Breadcrumb Virtual Dialogue: Supportive and survivorship care for people after cancer: person-centred, not disease-focused Wednesday, 3 May 2023 - 09:00 Virtual Dialogue: Supportive and survivorship care for people after cancer – person-centred, not disease-focused The number of people living after cancer is rising worldwide, making the challenges of life after diagnosis increasingly visible, and in need of attention. Overview Advances in the early detection and treatment of cancer has greatly increased many people’s chances of survival. It has also, however, made the challenges of life after diagnosis and successful treatment increasingly visible and in need of attention. In this Virtual Dialogue, UICC brought together experts from civil society, academia, the medical profession, as well as cancer patients, to highlight the diversity of needs and challenges that follows a cancer diagnosis, discuss why timely access to supportive and survivorship services should be an indispensable component of quality cancer care and explore what models can be adopted across a variety of settings to better integrate supportive and survivorship care throughout the cancer journey. You can now watch the recording of the conversation below: View recording Speakers Moderator: Jeff Dunn - Chief of Mission and Head of Research, Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, President, Union for International Cancer Control (Australia) Chris Cheng - President, Society for Cancer Advocacy and Awareness (SCAN) Kuching (Malaysia) Diane Andrea Ndoli - Clinical Oncologist, Rwanda Military Hospital, Co-Founder, Rwanda Cancer Relief and Healthy People Rwanda (Rwanda) Majda Gharbi - Director, Association Dar Zhor (Morocco) Mark Lin - Head of Department, Psychosocial Services, Singapore Cancer Society (Singapore) Bogda Koczwara - Senior Staff Specialist, Department of Medical Oncology, Flinders Medical Centre (Australia) Supported by Event Information Organiser Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) Date and time Wednesday, 3 May 2023 - 09:00 Email dicapua@uicc.org website https://www.uicc.org/ Location Virtual event - online 1202 Geneva Switzerland Tags Virtual Dialogues supportive care Last update Thursday 13 July 2023 Share this page
