GPON 2022 is a free to attend virtual event held annually that takes place under the auspices of London Global Cancer Week. The event primarily focuses on cancer care and nursing in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and combines presentations and participation from over 300 caregivers, patients, survivors, and industry partners from around the world.
GPON 2022 will feature experts in oncology nursing from more than a dozen countries and contexts across the globe. Speakers and panelists at this year’s GPON conference Celebrating Oncology Nursing: From Adversity to Opportunity, will be invited to address three critical themes:
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Edna Adan University & Hospital
The Dorcas Cancer Foundation
Cancer Warriors Foundation
Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana
Vanderbilt University
The Health Foundation
Oncology Nursing Colombian Association
University of Vienna
Bristol2Beijing, Move Against Cancer
Hospital Nacional de Pediatría Garrahan
WHO Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean
Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services
Uganda Cancer Institute, Uganda
Clinica Oncosalud
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Universidad de Panamá
American Cancer Society
Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia, México
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, U.S.A. and Lebanon
BASMA Pediatric Oncology Unit
University of Child Health Sciences & Children Hospital Lahore
Turkish Nurses Association, Turkey
Western Ukrainian Specialized Pediatric Medical Centre
Interhealth Canada/Cheshire Hall Medical Center
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Bhutan
I am a Nurses and Midwife trained in the Uk on a British scholarship between 1954 and 1961. Returned to Somaliland as the country’s first trained Nurses and Midwife and started training nurses and midwives for our people. In 1965, was appointed Nurses Midwife Educator by WHO and started training Midwives in Libya 1965-1967.
1967 to 1969, husband became Prime Minister and returned home to take on duties responsibilities as First Lady of Somalia. Following the Communist Coup of 1969, became a Political Prisoner under House Arrest for six months. After release, returned to work as a Midwife, then appointed Director of the Department of Human Resources Development in the Ministry of Health. In 1986, returned to work with WHO as Regional Founder and President of the Edna Adan University and Hospital which are institutions that I built after I retired from WHO in 1997. The hospital was opened in 2002 and the University in 2012. Awarded Honorary PhD by Clark University, Ahfad University, was made Honorary Fellow Cardiff University and Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK.
I hold a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Clayton University in Georgia, USA, and Diploma in Global Health from Boston University.
Korede Akindele is a childhood cancer advocate and policy driver, Head of Programs at The Dorcas Cancer Foundation, a non-profit organization working to improve access to care and survival outcomes for children with cancer in Nigeria.
He is the current Chair, of the Young SIOP Network(YSN) where he represented the interest of all SIOP members aged under 40 working in pediatric oncology, he is a member of the advocacy committee International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP), member of Nigeria Cancer Society (NCS), member of Nigeria Palliative and Hospice Care
Korede is a passionate advocate and public health contributor with an uncommon blend of community understanding and strategic thinking that enables the implementation of impactful actions geared towards improving pediatric cancer outcomes across the globe
He has spearheaded and led teams to create, implement and replicate childhood cancer awareness, advocacy, and training programs. He actively participates in research and policy discussions around childhood cancer in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Korede has worked with countless families, healthcare professionals, community leaders, policymakers, and governments in Africa and the Middle East to increase enlightenment and understanding about the importance of early detection, accurate diagnosis, and prompt and proper treatment of childhood cancer.
He brings a message of hope and survival for childhood cancer
Cancer Warriors Foundation
I am a principal Nursing officer and deputy nurse manager at the pediatric Oncology of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra Ghana.
I have an MSc in Advanced Nursing Practice and am a registered Pediatric Oncology nurse.
I am very Passionate about nursing care for children with cancer and this what sets me aside from others. Over the years l have been directly involved with nursing care for patients and family but most recently teaching new nurses, junior nurses and parents and patient education I have recently won the Life Time Achievement Award, Nursing category at SIOP Africa 2022
Heidi Bludau, PhD, earned her PhD in Anthropology at Indiana University in 2012. From 2012 to 2022, she taught as a lecturer in Applied Anthropology at Monmouth University and is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Medicine, Health and Society at Vanderbilt University. Prof. Bludau’s research program centers on the professional identity of healthcare workers, primarily nurses. The project that served as the basis of her dissertation was an examination of global healthcare migration through the recruitment and migration of Czech nurses; Saudi Arabia is their primary destination site. A large part of her research consisted of an organizational analysis of a Czech recruitment firm in which she was embedded for almost a year. Her most recent publication was “Global Healthcare Worker Migration” in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Anthropology; she has also published in Anthropology of Work Review and Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review.
