulness based group therapy on cancer distress and quality of life in hospitalized women with breast cancer in Romania - Csaba Degi
• Psychological care for people at high risk of melanoma: Development and pilot testing of a psycho-educational intervention. - Mbathio Dieng
• Psychological outcomes of cancer support group participation among women with breast cancer in the Philippines - Jo Anne R Dumalaon-Canaria
• The staggering increase of cancer and AIDS patients seen at advanced stage in Yaounde General Hospital: The only way out is a palliative care structure. - Anncommy B Ekortarh
• Psychosocial correlates and depressive symptomatology among attendees of an oncology clinic in West Africa - Babatunde Fadipe
• Effects of palliative care on terminally ill breast cancer patients - Omolara O Fagbenle
• RESTORE: Development and trial protocol of an online intervention to enhance self efficacy to self manage cancer related fatigue following primary treatment - Debbie Fenlon
• Cancer survivors’ self-efficacy to self-manage problems arising from primary cancer and its treatment: Results of an online survey  - Deborah Fenlon
• Supporting oncology nurses: introduction to a new program based on meaning and mindfulness - Lise Fillion
• Humour and FOBT:  taking the fear out of cancer screening for the under and never screened - Brooke Filsinger
• Development of a sexual health clinic for gynecologic cancer survivors - Margaret I. Fitch
• Measuring psychosocial distress in community-based volunteer agencies - Margaret I. Fitch
• Cancer patient navigation: implementing programmatic approaches - Margaret I. Fitch
• Cancer rehabilitation in the private sector: Establishing a cancer rehabilitation program for women with early stage breast cancer - Jane Fletcher
• Family history of breast cancer: Clinical implications for relational health promotion derived from a systematic review - Liz Forbat
• Health-promoting communities for families affected by cancer: a qualitative study - Liz Forbat
• Transition to palliative care for people living with metastatic melanoma: Preliminary findings from a grounded theory study - Jennifer Fox
• What is the nature and the needs of prostate cancer support groups in Australia? - John Friedsam
• “Brighter in thinking, lighter in body and stronger in mind” Exploring the experiences of patients using complementary therapies. - Bonnie J Furzer
• The development and integration of cancer survivorship strategies at Halmstad Hospital, Sweden, through interaction and participation – a pilot project. - Patrik Goransson
• The Specialist Mental health Initiative in Palliative Care (SMIP) Project- Development of an integrated psychological service within an established palliative care service. - Andrea Gregory
• Citation analysis of Canadian psychosocial oncology researchers - Thomas F Hack
• Development of an interactive multimedia product to facilitate the exchange of emotional state in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia - Jovita Hernández Arista
• Evaluating programmes from The Haven's breast cancer support centres: results and challenges - Caroline J Hoffman
• Unmet psychosocial needs in haematological cancer:  a systematic review of the literature - Nick Hulbert-Williams
• Living life after cancer treatment:  a support group evaluation study - Nick Hulbert-Williams
• Psychological distress of the bereaved seeking medical counseling at cancer center - Mayumi Ishida
• Parental Trauma: Caring 3 children with advanced cancer - Sunita Jadhav
• The cancer journey: patients’ personal experiences with an ongoing multidisciplinary approach - Yoshiko Katayama
• Predictors of depression in Korean breast cancer patients: a one year longitudinal study - Seon-Young Kim
• Finding a needle in a haystack: Population-based approaches to recruiting relatives of CRC patients into a behavioral intervention trial - Anita Y Kinney
• The prediction of cancer or coronary heart disease morbidity by means of the personality/stress questionnaire - A Kizior
• Issues in end of life care and persons involved in decision making - single institutional experience from South India. - Kirushna Kumar Kosanam Subramanian
• Indication for psychooncology care among volunteer programme participants - Veronika Koutná
• The effects of narrative therapy on family members of cancer patients at a specific psycho-oncology outpatient service - Atsuko Koyama
• Self compassion in the face of uncertainty: The potential contribution of a Buddhist concept to the psychosocial support of cancer patients - Lisbeth G Lane
• Facilitating disclosure of complementary therapy use via effective communication - Vikki E Knott
• Well-being, stress, anxiety and depression among middle-aged women who are cancer survivors and women with no cancer history - Isabel Leal
