UICC World Cancer Congress 2006 Bridging the Gap: Transforming Knowledge into Action July 8-12, 2006, Washington, DC, USA

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Saturday, 8 July 2006

Saturday, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM

General

1: Pre-Conference Workshop: How to Start a Cancer Information Service (CIS) (Workshop)

Saturday, 6:00 PM-7:30 PM

General

2: Bridging the Gap: The Global Cancer Challenge (Plenary)

Sunday, 9 July 2006

Sunday, 8:30 AM-9:45 AM

General

3: Transforming Knowledge Into Action (Plenary)

Sunday, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM

Cancer Detection and Treatment

4: Progress in Cancer Diagnosis, Staging, Prognosis (Plenary)

Public Health Prevention and Education

5: Changing Behavior – Changing Environment (Plenary)

Cancer Supportive Care

6: Cancer Symptom Management (Plenary)

Building Capacity in Cancer NGOs

7: Planning and Strategy (Plenary)

Tobacco and Cancer

8: Advances in Lung Cancer Screening (Plenary)

Sunday, 12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Cancer Detection and Treatment

9: Cancer Research, Detection and Treatment (Poster)

Public Health Prevention and Education

10: Public Health, Prevention and Education (Poster)

Cancer Supportive Care

11: Cancer Supportive Care (Poster)

Tobacco and Cancer

12: Tobacco and Cancer (Poster)

Sunday, 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Cancer Detection and Treatment

13: Cancer Staging - New Initiatives (Symposium)

14: The Use of Imaging in Standards (Symposium)

15: Information Technology in Cancer Control: Closing the Gap (Seminar)

16: Pathology Standards around the World (Seminar)

17: Screening for Second Tumors in Long-Term Survivors (Seminar)

18: Childhood Cancers (Proffered papers)

19: Lung Cancer (Proffered papers)

Public Health Prevention and Education

20: Breast Cancer Screening and Early Detection (Symposium)

21: Infection and Cancer: Prospects for Prevention (Seminar)

22: Ovarian Cancer and Public Health: Enigma or Opportunity? (Panel)

23: United States Cancer Statistics: Assessing Cancer Burden in the United States - Part 1 (Panel)

24: Leveraged Resources for Geographically Dispersed Populations: The U.S. Associated Pacific Island Nations (Proffered papers)

25: Obstacles to the implementation of effective, evidenced-based cancer prevention strategies: WHO' s experiences (Proffered papers)

26: Targeting the Underserved for Cancer Control (Proffered papers)

27: The Scottish National Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme - Lessons from the First Two Rounds (Proffered papers)

Cancer Supportive Care

28: Amélioration des Soins de Support aux Patients atteints du Cancer de la Prostate : Un colloque (Symposium, French)

29: Challenges in the Implementation of Supportive Care Guidelines (Symposium)

30: The Global Shortage of Registered Nurses and the Impact on Cancer Care (Symposium)

31: Effective Delivery Models for Cancer Supportive Care (Panel)

32: Cancer Survivorship (Proffered papers)

33: Endocrine and Psychosocial Late Effects of Childhood Cancer (Proffered papers)

34: Issues and Approaches to Improving Pain Management (Proffered papers)

Building Capacity in Cancer NGOs

35: Building Strategic Alliances for Cancer Control -- Transnational, National and Regional Alliances (Panel)

36: Creando Alianzas Estratégicas para Maximizar Recursos: Una Historia Exitosa (Panel, Spanish)

37: Key Elements of a Successful Cancer Information Service (CIS) (Workshop)

38: Social Marketing: Techniques, Tools and Approaches to Solving Health Problems (Workshop)

39: The Leadership Clinic: Engaging NGO Leaders in Fund Raising (Workshop)

40: Cancer Information Services (CIS) I (Proffered papers)

41: Cancer Societies and Cancer Prevention (Proffered papers)

42: Capacity Building I (Proffered papers)

Tobacco and Cancer

43: A Critical Need: Partnering with Cancer Institutes in Tobacco Control Efforts (Panel)

44: Want to Control Lung and Other Cancers: Invest in Tobacco Control (Panel)

45: The Tobacco Product: Cultivation, Composition and Cancer (Proffered papers)

46: Tobacco Control Versus Cure (6943) (Proffered papers)