Prof Buchan is Senior Fellow at the Health Foundation. He is also Adjunct Professor the WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Australia.
He has specialized in healthcare workforce policy throughout his career, with a major fous on the nursing profession. His background includes periods working at a senior level in government in Scotland and Australia; he has also worked for WHO in Geneva and Copenhagen, and for the Royal College of Nursing in the UK. In recent years he has had extensive experience as a consultant on healthcare and nurse workforce policy and planning, in Europe, the Gulf, Asia and the Pacific, for governments and international agencies, such as the International Council of Nurses. He is also Editor in Chief of “Human Resources for Health”, the peer reviewed journal affiliated with WHO.
Co -founder in 1989 and current vice president of the Colombian Oncological Nursing Association.
I proposed in 1991 and I was an academic coordinator of the first Postgraduate Program in the country’s oncological nursing, at the Pontifical Javeriana University.
I promoted and was co-founder of the Latin American Nursing Oncological Network- RedLEO- in 2010.
Member of the ISNCC. Lecturer invited or delegate in multiple academic events to educate Nurses on Oncology in several Latin American countries. Member of several working and research groups and publications.
Currently President of the National Ethical Court of Nursing of Colombia
María Fernanda Olarte-Sierra (Mafe) is a medical anthropologist and an anthropologist of science with a focus on ethnographic research. She addresses interactions of health, technology, and the body in highly biomedicalized and technological contexts .Currently, she is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Vienna, in the Institute for Cultural and Social Anthropology, where she is working on practices of collective care and healing in war-ridden contexts in Latin America.
Luke was diagnosed with stage IV cancer at the age of 24. His approach to chemotherapy shocked his doctors: they found him cycling his bike in hospital. Against the odds, Luke got through chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy. He calls himself a CanLiver – saying you can live with cancer, despite the challenges.
He then set off on a cycle expedition from the UK to China to show what is possible with cancer. He did this on a two person bike – and invited CanLivers from 29 countries to pedal with him. They pedalled 30,000 kilometres and raised over £130,000 for cancer charities globally.
Luke is an advocate for the power of exercise, diet and mindset as an integral part to cancer treatment. Luke has a Master’s in Environmental Science from the University of Oxford and is currently working on a book and film of his expedition.
Médica pediatra de planta de consultorio externo de clínica y consultorio de salud y ambiente del Hospital de Pediatría Garrahan. Coordinadora de la Unidad Pediátrica Ambiental Garrahan. Interconsultora del Comité de Salud Infantil y Ambiente de la Sociedad Argentina de Pediatría. Docente ad honorem de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) y Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas (CEMIC).
Dr Fethiye Gülin Gedik, is currently Coordinator, Health Workforce in the WHO Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean. She is a physician with postgraduate training in public health and health economics. She has been working in the areas of health policies, systems and human resources for health over 30 years, with experiences at national and international levels. Following her work as general practitioner at district level and, then at the Ministry of Health on national health policy and health system reforms, she joined WHO. She has worked at different levels and offices of WHO, including WHO headquarters, Regional Offices for Europe (Bishkek and Copenhagen), Western Pacific, Eastern Mediterranean.
RN .FRCN FQNI FAAN Hon Dr Laws, Former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Health First ever Nurse to be a Government Minister. Advisor Rt Hon Keir Starmer His Majesty Opposition Labour.for Nurses.
I am Vera Samba, an oncology nurse at Mboppi Baptist Hospital Douala under the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services.
I coordinate the childhood cancer services and conduct home-based palliative care. I have worked for children with cancer for close to two decades, mentored nurses and run childhood cancer early warning signs campaigns, and lead in survivorship care.
