Significant advances in early detection and treatment have allowed people to live many years after a cancer diagnosis. Currently, an estimated 65% of patients are expected to live at least 5 years beyond diagnosis. As treatment regimens become more complex, diverse, and disease specific, so do their acute and late effects. Patients face both treatment and disease-related effects-physical and psychological. Even after treatment is over, cancer survivors may continue to face physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and financial challenges.

The Fifth Chicago Supportive Oncology Conference will provide participants with the latest information on supportive care issues. The goal is to allow health care professionals to deliver state-of-the-art medical care, improve patient outcomes, and enhance the quality of life in patients with cancer.

 Friday, October 2, 2009

8:15 am - 8:20 am	Opening Remarks
CAM
8:20 am– 8:40 am	Oncology Symptom Control and CAM: What Are the Data? Barrie R. Cassileth, PhD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
8:40 am– 9:00 am	Acupuncture and Symptom Management Stephen M. Sagar, BSc, MB.BS, MRCP, FRCR, FRCP, Juravinski Cancer Centre
9:00 am– 9:20 am	Mind-Body Interventions for Symptom Control Lorenzo Cohen, PhD, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

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