2019 Innovations in Cancer Treatment and Care Conference

The Cancer Institute NSW is pleased to announce the 8th annual Innovations in Cancer Treatment and Care Conference. This conference brings together clinicians, health workers, researchers and people affected by cancer to foster innovation and continuous improvement across the NSW cancer health system.

Priority populations (e.g gender, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and rural/remote communities)
Technology to improve equity (e.g telehealth)
Cultural safety
Tools to support equity (e.g transport, finance)
Health literacy
Collaborative frameworks

Keynote speaker
Professor Diana Sarfati (MBChB, MPH, PhD, FNZCPHM)

Professor Diana Sarfati (MBChB, MPH, PhD, FNZCPHM) is a public health physician, cancer epidemiologist and health services researcher. She is Head of the Department of Public Health and the Director of the Cancer and Chronic Conditions (C3) Research Group at University of Otago, Wellington. She is currently a member of the New Zealand National Cancer Leadership Board (NZ), the Advisory Committee to International Agency for Research on Cancer’s (IARC) Pacific cancer hub, the Academic Advisory Committee to IARC on the International Cancer Benchmarking Project, and she is currently leading a Lancet Oncology series on cancer control in small island developing states.

Professor Sarfati has led a large body of research relating to ethnic disparities in cancer outcomes in New Zealand. This work has resulted in the identification of key patient and health system factors that influence cancer survival. It has been used extensively by health policy makers, clinicians and other researchers to develop policies and practices that aim to reduce inequities in cancer outcomes.

She also has research interests in the inter-relationships between cancer and comorbidity, screening and multimorbidity.

Professor Sarfati is a past member of the National Ethics Advisory Committee, National Screening Advisory Group, the Bowel Cancer Screening Taskforce, the National Bowel Cancer Working Group, the Board of the Cancer Society (Wellington Division), the Cancer Society Medical and Scientific Assessment Committee (Wellington) and the National Cancer Society Health Promotion Committee.

Read more about how Professor Sarfati is committed to making sure cancer systems treat everybody fairly

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See the 2019 highlights and discussion captured through #CancerInnovations on Twitter.

Conference program

Thursday 26 September 2019

7.30am – 8.30am	Early Morning Speed Mentoring^* Prof David Currow FAHMS, Chief Cancer Officer, NSW and CEO, Cancer Institute NSW Sue-Anne Redmond, Clinical Excellence Commission Prof Geoff Delaney, South Western Sydney Local Health District Dr Karen Luxford, Australian Council on Healthcare Standards Prof David Roder, University of South Australia Lisa Woodland, NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service *This is a closed session
8.30am – 9.00am	Registration (tea and coffee provided)
Room:	Wentworth Ballroom
9.00am – 11.00am	PLENARY SESSION 1
9.00am – 9.30am	Hosted by Julie McCrossin AM Smoking ceremony, welcome to country and cultural performance Muggera Cultural Enterprise Conference Opens Susan Pearce, Deputy Secretary Patient Experience and System Performance, NSW Health Prof David Currow FAHMS, Chief Cancer Officer, NSW and CEO, Cancer Institute NSW
9.30am – 10.00am	Keynote address Cancer inequalities and what we can do about them Prof Diana Sarfati, Head of Department, Department of Public Health and Director of the Cancer and Chronic Conditions Research Group, Otago University
10.00am – 10.10am	Questions and answers facilitated by Julie McCrossin AM
10.10am – 11.00am	PANEL DISCUSSION
	How do we achieve equity of outcomes in cancer control? Prof Diana Sarfati, Head of Department, Department of Public Health and Director of the Cancer and Chronic Conditions Research Group, Otago University Prof David Currow FAHMS, Chief Cancer Officer, NSW and CEO, Cancer Institute NSW Dr Lisa Whop, NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research Dr Jean-Frederic Levesque, Chief Executive, Agency for Clinical Innovation
11.00am – 11.30am	MORNING TEA
11.30am – 1.00pm	MORNING CONCURRENT SESSIONS
	Cultural safety Room: Melbourne Chair: Susan Anderson, Cancer Institute NSW
11.30am – 11.45am	Cancer and palliative care nurses’ experiences of caring for Chinese migrants with cancer pain Dr Tim Luckett, University of Technology Sydney
11.45am – 12.00pm	Colorectal cancer diagnosis and treatment: Impact of a patient’s CALD status Kirsten Duggan, South Western Sydney Local Health District
12.00pm – 12.15pm	Cultural beliefs affecting access to cancer information for Arabic, Chinese and Vietnamese-speaking people Gayathri Dharmagesan, Cancer Council Australia
12.15pm – 12.30pm	Improving cultural safety in both campuses of the Mid North Coast Cancer Institute Joseph Bryant, Mid North Coast Local Health District
12.30pm – 12.45pm	Training our oncology health care professionals to communicate more effectively with migrants Prof Bettina Meiser, University of New South Wales
12.45pm – 1.00pm	Pain management experiences and needs of Chinese migrant cancer patients: A focus group study Dr Tim Luckett, University of Technology Sydney

