2004 Conference on Advancing Cancer Care in Elderly

描述（由申请人提供）：2004年推进老年人癌症护理-华盛顿，2004年9月9日至12日。 癌症是美国第二大死亡原因，超过50%的新发病例发生在65岁及以上的成年人中。随着“婴儿潮”一代的老龄化，这一事实变得至关重要，从而造成老年人人数的急剧增加。老年癌症患者是一个得不到充分服务的人群，必须特别关注这一群体的医疗和心理需求。为了进一步促进老年癌症患者的治疗，需要高质量的临床研究，沿着在临床从业人员中传播最新发现的方法。为了满足这一需求，老年肿瘤学联盟（GOC），一个非营利组织，将于2004年9月9日至12日在华盛顿举行第二届老年癌症护理（ACCE）年度教育会议。GOC预计将有300名或更多的与会者参加。 2003年的第一届ACCE会议是一个普遍关注的焦点，但为了解决肿瘤特异性和治疗相关的挑战，在管理老年癌症患者，每年的ACCE会议将突出与老年人群相关的五大肿瘤之一。因此，ACCE 2004将重点关注“结肠直肠癌的优质护理”，以及肿瘤学和老年医学方面更广泛的主题，如整合老龄化和癌症研究的必要性以及改善患者与医生和医生与医生沟通的必要性。ACCE 2004解决了2010年健康人的癌症和健康传播目标。 ACCE 2004会议将邀请20多位知名专家，介绍老年癌症患者当前和未来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专注于“癌症护理团队方法”，并从医生，护士和药剂师的角度进行多学科的演讲。ACCE还为参与者提供了一个多学科的论坛，讨论临床数据的实际应用，这将提高日常实践。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还将举办第一届年度“给予我们对生存的承诺”晚会，在晚会上，GOC将庆祝两名癌症幸存者，他们在癌症幸存的同时表现出坚定的乐观精神和倡导精神。

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.