Programme Wednesday 25 September 2024

Time

Programme and Room

08:00-09:00

Welcome & Registration
Room: Trajectum

08:00-08:30

Committee Meetings
Access is restricted to members only

08:00-08:30

Federation Committee (Room: 0.1)

08:00-08:30

Palliative Care (Room: 0.4)

08:00-08:30

Early Career Professionals in Psycho-Oncology (ECPP) Committee (Room: 0.8)

08:00-08:30

Implementation Science and Practice (ISP) (Room: 0.9)

08:00-08:30

Fear of Cancer Recurrence Special Interest Group (FORwards) (Room: 0.02/0.03)

09:00-10:30

Parallel Sessions 1-8

09:00-10:30

1: Recent advances in FCR research (Room: Auditorium 1)

Theme: Survivorship

Chair:
Jose Custers, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

  • Oral #447 Implementation of the Fear of Recurrence Therapy (FORT) group intervention across Canada: preliminary results - Sophie Lebel, University of Ottawa
  • Oral #452 The Ottawa Clinical Fear of Recurrence (OCFR) measures for clinical fear of recurrence: Streamlining the self-report’s items - Lauriane Giguère, School of Psychology, University of Ottawa
  • Oral #458 A clinical pathway for fear of cancer recurrence screening, triage and assessment, and stepped care: Results of an online Delphi consensus process - Ben Smith, The Daffodil Centre, The University of Sydney, a joint venture with Cancer Council NSW
  • Oral #464 A network approach to fear of cancer recurrence: The interconnectedness of triggers, appraisals, symptoms, responses and functioning impairment - Melanie Schellekens, Helen Dowling Instituut
  • Oral #530 Three-year Trajectories and Associated Factors of Fear of Cancer Recurrence in Newly Diagnosed Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Longitudinal Study - Esther Deuningsmit, Department of IQ Health, Radboud University Medical Center

09:00-10:30

2: Exploring the factors contributing to a risk of marginalisation in cancer care in Ireland (Room 0.1)

Theme: Equity, diversity and inclusion in cancer care and research

Chair:
 Suzanne Guerin, University College Dublin

  • Oral #660 Identifying individuals at risk of underrepresentation in cancer research: Findings from a rapid review - Suzanne Guerin, University College Dublin
  • Oral #663 Exploring the psychosocial outcomes among adults with at risk of underrepresentation - Keith Greegan, University College Dublin
  • Oral #665 Exploring the experiences that contribute to underrepresentation in adults with cancer in Ireland - Suzanne Guerin, University College Dublin
  • Oral #666 Exploring the nature and experience of underrepresentation in adolescents and young adults with cancer in Ireland - Suzanne Guerin, University College Dublin

09:00-10:30

3: Cultural Influences on Health Behaviors Related to Cancer: Insights from Taiwan, Israel, Romania and the United State (Room: 0.5)

Theme: Equity, diversity and inclusion in cancer care and research

Chair:
Ashley Wei-Ting Wang, Soochow University, Taiwan

  • Oral #58 Navigating Harmony and Distress: Support-Seeking Coping in Taiwanese Cancer Patients with Breast and Colorectal Cancer at Diagnosis - Ashley Wang, Soochow University, Taiwan
  • Oral #130 Neuroendocrine Downstream of Sociocultural Characteristics among Newly Diagnosed Patients with Colorectal Cancer - Youngmee Kim, University of Miami
  • Oral #162 “Live Well, Smile, as There are Things that are Out of Your Control”: Fatalistic Beliefs Among Israeli People About Cancer and Screening - Miri Cohen, University of Haifa
  • Oral #608 Talk to deal better with the challenges of illness: experience of the Romanian female cancer survivors - Csaba Dégi, Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work

09:00-10:30

4: The LInC Study: A study on the long term impact of pediatric cancer on adolescents and emerging adults and their families with a specific focus on identity, illness-related experiences and well-being (Room: 0.11)

Theme: Survivorship

Chairs:
Prof. dr. Jurgen Lemiere; dr. Sofie Prikken

  • Oral #394 Associations between cancer-related distress and fatigue in childhood cancer survivors: a longitudinal study - Deveny Vanrusselt, Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven
  • Oral #518 Non-suicidal self-injury in adolescent and emerging adult childhood cancer survivors: A first exploration - Sara Campens, KU Leuven
  • Oral #595 Psychological functioning of childhood cancer survivors and their parents: Longitudinal associations - Sara Campens, KU Leuven
  • Oral #594 Identity formation in adolescent and emerging adult cancer survivors: a differentiated perspective and longitudinal associations with psychosocial functioning - Janne Vanderhaegen, KU Leuven

09:00-10:30

5: Cancer and the Family – Supporting the Entire Family When One Family Member Receives a Cancer Diagnosis (Room: 0.8)

Theme: Cancer care across the life span (children, adolescent & young adults, adults, and older adults)

Chair:
Beverley Lim Høeg, Danish Cancer Institute

  • Oral #176 ‘Resilient Caregivers’: a randomized trial of a resiliencebased intervention for psychologically distressed partner caregivers of patients with cancer - Beverley Lim Høeg, Danish Cancer Institute
  • Oral #202 Facing Existential Loneliness: Exploring Adolescents’ Needs for Support during their Mother’s Breast Cancer Trajectory - Anne Katrine Hartmann Søby, University of Southern Denmark
  • Oral #512 SOFUS family therapy for children in palliative care: Development and feasibility evaluation - Pernille Bidstrup, Danish Cancer Institute
  • Oral #603 Stick Together – Feasibility study of a digital dyadic intervention for younger women with breast cancer and their partners - Annika von Heymann, Cancer Survivorship and Treatment Late Effects (CASTLE) – A, Copenhagen University Hospital
  • Oral #396 Burden and support needs of family caregivers - Esther Reutner, Department Peer Support Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center Freiburg, University Medical Center Freiburg

09:00-10:30

6: Implementation of return-to-work interventions for cancer survivors : strategies and insights from various settings (Room: 0.9)

Theme: Work rehabilitation

Chair:
Bertrand Porro, Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest

  • Oral #553 Hospital return-to-work coordination for breast cancer survivors receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy and working in the private sector: protocol of a pilot randomized controlled study (COHRAT) - Bertrand Porro, Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest
  • Oral #557 Return-to-work in Breast Cancer Survivors: Challenges in Piloting an Innovative Intervention within Primary Care - Karine Bilodeau, University of Montreal
  • Oral #636 Pilot implementation of MiLES: a web-based intervention targeted at managers with the aim of enhancing the successful return to work of employees with cancer - Michiel Greidanus, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Societal Participation and Health
  • Oral #64 Evaluation of an education program for general practitioners in training on discussing work with cancer patients - Mariska de Wit, Amsterdam UMC, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Coronel Institute of Occupational Health

09:00-10:30

7: Palliative care (Room: 0.4)

Chair: 
Phyllis Butow, University of Sydney

  • Oral #331 Dependence at the end of life: Contribution to psychological distress in patients with advanced cancer - Rebecca Philipp, Department of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf
  • Oral #284 Embracing Existential Connections: A Phenomenological Exploration of End-of-Life Psychotherapy - Antonín Sokol, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute
  • Oral #505 Living longer with incurable cancer: ‘it’s amazing that I’m alive, it’s also amazingly difficult’ - Mildred Monpellier, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences - Research Centre Innovations in Care
  • Oral #44 Combined Early Palliative Care in Patients with Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: a multi-centric randomised controlled trial in Southwest China - Mengting Chen, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital
  • Oral #332 The prevalence of existential distress in patients with advanced cancer - Sigrun Vehling, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf
  • Oral #27 Depression and desire for hastened death (DHD) in patients with cancers at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan - Agboola Adigun, Department of Psychiatry, University College Hospital

09:00-10:30

8: E-Health (Room: 0.2/0.3)

Chair: 
Robbert Sanderman, Dept. of Health Psychology, University Medical Center Groningen

  • Oral #297 Evaluating a Web-based Mindfulness and Skills Training for Oncological Patients – The Reduct Trial - Jana Maria Heinen, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen,Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
  • Oral #632 An online support program for breast cancer (BC) and head and neck cancer (HNC) patients undergoing radiotherapy (OPUS) – Preliminary results - Theresa Müller, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT/UCC), University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus
  • Oral #345 Designing digital health tools for helping cancer patients manage symptoms at home and optimize quality of life - Angelos Kassianos, Cyprus University of Technology
  • Oral #634 Effectiveness of mobile application-based cognitive-behavioral therapy in breast cancer patients: a randomized controlled pilot trial in Germany - Emanuela Kufel, Prosoma
  • Oral #158 A qualitative exploration of factors that influence engagement with a digital mental health platform for women with metastatic breast cancer: Finding My Way – Advanced - Lisa Beatty, Flinders University
  • Oral #211 Leveraging technology to improve psychosocial outcomes of caregivers of people living with cancer in Vietnam - Olinda Santin, Queen's University Belfast