Sunday, 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

Cancer Detection and Treatment

47: Prognosis and Cancer (Symposium)

48: New Technologies in Screening, Diagnosis and Staging of Cancer (Seminar)

49: Cancer Staging / Multidisciplinary Tumor Board (Panel)

50: The Role of the Sentinel Lymph Node in Cancer Staging (Panel)

51: Progress in Diagnosis, Detection and Prognosis (Proffered papers)

52: Screening (Proffered papers)

Public Health Prevention and Education

53: Use of HPV Vaccine in Adolescents as Part of US Cervical Cancer Control Efforts (Symposium)

54: Public Health Strategies to Address Nutrition and Physical Activity: Important in the Fight Against Cancer (Seminar)

55: Collaborating to Conquer Cancer: Comprehensive Cancer Control in the U.S (Panel)

56: Cancer Mapping and Risk Assessment – From the Small Area Health Statistics Unit, Imperial College, London (Workshop)

57: United States Cancer Statistics: Assessing Cancer Burden in the United States - Part 2 (Workshop)

58: Cervical Cancer Screening Programs Around the World (Proffered papers)

59: Evaluation: Important for improving our cancer control efforts (Proffered papers)

60: Media and Environmental Interventions to Change Sun Protection Behavior (Proffered papers)

Cancer Supportive Care

61: Cancer Fatigue: Current Evidence and Controversies (Symposium)

62: Improving Supportive Care Services for Men with Prostate Cancer (Symposium)

63: Effective Models for Cancer Symptom Management (Panel)

64: What is Cancer Pain Management Without Oral Morphine? Challenges and Successes in Working with Government to Shape Policy and Laws (Workshop)

65: Symptom Impact on Cancer Patient Functioning - Advancing the Science (Proffered papers)

66: Understanding the Impact of Symptoms on Patients and their Quality of Life (Proffered papers)

Building Capacity in Cancer NGOs

67: Community Roles in Cancer Control Planning and Action (Seminar)

68: Advocacy: Influencing Cancer Control by Influencing Public Policy (Panel)

69: Fishing Where the Fish Are: Raising Money from Individuals (Workshop)

70: Les clés de la réussite pour un service d'information sur le cancer (Workshop, French)

71: Relay For Life: Mobilizing Communities (Workshop)

72: Cancer Control in India and China (Proffered papers)

73: Cancer Societies (general) (Proffered papers)

Tobacco and Cancer

74: Smoking in the Oncology Setting (Panel)

75: Successful Tobacco Control in a State with Preemption (7966) (Proffered papers)

76: The impact of smoking on cancer (Proffered papers)

Sunday, 5:15 PM-6:15 PM

General

77: Language Affinity Sessions (Alternative Sessions)

Monday, 10 July 2006

Monday, 8:30 AM-9:45 AM

General

78: Strategic Health Communication (Plenary)

Monday, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM

Cancer Detection and Treatment

79: Progress in Multidisciplinary Cancer Treatment (Plenary)

Public Health Prevention and Education

80: Power of Screening and Early Detection (Plenary)

Cancer Supportive Care

81: Psychosocial Issues (Plenary)

Building Capacity in Cancer NGOs

82: Organizational Development (Plenary)

Tobacco and Cancer

83: The Power of Clinicians in Society: Their Critical Role in Tobacco Control (Plenary)

Monday, 12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Cancer Detection and Treatment

84: Cancer Research, Detection and Treatment (Poster)

Public Health Prevention and Education

85: Public Health, Prevention and Education (Poster)

Cancer Supportive Care

86: Cancer Supportive Care (Poster)

Building Capacity in Cancer NGOs

87: Building Capacity in Cancer Organizations (Poster)

Tobacco and Cancer

88: Tobacco and Cancer (Poster)

Monday, 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Cancer Detection and Treatment

89: Truth Telling and Ethical Issues: A World Perspective (Symposium)

90: Pediatrics as a Model for Cancer Care: Cooperation between Low-Resource and High-Resource Countries (Seminar)

91: Access to Cancer Treatment across the Globe (Panel)

92: Evidence Based Medicine: Guidelines Workshop - Part 1 (Workshop)

93: Fundamentals of Communication – Part 1 (Workshop)

94: Evidence-Based Guidelines for Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (Proffered papers)

