Wednesday, 1st November Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting 2023

7:00AM - 8:15AM
Wednesday, 1st November
Meeting Room 105
Chairs: Jenelle Loeliger & David Mizrahi
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This symposium will highlight current work and impart practical strategies to support the implementation of evidence-based nutrition and exercise recommendations, including:

  • Development of a toolkit to support implementation of the COSA Cancer-related Malnutrition and Sarcopenia Position Statement recommendations

  • Presentations from the inaugural COSA Nutrition-Exercise Fellows on the establishment of a detailed map of the nutrition and exercise services available in cancer centres in Australia

  • Evidence to practice: highlight on nutrition

  • Evidence to practice: highlight on exercise

  • Strategies to help support clinicians and health services implement evidence-based nutrition and exercise recommendations

This session will include interactive Q&A with all speakers.

Speakers:

  • Prof. Judy Bauer - Evidence to practice: highlight on nutrition
  • Dr Mary Kennedy - Evidence to practice: highlight on exercise
  • Jane Stewart - Development of a toolkit to support implementation of the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Malnutrition and Sarcopenia Position Statement recommendations
  • Dr Emily Jeffrey (COSA Nutrition Fellow) - Introducing the COSA Nutrition Fellow project
  • Dr Kim Edmunds (COSA Exercise Fellow) - Introducing the COSA Exercise Fellow project

8:30AM - 9:00AM
Wednesday, 1st November
Plenary 1
Chairs: Dion Forstner & Belinda Yeo

Welcome by COSA President
Welcome to Country
Official opening by Her excellency Professor the Honourable Margaret Gardner AC Governor of Victoria

10:30AM - 11:00AM
Wednesday, 1st November
Exhibition Bays 15 & 16
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11:00AM - 12:30PM
Wednesday, 1st November
Meeting Room 105
Chair: Raymond Chan

Chair: Ray Chan

12:20 PM Panel discussion

12:30PM - 1:30PM
Wednesday, 1st November
Exhibition Bays 15 & 16
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COSA NETs Group Meeting                                                                 Meeting Room 104

COSA Survivorship Group Meeting                                                      Meeting Room 105

3:00PM - 4:00PM
Wednesday, 1st November
Exhibition Bays 15 & 16

COSA Geriatric Oncology Group Meeting                                          Plenary 1

COSA Psycho-Oncology Group Meeting                                            Meeting Room 105

COSA Exercise and Cancer Group Meeting                                       Meeting Room 106

5:30PM - 7:00PM
Wednesday, 1st November
Exhibition Bays 15 & 16
7:00PM - 10:00PM
Wednesday, 1st November
Meeting Room 109
Chair: Belinda Yeo
Sponsored by:

This dinner is especially for our trainees in any specialty of breast cancer management. We will hear the important surgical, plastics, radiation and medical oncology perspectives of how to treat high risk early breast cancer. The challenges for the patient and the clinician in working out what treatment to give, in what order and what imaging and pathological information is required to make these informed decisions.

We look forward to a fun night to meet your colleagues in related disciplines of breast cancer care!

Chair:

  • Dr Belinda Yeo, Medical Oncologist and Clinician Scientist, Austin Health

Guest speakers:

  • A/Prof Steven David (Radiation Oncologist), Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

  • Dr Satomi Koide (Plastics Surgeon), St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne

  • Prof Bruce Mann (Breast Surgeon), Director of the Breast Tumour Stream, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre

  • A/Prof Louise Nott (Medical Oncologist), Medical Oncologist, Royal Hobart Hospital

This meeting is financially sponsored by Novartis. The content and agenda have been developed independently by COSA and medical experts.

7:00PM - 10:00PM
Wednesday, 1st November
Meeting Room 110
Chair: Victoria Mar
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Fight with Care is the new program from La Roche Posay working to highlight the importance of a holistic approach when treating oncology treatment side effects. We welcome you to join us for an evening with the scientific experts behind the campaign, discussion around the treatment guidelines and management of skin toxicities in oncology patients and discover the work we do, in partnership with the McGrath foundation, to drive better access for patients who experience skin toxicities as a result of their cancer therapy.

Skin toxicities

Fight with Care program launch incl. Onco-dermatology clinic at Princess Alexandra Hospital

Speakers:

  • Associate Professor Victoria Mar
  • Samantha Russel - Medical Director of L'Oreal Dermatological beauty

  • More to be confirmed

7:00PM - 10:00PM
Wednesday, 1st November
Meeting Room 111-112
Chairs: Marissa Ryan & Kimberley-Ann Kerr
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Pharmacist Prescribing in Cancer - Are we getting close?

Pharmacists are already actively providing excellent care to cancer patients during pre-admission, treatment and discharge or transition planning. The role of a clinical pharmacist has evolved, pharmacists are providing valuable advice to the medical team after reviewing medication related issues of the patients. While there have been proposals and trial initiatives in the community setting, pharmacist prescribing in Australia is currently very limited. In contrast, pharmacists have been prescribing in the UK since 2003.

How did they get there? What can we learn from our colleagues from UK? What are some of the challenges the pharmacist prescribers faced?

In this symposium we will have discussion of the UK model, how it works and the advanced pharmacist practice happening in Australia, including Partnered Pharmacist Medication Charting.

The Partnered Pharmacist Medication Charting (PPMC) Model has been tested and implemented in Victoria in both general medicine and more recently in the oncology setting. Under the PPMC model, pharmacists have been placed in a unique position to review, document and co-chart medications with the prescriber.

Is PPMC a step towards pharmacist prescribing and advanced practice? Would it be a basis of pharmacist prescribing? How can we work towards an advanced practice pharmacist model?

Come to the dinner symposium and find out!

Speakers:

  • Faye Coe, Advanced Clinical Oncology Pharmacist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, NHS Trust, UK

  • Gail Rowan, Advanced Clinical Training & Medicines Information Senior Pharmacist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre