2000 Tracks: Comprehensive Cancer Care Conference

2000 Tracks

[Integrative Practice Track] [Patient Track] [Research Track] [Healing Track]

Integrative Practice Track
To bring together experts from conventional, integrative, and alternative settings to discuss the best integrative and CAM approaches to cancer treatment. Clinical approaches will focus on integration in a variety of settings and on breast, prostate, and pediatric cancers.

  • Treating cancer with Nutrition and Detoxification
  • CAM Therapies in Comprehensive Cancer Centers
  • Mind-Body Medicine in Clinical Practice
  • Programs of Comprehensive Cancer Care
  • Developing Integrative Programs in Outpatient Settings
  • Integrating CAM approaches in Cancer Care
  • What Patients Would Like to See in Cancer Care CAM Therapies: Integrative Approaches to Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Pediatric Cancer
  • Should Antioxidants be used with Radiation and Chemotherapy?
  • The Most Promising Herbal Therapies
  • Strategies for Managing Pain and Other Symptoms
  • The Role of the Nurse Healer

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Patient Track
To bring the latest findings in treatment and research to patients with cancer and their families. Issues will include mind-body skills development, use of CAM techniques and social support.

  • Practical ways to integrate CAM therapies into
  • your program of comprehensive cancer care
  • Mind-Body Skills Development
  • Family Constellations and Cancer
  • Guided Imagery and Cancer Care
  • Nutrition and Cancer
  • Finding Insurance Coverage
  • The Most Promising Herbal Therapies
  • Coping with Cancer
  • Managing Pain and other Symptoms
  • Dealing with Death and Dying
  • Information on Participation in Clinical Trials
  • CAM Therapies for Breast, Prostate and Pediatric Cancers

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Research Track
To stimulate interest in CAM research, articulate the current issues in research policy and funding, and provide information about current opportunities and methodologies for CAM research.

  • Creating a CAM Research Agenda
  • NCI on Best Case Series
  • NCI on Data Collection
  • Best Case Series Examples
  • Methodological Issues in CAM Research
  • Attracting Cancer Patients to Clinical Trials
  • Identifying Funding Sources
  • Developing Practitioner/Researcher Networks

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Healing Track
This is a new track designed specifically for physicians. The goals are to provide didactic and experiential opportunities for physicians to understand their own stress as they work with people with cancer; to develop tools to work with patient suffering and death; and to make practice sites healing environments.

  • Physician Support Groups-Daily (outside of the regularly scheduled sessions)
  • Mind-Body Skills for Physicians
  • Dealing with Death
  • Caring for Ourselves as we Care for Others

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