	Tools to support equity and health literacy Room: Perth Chair: Ruth Jones, Western NSW Local Health District
11.30am – 11.37am	Same, same but different: Exploring the health literacy of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) versus English-speaking cancer patients Martha Gerges, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, University of NSW
11.39am – 11.46am	What the patients want 2.0 moving forward – improving radiotherapy patient information Belinda Arnold and Tiffany Sandell, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District
11.48am – 11.55am	Bowel and breast health and screening educational resources – design, delivery and evaluation Lauren Lee, Cancer Institute NSW
11.57am – 12.04pm	“I learnt to do the test and not ignore it”: Improving bowel screening knowledge of refugees B-ann S. Echevarria, NSW Refugee Health Service
12.06pm – 12.13pm	Creative competition as a tool for community engagement in a health promotion project Dr Khoi Do, South Western Sydney Local Health District
12.15pm – 12.22pm	Transforming T.I.P.S cancer principles into accessible content for multicultural audiences Christine Spooner, Cancer Institute NSW
12.24pm – 12.31pm	Increasing cervical screening awareness amongst refugees through peer-education and a localised media campaign Nikolina Zonjic, Family Planning NSW
12.33pm – 12.40pm	Understanding cancer literacy levels to improve cancer communications Shelby Burns, Cancer Institute NSW
12.42pm – 12.49pm	Developing a performance matrix for multidisciplinary teams Dr Lynleigh Evans, Western Sydney Local Health District
12.51pm – 12.58pm	Wellness for women (cancer support project) by Bankstown Women’s Health Centre and Fairfield Women’s Health Centre Juliette Kirkwood and Kerrie Newcombe, Bankstown Women’s Health Centre

	Priority populations Room: Sydney Chair: Tara Bowman, Cancer Institute NSW
11.30am – 11.45am	Reaching out remote chemotherapy from Dubbo Cherie Seeliger, Western NSW Local Health District
11.45am – 12.00pm	Breast density and breast cancer screening in Indigenous women in the Northern Territory Kriscia A. Tapia, University of Sydney
12.00pm – 12.15pm	Bowel cancer campaign targeting Arabic speaking communities in Victoria Osman Osman, Cancer Council Victoria
12.15pm – 12.30pm	Influencing national application of the Optimal Care Pathway for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with cancer Kerri Lucas, Cancer Australia
12.30pm – 12.45pm	Cancer Outcomes improving in Australia, but not for First Nations people: an integrative review Annie Bygrave, Cancer Council Australia
12.45pm – 1.00pm	Thinking out loud: Conversations, collaborations and informal systems reform to combat insufficient rural infrastructure Cassandra Griffin, University of Newcastle

1.00pm – 2.00pm	LUNCH
1.30pm – 2.00pm	Poster lighting talks Room: Canberra Hosted by: Kylie Ide, Cancer Institute NSW Presenters: RT underutilisation in prostate cancer patients on overall survival and local control, NSW Dr Gabriel Gabriel, University of NSW Strengthening multidisciplinary team performance in cancer services: Three years’ experience Elaine Liu and Terence Kwan, Western Sydney Local Health District Investigating the impact of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy in cancer survivors Dr Eva Battaglini, University of NSW Are we ready for virtual multidisciplinary team care? Dr Katja Beitat, Health Care Innovate Radiotherapy underutilisation and its impact on local control and survival in NSW, Australia Dr Roya Merie, Liverpool Cancer Therapy Centre, Liverpool Hospital Does socioeconomic disadvantage affect radiotherapy utilisation in rectal cancer? Dr Jesmin Shafiq, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research Measuring quality of lung cancer care Dr Shalini Vinod, Liverpool Cancer Therapy Centre, Liverpool Hospital
1.30pm – 1.55pm	Experiential Session: Matter over mind Room: Wentworth Room, Level 5 Facilitator: Juliette Kirkwood This is a 25-minute experiential process designed to engage neuroception as a method for shifting people out of the sympathetic branch of the nervous system (fight/flight) and into the ventral vagal branch of the parasympathetic nervous system (social engagement, rest/digest)
2.00pm – 3.30pm	AFTERNOON CONCURRENT SESSIONS
	Collaborative frameworks Room: Melbourne Chair: Shirlee Nichols, Cancer Institute NSW
2.00pm – 2.15pm	Breastscreen NSW Greater Western Aboriginal engagement project: Phase 2 – re-engagement Christine Fing, BreastScreen NSW Greater Western
2.15pm – 2.30pm	Cancer Institute NSW multicultural data app Richard Walton, Dr Jamie Gabriel, Jeffrey Truong and Sheetal Challam, Cancer Institute NSW
2.30pm – 2.45pm	It takes a village: Collaboration can achieve return to life and employment in the community Alice Fung, AF Occupational Therapy
2.45pm – 3.00pm	Equity in practice – the importance of community engagement Lou Bacchiella, Metro Assist
3.00pm – 3.15pm	Promoting participation in the National Cervical Screening Program to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women Rosalind Moxham, Cancer Institute NSW
3.15pm – 3.30pm	Using national linked data to report cancer outcomes Ruth Pirie, Ministry of Health New Zealand