• Change of fatigue and physical fitness in hospitalized leukemia patients: A preliminary study - Pei-Hsuan Lee
• Would psychological assistance be helpful to me? Prevalence and profile of patients who consider psychological assistance as a resource - Concha Leon
• An experience of structured support group for the siblings of children with cancer - Clementine CL Lopez
• Co-ordination of psycho-oncology care within the Queensland children's cancer centre - Cherie Lowe
• Japanese cancer patients’ preferences for life expectancy discussions - Lisa Mackenzie
• Evidence-based practice of oral care for head and neck cancer patients in Japan: a literature review - Reiko Makabe
• Patient's prediction of their recovery affects their pain throughout treatment. - Hiromichi Matsuoka
• An innovative approach to the management of cancer-related fatigue - Sue McConaghey
• /street-view.com/: Referral patterns and patient evaluation of clinical psychology services in a urology department - Jessica C Medd
• Occurrence and predictors of search for personal meaning and reattribution in patients with lung, breast or ovarian cancer - Anja Mehnert
• Self esteem in hemophilic, thallassemic and acute cancer patients in Esfahan - Gholamhossein Mobaraky
• Integrating spirituality into a group psychotherapy program base of Iranian – Islamic culture in increasing the general health and quality of life in women with breast cancer. - Seyed Mahdi Mousavi
• Confusion – for patients and clinicians. Potential differences in the management of Delirium in the psycho-oncology setting according to specialty. A case discussion and review of palliative medicine and psychi - Michael Murphy
• Couple distress following prostate cancer diagnosis - Lisa Nielsen
• Voice of suffering among patients with terminal cancer: Case studies from Thailand - Kittikorn Nilmanat
• Perspectives on Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM) - Ian Olver
• Somatic vulnerability and depression in oncological patients - Luisina Onganía
• Long-term cancer survivorship: the impact of recurrent disease on psychosocial outcomes - Errol J. Philip
• Cancer recurrence and long-term survivorship: symptom burden and desire for support referral - Errol J. Philip
• Sex - Let’s Talk - Janine Porter-Steele
• The characteristics of personal social networks of breast cancer patients in southern Thailand: a qualitative case study - Shutiwan Purinthrapibal
• Quality of life in patients treated with advanced laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancers-- A single institution experience from southern India. - Kirushna Kumar Kosanam Subramanian
• Factors affecting treatment options in patients with advanced cancer of oral cavity-- A single institution prospective study from Southern India - Kirushna Kumar Kosanam Subramanian
• Physical activity and dietary interventions in breast cancer survivors: A systematic review of the maintenance of behaviour change outcomes - Lauren Spark
• Investigating resilience in breast cancer: a mixed-methods approach - Natalie Stefanic
• Worrying about the children after breast cancer: the association between age of the youngest child and mom’s need to talk - Gunnar Steineck
• Group peer support in a research setting: training and challenges - Anna Stiller
• Facing the fear of death: 35 years as a psycho oncologist, a psychoanalyst's perspective - Norman L Straker
• Acceptability of touch screen computer psychosocial survey to Japanese radiation therapy patients  - Eiji Suzuki
• Evaluation of The Initial Assessment  Psychosocial Clinic - Palliative Care - Kate M Swetenham
• Barriers to effective decision making in cancer patient - Lili Tang
• Existential psychotherapy for total suffering: Results of a multiple-case-study research and recommendations for practice - Mélanie Vachon
• Psychiatric services provided by a new department of psycho-oncology established in a public cancer center in Japan: A 2-year review - Makoto Wada
• The classification of mobile (cell) phone use as a possible carcinogen: investigating readiness for positive behavioural change in young people - Hayley S Whitford
• The usefulness of the Distress Thermometer in the distress management of cancer patients – a quantitative and qualitative study. - Melinda Ms Williams
• Handling negative emotions by somatic approach – a body work experience - Kam Fung KF Wong
• A randomized pilot study comparing access to the Allograft Information Exchange (ALLINEX) website plus standard care versus standard care for supporting Allogeneic Haemopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) patients post transplant - Penny Wright
• A partnership providing sustainable health care and support:  the breast care nurse and expert peer support - Leonie Young
• A randomized controlled trial of stress management program for breast cancer patients under treatment - Eun-Seung Yu