95: Head and Neck Cancers (Proffered papers)

96: Women's Cancers (Proffered papers)

Public Health Prevention and Education

97: Cancer Registration: Systems and Informatics in Three Countries (Symposium)

98: Prostate cancer: update on clinical trials of screening and initial treatment (Symposium)

99: Cancer Survivorship: An Emerging Role for Public Health – Part 1 (Seminar)

100: New Research on Colorectal Cancer Screening from CDC (Seminar)

101: Programa de control del cáncer del cuello uterino (Seminar, Spanish)

102: Cancer Control Planning (Proffered papers)

103: Cancer Control Strategies for India (Proffered papers)

104: Reaching targeted populations for cancer control (Proffered papers)

105: Texas Cancer Control Toolkit: Bringing the Texas Cancer Plan to Communities (Proffered papers)

Cancer Supportive Care

106: Coping with Cancer: Variations Across Culture, Age and Gender (Symposium)

107: Truth Telling and Ethical Issues: A World Perspective (Symposium)

108: Evidence Based Medicine: Guidelines Workshop - Part 1 (Workshop)

109: Fundamentals of Communication - Part 1 (Workshop)

110: Peer Support Programs: The Reach to Recovery International Model (Workshop)

111: Aligning Hope: Lessons Learned from Reflections on Challenging Communications between Patients, Families and Clinicians (Proffered papers)

112: Quality of Life and Women with Breast Cancer (Proffered papers)

113: Support for Patients, Families and Professional Caregivers (Proffered papers)

Building Capacity in Cancer NGOs

114: International Cooperation in Cancer Control: Partnerships Between Cancer Organizations in Rich and Low Income Countries (Panel)

115: Organizing & Mobilizing Communities of Volunteers (Panel)

116: Raising Awareness About Your Cause and Building Your Brand for Fundraising Success (Workshop)

117: Social Entrepreneurism (Meet the Speaker)

118: Cancer Control Planning I (Proffered papers)

119: Cancer Information Services (CIS) II (Proffered papers)

120: Capacity Building II (Proffered papers)

Tobacco and Cancer

121: Opportunities for Cancer Societies to Engage in Tobacco Control: The Case of the FCTC (Panel)

122: Supersizing the Developing World: Using the Lessons from Tobacco Control in the Fight against Obesity (Panel)

123: 5As, 5Rs, and Beyond (8238) (Proffered papers)

124: The Critical Role of Nurses and Dentists in Tobacco Control (Proffered papers)

125: Tobacco Cessation Interventions (Proffered papers)

Monday, 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

Cancer Detection and Treatment

126: Management of Risk for Colon Cancer (Symposium)

127: La Pediatría como Modelo en el Tratamiento del Cáncer: Cooperación entre Países de Bajos y Altos Recursos (Seminar, Spanish)

128: Achieving a Successful Interdisciplinary Team: Meeting the Challenge (Panel)

129: Evidence-Based Medicine: A Workshop on Guidelines – Part 2 (Workshop)

130: Fundamentals of Communication – Part 2 (Workshop)

131: Treatment of GI/GU Malignancies (Proffered papers)

Public Health Prevention and Education

132: Cervical Cancer Screening: Strategies for Developing Countries (Symposium)

133: La Prévention: Une Action de Santé Publique dans le Cadre de Plan de Contrôle des Cancers (Seminar, French)

134: National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program: Methods to Determine if we Reach Eligible Populations (Seminar)

135: Special Topics in Prostate Cancer (Seminar)

136: Cancer Survivorship: An Emerging Role for Public Health - Part 2 (Panel)

137: Cancer Mapping and Risk Assessment (Meet the Speaker)

138: Breast cancer control in limited resource settings (Proffered papers)

139: Skin Cancer Prevention Through Sun Protection (Proffered papers)

140: The Health Information National Trends Survey: Surveillance of Cancer Prevention and Communication Constructs in the General U.S. Population (Proffered papers)

Cancer Supportive Care

141: Psychosocial Cancer Care and Treatment Effectiveness (Symposium)

142: Achieving a Successful Interdisciplinary Team: Meeting the Challenge (Panel)

143: Evidence-Based Medicine: A Workshop on Guidelines - Part 2 (Workshop)

144: Fundamentals of Communication - Part 2 (Workshop)

