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PC4 Scientific Symposium – 4th April 2019

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We are proud to announce our 2019  Scientific Symposium will be held on Thursday 4th April at the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre  in Melbourne.

The symposium is a multidisciplinary meeting with invited speakers to cover the primary care spectrum of cancer research. The symposium will cover cancer prevention and diagnosis, survivorship, cancer palliative care and designing successful survivorship trials.

Our keynote speaker is Professor Ross Lawrenson, Professor of Population Health, The University of Waikato, New Zealand.

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Submit your Abstract  Closes 28th February

We hope you are able to join us in Melbourne for what will be an interesting and exciting event!

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Below is our current draft program. Session themes, timing and presenters are subject to change.

Program

Thursday 4th April 2019

Level 7 Lecture Theatre, VCCC, 305 Grattan Street, Melbourne

 PC4 Symposium Program
9:00a.m. - 9:45a.m.Registration
9:50a.m.WELCOME: Jon Emery, Director, PC4
10:00a.m.OPENING PLENARY:
Professor Ross Lawrenson, Professor of Population Health, The University of Waikato, New Zealand - Improving early access to lung cancer diagnosis for Maori and Rural Communities
10:45a.m.MORNING TEA
11:00a.m.SESSION 1: Cancer Council of Victoria initiatives designed to reduce health disparities Session Chair: Jon Emery
11:00a.m.Kerryann Lotfi-Jam, Cancer Council Victoria
11:15a.m.Claire O'Reilly, Cancer Council Victoria
12:00p.m. SESSION 2: ECR Rapid Fire Presentations Session Chair: Joel Rhee
12:00p.m. Cancer Survivorship Triage Tool - Elysia Thornton-Benko
12:05p.m.Meeting the needs of cancer survivors through shared care - Karolina Lisy
12:35p.m.LUNCH
SESSION 3: SUBMITTED ABSTRACTS Session Chair - Claudia Rutherford
1:30p.m.Anna Boltong, Associate Director VCCC- The VCCC & primary care research looking forward
1:50p.m. - 2:50p.m.Presentations of submitted abstracts
2:50p.m.AFTERNOON TEA
SESSION 4: AI is the future for cancer diagnosis in primary care - Facilitator Michael Jefford
3:05p.m.Jon Emery, University of Melbourne
3:20p.m.Martin Haskett, Director MoleMap Australia
3:35p.m.An ethics perspective
3:50p.m.PANEL DISCUSSION - AI is the future for cancer diagnosis in primary care
4:45p.m.SYMPOSIUM CLOSE