• Effective online directory of Australian cancer care resources - Gillian Batt
• Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) is involved in the prostate cancer radiation resistance  - Lei Chang
• Docetaxel blood management: analytical validation of a rapid automated immunoassay - Patrick I Cook
• The consumer role in innovation in cancer treatment and care - Kathy Smith
• ‘Knowledge is power’: coping with the risk and uncertainty of familial breast cancer - Louise E Heiniger
• Surveillance of stage III colon cancer in South West Sydney - Florian Honeyball
• The development of an internationally-valid cancer-specific multi-attribute utility instrument (MAUI) from the EORTC core health-related quality of life (HRQOL) questionnaire, QLQ-C30 - Madeleine T King
• Correlation of grade & hormone-receptor status with stage in node-positive, non-metastatic breast cancer - Stephanie Lim
• Development of a survivorship project – ‘positive change for life’ - Helen Mclauchlan
• Engaging youth in reducing the burden of liver cancer in culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities - Mamta Porwal
• Differential effectiveness of family and friends in the promotion of healthy lifestyle behaviours among adolescents - Ivanka Prichard
• Radioembolization with yttrium-90 microspheres is associated with a significantly improved survival compared to conservative therapy after treatment of hepatic tumors: A large single center experience of 537 patients - Akshat Saxena
• Incidence of acute phase reactions (APRs) in patients with advanced cancer or multiple myeloma (MM) And bone metastases/lesions following treatment with denosumab or zoledronic acid (ZA) - Nina Singh RN
• After treatment: profile and predictors of long-term morbidity in breast cancer survivors - Yuan Tian