I am a State Registered Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, and a graduate from the Cameroon Christian University, Bali with a bachelor’s degree in Nursing Science.
I have earned awards in academics and from SIOP. I took part in assessing the fertility of our long term female survivors of Burkit Lymphoma.
I have contributed in training pediatric oncology nurses on Psychosocial Support in Cameroon and in Ghana.
Two years ago, I opened our service doors to women with breast cancer.
I am a member of AORTIC, SIOP and also a GPON Steering Committee member.
Ndagire, a senior pediatric oncology nurse at the UCI, is the Children’s Clinic Outpatient manager. She provides direct holistic patient care and offers mentorship and support to staff nurses and medical doctors. She sits on the hospital nursing curriculum development committee and chair weekly continuing nursing education sessions. As a steering committee member of the sub-Saharan pediatric oncology nursing network, she helped develop the foundation pediatric oncology nurse education program for nurse trainers in the region. She is a member of the committee working with the UK Christie National Health Service to develop a basic oncology nursing training package for general nurses in East Africa.
She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2017 from Aga Khan University. A Postgraduate Diploma in Hospital and Healthcare Management in 2020 from the Uganda Management Institute. Currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Global Child Health from St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, School of Biomedical Sciences.
With funding from an MCM nursing grant, Ndagire led a successful nursing training in childhood cancer at the UCI satellite center in western Uganda for 50 nurses in 2021.
Coordinadora de Enfermería de Hospitalziación y quimioterapia ambulatoria Clinica Oncosalud – Auna – LIma Peru.
Especialista en Enfermería Oncológica –Sao Paulo Brasil con 17 años de experiencia Magister en Enfermería Fundamental Sao Paulo Brasil Magister en Salud Pública – Arequipa Perú Miembro de la Sociedad de Enfermeras Oncólogas del Perú.
Autora y revisora d documentos de Enfermería Oncológica
Ponente Nacional e Internacional de la Especialidad
Wanda Martin (RN, Ph.D.) is an Associate Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Her work engages systems thinking and the use of novel methodologies addressing public health problems for applied outcomes. Her program of research is on the Sustainable Development Goals, specifically focused on health equity, food systems, and climate change.
Doctor of Health Administration, Master in Science Nurse, Oncology nurse, critical care nurse, Bachelor science nurse, Register Nurse
Profesor at the Nursing School, University of Panama
Director of Academic Development University of Panama
Coordinator of the Susan Komen Project for the implementation of population screening for breast cancer.
Coordinator of the National Strategic Plan for the Prevention and Control of Cancer 2019-2029.
Member of the team that developed the National Palliative Care Program.
Member of the team that developed the Human and Spiritual Accompaniment Program for the Sick.
Member of the team involved in the modernization of the National Cancer Registry.
Advisor of the Ministry of Health for non-communicable Disease an cancer
Speaker at the Parallel Event Conference of the 67 United Nations Assembly that recognized Palliative Care as a Human Right Geneva Switzerland
Co-author Article Breast Cancer Early Detection: A Phased Approach to Implementation
Co-Author of the book: Smoking Prevention with a Gender Approach in Schoolchildren.
Co-author of the book: Didactic Guides for the Prevention of Smoking with a Gender Approach in Schoolchildren.
Co-author of the book “Palliative Care” Article: “Lymphedema its treatment is possible.” Latin American Journal of Oncology Nursing Topics TEO
Co-author of the Project: Breast Cancer Early Detection: A Phased Approach to Implementation Author “The Economic Impact of Breast Cancer in Young Women in the Republic of Panama” “The effect of a cancer prevention program in preschool children” 02 Nursing Research Center. “Role of the nurse in patient care in the last stages of life” Nursing Research Center. University of Panama
Nurse educator Delegate of Panama at the Summit of Ministers of Health at the World Assembly of the World Health Organization
WHO New York Winner of the ISNCC Past President AWARD 2008 for the development of a Home Palliative Care Program
Robert Tiffany Keynote speaker 2016 ISNCC
Leticia Nogueira, PhD, MPH, is the Senior Principal Scientist at the Surveillance and Health Equity Science Department at the American Cancer Society. Before joining the American Cancer Society, Dr. Nogueira was the Director of the Environmental and Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology Unit, at the Texas Department of State Health Services, where she directed five distinct state programs. Dr. Nogueira’s research focuses on cancer disparities that can be addressed by policy changes, with a special focus on climate change and structural racism.
