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UICC World Cancer Congress 2006

Bridging the Gap: Transforming Knowledge into Action

July 8-12, 2006, Washington, DC, USA



Sunday, 9 July 2006: 12:00 PM-1:30 PM
Exhibit Hall D (Convention Center)
Cancer Supportive Care
Efficacy of Conservative Therapy for Secondary Mild and Moderate Grade Lymphedema of Extremities
Aliaksandr Zhukavets (Belarus), Iosif Zalutsky (Belarus), Natallia Antonenkova (Belarus)
Anemia in Cancer Patients Admitted to Al-Gamhoria Oncology Centre, Aden, Yemen
Gamal Al-Alawi (Yemen), Abdulla Al-Hilali (Yemen), Waiel Kahiry (Yemen)
A Survey of Symptom Experience and Symptom Management Strategies in Patients with Cancer in Thailand
Kittikorn Nilmanat (Thailand), Wongchan Petpichetchian (Thailand), Wantanee Wiroonpanich (Thailand), Sureeporn Kritcharearn (Thailand), O.-rasa Punpakdee (Thailand), Suchittra Limumnuaylap (Thailand), Supaporn Duangpaeng (Thailand), Tipaporn Wonghongkul (Thailand)
Persistent Fatigue in Disease Free Cancer Patients : a Comparative Study
Santosh K. Chaturvedi (India), Peter Maguire
Anticytokine Therapy in Cancer Cachexia Management
Sergejs Kuznecovs (Latvia), Galina Kuznecova (Latvia)
AAPI Community Voices to Make a Change
Nicole Kang (USA), Roxanna Bautista (USA), Amy Wong (USA)
Symptom Pattern in Advanced Carcinoma Cervix
N.R Tulasi (India), M. Nagarajan (India), V. Nagarajan (India)
Opiate Drugs in Palliative Care
Vera Dimitrievska (Macedonia)
Cwfi Micro-Finance Program: Breaking Barriers to Cancer Care for Poor and Disadvantaged Filipino Children
Gamaliel James V. Auste (Philippines), Gerardo N. Trillana (Philippines)
Respiratory Functions in Parenteral Opioid Titration for Cancer Pain
Mellar P. Davis (USA), Bassam Estfan (USA), Fade Mahmoud (USA), Nilo Rivera (USA), Philip Shaheen (USA), Declan Walsh (USA), Susan LeGrand (USA), Ruth Lagman (USA)
Cancer Cam: an Interactive Tool for Cancer Patients Selecting Complementary Therapies
Susan Brink (USA), Jane Lincoln (USA), Cathy Prahl (USA)
Hypnotic Symptom Management in Palliative Care
Joel D. Marcus (USA)
The Power of Testing: Creating Effective Multimedia Education for Cancer Pain Management
Ann McFarren (USA), Susan G Brink (USA), Cathy Prahl (USA), Jane Lincoln (USA)
PRN Medication Follow Up Report
Jian Zhu (USA)
Pain Gone ! Cancer Gone !?
NAZNIN ESPHANI (USA)
The usefulness of MRI imaging in radiotherapy planning of bone metastases, and self-assessment of palliative radiotherapy in managenent of symptomatic bone metastases
Mikito Hondo (Japan), Takeo Takahasi (Japan), Hisato Osada (Japan), Yuji Shimizu (Japan), Takenori Okada (Japan), Keiichirou Nisimura (Japan), Hitoshi Ohno (Japan), Akira Kitani (Japan), Takafumi Yamano (Japan), Norinari Honda (Japan)
Prevention of Chemotherapy-Induced Oral Complications by Low Level Laser Therapy: Oral Mucositis, Xereostomia and Quality of Life
Gholamreza Esmaeeli Djavid (Iran)
Bridging the Gap between Acute Cancer Care and Palliative Care at a Comprehensive Cancer Centre
Odette Spruyt (Australia), Simon Wein (Australia), Melanie Benson (Australia), Robyn Millership (Australia), Gayle Jones (Australia), Maria Pisasale (Australia)
The Patterns of Utilization of an Oncology Symptom Management Clinic
Kyra M. Whitmer (USA), Rebecca Braun (USA), Cheryl Wilhelm (USA), Jane Pruemer (USA), Zeina Nahleh (USA), Hammam Akbik (USA), Abdul-Rahman Jazieh (USA)
Symptom distress, quality of life and illness challenges according to race and income in metastatic breast cancer
Margaret Rosenzweig (USA), Theresa Wiehagen (USA), Robert Arnold (USA), Adam Brufsky (USA)
Meeting the service needs of recently diagnosed cancer patients: Results of a large population based study
Jonathan Sussman (Canada), Timothy Whelan (Canada), Eva Grunfeld (Canada), Susan Schiff (Canada)
‘Taking Supportive Care to Homes-the Trivandrum Experience'
Cherian Koshy (India)
Measurement of Sleep-Wake Disturbances in Adolescents with Cancer
Jeanne M. Erickson (USA)
Development of the Comprehensive Inventory of Functioning-Cancer
Lorraine Tulman (USA), Jacqueline Fawcett (USA)
Patients and Providers, Partners in Learning: An Organizational Strategy for Improving Patient Teaching
