2017 Congress Presentations
The presentations listed below are for all speakers who consented to publish their presentation on the congress website.
Please click on the session below to view the presentations for that particular session.
Thursday 15 June
Pre-Congress Symposiums
Generating Evidence for Effective Models of Survivorship in Cancer Care - Research Symposium
Evolving Role of the Cancer Nurse in Patient Assessment
Professional Career Skills for Cancer Nurses
Advanced Practice Palliative Care
Radiation Oncology - A multi-disciplinary approach
Vascular Access - Improving treatment by enhancing quality
Friday 16 June
Plenary Session 1
Plenary Session 2
Concurrent 1 - 50 Years in Cancer Nursing Research : How does our experience inform future scholarship?
Concurrent 2 - Changing Practice
Concurrent 3 - A Good Death
Concurrent 4 - Quality and Safety and Industry Updates
Concurrent 5 - Patient Education and Support
Plenary Session 3
Saturday 17 June
Plenary Session 4
Concurrent 6 - Nurse led care and innovations
Concurrent 7 - Dermato-oncology
Concurrent 8 - A Good Death
Concurrent 9 - Clinical Practice and Implications
Concurrent 10 - Breast and Gynae
Concurrent 11 - Hot Topics
Plenary Session 5
Thursday 15 June
Generating Evidence for Effective Models of Survivorship in Cancer Care - Research Symposium
Interactive session, presentations not available for publication
Evolving Role of the Cancer Nurse in Patient Assessment
1010am - Jurgen Stahl - Anatomical and Molecular Pathology for Cancer Nurses
1120am - Chris Karapetis - Blood Tests: Understanding the Numbers - presentation pending
1300pm - Kirsten Gormly - Understanding Diagnostic Imaging in Oncology
1350pm - Monica Slavin - Recognising and Responding to the deteriorating patient: A focus on neutropenic sepsis
1500pm - Christine Henneker - Contemporary Cancer Nursing Assessment Skills
Professional Career Skills for Cancer Nurses
Interactive session, presentations not available for publication
Advanced Practice Palliative Care
1010am - Louise Angus - Advanced Ovarian Cancer: pathological insults of disease and optimizing symptom management - presentation pending
1115am - Lindy Turner - Metastatic breast cancer - bone, brain and lung metastases: pathological insults of disease and optimising symptom management
1300pm - Greg Crawford - Pancreatic cancer: pathological insults of disease and optimizing symptom management
1345pm - Lindy Turner - Complex pain management: opioids, adjuncts and interventions
1500pm - Patsy Yates - Advanced Care Directives, incorporating into scope of practice: moral obligations and legal implications for advanced practice nurses - presentation pending
1015am - Peter Konstantopoulos- Nutrition/Hydration during radiotherapy
1100am - Sharon Liberali - Oral Care – Pre, During and Post Treatment
1145am - Haryana Dhillon - Sexuality, Body Image Issues and Cancer
1300pm - Kerry Santoro - Continence Issues in Prostate Cancer
1345pm - Jesica Arundell- Lymphoedema
1445pm - Hien Le - Late Effects of Radiotherapy - presentation not available for publication
1525pm - Elizabeth Cortolezzis and Joan Walker - Mepital Film: A Case Study - presentation not available for publication
Vascular Access - Improving treatment by enhancing quality
1010am - Samantha Keogh - Maintaining vascular access device patency: what is the evidence?
1110am - Tricia Kleidon - Vascular access through the lifespan: ensuring access for treatment
1300pm - PIVC Occlusion Prevention, Monitoring Vascular Access Device Adverse Events in the Cancer Population, CVAD occlusion management and troubleshooting - Interactive sessions, presentations not available for publication
1500pm - Samantha Keogh, Tricia Kleidon, Rebecca Sharp and Nicole Gavin - Championing appropriate vascular access management for cancer patients - Interactive session, presentation not available for publication
Friday 16 June
0900am - Roma Maguire - Enhancing Quality - Embracing Innovation: pushing technological boundaries to enable better care - presentation not available for publication
0940am - Dorothy Keefe - Cancer, Nursing and Health Reform - Three Sides of a Triangle! - presentation not available for publication
1050am - Craig Gedye - How "cancer" is evolving - the challenge and opportunity of cancer heterogeneity - presentation not available for publication
1130am - Alexandre Chan - The Changing Paradigm of Supportive Care
Concurrent 1 - 50 Years in Cancer Nursing Research: How does our experience inform future scholarship?