She is the American Cancer Society representative at the Society of Behavioral Medicine Presidential Workgroup on Climate Change and Health Disparities, the Medical Society Consortium on Climate Change and Health, and the Oncologists United for Climate and Health (OUCH).
Dr. Nogueira holds a doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Austin, a Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health, and an Adjunct Professor position at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University.
She received the Woman in Cancer Research Award and the Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Award, both from the American Association for Cancer Research. She also received the Fellows Award for Research Excellence from the National Institutes of Health, was inducted into the College of Natural Sciences Hall of Honors and received the Outstanding Young Alumni Award from the University of Texas at Austin.
Mi nombre es Lucia Robles Mendoza tengo 37 años, soy de la Ciudad de México, soy Enfermera Oncóloga egresada de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), trabajo en el Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, México (INCan) con 13 años de experiencia en el área oncológica asistencial y colaborado en diferentes servicios como Hospitalización de Oncomédica, Hospitalización de Hemato-onco, Consulta de radioterapia, Clínica del dolor y actualmente asignada al servicio de Quimioterapia Ambulatoria; con 6 años como docente en la formación de enfermeros oncólogos, me gusta y disfruto aportar conocimientos y experiencias a los profesionales en formación; he participado en diversos congresos y conferencias nacionales e internacionales.
Rima Saad is a Project Coordinator, Global Nursing for the department of Global Pediatric Medicine at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She is a Certified Pediatric Hematology Oncology Nurse (CPHON) with 15 years clinical experience at the Children’s Cancer Institute in Lebanon. Her work has encompassed several nursing roles the latest being Clinical Nurse Specialist for Pediatric Oncology. She has participated in several practice, education and research nursing projects in pediatrics, pediatric oncology, and palliative care in Lebanon and the Arab region.
She completed two research residencies at University of Michigan and Harvard University. Recently, received her PhD in Nursing Sciences from the American University of Beirut. Her research focused on studying pediatric palliative care from the parents’ perspective to ultimately uncover potential areas for improving palliative care in limited resource settings.
Amal Safadi is a registered pediatric oncology nurse working in Syria for the past 11 years. She took the role of the Head Nurse at the only dedicated pediatric oncology unit in the country in 2017. The civil war in Damascus suburb was at its peak during the first few months of her role as a head nurse. She contributed significantly to the task of keeping the unit running as the explosions were around the hospital.
Dilnasheen Safdar is working as Head Nurse Hematology oncology & BMT with additional responsibilities of Infection prevention and control, Head of BMT outreach program of NIBD & BMT. She is first Nurse in Pakistan to established Bone Marrow transplant unit and trained pediatric hematology oncology nurses onsite in Public sector in Pakistan. Her field of interest is Pediatric Hematology oncology and Palliative care. She get certificate in Pediatric oncology nursing, EPEC train the trainer course from St Jude research hospital USA. She is part of making curriculum of Diploma in hematology oncology and BMT by Pakistan Nursing council.
She is member of APHON (USA), HIS society of infectious diseases UK, IDSP (Pak), ICPCN and also Nurse Auditor for AAA Company Pakistan.
She facilitates and coordinates Pediatric hematology oncology Nursing training courses/seminars at national and international level. She has 8 international and 12 national publications. She serves on different posts of Management in entire 23 years of professional life (Nursing).
Prof. Sevilay ŞENOL ÇELIK, RN
Sevilay Şenol Çelik graduated from Hacettepe University School of Nursing, Master in Science and received her Ph.D. in nursing, from the Institute of Health Sciences at Hacettepe University, Turkey. Dr. Çelik worked as a nurse at cardiovascular and thoracic surgery intensive care unit between 1988-1992, and she worked as a faculty member at the same department between 1992- 2018. Çelik has worked as a trainee, visiting lecturer, observer and researcher in Malta, the United States of America and Poland. She is now working as a faculty member at Koç University, School of Nursing. Her main area of research interest is the surgical nursing including thoracic, cardiovascular surgical nursing and urology nursing. In addition, Dr. Çelik is interested in gerontology and geriatric nursing, has many articles and studies about aging and surgical nursing. Çelik has served as an executive committee member of the Turkish Nurses Association for certain periods between 2005-2018. She has been serving as the general director of the Turkish Nurses Association between December 2018 and December 2021. She still is an executive committee member of TNA.
