Improving care & research for adolescents and young adults with cancer (AYA)
Date: Friday 26 May 2023, from 2:00 pm. until 7:00 p.m. (cocktail)
Address: Brederodestraat 13, 1000 Bruxelles (The conference room is kindly offered by the lawfirm Linklaters)
Part 1: Setting the scene
14:30 - Welcoming words - Delphine Heenen (Kicker-in-Chief, KickCancer)
14:40 - Patient's testimonial - Tim Van Hoorebeke & TBC (Patients)
14:50 - The challenges of AYA care - Lore Lapeire (Medical Oncologist, UZ Gent)
15:10 - State of play in Belgium - Fabienne Van Aelst and Hélène Antoine-Poirel (Sciensano)
Part 2: AYA care in Europe
15:30 - The JANE Project - Andrea Ferrari (Paediatric oncologist, Istituto Nazionale Tumori of Milan, Italy)
15:40 - Foreign best-in-class examples as pioneers - Louise Soanes (Chief Nurse, Teenage Cancer Trust, United Kingdom) & Nathalie Gaspar (Paediatric oncologist, Gustave Roussy, France)
16:10 - Break
Part 3: AYA in Belgium
16:25 - Belgian examples - Nathalie Belpame (AYA care coordinator, UZ Gent) & Hans Neefs (Expert cancer care, Kom op Tegen Kanker)
16:45 - Formalising existing practice - Manon Le Roux (Paediatric oncologist, UCL)
16:55 - The cabinet perspective - Anouk Waeytens (Advisor at Office of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs and Public Health)
17:05 - Panel and Q&A
17:55 - Closing remarks - Delphine Heenen (Kicker-in-Chief, KickCancer)
18:00 - Cocktail
19:00 - End
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