• '90 minutes' information sessions supporting carers of people with life threatening illnesses - a pilot study - Gini Adcock
• The ‘bridge of support’, an innovative program bringing peer support to the hospital setting - A Amos
• An individualised group based exercise intervention is associated with improvements in functional performance, quality of life, and fatigue in adults with cancer - Morgan Atkinson
• A pilot study of the effectiveness of a pre-operative supportive care education and counselling intervention for patients undergoing major head and neck cancer surgery - Andrew Badcoe
• A smoking intervention among people with psychotic disorders – Preliminary results from a randomized controlled trial - Amanda Baker
• Alcohol, tobacco use and readiness to change in an Australian sample of head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy - Amanda L Baker
• Therapeutic alliance between dietitians and patients with head and neck cancer: relationship to quality of life and nutritional status following a dietitian delivered health behaviour intervention - Alison K Beck
• Bias due to differential attrition: what matters and what doesn’t - Melanie L Bell
• The management of radiation-induced skin toxicities in women with breast cancer: the impact of a systematic in-patient controlled clinical trial on patient well-being - Noelle C Bennett
• Consumer engagement and satisfaction with a speech pathology telehealth service supporting patients with head and neck cancer - Clare Burns
• Antidepressant preferences for women taking tamoxifen: a survey of Australian oncologists - Jane Cass-Verco
• Four years of screening for pain and distress with QUICATOUCH - Kerrie Clover
• The impact of physical activity on fatigue and quality of life in lung cancer patients (PAL Study): a qualitative exploration of participant experience.  - Haryana M Dhillon
• Improving cancer risk understanding: a systematic review of educational interventions for people with, or at high risk of, cancer - Mbathio Dieng
• Cancer patients and those supporting them have unique illness perception profiles and support needs - Rosie Dobson
• You matter too: developing a carer information pack and psychoeducation session in the cancer setting. - Pauley Kessel
• Bone health and its management in early stage breast cancer patients commencing adjuvant hormonal treatment - Divyanshu Dua
• ‘Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow’ – what cancer survivors want to know, and how they want to know it. - Jacinta Elks
• Pushing the possibilities: consumers and health professionals co-design web videos on breast cancer - Sue Ellis
• Decision making, decision regret and patient preferences in pre-menopausal women with low-risk early breast cancer. - Laura Emery
• Characteristics of patients presenting to Western Australian cancer support centres: Patient rated outcomes and use of complementary therapy   - Bonnie Furzer
• The impact of physical activity on disease-free survival in patients with high-risk stage II or III colon cancer: one month screening results.  - Emma M Goddard
• Pancreatic cancer and supportive care- faced with death, it is the small things that positively impact on quality of life. - Helen Gooden
• When you look in the mirror and don’t recognise the person looking back at you... where do you turn for help? - Sally Harrold
• "Measuring emotional distress in newly diagnosed cancer patients with respect to their awareness regarding cancer and taking measures to minimize their distress level in Indian setting" - Kavita Hazare
• Moving forward with confidence: a report on work in progress to increase the capacity for self-management in cancer survivors - Paula Howell
• 'There's nothing of me left.'  The experience of alopecia for Australian women with ovarian cancer. - Victoria Jayde
• Anchors of hope – the centrality of the relationship between health care professionals and Australian women with ovarian cancer - Victoria Jayde
• Systematic review of quality-improvement interventions aimed at cancer specialists - Kristin Johnson
• The effect of dietary counselling and/or oral supplements in lung cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy: A systematic review - Nicole Kiss
• Review of clinical practice guidelines of chemotherapy induced oral mucositis in an Australian haematology oncology practice. - Maria A Larizza
• Evaluation of a psycho-education based group program for cancer patients and supporters - Alexandra Leggat
• Capturing the multi-cultural experience of cancer – a study involving narratives in words and photographic images - Pauley Kessel
• “I was missing out on rites of passage”: Supportive care of young people with cancer and their peers - Peter Lewis
• Piloting a multidisciplinary parenteral nutrition team in an oncology setting - Jenelle Loeliger
• Carers of patients with HGG are more distressed than the patients: Understanding the experience of caregivers - Anne Long
• A regional model for sustainable change through redesigning cancer care - Melissa Loorham
• Strategic planning of breast cancer awareness and prevention techniques including old Indian traditions in regularly practiced programs - Geeta Mathur
• Changes in social relations as a result of participation on group therapy in cancer patients - Tomoko Matsui
• Acupuncture service for supportive care in a day oncology unit - Chris McKeon
• Electroacupuncture vs sham electroacupuncture vs standard care for chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting –a pilot study - Chris McKeon
• Workshops to improve communication in cancer care - Vicki Mcleod
• Comparative analysis of post-treatment quality of life in breast cancer patients in central India after counseling them with family members against counseling them alone - Dr.Suchitra Mehta
• What about me? ; Identifying needs of, and resources for, young adult cancer survivors (25 – 40 years) - Annie Miller
• Cancer education & resource center (CaRE): Caring beyond - Mazanah Muhamad
• A snapshot of distress and problems identified by those accessing a cancer supportive care service - Claire O'Donovan
• Self-management support in cancer care pilot study: An integrated model-of-care and intervention protocol - Inga OBrien
• Cabazitaxel for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC): Interim results from the Australian early access program [NCT01254279] - Phillip Parente
• Health resource utilisation (HRU) and patient burden associated with skeletal-related events (SREs) in a randomised controlled trial setting - Gary Richardson
• Modifying conventional program logic approaches to incorporate longitudinal evaluation of rural cancer service improvement programs: the Gippsland chemotherapy nurse preceptor program - Kiona Smith
• Quality of life and coping in ovarian cancer: The last year of life. - Dirkje W Sommeijer
• Unique roles to support Outreach Cancer Care - Lynn Steenhuis
• My time; your time; the time of living with myeloma. - Jane Garrad
• Distress and quality of life of disease free cervical cancer survivors in Tamilnadu, India - Surendran Veeraiah
• Current care and needs of adult cancer survivors – a cross-sectional survey - Kate Webber
• Assessment of a short subjective burden measure as a screening tool for at-risk carers of geriatric oncology survivors - Hayley S Whitford
• Evaluating pain and analgesic use in patients with solid tumours and bone metastases receiving denosumab or zoledronic acid (ZA) from 3 identically-designed, randomised, double-blind, trials - Sally Woodhead RN
• Returning to work following curative chemotherapy: a qualitative study. - Stephanie Zrim
• Developing patient resources for weight management in patients undergoing curative chemotherapy. - Stephanie Zrim
• The feasibility of an innovative combined nutrition and physical activity intervention for cancer survivors – preliminary results. - Stephanie Zrim