1310pm - 1510pm
Professor Judith Parker - presentation pending
Professor Raymond Chan
Professor Patsy Yates
Professor Mei Krishnasamy
Concurrent 2 - Changing Practice
1310pm - Adrian Esterman - Critiquing the Evidence to inform Clinical Practice
1410pm - Adrian Esterman - Research Design and Introduction to Epidemiology
Interactive session, no presentations available for publication
Concurrent 4 - Quality and Safety and Industry Updates
1310pm - Catherine Barratt - Enhancing the patient experience through the implementation of a Quality and Safety Framework in a Cancer Nurse Coordination Service - presentation not available for publication
1330pm - Jane Campbell - Implementation of the MARS (Medical, Anaesthetic, Research Support) digital hospital program in cancer services at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
1350pm - Heather Pile - Lessons from the trenches: Critical success factors for implementing an electronic health record (EHR) in a Chemotherapy Day Unit
1410pm - Michael Collins - Improving patient safety by providing organisational support to nurse prescribers who care for cancer patients with complex needs
Concurrent 5 - Patient Education and Support
1310pm - Natalie Bradford - Physical, psychological and educational interventions for adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: a systematic literature review
1330pm - Sylvia Burns - The emerging role of Nurse Counsellors in psycho-oncology
1350pm - Marion Eckert - Pilot study to determine the acceptability of collecting patient reported outcomes (PROs) routinely from cancer survivors in South Australia
1410 - Emma Everingham - "NOgIN": A Nurse Co-ordinated Brain Tumour Support Network. A ten year review - presentation not available for publication
1430 - Danielle Spence - The development of metastatic breast cancer information resources for Greek and Chinese women
1450 - Amanda Robertson - Cancer survivors and how they connect with a cancer information and support service
1540pm - Alexandre Chan - The Place of Biomarkers in Supportive Care: Why does that matter to clinicians and patients?
1620pm - Dorothy Keefe - Advances in Clinical Trials for Toxicity Management - presentation not available for publication
Saturday 17 June
0830am - Roma Maguire - What will Cancer Nursing look like in 2025? - presentation not available for publication
0910am - Carrie Marr - The Relevance of Safety and Quality to Cancer Nursing: What does the future hold?
Concurrent 6 - Nurse Led Care and Innovations
1120am - Leanne Stone - Developing chemotherapy delivery from a specialist centre to the home
1140am - Rachel Brown - A Good Grief: A Practice Innovation - presentation pending
1200pm - Penelope Stevens - Oral Anti-Cancer Agents: Preventing patients from falling through the cracks: Nurse led clinics the glue that minimizes the cracks
1220pm - Vicki McLeod - Collaboration to promote oral health for patients living with cancer
1240pm - Carla Thamm - Nurse-led intervention versus standard care for cancer patients presenting to emergency departments (EDs): A Systematic review
1300pm - Regina Kendall - Development of a Carer package for safe administration of subcutaneous medications in Community Palliative Care - presentation pending
Concurrent 7 - Dermato-Oncology
1120am - Pablo Fernandez-Penas - Skin Conditions – The things you need to know
1220pm - Pablo Fernandez-Penas - Medications motivating dermatological reactions and understanding reactions and exploring management
Interactive session, no presentations available for publication
Concurrent 9 - Clinical Practice and Implications
1120am - Nicole Gavin - Let's look at the big picture: how CVAD registries inform evidence-based care
1140am - Kerrie Curtis - The usual and unusual: complication rates of central venous access device for the patient with cancer
1200pm - Alison Butt - Cancer Australia Statement - influencing best practice in breast cancer
1220 pm - Jane Campbell - The effect of opioids in those undergoing BMATs: Systematic review
1240pm - Jane Phillips - From PARHIS with love - measuring successful evidence based guideline implementation
1300pm - May Valdez - A Case Study: successful administration of chemotherapy using arteriovenous fistula device in haemodialysis patient with a new diagnosis of lung cancer
Concurrent 10 - Breast and Gynae
1120am - Kerry Sherman - BRECONDA : an interactive decision aid for women considering breast reconstruction
1140 - Wendy Dawson - The detection of secondary lower limb lymphoedema in women following treatment for gynaecological cancer
1200pm - Olivia Cook - Scoping the practice of gynaecological oncology specialist nurses in Australia and New Zealand
1220pm - Michelle Hamblin - The role of the breast care nurse in screening and measurement for early detection of breast cancer related lymphoedema
1240pm - Mei Krishnasamy - Development of a tailored supportive care intervention resource for women living with metastatic breast cancer: Phase 1
1300pm - Natalie Williams - Gaining insight into the supportive care needs of Western Australian women diagnosed with gynaecological cancer - presentation not available for publication
1120am - Mei Krishnasamy - Consumer led communication skills training for cancer healthcare workers: learning from the experts
1140am - Kerrie Womsley - What does it take to deliver Brilliant Palliative Care?
1200pm - Angela Mellerick - The biggest untapped resource in health - utilising the full potential of consumers as co-designers of the cancer experience
1220pm - Xiangfeng Xu - Understanding and implementing culture care theories and models in research and practice: a critical review using example of cancer care - presentation not available for publication
1240pm - Kerrie Womsley - POMSNAME: Making palliative care assessment easier
1300pm - Kim Kerin-Ayres - Physical and psychological health status of cancer survivors following adjuvant treatment - presentation not available for publication
1430pm - Patsy Yates - The Nursing Role in Advocating for Early Intervention in Palliative Care
1510pm - Sarah Coulson - Overcoming challenges in being the patient advocate in cancer care