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| EONS Newsletter April 2021 |
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| | | It’s time to get ready for European Cancer Nursing Day (ECND) on 18 May! ECND is our time to draw attention to the important role that cancer nurses play and to call for greater recognition of cancer nursing across Europe. Our theme this year is ‘Strengthening Sustainable Cancer Prevention in Healthcare’. There are lots of ways that you can get involved and make sure our ECND2021 messages about cancer prevention have maximum impact – find out how in this edition of the newsletter. This has been a very difficult year for everyone in healthcare and ECND on 18 May is an opportunity to celebrate what we do and look to a better future. It’s also time to start thinking ahead to our online conference, EONS14: submit your abstract and get ready to register! Plus, there’s lots of information about webinars and other events in this issue, and some stimulating articles in The Reading Room if you have a spare moment. We hope you enjoy the newsletter. |
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| VIRTUAL EONS14 – SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT! |
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| | EONS virtual cancer nursing conference will take place this year from 18-20 September alongside the ESMO Congress (17-21 September). The theme is ‘Cancer Nursing: Towards a new era in cancer care’. The call for abstracts is now open! The categories are: Digital innovations in health Palliative and end of life care Patient and occupational safety Cancer Nursing: SARS-CoV-2 and cancer Professional issues in cancer nursing Health promotion, prevention and screening Supportive care and symptom management Ethics in cancer care. The deadline for abstracts is Wednesday, 5 May 2021 21:00 CEST. For late-breaking abstracts (LBA) the deadline is Tuesday, 17 August 2021 21:00 CEST.
Submit your abstract
* Registration for the conference will open shortly. Keep an eye on the EONS website for all the latest.
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ECND2021 – STRENGTHENING SUSTAINABLE CANCER PREVENTION IN HEALTHCARE
GET INVOLVED AND HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE! |
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| | European Cancer Nursing Day (ECND21), on 18 May, will focus on the impact cancer nurses can have on preventing cancer. This exciting flagship EONS event will, due to COVID-19, take place online again this year. We are inviting you to join in the social media campaign using the hashtag #ECND21Go4Prevention – by getting involved you can help to share important messages about cancer prevention and make sure our campaign makes a big impact.
To help you, a Toolkit of resources can be downloaded from the website. The kit includes a range Key Messages about prevention and we encourage you to use these to highlight core issues for cancer nurses around the prevention of cancer.
Our Competition this year invites you to be a star and make a short movie on prevention. The prize will be free registration for the virtual EONS14 conference in September. (Find out how you can enter in the item below this one.) ECND21 on 18 May is going to be a wonderful day when we will celebrate cancer nursing together throughout Europe and the world!
Find out more and download the toolkit |
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ECND21 COMPETITION –
MAKE A MOVIE! BE A STAR! |
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| | For our ECND competition this year, we are inviting you to make a short video about cancer prevention. It should be in English, no more than 30 seconds long and recorded on your phone (ideally in MPEG-4 or AVI format). For your movie, you might wish to focus on a particular aspect of prevention that you believe is vital, or highlight what you and your colleagues are doing in your healthcare work setting to raise awareness on this issue.
You might find it helpful to draw on the ECND2021 Key Messages about prevention, which you can download, along with the competition guidelines, from the ECND web page. Winners will receive free registration to EONS14, our online annual conference this September. The deadline for submitting your entry is midnight CET on Sunday 9 May. Winners will be announced on European Cancer Nursing Day on 18 May. Upload your videos to our special link at Google Drive. |
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13th ESO-EONS MASTERCLASS
IN ONCOLOGY NURSING *CANCELLED!* |
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| | Due to the Covid-19 situation in Europe and its consequences for cancer nurses we have, with regret, decided to cancel the ESO-EONS Masterclass in Oncology Nursing 2021. At the end of the year, a new call for the Masterclass in 2022 will open. Keep an eye on the EONS website for further updates.
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7TH EONS RESEARCH PROPOSAL
WORKSHOP 2021 – 10 PLACES |
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| | This inspiring, 3-day virtual workshop will take place over three consecutive Tuesdays in June 2021 (15th, 22nd and 29th). It is specifically designed for oncology nurses with an interest in and aptitude for research, who would like to develop their confidence and skills in writing a research proposal to address a contemporary clinical issue. 10 places are available. Successful applicants will be asked to pay a registration fee of €100. Apply now! Hurry - deadline for applications: 29 April 2021 (5pm CET).