• Four-year survival update for metastatic melanoma (MM) patients (pts) treated with ipilimumab (IPI) + dacarbazine (DTIC) on phase 3 study CA184-024 - Kevin Chin
• Is there a survival benefit in the receipt of guideline recommended therapy in non metastatic non small cell lung cancer? - Kirsten J Duggan
• βIII-tubulin and glioblastoma: Role in drug resistance and tumourigenesis - Gorjana Mitic
• Mechanism of IGF induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in melanoma progression - Prashanth Prithviraj
• Breast cancer diagnosis and patterns of treatment: does being Indigenous make a difference? - Patricia C Valery

• A multi-disciplinary practical support team for patients and families - Louisa Fitz-Gerald
• An acute oncology malnutrition strategy: sustaining positive results 12 months post-implementation - Belinda Steer
• A regional communication skills initiative - Heather Davis
• Tensions and contradictions - A qualitative study exploring the experience of health professionals caring for patients with advanced cancer in the emergency department - Jennifer Weil
• The prevalence and predictors of threshold and sub-threshold prolonged grief disorder (PGD) amongst bereaved cancer caregivers: Implications for bereavement services - Rachel D Zordan

• Reflective practice groups for general nurses - Chris Dawber
• Late effects of radiotherapy to the female pelvis - Pauline Rose
• When is not normal normal? - Jennifer Sargent
• ‘Just Ask the Question’ - Anne Hardy

• The application of cognitive existential couple therapy (CECT) for men with early stage prostate cancer and their partners: lessons and results from a randomised controlled trial - Anna Collins
• Realising the importance of pyscho-social research in urology - Frank Gardiner
• What do we know about psychosocial and supportive care interventions in people with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer? A systematic review  - Haryana M Dhillon
• Preferences for adjuvant sorafenib after resection of intermediate to high risk renal cell carcinoma of the kidney - Prunella Blinman

•  Plant extract therapies in the management of superficial skin cancers - Jonathan Ramsay
• The targeted era in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma - Matthew Foote
• Negative pressure wound therapy: A surgical treatment option for excised lower leg skin cancers - Gordon Lonie
• ‘From little things, big things grow’ - Mark Pinkham
• The psychology of neglect - Mark Deuble

• Integrating psychosocial care in cancer treatment: translation into practice - Sandy D Hutchison
• Role clarification:  an examination of cancer nurses’ attitudes towards providing psychosocial support and training needs - Catalina Lawsin
• The IPODE Project as a knowledge translation strategy: three years of outcomes - Deborah McLeod
• Disseminating evidence-based cancer support interventions through skills-based professional training workshops. - Matthew Loscalzo
• Development of nurse training programs for psychosocial interventions:  differences between the research and clinical environments. - Sibilah Breen
•  Implementing targeted communication skills training to encourage provision of psychosocial support - Suzanne Mccorkell

• Cancer trajectory as guiding framework of understanding caregivers’ depression - Youngmee Kim
• Therapeutic pathways to improved family communication in palliative care - Talia Zaider
• A couple-based intervention for patients and caregivers facing end-stage cancer: outcomes of a randomized controlled trial - Mary Jane Esplen

• Hard times: designing an internet-based intervention for cancer-related sexual problems in men - Leslie Schover
• The making sense of brain tumour project: A home-based psychotherapy and rehabilitation program - Tamara Ownsworth
• Neurocognitive interventions for “chemobrain” - Heather Green
• Matching treatment intensity to need: preliminary findings from a community based randomized trial of tele-based psychological intervention for high distress patient and carers - Stefano Occhipinti

• The science of the care of the whole patient - Jimmie Holland
• Can screening with the Distress Thermometer guide intervention and referral by nurses? - Sanchia Aranda
• A study of trajectories of psychological distress in women diagnosed with breast cancer - Wendy Wing Tak Lam
• Using the distress thermometer to screen newly diagnosed patients with advanced cancer for depression - Mark Lazenby

• Return to work following cancer: perspectives of survivors, employers, and insurance agencies - Margaret I. Fitch
• Indicators for cancer patients’ rehabilitation: results from the European Cancer Health Indicator Project (Eurochip-3) - Josette Hoekstra-Weebers
• Sexual quality of life in women with breast cancer – Croatian sample - Lovorka Brajkovic
• The effects of pelvic radiotherapy on long term cancer survivors: symptom profile, psychological morbidity and quality of life - Eila K Watson
• Cancer survivors’ views on information provision on long term and late effects of pelvic radiotherapy: a qualitative study - Mary Boulton

• Quality of life trajectories in Chinese patients with nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) - Richard Fielding
• Changes of quality of life and related factors in newly diagnosed advanced lung cancer patients’ family caregivers – a 6-month prospective study - Yeur-Hur Lai
• Utilising hospital administrative datasets to identify patterns of service use in patients with a primary malignant glioma - Jennifer Philip
• Understanding the supportive and palliative care needs of people with primary malignant glioma and their carers - Jennifer Philip
• Role of stress coping strategies in psychological adjustment of head and neck cancer patients: results of a 12-month surveillance - Marta I. Porebiak

• Inferior quality of life and psychological well-being in immigrant cancer survivors - Phyllis N Butow
• The relationship between health-related quality of life and spiritual well-being among Arab Muslim cancer patients - Jamal Khatib
• Post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms related to previous traumatic events are associated with more severe cancer-related PTS in Palestinian, but not Danish, women with breast cancer. - Robert Zachariae
• Understanding families’ requests for cancer nondisclosure: A qualitative study with Western and non-Western born oncologists - Mahati Chittem
• Psychosocial outcomes in first-generation immigrant cancer patients in Australia - Ming Sze