Saturday, 10 March 2012
at W12 Conferences, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN
Online registration: www.symposia.org.uk
Patients with cancer represent approximately 25% of the in-patient admission in the UK and 33% of deaths. However, many physicians have limited exposure in their training to oncology.
This course will provide an invaluable grounding for medical and surgical, core and specialist trainees, as well as an update for physicians, surgeons and GPs.
Programme
09:00 Registration: tea & coffee
09:15 Welcome and introduction
Dr Roshan Agarwal (Course Director, Senior Lecturer, Consultant Medical Oncologist)
GENERAL ONCOLOGY
09:20 General principles of cancer management – diagnosis, staging and case presentations
Dr M Flook
10.00 Radiotherapy - principles, planning and managing side-effects
Dr Challapalli
10:45 Clinical trials - practical issues for oncologists and generalists
Dr Roshan Agarwal
11:10 Coffee
11:30 Chemotherapy - principles, prescribing and managing side-effects
Dr Roshan Agarwal
10:45 Endocrine and targeted therapies - principles, prescribing and managing side-effects
13:00 Lunch
ACUTE ONCOLGY
13:45 Oncological Emergencies - neutropenic sepsis, hypercalcaemia, tumour lysis, SVCO,
spinal cord compression
Dr Tom Newson-Davis (Consultant Medical Oncologist)
14:30 Site specific complications and VTE - brain mets, bone mets, pleural effusions, ascites,
recurrent VTE: Dr Laura Kenny (Consultant Medical Oncologist)
15:15 Tea
PALLIATIVE CARE
15:30 Symptom control - (Pain, nausea, constipation, diarrhoea, cough, breathlessness)
Dr C Urch (Consultant in Palliative Care)
16:15 Psycho-social support: other issues in terminal care
Jackie Marshall (MacMillan nurse)
16:45 Questions - Close
17:00 -17:30 Interested in a career in Oncology? (Optional session for FY,CMT and ST trainees)
Registration fee: £145 for GPs & consultants; £95 for trainees
‘…This has helped me greatly as a new SpR in Oncology. ’ ST3
‘….Excellent overview of oncology….’ CMT CT1
‘....Excellent course….’
‘….Very balanced and practical…’
‘….niche area, which is not being covered by anyone else. Thank you for organising this….’
‘…… comprehensive and well directed for all categories of physicians…’ GP
Approved for CPD by The Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians.
www.symposia.org.uk for full details and online registration
The Symposium Office
Imperial College London
Tel: +44 (0)207 594 2150
