4th Victorian Cancer Survivorship Conference
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2022-3-24 09:00:00
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Call for Abstracts

Submissions Now Closed

Call For Abstracts

We are calling out to health care professionals and consumers to present their research in best practice survivorship care at the 4th Victorian Cancer Survivorship Conference.

The conference theme is “Shifting Gears: Rethinking Survivorship.” The conference theme acknowledges significant progress in research and practice improvement. It will consider next steps and recognise the importance of broad partnerships to achieve optimal outcomes.

Suggested topics for abstract submission may include, but are not limited to:

  • Better integration of survivorship and palliative care; living with incurable disease
  • Efforts to identify survivorship issues and needs, including the use of patient reported outcomes
  • Efforts to improve care for caregivers and family members
  • Emerging survivorship groups, including those treated with immunotherapy or targeted treatments
  • Equity in access, care and outcomes; including disadvantaged and at risk groups
  • Identifying and managing late effects
  • Improving the functional and mental health outcomes of survivors, including use of prehabilitation and rehabilitation
  • International perspective on survivorship
  • Measuring the quality of survivorship care
  • Novel models of survivorship care, including supported self-management
  • Survivorship changes as a result of COVID-19, including use of telehealth
  • Transitions of survivorship care

Abstracts can be submitted for oral, rapid fire or poster presentation consideration. Please note that some requests for oral presentations may need to be moved to rapid fire or poster presentations

Awards

Awards will be presented for the Best Oral, Best Poster and Best Presentation by a Student

Presentation Types

  1. Oral Presentation – Each oral presentation will be for a total of 15 minutes (including 5 minutes for questions).
  2. Rapid Fire Presentation – A five minute presentation plus two minutes for questions
  3. Digital Poster Presentation – Digital Posters will be displayed for viewing through the OnAir platform.  Digital posters should consist of a maximum of five slides plus additional 2 slides (1 is the title slide of presentation and 1 is an end acknowledgement slide) with a three minute recording.  There will be dedicated time within the program and a poster prize will be offered.  Information on creation of digital posters will be available upon acceptance of the abstract.

Presentation types apply common Submission Guidelines. Authors will be prompted to indicate their preferred presentation type during the submission process. Authors of accepted papers may be offered an alternate presentation type based on reviewer and Program Committee discretion of appropriateness and program availability.

Review Process

All abstracts that have been submitted before the deadline will undergo peer review. Abstracts must:

  • Be 300 words or less
  • Align with the Conference theme
  • Align with the aim of promoting best practice in comprehensive cancer care
  • Be engaging and enhance the conference
  • Show evidence of having thought carefully about the topic, including an awareness of its implications to practice and the consumer
  • Demonstrate quality – clarity, readability and sufficiency of the information
  • Abstracts should be structured using these headings : Background or Aims / Method / Results / Conclusion or Implications

Accepted abstracts may be published online prior to the conference. Accepted abstracts must be presented by one of the authors. All presenters must register and pay the appropriate fee to attend.

Review Criteria

Significance – The topic is significant, important, or relevant to the Victorian Cancer Survivorship Conference.
Purpose – The purpose clearly describes the research and practice initiatives. The rationale should be logical and supported by clinical information.
Methodology – The method utilized to evaluate the research is appropriate and robust.
Evaluation – The research goals are evaluated according to specific measures. The outcomes are applicable to cancer survivorship.
Impact – The abstract captures something relevant, tangible and applicable. Suggestions for translation of knowledge is provided.
Quality – The abstract is well written. The ideas are clearly communicated.

Key Dates
Abstract Submissions Open 1 October 2021
Abstract Submissions Close 19 November 2021
Abstract Review Period 25 November to 6 December 2021
Preliminary Program Released Mid December 2021
ORGANISING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Professor Michael Jefford, Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Professor Grant McArthur, VCCC Alliance
Justine Carder, Victorian Paediatric Integrated Cancer Service
Julia Cernaz, Cancer Consumer Representative
Dr Jane Crowe, General Practitioner
Dr Lucy Gately, WEHI
Priscilla Gates, Austin Health
Toni Jones, The Royal Women’s Hospital
Helana Kelly, Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre
Nicole Kinnane, Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Rebecca McIntosh, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Dr Meron Pitcher, Western Health
Yvonne Panek-Hudson, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Kath Quade, Western & Central Melbourne Integrated Cancer Service
Meg Rynderman, Cancer Consumer Representative
Liz Simkiss, Department of Health & Human Services
Cynthia Slattery, VCCC Alliance
Kyleigh Smith, VCCC Alliance
Associate Professor Justin Tse, The University of Melbourne
Dr Kirsty Wiltshire, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Dr Shirley Wong, Melbourne Health, Western Health
Nienke Zomerdijk, University of Melbourne, VCCC Alliance

ABOUT VCCC Alliance

The vision for the VCCC Alliance is to save lives through the integration of cancer research, education and patient care.

Founded in the holistic principles of the internationally-recognised Comprehensive Cancer Centre model, the VCCC Alliance brings together 10 of Victoria’s leading research, academic, and clinical institutions to achieve what can only be done through integration, collaboration and the inclusion of patient perspectives. We are working together to forge better approaches at a system level and improve outcomes for people affected by cancer across Victoria.

ABOUT ACSC

The Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre (ACSC) is a unique service based at Peter Mac. Our vision is to optimise the health and well being of cancer survivors and their carers.

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is a world leading cancer research, education and treatment centre and Australia’s only public health service solely dedicated to caring for people affected by cancer. We have over 3,200 staff, including more than 700 laboratory and clinical researchers, all focused on providing better treatments, better care and potential cures for cancer.

4th Victorian Cancer Survivorship Conference, Shifting Gears : Rethinking Survivorship. Proudly presented by VCCC Alliance and Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre.

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