PRESENT POSITION Head Hurse, PHO Clinic «Western Ukrainian Specialized Pediatric Medical Centre», since 2009 Lviv, Ukraine EDUCATION Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, 2009; Qualification: Registered Nurse; Diploma BK #36683928, issued on 26 June 2009 POSTGRADUATE OR FURTHER TRAINING Advanced Training course in Nursing Care, Lviv Regional State Administration, Lviv, Ukraine, 2015; 2019 Certificate of the highest category #225/23 in Nursing Care, issued on 19 May 2020, valid till 19 May 2025; Advanced Training course in Nursing Care, Lviv Medical Collegium- Secondary Medical School, Lviv, Ukraine, 2001, 2005, 2010; Advanced Training course in Nursing Care under “Tvestern”, Tilburg, Holland, 2006; Advanced Training course in Nursing Care under “Tvestern”, Tilburg, Holland, 2002; Advanced Training course in Nursing Care under “Saint Elgbery” Hospital, Lublin, Poland, 2001; Advanced Training course in Operating Department Assistant, Lviv Medical Collegium- Secondary Medical School, Lviv, Ukraine, 1998 CLINICAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Phase IV, Secondary Prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Children, 2016 – 2020; Phase IV, Deep Vein Thrombosis, 2016 – 2020; Phase II, Emetogenic Chemotherapy of Cancerous Solid Tumor in Children, 2015 – 2020; Phase II, Neutropenia of Cancerous Solid Tumor in Children, 2015 – 2019; Phase II, Prevention of Post-Surgery Nausea in Children, 2015 – 2019; Phase IV, Deep Vein Thrombosis, 2015 – 2020; Phase II, Neutropenia in Ewing family of tumors or rhabdomyosarcoma, 2015 – 2019; Phase I, Neutropenia in Ewing family of tumors or rhabdomyosarcoma, 2011 – 2014 Fact – first PHO nurse in Ukraine to win My Child Matters Grant
I am currently an Oncology Nurse Specialist/ Bilingual Registered Nurse who studied in Cuba for 5 years; and expertly fluent in the language of Spanish. I have attained a Bachelors Degree in Nursing at the University of Medical Sciences. I have 6 years experience working in Oncology both in Jamaica and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Yangden Clinical Nurse at the Palliative Care Unit in JDW National Referral Hospital, Thimphu Bhutan.
Qualification:
Bachelor of Nursing (2006-2008) Fellowship in Palliative Care (2021) ASCO Palliative Care e-course (2022) Diploma in General Nursing & Midwifery (1993-1996)
Research and Publications
Lead investigator for pilot study for home-based palliative care at JDWNRH, (March – June 2018). Bay, J., Yangden, Y., Sherpa, N., & Luitel, A. (2019). Palliative Care: The Emerging Field in Bhutan. Clinical journal of oncology nursing, 23(1), 108–111. https://doi.org/10.1188/19.CJON.108-111 Associate investigator for research study “Exploring modifiable risk factors of low birth preterm babies in the three regional hospitals of Bhutan” February 2015-February 2016
Work History and experience
I am the Charge Nurse for the home-based Palliative Care Program at Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital (JDWNRH) in Thimphu, Bhutan. In 2018, after spending 20 years in midwifery, I was appointed to start and lead the country’s first Palliative Care Service. Prior to assuming this challenge, I led numerous improvements in the maternity unit that led to reduced maternal and infant mortality, including increased staffing, improved infrastructure, and introduction of computers for patient care. After spending over a decade focused on improving services at the beginning of life, I was approached to start the palliative care service. I developed the proposal for introducing palliative care at JDWNRH, prepared the report highlighting the success of the pilot program, and presented these findings to the Ministry of Health.