145: Approaches to Supportive Care: Support Groups (Proffered papers)

146: Culture Perspective in Providing Cancer Care (Proffered papers)

147: Decision and Information Support (Proffered papers)

Building Capacity in Cancer NGOs

148: The Power and Wisdom of Branding: a Perspective from Developed and Developing Countries (Symposium)

149: Creating a Volunteer Culture within your Organization (Workshop)

150: Guerilla Fundraising (Workshop)

151: How Physicians and CIS can Work Together to Serve Cancer Patients (Workshop)

152: Cancer Control Planning II (Proffered papers)

153: Capacity Building III (Proffered papers)

Tobacco and Cancer

154: Benefits of Working in Tobacco Control for Cancer Societies (Panel)

155: Tobacco’s Role in Oral Cancer and Pre-Cancers (Panel)

156: Arresting Tobacco in the Wild, Wild West (8239) (Proffered papers)

157: Comprehensive Tobacco Control Approaches - Education to Policy (Proffered papers)

158: Tobacco cessation in the clinical setting and in clinician training (Proffered papers)

Monday, 5:15 PM-6:15 PM

General

159: Language Affinity Sessions (Alternative Sessions)

Tuesday, 11 July 2006

Tuesday, 8:30 AM-9:45 AM

General

160: The Power of Public Policy (Plenary)

Tuesday, 9:45 AM-10:15 AM

General

161: Break (Alternative Sessions)

Tuesday, 10:15 AM-12:00 PM

Cancer Detection and Treatment

162: The Promise of Cancer Research (Plenary)

Public Health Prevention and Education

163: Translating Knowledge into Action across Cultures (Plenary)

Cancer Supportive Care

164: End of Life Care/Palliative Care (Plenary)

Building Capacity in Cancer NGOs

165: Mobilizing Communities (Plenary)

Tobacco and Cancer

166: Prevention and Public Policy in Tobacco Control (Plenary)

Tuesday, 12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Cancer Detection and Treatment

167: Cancer Research, Detection and Treatment (Poster)

Public Health Prevention and Education

168: Public Health, Prevention and Education (Poster)

Cancer Supportive Care

169: Cancer Supportive Care (Poster)

Tobacco and Cancer

170: Tobacco and Cancer (Poster)

Tuesday, 1:30 PM-3:00 PM

Cancer Detection and Treatment

171: Career Development in Cancer Research (Symposium)

172: State-of-the-art Radiotherapy: Can we Deliver Worldwide? (Symposium)

173: The Oncology Workforce of the Future: Are We Prepared? (Symposium)

174: The Future of Oncology: Cancer Care in 2015 (Seminar)

175: Global Strategies in Drug Development and Research – Part 1 (Workshop)

176: Carcinogenesis (Proffered papers)

177: Use of Communities of Practice to Facilitate Quality Improvement Initiatives (Proffered papers)

178: Using Knowledge to Drive Performance in Ontario's Cancer System (Proffered papers)

Public Health Prevention and Education

179: Business Partnerships to Increase the Delivery of Evidence-based Cancer Control Interventions (Symposium)

180: Integrating the HPV Vaccine into Cervical Cancer Control Efforts (Symposium)

181: Organized Screening in a Disorganized World: Evaluating the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program - Part 1 (Symposium)

182: Cancer Survival in Five Continents – The CONCORD Study: A First Attempt at Direct Comparison (Seminar)

183: Cancer Control Efforts around Africa (Proffered papers)

184: From Science to Application to Cancer Prevention: Second Expert Report of World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research (Proffered papers)

185: Promoting and evaluating colorectal cancer screening (Proffered papers)

Cancer Supportive Care

186: Career Development in Cancer Research (Symposium)

187: Suffering and the Experience of Cancer (Seminar)

188: Effective Models of End of Life Care (Panel)

189: Challenges and Approaches to Providing Quality Cancer Nursing Care (Proffered papers)

190: Issues in Pain Management (Proffered papers)

191: Meaning, Spirituality and Approaches to Decrease Distress (Proffered papers)

192: Palliative Care in Developing Countries (Proffered papers)

193: Using Technology to Improve Cancer Supportive Care (Proffered papers)

Building Capacity in Cancer NGOs

194: Elements of Excellence in NGO Governance (Panel)