10:30-11:00

Coffee break
Room: Praetorium/Trajectum and Lobby

11:00-12:30

Plenary session 1

11:00-12:30

Opening

Chair: Eveliene Manten

Plenary speakers:
Lisanne Spaander, Marcel Levi, IPOS president and IPOS 2024 chairs

Plenary speakers:

#720 Optimal treatment of cancer patients: there is more to life than death -Prof. Marcel Levi, Amsterdam University Medical Center/University College London, and President Dutch Research Council

Medicine is currently undergoing revolutionary change changes. Driven by advancements in biotechnology, increasingly better imaging techniques, technical progress, and molecular genetics, more and more is becoming possible. And that is certainly true in oncology. Cancer for which there was no effective treatments just 5 or 10 years ago can now, in some cases, be cured or suppressed for long periods.

But does that always lead to real improvements for patients? Is (slightly) longer survival the holy grail, or should we focus much more on a better quality of life for cancer patients, both in the short and long term? Are patients too often boarding an ongoing oncology treatment train without stops to get off? And shouldn't oncologists be more than just oncotherapists? All these questions can be answered if the treatment of the patient with cancer, rather than the treatment of cancer itself, becomes central.

12:30-13:00

Health Promotion & Prevention Committee (Room: 0.5)
Access is restricted to members only

12:30-13:30

Lunch break
Room: Praetorium/Trajectum and Lobby

13:00 - 13:30

Postervisit 1
Poster programme
Room: Praetorium/Trajectum and Lobby

13:30-15:00

Parallel Session 9-16

13:30-14:30

9: POCON bijeenkomst (Dutch session - room: 0.1)

Psychosociale oncologie OnderzoeksConsortium Nederland (POCON)

Theme: Consortium updates & Implementatie workshop
Chair: Saskia Duijts
Presenters: POCON afvaardiging

13:30-14:30

10: Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM)- extending the boundaries (Room: Auditorium 1)

Theme: Palliative and end-of-life care

Chair:
Froukje de Vries, Netherlands Cancer Insitute

  • Oral #295 Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM): Experiences of the patients with advanced cancer with a longer life expectancy - Marianne Kool, Center for Quality of Life, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek - Netherlands Cancer Institute
  • Oral #341 Including Patients with Brain Tumors in Psychological Interventions: Two Phase II Single Arm Investigations of Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully - Ashlee Loughan, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Oral #514 An online adaptation of Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (iCALM): Development  and preliminary feasibility and acceptability testing - Sarah Hales, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
  • Oral #534 An adaptation of Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) to address posttraumatic states following the diagnosis or recurrence of life-threatening or advanced cancers: A thematic synthesis of qualitative studies - Gary Rodin, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network

13:30-14:30

11: Bridging Gaps in Care for Older Adults with Cancer and their Caregivers: Psychological Characteristics, Communication Strategies, and Interventions (Room: 0.5)

Theme: Complementary and integrative cancer care

Chair: 
Gil Goldzweig, The Academic college of Tel-Aviv Jaffa
Lea Baider

  • Oral #182 Can two walk together, except they be agreed? (AMOS 3:3). Actor Partner Interdependence Model of Hope, social support and depression among older patients diagnosed with cancer and their spousal caregivers. - Gil Goldzweig, The Academic College of Tel Aviv Yaffo
  • Oral #245 Perception of support received by caregivers in older people with cancer during their journey and subsequent self-care - Tania Estapé, Psychosocial Oncology, FEFOC FUNDACIO
  • Oral #304 Communication with Older Adults with Cancer and their Caregivers: Skill Uptake - Patricia A Parker, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Oral #358 Cancer and Aging: Reflections for Elders (CARE): A Psychotherapy Intervention for Older Adults with Cancer - Christian J Nelson, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

13:30-14:30

12: Exploring the intersection of food insecurity, malnutrition, and cancer care: Insights and interventions for equity in oncology (Room: 0.11)

Theme: Equity, diversity and inclusion in cancer care and research

Chair:
Melissa Henry, McGill University

  • Oral #338 Scoping review of equity tools for oncology and palliative care - Melissa Henry, McGill University
  • Oral #340 Development of an intervention to address disparities in access to breast cancer immunotherapy: Integrated Cancer Care Access Network for Breast Cancer Immuno-Oncology (ICCAN-IO)- Devika Jutagir, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Oral #343 Exploring the Interplay of Food Insecurity, Gut Microbiome, and Cancer Disparities: Findings from a Prospective Longitudinal Study - Haley Deamond, McGill University
  • Oral #411 Food Insecurity Interventions: Research, Service, and Policy Imperatives - Francesca Gany, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

