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14 Jul 2023
Hybrid (in-person and online) | 9.00am—4.30pm

Gynaecological cancers: management, supportive care and survivorship issues for nurses

Join us for a free specialist one-day symposium tailored specifically for nurses to discuss the latest knowledge and strategies to help manage and care for individuals with gynaecological cancer.

This free one-day symposium specifically tailored for nurses will provide an overview of ovarian, endometrial and cervical gynaecological cancers, including epidemiology and advances in treatment such as surgical techniques, chemotherapy and targeted therapies.

An exceptional panel of speakers has been convened to impart the most up-to-date knowledge, featuring consumers with lived experience, clinical nurse consultants, senior cancer nurses, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgeons, palliative care experts, clinical trial experts, and allied health professionals.

Topics covered will include supportive care, including the integration of distress tools in nursing management. Common survivorship issues and corresponding nursing interventions to support will also be discussed.

Chairs

VCCC Alliance Research and Education Lead, Gynae-oncology Associate Professor Sumitra Ananda
Medical Oncologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Western Health and Epworth Health; Director, Cancer Clinical Institute, Epworth Health; Director, Clinical Trials Unit, Western Health (gynae-oncology clinical trials program) Chair, Gynaecological Tumour Group, Cancer Trials Australia; Professorial Fellow, Department of Medicine, Western Health and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, University of Melbourne; Director of Education and Director of Training at Western Health Oncology

VCCC Alliance Research and Education Deputy Lead, Gynae-oncology, Dr Niveditha Rajadevan
Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist, The Royal Women's Hospital; PhD candidate, University of Melbourne and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Speakers

Nursing specialists

Nicole Kinnane
Senior Cancer Nurse Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre; Manager and Nurse Coordinator at the Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre

Eliza Bailey
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Radiotherapy Department, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Annie Chuang
Clinical Nurse Consultant, The Royal Women’s Hospital

Clem Byard
Clinical Nurse Specialist; Team Leader, Cancer Information and Support Line, and Cancer Prevention, Cancer Council Victoria

Linda McEwan 
Senior Research Nurse, Parkville Cancer Clinical Trials Unit, Gynae-Oncology, Cancer Unknown Primary and Sarcoma

Consumer voices

Karen Livingstone AM
Co-founder of Ovarian Cancer Australia; ANZGOG, WomenCan Head of Fundraising and Development

Jane Power
Victorian Team Lead, ANZGOG Survivors Teaching Students (STS); Chair, Mercy Women’s Hospital Consumer Advisory Group

Laura Langdon
Survivors Teaching Students (STS)

Karen Curnow
Survivors Teaching Students (STS)

Norma Raspin
Survivors Teaching Students (STS)

Ovarian Cancer Australia

Fiona Mitchell
Clinical Nurse Consultant, TEAL Support Program, Ovarian Cancer Australia

Dr Lauren Williams
Clinical Psychologist and Psychosocial Team Leader, Ovarian Cancer Australia

Gynae-oncology clinicians and researchers

Professor Clare Scott
Professor of Gynaecological Cancer, University of Melbourne; Joint Head, Clinical Translation Centre and Laboratory Head, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research; Medical Oncologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital and The Royal Women’s Hospital; ANZGOG - Board Director, Chair of the OASIS Steering Committee, and Co-Chair, Gynaecologic Cancer Intergroup (GCIG) Rare Tumour Committee.

Professor Jennifer Phillip
Professor of Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne; Physician, Palliative Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and The Royal Melbourne Hospital

Associate Professor Kate Stern AO
Clinical Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne and The Royal Women’s Hospital; Head, Endocrine and Metabolic Services, The Royal Women’s Hospital; Senior Fertility Specialist, Melbourne IVF

Associate Professor Helena Frawley
Director, Allied Health Research, The Royal Women’s Hospital and Mercy Hospital for Women; Clinical Specialist, Women’s and Pelvic Health; Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne

Associate Professor Lesley Stafford
Head of Clinical Psychology at the Centre for Women’s Mental Health, The Royal Women’s Hospital; Associate Professor and Principal Fellow, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne

Dr Ming Yin Lin
Consultant Radiation Oncologist (Gynae-Oncology) and Director of Training (Parkville), Department of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Dr Nikki Burdett
Medical Oncologist, Box Hill Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Dr Julie Lamont
Co-Director Epworth Women’s and Children’s Institute, Deputy Chair Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) gynaecological oncology subspecialty committee, executive member of the Australian Society of Gynaecological Oncologists, Subspecialist Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Dr Elizabeth Farrell AM
Medical Director and Board Member, Jean Hailes for Women’s Health; Gynaecologist, Jean Hailes Medical Centres

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