	Technology to improve equity Room: Perth Chair: Matthew Wellings, Cancer Institute NSW
2.00pm – 2.07pm	Is it feasible and acceptable for Arabic patients to report PROs using PROMPT-care eHealth system? Dr Roya Merie, Liverpool Cancer Therapy Centre
2.09pm – 2.16pm	A linked electronic health record facilitates a safer and more efficient rural outreach haematology service Dr Helen Cashman, St Vincent’s Hospital
2.18pm – 2.25pm	“Re-engage”: An innovative eTech intervention Jordana McLoone, Sydney Children’s Hospital
2.27pm – 2.34pm	Patient information: Helping people affected by cancer find the information they need Dr Marie Brand, Cancer Institute NSW
2.36pm – 2.43pm	Delivering cancer genetic counselling via Telehealth – insights from the CONTACT pilot study Tina Gonzalez, Prince of Wales Hospital
2.45pm – 2.52pm	A novel combination of technologies to optimise liver SABR delivery in a regional setting Gareth Livingston, Mid North Coast Cancer Institute
2.54pm – 3.01pm	Experiences in the development and implementation of a CATI survey with a multicultural community Dr Khoi Do, South Western Sydney Local Health District
3.03pm – 3.10pm	Distress screening and supportive care referrals used by telephone-based health services: A systematic review Jo Taylor, University of Newcastle, School of Medicine and Public Health
3.12pm – 3.19pm	Are podcasts an effective way to provide information about cancer? Elizabeth Humphries, Cancer Council NSW

	Priority populations Room: Sydney Chair: Megan Varlow, Cancer Council Australia
2.00pm – 2.15pm	The impact of cultural beliefs on Korean-Australian women’s breast cancer screening behaviours Dr Cannas Kwok, Western Sydney University
2.15pm – 2.30pm	Who, what, where, when and how? Using data to design interventions to promote cervical screening Christina Gallant, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
2.30pm – 2.45pm	HPV-related cancer awareness among women, trans and gender diverse people – a community survey Bella Bushby, Positive Life NSW
2.45pm – 3.00pm	#ShishaNoThanks – community co-design project Dr Dalya Karezi, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
3.00pm – 3.15pm	Implementation of interventions addressing socioeconomic inequalities in cancer: A systematic review Annie Bygrave, Cancer Council Australia
3.15pm – 3.30pm	Sharing our stories for better cancer outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Marilyn Lyford, Western Australian Centre for Rural Health

3.30pm – 4.00pm	AFTERNOON TEA
4.00pm – 5.00pm	PLENARY SESSION 2 Hosted by Julie McCrossin AM Room: Wentworth Ballroom
4.00pm – 4.30pm	The impact of social determinants of health on cancer incidence and access to care Dr Jean-Frédéric Levesque, Chief Executive, Agency for Clinical Innovation
4.30pm – 4.50pm	Questions and answers facilitated by Julie McCrossin AM
4.50pm – 5pm	Presentations, Judging and Closing Sarah McGill, Director, Cancer Screening and Prevention, Cancer Institute NSW
	First-time oral presentation at Innovations Conference Best Poster People's choice award poster Closing remarks
5pm - 6pm	NETWORKING FUNCTION (drinks and canapés)
6pm	Conference concludes

Conference Posters

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2019 Innovations in Cancer Treatment and Care Conference

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Keynote speaker Professor Diana Sarfati (MBChB, MPH, PhD, FNZCPHM)

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Conference program

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Keynote speaker
Professor Diana Sarfati (MBChB, MPH, PhD, FNZCPHM)