13:30-14:30

13: Collaborative networking symposium on European research actions to support cancer survivors in work and employment (Room: 0.8)

Theme: Survivorship

Chair:
Jérôme Foucaud, French National Cancer Institute

  • Oral #431 The individual and his or her context: facing up to the psychological, physical and social barriers to return to work (RTW) - Angela de Boer, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam
  • Oral #513 Supporting employers to address the work-related needs of cancer survivors in their organizations - Adela Popa, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania
  • Oral #597 Preparing healthcare professionals to support cancer survivors in RTW - Yvonne Wengstrom, Karolinska Institutet
  • Oral #602 The social security system: reducing inequalities in support - Angelique de Rijk, Maastricht University

13:30-14:30

14: Session cancelled (room: 0.9)

13:30-15:00

15: Survivorship care (Room: 0.4)

Theme: Survivorship

Chair: 
Chioma Asuzu, University of Ibadan

  • Oral #133 Mental health after a head & neck cancer diagnosis: symptoms and drivers for early detection - Joan C. Medina, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
  • Oral #448 Fear of Cancer Recurrence as Catalyst for Positive Transformations: Insights from Cancer Spouses’ Experiences - Egle Urbutiene, PhD student, Clinical Psychologist
  • Oral #647 Anxiety and depression symptoms in young adults up to 5 years after being diagnosed with cancer - Sarah Marklund, Umeå university
  • Oral #198 Partnering to implement statewide cancer survivorship care policy - Michael Jefford, Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
  • Oral #465 Impact of Disease Stage on Unmet Supportive Care Needs in Women with Breast Cancer: A Qualitative Analysis of women’s perspectives during Early and Metastatic Stages - Victoria White, Deakin University
  • Oral #455 Predictors of Mental and Physical Health in Metastatic Breast Cancer Survivors - Michelle Joy Naughton, The Ohio State University

13:30-15:00

16: Prevention (Room: 0.2/0.3)

Theme: Prevention

Chair: 
TBA

  • Oral #134 Alcohol consumption and its determinants among postmenopausal breast cancer survivors: first results from the longitudinal observational OPTIMUM study. - Meeke Hoedjes, Tilburg University
  • Oral #122 The association between A body shape index and the risk of breast cancer: a cross-sectional study - Wenxing Gao, PLA medical school
  • Oral #694 Increasing awareness of gynaecological cancer and early detection in students: pilot study of a university-based educational and behaviour change intervention. - Trish Holch, Psychology, Leeds Beckett School of Humanities & Social Sciences
  • Oral #326 Sexual health of patients with lung cancer: a systematic review. - Louise Zanni, Laboratoire Psychopathologie et Processus de Santé, Université Paris Cité
  • Oral #435 Efficacy, tolerability, and psychopathological predictors of antidepressant therapy in cancer patients. - Antonio Restaino, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
  • Oral #62 Experiencing financial toxicity associated with cancer in publicly funded healthcare systems: A systematic review of qualitative studies - Margaret Fitch, University of Toronto

14:30-15:00

Posterflits sessions

14:30-15:00

Posterflits 1 (Room: Auditorium 1)

Chair: 
Miranda Velthuis, Integraal Kankercentrum Nederland

  • Abstract ID #143 A study on tobacco consumption, dependence and cessation among Malayali tribes in Yelagiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, India. - Delfin Lovelina Francis, School of Public Health, KIIT University
  • Abstract ID #440 First steps to bridging the gap: exploring healthcare professionals’ barriers in cancer-related fatigue management - Marijn Witziers, Department of Health Psychology, University Medical Center Groningen
  • Abstract ID #237 Equity and access to cancer clinical trials: A fifteen-year retrospective study of a Canadian comprehensive cancer center - Gilla Shapiro, Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network (UHN); Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Medical Science, & Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
  • Abstract ID #510 Co-creation of a pain science education intervention for children living beyond cancer: protocol of the PANACEA study - Sophie Pleysier, Pain in Motion research group (PAIN), Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

14:30-15:00

Posterflits 2 (Room: 0.1)