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| EONS PATIENT AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY WEBINARS – FREE! |
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| | This free education programme, developed for EONS by a group of leading cancer nursing experts, is aimed at clinical cancer nurses across Europe at all stages of their career. Registration for the first webinar on occupational safety and pregnancy/breastfeeding, April 26 at 18:30-20:00 is now open! The full education programme covers different aspects of patient and occupational safety in cancer care. Four webinars will cover the following topics: Webinar 1 Handling cancer drugs during pregnancy and breast feeding
Webinar 2 Personal Protection Equipment
Webinar 3 Safety Culture
Webinar 4 Effective communication, key to safe cancer care
Each webinar will include lectures by leading experts, discussions, Q and A and reflections from cancer nurses across Europe. The webinars will be live (but with lectures pre-recorded to allow for sub-titles in different languages). Registered students will have access for all content six months after each live session. Documentation is provided (both regulatory documents, guidelines and published research) for each webinar. The webinars will be followed by an online test, based on both the webinars and provided literature, for nurses requesting a certificate with recommended credits. Register Now |
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| EONS IS OPEN FOR HORIZON EUROPE PARTNERING! |
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| | | The EU Research and Innovation Programme (2021-2027) aims to deliver scientific, technological, economic and societal impact. One of the programme’s three pillars (Pillar 2) covers the central area of health, with a ‘focus on major societal challenges such as cancer’ and it is here that EONS seeks to play an important part. We are actively seeking partners to help us make a strong contribution. Cancer Nurses are at the heart of cancer patient disease prevention, treatment care and survivorship, and our research community makes regular contributions to furthering knowledge about cancer nursing in Europe. With roughly 30,000 members across the European region, including all Member States of the European Union, EONS is in a unique position to disseminate cancer-related research findings. Located in the heart of Europe, with strong experience in events management and excellent connections to European policy makers, we are also able to ensure your research results find their way to the top of European policy making as well as out to national governments and clinicians across the Continent. Find out more and contact us |
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EONS, SIOG AND CANO PUBLISH
POSITION STATEMENT ON CANCER CARE
FOR OLDER ADULTS |
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| | | To advance nursing care for older adults with cancer with complex care needs, it is important to articulate the role of cancer nurses to optimise care for older adults with cancer, gain specific knowledge and resources, as well as support nurses’ needs from their leaders and the healthcare system to fulfill this role. The International Society of Geriatric Oncology Nursing and Allied Health Interest Group (SIOG NAH), the Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology & Aging Special Interest Group (CANO OA SIG), and the European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS) have jointly developed a new position statement for hematology-oncology/cancer nursing care for older adults with cancer and their caregivers. The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) has endorsed this position statement. Free access to this article is open till the end of May. |
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BREAST CANCER IN THE ELDERLY –
REGISTER FOR THE WEBCAST |
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| | This European School of Oncology live streaming event on 1&2 October 2021 comes highly recommended as a must for your calendar. Among the topics includes are: The landscape of the elderly patient; Is breast screening in patients over 70 cost-effective?; Diagnosis and Treatment. Both the live and the pre-recorded sessions will be webcasted and participants will be able to discuss the topics with the involved experts via chat.(All content will remain accessible via the e-ESO website until October 2022.) At the time of writing, the speaker list includes: Nicolò Matteo Luca Battisti, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK
Laura Biganzoli, Prato Hospital, Prato, Italy
Wendy Oldenmenger, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Olivia Pagani, Riviera-Chablais Hospital, Rennaz, Switzerland.
Find out more and register now |
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6th ABC CONFERENCE – 4-6 NOVEMBER,
LISBON, PORTUGAL |
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| | The Sixth Advanced Breast Cancer International Consensus Conference takes place from 4-6 November 2021, in Lisbon, Portugal. It is the major international conference for Advanced Breast Cancer (ABC) and a forum for sharing best clinical practices and the latest scientific updates in the field with the goal of improving outcomes for all patients with ABC. All topics will be presented from the perspective of a multidisciplinary and multi-professional approach, from basic research to clinical implementation. The conference will again close with a consensus session where discussion will focus on updating the ABC guidelines.
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WELL-EDUCATED CANCER NURSES
AT THE HEART OF SAFE CANCER CARE |
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| | EONS has published an article in the European Public Health Alliance newsletter regarding the Europe Beating Cancer Plan (EBCP). In it, we point out that cancer nursing education and patient and occupational safety go hand in hand and are critical for achieving better cancer outcomes. It is vital to ensure that all cancer nurses across Europe have access to specialist training in order to address health inequalities within and between Member States. It is also essential to ensure safe care of patients in a safe working environment. EONS welcomes aspects of the EBCP that centre on the importance of education and training of the healthcare workforce and, more specifically, the proposals for the ‘Inter-specialty cancer training programme’ but, these must have cancer nurses at their core if patient care is to keep improving.
