2004 Conference on Advancing Cancer Care in Elderly

描述(申请人提供)：2004年推进老年人癌症护理--华盛顿特区，2004年9月9日至12日。 癌症是美国第二大死因，超过50%的新病例发生在65岁及以上的成年人中。随着婴儿潮一代的年龄增长，这一事实变得至关重要，从而导致老年人数量的急剧增加。老年癌症患者是一个缺乏服务的人群，必须特别关注这一群体的医疗和心理社会需求。为了为患有癌症的老年人创造进一步的进步，需要高质量的临床研究，以及在临床从业者中传播最新发现的方法。为了满足这一需求，非营利性组织老年肿瘤学联盟(GOC)将于2004年9月9日至12日在华盛顿特区举行第二届关于推进老年人癌症护理(ACCE)的年度教育会议。GOC预计将有300人或更多人参加。 2003年的第一届ACCE大会的焦点是一般性的，但为了应对在管理老年癌症患者方面的特定肿瘤和与治疗相关的挑战，今后每年的ACCE会议都将重点介绍与老年人口相关的五大肿瘤之一。因此，除了肿瘤学和老年病学方面的更广泛的主题外，ACCE2004将把重点放在“结直肠癌的高质量护理”上，例如需要将老龄化和癌症研究结合起来，以及需要改善患者与从业者以及从业者与从业者之间的沟通。ACCE2004介绍了2010年健康人的癌症和健康传播目标。 ACCE2004会议将邀请20多位知名专家介绍目前和未来老年癌症患者的管理和治疗的最新信息。为了全面了解老年癌症患者的需求，ACCE侧重于“癌症护理的团队方法”，并以医生、护士和药剂师演讲者的多学科观点为特色。ACCE还为参与者提供了一个多学科论坛，讨论将加强日常实践的临床数据的实际应用。ACCE旨在促进重要的新研究和合作，并强调将研究知识与新的临床方法联系起来。ACCE还将举办首个年度“献给我们对生存的承诺”晚会，GOC将在晚会上表彰两名癌症幸存者，他们在癌症中幸存下来时表现出了坚定不移的乐观和倡导精神。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Advancing Cancer Care in the Elderly 2004 -Washington, DC, September 9 -12 , 2004. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, and over 50% of new cases occur in adults aged 65 years and over. This fact becomes of critical importance as the "Baby Boomer" generation ages, thereby creating a dramatic increase in the number of older adults. Geriatric cancer patients are an underserved population, and special attention must be given to the medical and psychosocial needs of this group. In order to create further advances for older adults with cancer, high quality clinical research is needed, along with a method for disseminating the latest findings among clinical practitioners. To address this need, the Geriatric Oncology Consortium (GOC), a non-profit organization, will hold the second annual educational conference on Advancing Cancer Care in the Elderly (ACCE) in Washington, DC from September 9th - 12th, 2004. The GOC anticipates that 300 or more participants will attend. The first ACCE Conference in 2003 was general in focus, but in order to address tumor-specific and treatment-related challenges in managing older cancer patients, each year going forward the ACCE Conference will highlight one of the top five tumors relevant to the older population. Thus, ACCE 2004 will focus on "Quality Care for Colorectal Cancer" in addition to broader topics in oncology and geriatrics such as the need to integrate aging and cancer research and the need for improved patient-practitioner and practitioner-practitioner communication. ACCE 2004 addresses the Cancer and the Health Communication goals from Healthy People 2010. The ACCE 2004 conference will bring in over 20 renowned experts to present up-to-date information on current and future management and treatment of geriatric cancer patients. In order to provide a comprehensive picture of the needs of older cancer patients, ACCE focuses on the "team approach to cancer care" and features multi-disciplinary perspectives from physician, nurse, and pharmacist speakers. ACCE also provides a multi-disciplinary forum for participants to discuss practical applications of clinical data that will enhance daily practice. ACCE is designed to foster important new research and collaborations, and places emphasis on bridging research knowledge with new clinical approaches. ACCE will also feature the first annual "Giving Our Commitment to Survivorship Gala" in which the GOC will celebrate two cancer survivors who demonstrate unfailing optimism and advocacy while surviving cancer.