Yale Bulletin and Calendar

May 2, 2008|Volume 36, Number 28|Two-Week Issue

Conference to explore psychosocial and physical dimensions of cancer survivorship

“Psycho-Oncology,” Yale’s second annual cancer survivorship conference, will be held Tuesday-Wednesday, May 20-21, at the Anlyan Center, 300 Cedar St.

The workshop, which will focus on the psychosocial and physical dimensions of cancer survivorship, is aimed at physicians, nurses, social workers and other interested health care professionals.

The program will feature Dr. Jimmie C. Holland, who has been central to the establishment of psycho-oncology as a medical sub-specialty that integrates the psychological, social and behavioral dimensions of cancer treatment and survivorship. Holland is chair of psychiatric oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

The conference will include lectures, case studies and panel discussions and will provide an opportunity for question-and-answer sessions.

Participants will discover how to identify family problems resulting from cancer and to make appropriate treatment recommendations and referrals. Among other activities, they will learn to describe the diagnosis and treatment of depression in cancer survivors, as well as the management of pain and other symptoms — including cognitive dysfunction — in cancer survivors.

The event is co-sponsored by Yale Cancer Center, the Connecticut Challenge Survivorship Clinic, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Connecticut Hospice Inc., the Southwestern Connecticut Oncology Nursing Society and the Connecticut Oncology Association.

Workshops will be held on both days 8:45 a.m.-5 p.m. Continuing education credits will be available. The registration deadline is May 16. The registration fee is $50 for one day or $95 for both days, and includes food and program material. To register, call (203) 785-CARE or send e-mail to Hilarie Carrieri at hilarie.carrieri@yale.edu with your name, title, address and phone number.

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