Project News and Updates.

SIOP2016 Meeting in Dublin

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PanCareLIFE researchers were active at the 48th Annual Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) in Dublin, Ireland last week.

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Anna Font-Gonzalez from AMC in the Netherlands presented on our guideline work in a talk entitled ‘Fertility Preservation in children, adolescents and young adults with cancer: Quality of clinical practice guidelines and variations in recommendations. She spoke at the SIOP Educational Day (19 Oct 2016) in a Joint Session of the Nurses Committee & Supportive Care Working Group. The session focussed on Supportive Care in Pediatric Oncology and targeted Nurses, Physicians and Dieticians.

Anna and Eva Clemens from EMC in the Netherlands also both chaired sessions at the SIOP Young Investigators Educational Day and Prof. Marry van den Heuvel-Eibrink presented related work on renal tumours.

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Young Investigator Session about to kick off!

 

7th PanCareLIFE General Assembly Meeting

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Members of the PanCareLIFE consortium met in Drogheda, Ireland for the 7th PanCareLIFE General Assembly Meeting, 17 – 18 Oct 2016.

The focus was on data collection as the Call for Data closes on 31 Oct 2016. Our data providers have made excellent progress and data is already on it’s way to the Data Centre in Mainz, Germany. We also heard about progress in the development of fertility guidelines and our intervention study on education about fertility preservation.

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Giulio d’Angio Prize for Best Poster

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Eva Clemens’ poster was selected by the nominating committee of the 2016 European Symposium on Late Complications after Childhood Cancer for the Giulio d’Angio prize in Copenhagen on 23 September 2016.

Eva studied Biomedical Sciences and is a PhD candidate at the Department of Pediatric Oncology at the Erasmus Medical Center. Her PhD thesis is based on ototoxicity during and after childhood cancer, and she expects to complete my doctoral degree in 2018. Her supervisor is Prof. M.M. van den Heuvel-Eibrink. She lives in a cosy apartment in Rotterdam together with her boyfriend.

Congratulations Eva!

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European Symposium on Late Complications after Childhood Cancer 2016

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The Danish Cancer Society hosted the European Symposium on Late Complications after Childhood Cancer 22 – 23 Sept 2016 in Copenhagen. PanCareLIFE researcher Dr. Jeanette Falck Winther was an organiser. The symposium is the largest European multidisciplinary event on late complications after treatment of childhood cancer. The Copenhagen 2016 symposium explored best practices in the detection and management of late complications after treatment of childhood cancer.

PanCareLIFE was well represented at the event. Research Manager Dr. Julianne Byrne presented an overview of PanCareLIFE in a session dedicated to PanCare, PanCareSurFup and PanCareLIFE. Posters on PanCareLIFE-funded research were presented by Marleen van den Berg, Marloes van Dijk (VUmc), Anna Font-Gonzalez (AMC), Amelie Tillmanns (UKM) and Eva Clemens (EMC). Eva Clemens was awarded a prize for her poster on ototoxicity.

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Marloes van Dijk with her poster on female fertility (left), Marleen van den Berg presenting related work (right)

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Eva Clemens (left) and Amelie Tillmanns (right) with their posters on ototoxicity

PanCareLIFE Newsletter – Sept 2016

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Our first newsletter is now available – see what we’ve been up to since the project started!

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Latest PanCare Newsletter Available

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Latest PanCare network newsletter available now!

PanCare Aug 2016 Newsletter

Light it up GOLD – Childhood Cancer Awareness

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September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Every year, Childhood Cancer International (CCI) members and the whole community of childhood cancer champions, advocates and supporters encourage iconic buildings, historic landmarks, monuments, bridges and natural environments to Go Gold by lighting them up in GOLD or by hanging huge gold ribbons in these places.

Show you support kids with cancer and turn your homes, workplaces, schools and communities GOLD!

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Latest Newsletter from Childhood Cancer International

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The latest newsletter from Childhood Cancer International is now available – read about what survivors have been up to around the world!

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Brainbow Presentation on Ototoxicity

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Dr. David Baguley, Consultant Clinical Scientist (Audiology) and Head of Service – Audiology and Hearing Implants, Cambridge University Hospitals gave an excellent presentation on ‘Chemotherapy, hearing loss and hearing rehabilitation’. It was filmed at the CCLG/Brainbow Paediatric neuro(-oncology) rehabilitation education day, September 2015.

You can watch it here.

18th PanCare Meeting to be held in Erice

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The 18th PanCare meeting will be held in Erice, Italy from 01 – 03 Nov 2016.

Erice has been chosen as the meeting venue because 10 years have passed since PanCare members convened in this fascinating village in Sicily to attend the “Cure and Care After Childhood Cancer” workshop when the “Erice Statement” about childhood cancer survivors was drafted. The Statement was published in the European Journal of Cancer, translated into at least 7 languages and was one of the main pillars upon which the PanCare Network was founded in 2008.

On the afternoon of 01 November, the network will celebrate of the 10th anniversary of the Erice Statement. Distinguished speakers have been invited from Europe and the United States to present their views on the history and perspectives of childhood cancer survivorship, what we have achieved and the work that remains to be done. The meeting will then continue on 02 – 03 November with discussions and presentations and will mainly focus on the development and dissemination of guidelines for long-term follow-up.