I have also developed a National Palliative Care Training manual for Bhutanese Health Care Professionals with guidance from WHO SEARO and technical expertise from WHO Collaborating Center at Calicut, India, as a first strategy for national capacity building for Palliative Care. This is the first step towards integrating palliative care into the healthcare system across Bhutan. I am a recipient of HVO Golden Apple Award 2022 and also Pioneering Nurse and an active member of international Community of Pioneering Nursing
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is one of Japan’s leading research-based pharmaceutical companies and has been a member of the Roche Group since 2002.
In Europe, Chugai has been bringing novel therapies to patients since 1993. Headquartered in London, we employ over 250 highly skilled experts in our core areas of oncology, rheumatology and
haematology, to support our growing research pipeline that includes targeted therapies and supportive care agents. Alongside these research activities, our European Partnering Team actively seeks new opportunities to in-licence and commercialise products, working with partners that can benefit from our established cross-functional experience.
Our mission is to dedicate ourselves to adding value by creating and delivering innovative products and services for the medical community and human health around the world. We aim to be a top
innovator for advanced and sustainable patient-centric healthcare, making each patient’s wellbeing our highest priority, whilst pursuing innovation by improving ourselves and thinking differently. We are
also committed to maintaining the highest ethical and moral standards in all we do to create shared value with society.
For more information, please visit https://www.chugai.eu/ and follow us on LinkedIn at @Chugai Pharma Europe
Incyte is a global biopharmaceutical company founded on the premise that investment in strong science and the relentless pursuit of R&D excellence can translate into new solutions that can positively affect patients’ lives.
Our drug discovery and development efforts were founded in 2002 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, by a team of research scientists, chemists and biologists working in immunology. Today, we employ approximately 1500 people and have operations in the US, Europe and Japan.
Our unique expertise in medicinal chemistry and biology have enabled us to create a diversified portfolio of marketed products and clinical candidates, the majority of which were discovered by Incyte scientists. We are advancing a growing pipeline of medicines across two franchises: Oncology and Inflammation & Autoimmunity.
The commitment of our talented team of world-class scientists to continued scientific excellence has enabled us to identify new molecules, decipher new pathways and develop first-in-class and best-in-class medicines.
LEO Pharma is a leader in thrombosis with a specific focus on cancer associated thrombosis.
We have worked with healthcare professionals to care for people with thrombosis for over 80 years. We strive to improve lives with high ethics and holistic support, setting new standards of care.
LEO Pharma headquarters are in Denmark with a global team of 6,000 people, serving 92 million patients in 130 countries.
For more information please visit:
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PAXMAN began with one family’s battle against cancer. Sue Paxman was diagnosed with breast cancer and while she was receiving chemotherapy, started to lose her hair.
Now the global expert in preventing chemotherapy-induced alopecia (CIA), PAXMAN address this unmet need in side effect management. Manufacturing and suppling the world leading Paxman Scalp Cooling System (PSCS), PAXMAN has an 80% share of the global scalp-cooling market, with over 4,000 systems installed across 63 countries and continues to conduct research and clinical trials to improve the technology.
CIA is widely recognised as one of the most traumatic side effects associated with chemotherapy treatment; it can have a detrimental impact on a patient’s sense of identity, quality of life and can lead to social isolation.
FDA approved, Scalp Cooling is proven to be efficacious, tolerable and safe by multiple robust studies conducted all over the world. A standard of care at some of the world’s most trusted medical institutions, the treatment is listed on multiple cancer care guidelines and is clinically proven to encourage faster hair regrowth.
In addition, a medical compression and cooling device is under development to prevent chemotherapy-induced nerve damage (CIPN) in hands and feet.
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Turkish Nurses Association (TNA) is a non-governmental organization working for the public benefit. TNA was founded in 1933 and became a member of International Council of Nurses in 1949. The association represents the interests of the nations’ 300.000 nurses in Turkey, both in national and international level.
The main function of TNA is to improve and standardize nursing practice and education. TNA aims to advance the nursing profession for being autonomous to promote high standard, quality and safe nursing services to improve community health.
