October 15-16, 2004
The Stanford Court Hotel
San Francisco, California, USA

Conference Chairs - Harvey J. Cohen, Durham, NC and Martine Extermann, Tampa, FL

Topics:

• Latest developments in geriatric oncology
• Outcome improvement
• Technical aids to communication
• Biology of cancer and aging
• Synergy for improving cancer care in older patients (joint SIOG-ASCO session)
• Physiologic, functional and psychosocial aspects of treatment of the elderly cancer patients (joint SIOG-AGS session)
• Communication and culture: speaking about cancer
• Surgery Prostate cancer
• Radiation therapy
  

Nursing Session:

Chairs: Janine Overcash, Tampa FL and Giel Vaessen, Sittard, NL

Topics:

• Multidisciplinary approach
• The abbreviated geriatric assessment
• Carcinoid tumours in the older person
• Early detection and prevention of delirium in older patients with cancer: the role of nursing
• Palliative care in the elderly
   

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