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| EONS Newsletter June 2021 |
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| | Good news! It’s time to register for our online conference, EONS14! This top event in the cancer nursing calendar is fantastic value and not to be missed. Find out more about the programme and how to sign up in just a few clicks in this issue of the EONS Newsletter.
You can also catch up on European Cancer Nursing Day (ECND) on 18 May, when we raised the profile of cancer nursing and prevention across Europe. Plus, there’s lots of information about webinars and other educational opportunities in this issue, a new Young Cancer Nurse blog and some stimulating articles in The Reading Room for when you have a spare moment. We hope you enjoy the June newsletter.
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| EONS14 CONFERENCE – REGISTER NOW! |
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| | Register now for EONS14 virtual cancer nursing conference – on Wednesday 22 September. Our theme this year is ‘Cancer Nursing: towards a new era in cancer care’. The EONS14 programme will be packed with experts from the cancer nursing world who will speak on a range of topics guaranteed to help you deepen your knowledge and enhance your practice. Subjects covered will bring you up to date with all the latest from the cancer nursing world: - 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
- Future of cancer nursing.
A range of high-quality symposia will also bring fresh perspectives and cutting-edge insights into cancer care today. EONS14 takes place alongside the ESMO Congress (17-21 September). It is an opportunity to take your career to the next level and presents exceptional value: |
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| THE POWERFUL REACH AND IMPACT OF ECND21 |
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| | Strengthening Sustainable Cancer Prevention in Healthcare On May 18th, thousands of cancer nurses along with our partners, shone a light on the role of cancer nurses in cancer prevention, sharing key messages and powerful images. Our campaign reached the highest levels. Highlights of the day included EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides paying tribute to cancer nurses’ ‘incredible work, dedication and commitment to better outcomes for patients’, Sara Matthieu MEP hailing ECND21 and calling for cancer nurses to be supported by the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, Carolina Espina of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) stressing the importance of the European Code Against Cancer and cancer nurses’ key role in educating people about it, and Lena Sharp, EONS Past-President, introducing the EONS Cancer Prevention Plan. |
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ECND21 COMPETITION – RESULTS
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| | The ECND21 competition invited cancer nurses to make a short video about cancer prevention and highlight the role cancer nurses play in this. The joint winners of the ECND21 competition were: Mark Dornan from Northern Ireland and Nieves Gil from Spain. They both receive the prize of free registration for the virtual EONS14 conference.
View the winning movies and other ECND videos |
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| EONS EARLY CAREER DEVELOPMENT GRANT |
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| | The aim of this important new EONS grant is to support early career cancer nurses in developing or conducting a research project within their field of clinical practice. Applicants must be an early career cancer nurse, with less than ten years of experience. Applicants must not hold a doctoral degree, but may hold a predoctoral degree, e.g. RN, BSc, Graduate Diploma, MSc. Proposals submitted by nurses who work in clinical settings will be prioritised. Priority will also be given to applicants who have not received a previous EONS grant. Previous participation in the EONS Masterclass and/or EONS Research Workshops will not affect applicants’ eligibility.The closing date for applications is 30 August 2021. Announcement of the results is 30 September 2021. |
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2ND EONS SAFETY WEBINAR –
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT |
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| | Registration is now open for our second safety webinar, on personal protective equipment when handling cancer drugs. It takes place on 14 June at 18:30 CET. You will find out what the evidence says on personal protective equipment when handling cancer drugs from Mirjam Crul of The Netherlands, learn about Using PPE from a cancer nursing perspective from Samantha Toland of the UK. Plus, short, filmed messages will offer insights into PPE use in different countries.
Register now |
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YOUNG CANCER NURSE BLOG –
TAKING THE NEXT STEP! |
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| | EONS Young Cancer Nurses have started a new blog that will help inspire you to develop your career and promote the status of cancer nursing in your country. In the first one, Michaela Popelkova of the Czech Republic tells the exciting story of how ECND19 began a process that has led to changes that have transformed the education of cancer nurses and the development of a Czech specialisation in cancer nursing!
Read the blog |
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EONS TWITTER CHAT –
ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT CANCER CARE |
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| | The EONS Education Twitter Chat on the topic “Strengthening Cancer Nursing in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Care” takes place on Thursday 10 June from 7-8pm CEST. Join the conversation with the hashtag #EONSChat for a rich learning experience. Here are the session details: Experts: - Johan De Munter, EONS President
- Wendy McInally, EONS Board Member and Education Working Group Co-Chair
- Eugenia Trigoso Arjona, EONS Education Working Group member
Moderator: - Mary Tanay, EONS Communication Working Group member
Supported by: - Nieves Gil Gómez, EONS Communication Working Group member
- Michaela Popelková, EONS Communication Working Group member
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EONS EDUCATION WORKING GROUP
SEEKS 2 NEW MEMBERS |
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| | The EONS Education Working Group (EWG) is looking for two new members, one of which needs to be a Young Cancer Nurse. The EWG is seeking members who are actively engaged in education related to cancer nursing either in the university or clinical education and who have the time, enthusiasm and commitment to help EONS develop the education of cancer nurses and its impact across Europe. Applicants should have good English language skills and preferably, on this occasion, be from outside the UK and Spain in order to ensure a good geographical representation in the Group. Should you be interested, please provide a maximum two-page CV and letter of interest, including reasons for wanting to join the group and a summary of what you would bring to Rudi Brike eons.secretariat@cancernurse.eu Deadline: 21 June 2021 |
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| TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH CANCER – SURVEY |
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| | The European Network for Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer (ENTYAC) would like you to help by completing their survey. Its purpose is to map the state of development of age-specific AYA care across Europe, in order to understand the challenges and map progress over time. The survey has been endorsed by EONS.