Read the full article |
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SAVE THE DATE FOR WORLD DAY
FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK |
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| | | World Day for Safety and Health at Work is celebrated every year on April 28. This is a global initiative by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and aims to stimulate dialogues on safety and health at work. This year, the ILO will take this opportunity to raise awareness and stimulate dialogue on the importance of creating and investing in resilient Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) systems, drawing on both regional and country examples in mitigating and preventing the Spread of COVID-19 at the workplace now and in the future. In the meantime, negotiations continue on the 4th revision of the Carcinogens and Mutagens at Work Directive (CMD) to eliminate cancer at work. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of protecting those who are on the frontline of our healthcare systems and EONS welcomes the amendments tabled by the CMD4 Shadow Rapporteurs on better protection for pregnant/breastfeeding women, systematic risk assessments by employers, ensuring the availability of personal protective equipment for employees and repeated training programmes for healthcare professionals. |
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| TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL CONTROL IN EUROPE |
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| | | In Europe, between 30% and 50% of cancer deaths could be prevented by modifying or avoiding key risk factors such as smoking and alcohol consumption and by implementing existing evidence-based prevention strategies. Despite considerable progress made in recent years, the number of smokers in the EU is still high – 26% of the overall population and 29% of young Europeans aged 15-24 smoke. To address this situation, the European Union and national governments have taken various tobacco control measures in the form of legislation, recommendations and information campaigns with the ambition to create a tobacco free generation by 2050. Some of the policy measurements on tobacco control include regulations on branding and advertising, creation of smoke-free environments and tax measures against the trade which seems to be the most effective. In the meantime, World Health Organization highlights links between alcohol and cancer as well. Alcohol is known to be a causal factor in over 60 diseases and conditions, including at least 7 types of cancer (mouth, upper throat, larynx, oesophagus, breast, liver and colorectal cancers). Even moderate alcohol consumption increases the long term risk of certain heart conditions, liver disease and cancers, and frequent consumption of large quantities can lead to dependence. The European Commission proposed introducing mandatory health warnings for alcoholic drinks by the end of 2023, as part of its Beating Cancer plan. For example in France and Lithuania, labels of alcoholic beverages are required to warn consumers about the potential health consequences of alcohol exposed pregnancies, either with a pictogram or with text. Cancer nurses play a pivotal role in cancer prevention and training programmes with a focus on promoting the European Code Against Cancer can equip cancer nurses with the right instruments to support patients in their journey to a healthier lifestyle. |
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| LAUNCH OF ECL YOUTH COMPETITION |
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| BALANCING FREE MOVEMENT & SHORTAGES IN HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE |
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| | | European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety in 2014-2019, Vytenis Andriukaitis, has written an article about ‘How can we find a balance between free movement and shortages in the healthcare workforce in the EU?’ to mark World Health Day (WHD) on 7 April. In it, he argues that a commitment to design and implement appropriate policies to train, recruit and retain medical professionals, as well as the persistence to find win-win solutions for all parties involved in the management of health personnel, would be a very appropriate way to mark WHD. Read the full article |
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| EJON: A GOOD RESEARCH READ – FREE! |
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| | Don’t miss the latest issue of The European Journal of Oncology Nursing (EJON), an international journal which publishes research of direct relevance to patient care, nurse education, management and policy development. As an EONS member you can read it free.
Sign up to read the journal free |
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| THE COST OF LIVING WITH CANCER DURING THE SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19 |
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| | | Heading into the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, care for vulnerable patients with cancer and their families became more important than ever. The COVID-19 pandemic was from the beginning an international health crisis (World Health Organization, 2020), and the risk of getting an infection with COVID-19 may have increased worries and stress and reduced resilience for patience with cancer and their families. A Danish cross-sectoral study with n= 4571 cancer patients in the department of oncology at Odense University Hospital in May 2020 revealed that 80% of patients were at least somewhat concerned about contacting COVID-19. The finding was supported by a recently published quantitative study in which the authors concluded that fears and anxiety related to COVID-19 were high among cancer patients and caregivers. Patients who reported more social problems were older, had less education and were living without minor children. Limited information exists on how European patients perceive the long-term threat of COVID-19 and resulting changes in cancer care and how patients with cancer cope with daily and family life. Read the full article |
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European Cancer Nursing Day (ECND) 18 May 2021
Find out more
EONS14 – Virtual:
22 September 2021
Save the date EONS occupational safety and pregnancy/breastfeeding webinar, 26 April 2021 from 18:30-20:00 CEST
Register Now ESMO Breast Cancer Conference (Virtual) 5-8 May 2021
Find out more Integrative Oncology UK 2021 online conference 15 May 2021
Find out more ECL-EFPN-EPHA-SIOPE webinar The Revision of the EU Regulations on medicines for Children and Rare Diseases 20 May 2021 from 12:00-13:30 CEST Register NOW Non-medical Prescribing in Cancer Care virtual 8 June, 2021 (20% discount for EONS members with code hcuk20eons) Find out more
8th International Nursing Conference Chicago, USA, August 17-18, 2021
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Sixth Advanced Breast Cancer International Consensus Conference 4-6 November 2021, Lisbon, Portugal Find out more
Trends in Head and Neck Oncology 11-13 November 2021, Amsterdam and online
Find out more 1st Pain360 Congress Vienna, Austria,1-3 December 2021 Find out more
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