Watch how cancer survivors struggle to resume a normal life

On 31 March and 1 April 2016, EORTC held its 2nd Summit on Cancer Survivorship. You can now watch the presentations and panel discussions that addressed both societal and health issues that cancer survivors face to resume a normal life.

Thursday 31 March 2016 – Societal Aspects

Session 1: A newly discovered reality (Chairs: P. O’Donnell & R. Sullivan)

• Keynote lecture: Quantify the magnitude of long-term cancer survivors in Europe (A. Waldmann)
• Keynote lecture: Economic burden of cancer across the European Union and unemployment (R. Sullivan)
• Panel discussion: The awareness of the societal challenges faced by cancer survivors and the policy support in EU (J. Kelly, Chairs & Speakers of the Session)

Session 2: Accessibility to Job, insurance and mortgage (Chairs: I. Lebrocquy & R. Stupp)

• Keynote lecture: Build a life after cancer: Discrimination issues & answers (E. Van Laer)
• Panel discussion (Moderator:  A. Jack): Job, Insurance, Mortgage  (I. Klingmann, I. Kössler, M. Massart, S. Narbutas, N. Van den Cruyce, M. Vanden Wijngaert, M. Vermaerke, Chairs & Speakers of the Session)

Session 3: Specificities related to survivors of childhood and young adolescent cancer (Chairs: F. Baron & G. Vassal)

• Quality of survivorship, a major goal in the SIOPE strategic plan (G. Vassal)
• Childhood cancer survivors: Facts and needs (G. Vassal)
• Access to recommendations, follow up and care: the survivorship passport (S. Essiaf)
• Long-term follow-up studies: The EORTC Leukemia Group Experience (C. Piette)
• Panel discussion (Chairs & Speakers of the Session)
• Conclusion (F. Meunier)

Friday 1 April 2016 – Medical Aspects

Session 4: Lifestyle after cancer – How to intervene? (Chairs: E.C. Moser & S. Narbutas)

• A patient’s perspective of cancer survivorship (I. Verdonck-de Leeuw )
• Role (early) interventions, life style (J. Maher)
• Growing up with cancer – Childhood cancer survivorship (C. Parsons)
• Panel discussion (Chairs & Speakers of the Session)

Session 5: Data collection and legal issues – Challenges (Chairs: J. Bogaerts & J. Reijneveld)

• Mobile, social and tech are disrupting healthcare. Get ready! (V. Keunen)
• Innovation radiotherapy data collection (P. Meijnders)
• European legal framework on collection and sharing of data (M. Verlinden)
• Panel discussion (L. Van Eycken, Chairs & Speakers of the Session)

Session 6: Lifestyle after cancer – How to measure? (Chairs: G. Katz & L. van de Poll-Franse)

• Infertility and sexuality after cancer treatment (R. Nout)
• 10 million cancer survivors in Europe (L. van de Poll-Franse)
• How to measure cognitive changes following cancer & cancer treatment? (S. Schagen)
• Is germline engineering acceptable for cancer survivors? (G. Katz)
• Panel discussion (P. Hoogendoorn, Chairs & Speakers of the Session)

Session 7: The EORTC survivorship taskforce, the commitment, vision and future perspectives (Chairs: L. Liu & A. Waldmann)

• Patient voice (B. Roman)
• The EORTC survivorship taskforce (L. Liu)
• Boost no-Boost trial: 20 years of follow-up of Breast Cancer (E.C. Moser)
• Panel discussion (Chairs & Speakers of the Session)