Complete the survey |
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| CHANGING THE PARADIGM – NEW ESMO CACHEXIA GUIDELINES WEBINAR |
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| | EONS President-Elect Virpi Sulosaari is one of a panel of three distinguished speakers at a webinar on the new ESMO Cachexia Guidelines. The event takes place on 24 June from 5.30-6.30pm CET. The webinar will cover the role of nutrition in cancer care and Virpi Sulosaari will focus on putting the clinical guidelines into inter-professional practice.
Find out more and register |
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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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| EONS SUPPORTS EUROPE’S BEATING
CANCER PLAN |
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| | On 28 May, EONS representatives were invited to join the inaugural meeting of the Stakeholder Contact Group for Europe's Beating Cancer Plan by the European Commission. The Plan, previously launched by the European Commission, is a major steps towards cancer prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment, and improving quality of life for patients and survivors. In order to support the Member States in the implementation and monitoring of the Plan, the Commission has established a Stakeholder Contact Group under its Health Policy Platform which will be the forum for discussion and engagement with all relevant stakeholders on cancer prevention and care, with concrete policy objectives, flagship initiatives and supporting actions and timelines. EONS looks forward to collaborating closely with the Commission and other stakeholders to improve cancer prevention in Europe, quality care for patients with specialised training programmes for healthcare professionals and better protection of the nursing workforce from exposure to hazardous medical products. The success of the Plan will depend on strong collaboration and genuine partnerships; only by working closely together can we meet the high expectations of citizens and patients across Europe. |
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| THE RISE OF DIGITAL HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES DURING THE PANDEMIC |
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| | Τhere is no doubt that digital technologies have played a crucial part in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Cancer nurses and healthcare professionals had to adapt quickly to the new reality using telemedicine to work remotely, patients logging in their symptoms into specially developed apps to assess the likelihood of infection or even use contact tracing apps to eliminate the spread of the virus. Even though digital health technologies are not new, the coronavirus pandemic has significantly accelerated their use. Since the beginning of the pandemic 58% of countries have been using telemedicine to reduce face-to-face consultations. Artificial intelligence solutions are already in use to help healthcare services with the increased demand and the limited resources, supporting scientific research, personalised medicine, early diagnosis of diseases such as cancer and adjusting cancer treatments.
Nevertheless, there are many challenges to overcome as advances in digitalisation of healthcare come with drawbacks. Some of the barriers include a widening 'digital divide' that risks leaving behind the elderly and socially disadvantaged, who are less able to master or afford the technology. In addition, liability, reimbursement and cyber security issues are among the other key challenges that need to be considered, as cyber-attacks on hospitals are on the rise. Meanwhile, the transfer of personal health data is fuelling a debate over who owns and controls that data, raising questions about individuals’ rights to privacy. What is clear is that digital health is here to stay.
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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 included 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. |
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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. A limited number of free registrations are available for nurses on a competitive basis. 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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| EUROPEAN WEEK AGAINST CANCER (EWAC) |
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| | The cancer community across Europe answered the call to join forces for better cancer control and care, during European Week Against Cancer (EWAC) which takes place every year between 25 and 31 May. Coordinated by the Association of European Cancer Leagues (ECL), co-funded under an operating grant from the European Union’s Health Programme and supported by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the WHO Regional Office for Europe, this annual campaign dedicates each day to a different aspect of the cancer control continuum. This year, the #EWAC2021 campaign focused on (i) raising awareness about the flagship initiatives and supporting actions within Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan |
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| CALL FOR CANDIDATES – HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT – ONLINE SIMULATION |
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| | Sharing Progress in Cancer Care is proud to launch a call for candidates for the “Hospital Management: the Simulation” online programme organised by SDA Bocconi School of Management in partnership with Columbia University. The simulation is part of the SPCC project “Improving efficiency in Cancer Care” held in collaboration with All.Can and SDA Bocconi. The online programme is a realistic exercise that effectively simulates the complexity and intensity of the evolving healthcare environment.
The call for candidates it is open to nurses and all healthcare providers: 20 participants selected by competitive application will have the possibility to enroll free of charge to the online programme. The simulation will take place on the 1-2-3-4 December 2021 from 13:00 to 20:00 CET. Further information on the call for candidates and online programme can be found at here. |
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| HIGH QUALITY ARTICLES – FREE
ON THE EONS WEBSITE |
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| | Did you know that you can access a wide range of high-quality reading material about cancer care via the EONS website? Why not dip in to our ‘Publications with EONS Representatives’ page and extend your knowledge. Articles on ‘The cost of living with cancer during the second wave of COVID-19: A mixed methods study of Danish cancer patients’ perspectives’ and a ‘Position statement on Oncology and Cancer Nursing Care for Older Adults with Cancer and their Caregivers’ are among the many interesting links you will find there. |
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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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Cancer Survivorship Summit:
Improving Outcomes for People Living with and Beyond Cancer 24 June 2021, online 20% discount with code hcuk20eons
Find out more
8th International Nursing Conference, Chicago, USA August 17-18, 2021 Find out more
21st International Meeting of the European Association of Urology Nurses (EAUN21) 3-4 September 2021, Virtual.
*Nurses who register for EAUN21 before 6 July can attend the EAU21 Virtual congress (8-12 July 2021) FREE!
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Sixth Advanced Breast Cancer International Consensus Conference 4-6 November 2021, Lisbon, Portugal
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Trends in Head and Neck Oncology,
European Cancer Summit 2021
17 & 18 November, Brussels and online
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International Workshop on Clinical Pharmacology of Anticancer Drugs (ICPAD) 2021 1st Pain360 Congress Vienna, Austria,1-3 December 2021 |
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| | European Oncology Nursing Society
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1200 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: 0032 2 880 62 96
eons.secretariat@cancernurse.eu |
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