195: Engagement of Targeted Communities of Volunteers (Panel)

196: Engaging the Board and Staff Leadership in Strategic Planning (Workshop)

197: How the Rich Give (Workshop)

198: Tools for Assessing Organizational Effectiveness (Workshop)

199: Alliances for Cancer Control I (Proffered papers)

200: Cancer Control Planning III (Proffered papers)

201: Volunteers and Cancer Control (Proffered papers)

Tobacco and Cancer

202: Asuntos en control del tabaco en America Latina y España (Panel, Spanish)

203: Breast Cancer and Second Hand Smoke: The State of the Evidence (Panel)

204: Contrôle du tabagisme: problèmes et enjeux pour les pays francophones (Panel, French)

205: Tobacco Industry Funding of Scientific Research and Academic Institutions: Philanthropy, Influence or Innocence by Association? (Panel)

206: Building and Enhancing the Advocacy Expertise of Your Cancer Organization (Workshop)

Tuesday, 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

Cancer Detection and Treatment

207: Management of Risk for Breast Cancer (Symposium)

208: Molecular-Based Diagnostics (Seminar)

209: Perspectives d'avenir en oncologie: le traitement du cancer en 2015 (Seminar, French)

210: The Role of Health Services Research in Measuring Quality and Outcome (Seminar)

211: Global Strategies in Drug Development – Part 2 (Workshop)

212: Methodology in Research (Proffered papers)

213: Outcomes and Quality (Proffered papers)

Public Health Prevention and Education

214: Cancer Control in the Developing World (Symposium)

215: Colorectal Cancer: Moving Forward with Organized Screening (Symposium)

216: Le rôle des organisations non gouvernementales (ONG) dans le contrôle du tabac (Symposium, French)

217: Organized Screening in a Disorganized World: Lessons from the Field for the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program - Part 2 (Symposium)

218: Translation of Science to the Policy and Practice of Cancer Prevention (Symposium)

219: Applications Research in Cancer Control (Seminar)

220: Cancer Prevention (Proffered papers)

221: Epidemiologic Research and Surveillance: Uses for Cancer Control (Proffered papers)

222: Translating Workforce Competency into Actions to Assure Surge Capacity in Cancer Care (Proffered papers)

Cancer Supportive Care

223: Integrating Palliative Care into National Health Policy and Programs: Models and Best Practices (Symposium)

224: Aspectos del Cuidado Paliativo del Paciente con Cancer (Seminar, Spanish)

225: Managing Distressing Symptoms at the End of Life: thirst/hydration, breathlessness and restlessness/agitation (Seminar)

226: Approaches in Providing Palliative Care (Proffered papers)

227: Childhood Cancer: Approaches to Improving Supportive Care (Proffered papers)

228: End of Life Transitions and Bereavement (Proffered papers)

229: Measuring Patient Intensity in Ambulatory Oncology (Proffered papers)

230: Models of Palliative Care Education (Proffered papers)

Building Capacity in Cancer NGOs

231: Setting Priorities and Allocating Resources – Case Studies in Strategic Planning (Panel)

232: The Role of Corporate Citizens: Looking at the Business Community as Volunteers (Panel)

233: Putting All the Pieces Together: Integrating Your Fundraising and Communications Activities to Maximize Your Income (Workshop)

234: Alliances for Cancer Control II (Proffered papers)

235: Cancer Control Planning IV (Proffered papers)

236: Cancer Societies and Tobacco & Colorectal Cancer Control (Proffered papers)

Tobacco and Cancer

237: Nicotine Dependency as a Legitimate Treatable Clinical Disorder (Panel)

238: The Inequities of the War Against Cancer: The Lives Lost Due to Failures of Fighting Battles on all Fronts (Panel)

239: Exposure to Secondhand Smoke and its Surveillance (Proffered papers)

240: Non-Governmental Organization Strategies in Tobacco Control (Proffered papers)

241: Tobacco control programs involving young people (Proffered papers)

Tuesday, 5:15 PM-6:15 PM

General

242: Language Affinity Sessions (Alternative Sessions)

Wednesday, 12 July 2006

Wednesday, 8:30 AM-10:30 AM

General

243: Uniting the Global Cancer Community (Plenary)

Wednesday, 11:30 AM-1:30 PM

General

244: Combined Plenary (Plenary)