Webinar Cancer, Nutrition, and Nutritional Care - May 27 13.30-14.30 CET
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For this year’s European Week Against Cancer, the European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC), European Parliamentary Intergroup “Challenge Cancer” and Cancer Complications and Comorbidities Initiative Members are organising several online events in form of webinars, taking place from the 25th to the 31st of May 2021, where various experts are invited to speak.
The third event is scheduled to take place on the 27th of May 2021, 13:30 to 14:30 CET.
PROGRAMME
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Time |
Topic |
Moderator/ Speaker |
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13:30 – 13:35 |
Welcome, housekeeping rules and Introduction |
Niamh Rice, ENHA Executive Director |
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13:35 – 13:42 |
Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and the implementation of sustainable strategies |
Aldo Patriciello MEP and BECA Committee member |
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13:42 – 13:49 |
The cancer patient journey and the role of nutritional care |
Rocco Barazzoni ESPEN Chairman Dept of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences University of Trieste – Italy |
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13:49 – 13:56 |
Primary and secondary prevention |
Adele Hug, dietitian, EFAD expert |
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13:56 – 14:03 |
The role of prehabilitation in surgical cancer patients |
Sergio Sandrucci, ESSO Education and Training Committee Chair Professor of Surgery Surgical Oncology Unit of S. Giovanni Battista Hospital, Turin, Italy |
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14:03-14:10 |
HCPs training on nutrition-nutritional support in cancer care -TBC |
Maurizio Muscaritoli, ESPEN, Full Professor of Internal Medicine Sapienza University of Rome |
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14:10– 14:15 |
Patient story |
Jonathan Clark – Jonathan Clark & Partners B.V., Patient Mantle Cell Lymphoma |
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14:15 – 14:20 |
Caregiver story |
Menia Koukougianni – Caregiver, ECPC |
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14:20 – 14:28 |
Discussion |
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14:28 – 14:30 |
Closing |
CONTEXT
Cancer-related complications and comorbidities add a highly significant burden on patients across Europe – and are in many cases fatal.i, ii,iii The combination of cancer and comorbidities also influence the nutrition status. The multimodal cancer treatment approach’s tolerability and outcome are dependent on many factors, with nutrition being one of the most important.iv According to evidence, oncologists and patients do, more often than not, not have information on cancer-related malnutrition, its effect on oncologic and anti-cancer treatment outcomes and survival, and its consequences v,vi,vii,viii,ix,x,xi,xii,xiii,xiv Indeed, recent studies in European hospitals found that only 30% to 60% of cancer patients at risk of malnutrition received nutritional support. Additionally, it is estimated that the deaths of 10 to 20% of patients with cancer can be attributed to malnutrition rather than to the malignancy itself. xv
Underestimating the importance of nutrition, alongside the lack of proper training in nutrition topics, has led to a lack of focus amongst healthcare professionals. iv Additionally, there is a scarcity in research supporting the nutrition recommendation for cancer and comorbidities, in
conjunction with the nutritional support and care standards in place diverging between and within the various countries and regions. iv
Prevention, early identification, proper diagnosis, personalized intervention, and follow-up are foundations of the management of malnutrition and its consequences: cachexia and sarcopenia. Indeed, it is crucial to cancer patients’ physical function, mental well-being, and quality of life that malnutrition and its consequences are detected early and treated appropriately. iv Overall, malnutrition is associated with an increase in treatment-related toxicity, reduced response to cancer treatment, impaired quality of life and a worse overall prognosis.xvi,xvii
Objectives
Cancer is set to become a top health priority for the next five years in the EU and will play a central role in the policy agenda through the EU Beating Cancer Plan. To assure that Cancer, Nutrition, and Nutritional Care are addressed in the implementation of the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, and to further pursue recognition of these comorbidities, increase awareness on relevant stakeholders and the general public, this webinar aim to present various issue surrounding cancer-related nutrition and nutritional care such as:
- Prevention, early identification and availability of nutritional support
- Nutrition and course of treatment, disease progression and recovery