TNA’s some activities include ensuring safety, health and ethics in health care services, involving in health care policy development processes, creating effective partnerships at national and international level, creating a partnership with the community, dissemination of information among the nurses, advocating activities to improve health for all. TNA also has a commission of nursing students. Together with student and other sub-commissions, branches all over the country, the activities are carried out to accomplish the aims.
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(ISNCC) is an international membership organization of oncology nurse leaders dedicated to improving the health and well-being of people at risk for or living with cancer, promoting the nurse’s role in improving cancer care, and developing nursing leadership in cancer care delivery.
ISNCC was established in 1984 with a vision to lead the global nursing community in cancer control and a mission to maximize the influence of nursing to reduce the global burden of cancer.
SIOP, founded in 1969, is the only global multidisciplinary society entirely devoted to paediatric and adolescent cancer. Over 1800 members worldwide from a wide range of healthcare specialties, including a strong and influential nursing voice, are dedicated to improving childhood cancer care regardless of patients’ geographic location. SIOP’s vision is that no child should die of cancer – cure for more and care for all. By promoting and advancing basic, clinical, and other research, and by supporting collaborative opportunities, SIOP members translate scientific discovery to improve survival chances and quality of care for children and adolescents with cancer. SIOP also prioritizes parent and caregiver support and recognizes children and adolescents are members of families needing attention as well. SIOP is advocating globally on behalf of all patients and families to ensure access to the best diagnosis, treatment, care and survivorship in consideration of locally available resources.
The Asian Oncology Nursing Soiety (AONS) is a professional association for cancer nurses in the Asia region. Our vision is that cancer patients will receive best care from cancer nurses who are well prepared in providing high quality and science-based care.
Our mission is to contribute to cancer nursing in the Asia region through the following charitable, educational and scientific purposes: 1) The collaborative exchange of clinical practice, education and research among AONS members; 2) Improving cancer care through exposing nurses to the latest evidence-based nursing practices; 3) Developing the nursing leadership in cancer care in Asia.
https://aons.asia/
Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing is an official journal of AONS. For more information, please access the website https://apjon.org
The United Kingdom Oncology Nursing Society (UKONS) is a Registered Charity (1136972) run voluntarily by cancer nurses for cancer nurses. UKONS was founded in 2005. UKONS holds an annual conference in November each year, publishes a fortnightly newsletter, holds multiple cancer nurse education events throughout the year and collaborates with multiple organisations that support the development of specialist cancer nurses. UKONS vision is to ‘Promote excellence in the nursing management and care of all those directly and indirectly affected by cancer in all four countries of the UK’, by inspiring cancer nursing through the support of cancer nurses in their research, learning and development. We work at local, regional and national levels to ensure that UKONS is a voice for all cancer nurses across the UK. By engaging with the educational and developmental needs of our members we also play an advisory role in the development of cancer guidelines and policy. Membership is free: UKONS currently has over 7000 members, the majority of whom are cancer nurses working in the UK. to find out more please visit our website at: www.ukons.org
UKASCC is a new multidisciplinary association with a mission: supportive care makes excellent cancer care possible:
Supportive care in cancer is the prevention and management of the adverse effects of cancer and its treatment. This includes management of physical and psychological symptoms and side effects across the continuum of the cancer experience from diagnosis through treatment to post-treatment care. Supportive care aims to improve the quality of rehabilitation, secondary cancer prevention, survivorship, and end-of-life care.
Every day, seven young people aged 13-24 hear the words “you have cancer”. They will each need specialised nursing care and support to get them through the toughest times they may have faced. Teenage Cancer Trust is the only UK charity dedicated to meeting this vital need.
Teenage Cancer Trust’s world-leading care and support puts young people in the best possible place, physically, mentally and emotionally, for their cancer treatment and beyond.
Each year, their specially trained nurses and youth workers support hundreds of teenagers and young adults in 28 units in hospitals nationwide, as well as helping many more in local hospitals and at home.
And the charity’s post-treatment events bring young people with cancer together so they can meet others who know what they’re going through and support one another.