View the program at a glance, session descriptions and speaker biographies on the ISOPP 2017 website.
The theme of ISOPP 2017 is Sharing the Journey and you can expect to get essential updates that will enhance your work as well as examples of best practice from around the world. The program will feature over 30 speakers from 12 countries. A few of the program highlights are:
- The Current Impact and Future Implications of Cancer for the World - Andreas Ullrich, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
- Can We Afford Innovation in Oncology? - Paul Cornes, Clinical Outcomes Group, Bristol, United Kingdom
- Ethical and Legal Aspects of Physician Assisted Dying and the Pharmacist's Role - Ulrich Schuler, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
- Immune Related Adverse Effect Management - Alexandre Chan, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Solid Tumour Updates - Peter Gilbar, Toowoomba Hospital, Toowoomba, Australia, Evelyn Handel, National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Willow Grove, USA and Gábor Takács, National Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Budapest, Hungary
- Safety of Monoclonal Antibodies - Marliese Alexander, Pharmacist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia and Tiene Bauters, Clinical Pharmacist, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
- Biosimilars - Panel - Barbara Claus, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, Paul Cornes, Clinical Outcomes Group, Bristol, United Kingdom and Sandor Kerpel-Fronius, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary
- Hematology Updates - Donald Harvey, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA and Tara Leslie, Tom Baker Cancer Centre and University of Alberta, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Supportive Care Updates: Pain Management - Dezsö Embey-Isztin, National Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
- Complimentary site visit tour of the Hungarian National Institute of Oncology, the only comprehensive cancer centre in Hungary and neighbouring countries. See the website for more details.