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After the success of the 2015 and 2016 meetings, the Irish Geriatric Oncology Meeting 2017 will be held once again on Saturday, 22nd April 2017.

This meeting has been organised by a team of specialists, led by Dr. Anne Horgan, Consultant Medical Oncologist at Waterford University Hospital.

The meeting aims to foster increased clinical and research collaboration between the various specialities and institutions involved in treating the older cancer patient in Ireland.

08.30 -09.00 Registration & Coffee

09.00 -09.15 Welcome Dr. Anne Horgan, Consultant Medical Oncologist, University Hospital, WaterfordSession 1

09.15 -09.35 National Cancer Strategy Prof. John Kennedy, Consultant Medical Oncologisty, St. James's Hospital and Chair of National Cancer Strategy 2016-2025 Steering Group

09.35 -09.55 Cost of Cancer Care Ms. Caitriona ni Choitir, ‎Senior Research Fellow, ‎National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, TCD

09:55 –10:15 A National Cancer Treatment Helpline. Is Teletriage Fit for All? Dr. Laura Ryan, Associate Medical Director NHS Scotland

10:15-10:30 Questions

10.30 -11.00 Coffee Break Session 2

11.00 -11.20 Surgical Oncology Prof. Malcolm Reed, Dean and Professor of Surgical Oncology, University of Brighton

11.20 -11.40 Radiation Oncology – Cranial Irradiation Dr. David Fitzpatrick, Consultant Radiation Oncologist, St. Luke's Hospital

11.40 -11.55 Questions Session 3

11.55 -12.15 Frail or Fit – Decision Making in our Ageing Population Dr. Diarmuid O'Shea, Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine, St. Vincent's University Hospital

12.15 -12.35 'Cancer and Dementia - A Double Whammy 'Enhancing the Care of Patients with Cancer and Dementia in an Oncology Setting Lorraine Burgess, Macmillan Dementia Nurse Consultant and Queens Nurse, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester

12.35 -12.50 Questions

12.50 -14.00 Lunch Session 4

14.00 -14.20 "Older than Ireland" Alex Fagan, Documentary Director

14.20 - 14.40 Patient Centred Outcome Measures and the Functional Outcomes of Cancer Treatment Dr. Marije Hamaker, Clinical Geriatrician, Diakonessenhuis, Utrecht, the Netherlands

14.40 -15.00 Why More Oncologist do not Embrace the Concept of Geri Oncology and why More Geriatricians Miss the Opportunities to Connect with Oncologists Dr. Stuart Lichtman, Medical Oncologist, MSKCC, New York

15.00-15.20 Geriatric,Assessment in Colorectal Cancer Patients Dr. Cecilia Lund, Department of Oncology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University, Denmark

15.20 -15.30 Questions

15.30 Meeting Close

To register please click on the URL below

http://www.irishgeriatriconcologymeeting2017.org/register.html

For any queries, please contact Emer O'Connor at 01 265 0001.