A. Jusko Friedman (Canada), Pamela Catton (Canada), Irene Wright (Canada)
Correlation of stress hormones with cancer fatigue
Biswa M. Biswal (Malaysia), Narassapa Kumaraswamy (Malaysia), Mumtaz Mallik (Malaysia), Hasanah C Ismail (Malaysia), Mohammad A Sidek (Malaysia)
Reducing Barriers to Pain and Fatigue Management
Tami R. Borneman (USA), Betty R. Ferrell (USA), Virginia C. Sun (USA), Marianna Koczywas (USA), Marcia L. Grant (USA)
Qualitative assessment of saliva in head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy
Biswa M. Biswal (Malaysia), Noza Nawi (Malaysia), Rajan Saini (Malaysia)
Lymphedema: A Quality of LIfe Issue
Diane M. Otte (USA), M. Kathleen Christian (USA), Lisa A. Belling (USA), Mary L. Lokken (USA), Lois A. Leis (USA)
Epoetin beta in anemic patients with lung cancer undergoing chemotherapy
Robert Pirker (Austria), Martina Lehnert (Austria), Wilma Minar (Austria)
Validation of a Simplified Anorexia Questionnaire
Mellar P. Davis (USA), Tugba Yavuzsen (USA), Declan Walsh (USA), Susan LeGrand (USA), Ruth Lagman (USA), Ethan Katz (USA)
Effects of nutritional support in patients with colorectal cancer during chemotherapy
Renata Dobrila-Dintinjana (Croatia)
The Classification of Cancer Anorexia: A Prospective Evaluation
Mellar P. Davis (USA), Tugba Yavuzsen (USA), Declan Walsh (USA), Susan LeGrand (USA), Ruth Lagman (USA), Jordanka Kirkova (USA)
Adjuvant diet to improve hormonal and metabolic factors effecting breast cancer prognosis
Franco Berrino (Italy)
Gastrointestinal Cancers - Assessment of Pain in Elderly Patients
Renata Dobrila-Dintinjana (Croatia)
Nutritional and pharmacologic support in patients with pancreatic carcinoma; our results
Renata Dobrila-Dintinjana (Croatia), Zeljka Bagic (Croatia), Davor Stimac (Croatia), Marijan Dintinjana (Croatia)
Symptom Clusters and Pain in Advanced Lung Cancer
Mellar P. Davis (USA), Declan Walsh (USA), Jordanka Kirkova (USA), Susan LeGrand (USA), Ruth Lagman (USA), Lisa Rybicki (USA)
Improving Patient Safety for Cancer Patients
Joseph F. Woelkers (USA)
Supportive Care with Non-Medicine Treatment in Children Cured from Cancer
K. Makimbetov (Kyrgyzstan)
Hand Foot Syndrome (HFS) after Dose Dense chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: Is Pegfilgrastim the culprit?
Aditya Bardia (USA), Charles L Loprinzi (USA), Matthew P Goetz (USA)
Management of paraneoplastic vasculitis by interleukin-2 in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (MRCC)
Galina Yu. Kharkevich (Russia), Ilya V. Tsimafeyeu (Russia), Lev V. Demidov (Russia), Evgeniya N. Semenkova (Russia)
Managing Novel Side Effects of an Oral Cancer Agent: A Nursing Approach
Mary Garlick Roll (USA), Marta M. Smith-Zamiska (USA)
A Prospective Study of Prevalance of Pain in Patients at Their Registration
kadehalli Lingegowda (Ireland)
Post-laryngectomy voice rehabilitation with Primary TEP: a prospective study
Mandar S. Deshpande (India), Bhavin C. Shah (India), Devendra A. Chaukar (India), K. A. Pathak (India), Prathamesh S. Pai (India), Pankaj Chaturvedi (India), Anil K. D'cruz (India), Gurmit Bacher (India)
A systematic review of interventions to relieve pain and anxiety during radiation therapy and interventional radiology procedures
Eva J.E. Christensen (Canada), Rebecca Wong (Canada)
Prophylaxis of chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis: Double blind, placebo-controlled randomized study of chlorhexidine versus placebo and with nonblinded randomized comparison to oral cooling (cryotherapy)
Jens Benn Sorensen (Denmark), Torben Skovsgaard (Denmark), Ellen Bork (Denmark), Lars Damstrup (Denmark), Sten Ingeberg (Denmark)
Mobilization of the Three Essentials: Access to Treatment, Care and Support in Low Resource Communities
Lisa Rae Schneider (USA)
Electron Patient Records (EPR) for Cancer Patients Care and Clinical Study
Nikita E. Shklovskiy-Kordi (Russia), Boris V. Zingerman (Russia), Maxim V. Surin (Russia), Saveli V. Goldberg (USA)
Retrospective Analysis of Methylphenidate Side Effects and Benefits in Advanced Cancer
Mellar P. Davis (USA), Declan Walsh (USA), Fade Mahmoud (USA), Nilo Rivera (USA), Dilara Khoshknabi (USA)

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