Chair: 
Chantal Lammens, Integraal Kankercentrum Nederland

  • Abstract ID# 29 Art-based Assessment of Disease Experiences in Children and Adolescents with Cancer - Olimpia Maria Petzold Canopy, Cancer Survivorship Center
  • Abstract ID# 30 Evolution and management of a psychoneurological symptom cluster in patients with breast cancer or digestive cancer: study protocol - Charlotte GREGOIRE, Sensation and Perception Research Group, GIGA Consciousness, University of Liège
  • Abstract ID# 31 Self-hypnosis, mindful self-compassion meditation, and self-induced cognitive trance to improve quality of life in oncology - Charlotte GREGOIRE, Sensation and Perception Research Group, GIGA Consciousness, University of Liège
  • Abstract ID# 456 The Use of Chronoacupuncture and Chemotherapy in Treating Lung Cancer as Kesou ‘Cough’: A Clinical Case Report - Rey Tiquia, University of Melbourne

14:30-15:00

Posterflits 3 (Room: 0.5)

Chair:
Lea Baider, Oncology Institute, medical school

  • Abstract ID# 108 Discussing psychosocial distress with cancer patients – an evaluation of training materials of an online communication training for professionals in oncology - Fiona Lacki, University of Potsdam, Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
  • Abstract ID# 466 Effect of Third-Wave Cognitive Behavioural Interventions on Biopsychosocial Outcomes in People Diagnosed With Advanced Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials - Elizabeth Beasley, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Deakin University
  • Abstract ID# 113 Narrative Medicine and Doctor-Patient Communication in China - Liping Guo, School of Health Humanities, Peking University
  • Abstract ID# 173 Development and Evaluation of an Interpersonal Psychotherapy Group Program for Patients with Cancer and Comorbid Depression: A Study Protocol - Ebba Laing, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Psychooncology Division

14:30-15:00

Posterflits 4 (Room: 0.11)

Chair: 
Daisuke Fujisawa, Keio University School of Medicine

  • Abstract ID# 622 Examining the Stigmatization and Sociocultural Perceptions of Reproductive Cancer: A Study on Culturally Diverse Settings in India - C Vanlalhruaii, Centre for Health Psychology, University of Hyderabad
  • Abstract ID# 318 The Africa Elevate Program: Implementation and evaluation of a cross-cultural psycho-educational support program for cancer patients and survivors in sub-Saharan Africa - Kevin Stein, A Fresh Chapter
  • Abstract ID# 571 Acceptability and feasibility of a group-based stress management intervention among cancer patients in Viet Nam: A rapid qualitative analysis - Kira vom Eigen, New York University
  • Abstract ID# 558 Addressing Distress among Cancer Survivors in southern India: Opportunities for Community-led Survivorship Interventions - Surendran Veeraiah, Cancer Institute (W.I.A)

14:30-15:00

Posterflits 5 (Room: 0.8)

Chair: 
Angela de Boer, Amsterdam UMC

  • Abstract ID# 209 Adaptive and maladaptive emotions in patients with cancer: network analysis on connectivity among emotional symptoms - Elise Doppenberg-Smit, Amsterdam UMC
  • Abstract ID# 221 THE EFFECT OF ONLINE COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR INSOMNIA IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS AFTER CHILDHOOD CANCER: RESULTS FROM A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL - Hinke van der Hoek, Princess Máxima Center for pediatric oncology
  • Abstract ID# 566 Psycho-oncology care preferences and barriers: The role of digital health - Chloe Taub, University of Miami
  • Abstract ID# 589 Co-creation of a Support Tool for Families Facing Hereditary Cancer Risk - Esperança Lima, Center for Psychology at University of Porto

14:30-15:00

Posterflits 6 (Room: 0.9)

Chair: 
Annelies Verachtert, Cédric Hèle instituut

  • Abstract ID# 314 Who responds to psychological / spiritual distress experienced by palliative care inpatients at a cancer centre? - Chi Li, Albury Wodonga Health
  • Abstract ID# 238 A qualitative study examining the perspectives of Canadian health leaders on the relationship between medical assistance in dying and palliative and end-of-life care services: Lessons for oncology - Gilla Shapiro, Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network (UHN); Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Medical Science, & Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
  • Abstract ID# 81 Palliative care awareness and influencing factors in a general population in Japan: a nationally representative cross-sectional survey (INFORM study 2023) - Yu Uneno, Department of Therapeutic Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
  • Abstract ID# 333 Timing and predictors of code status documentation among advanced cancer patients who received supportive care by a dedicated medical team - Yves Libert, Institut Jules Bordet, Clinique de Psycho-Oncologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles

15:00-15:30

Coffee break
Room: Praetorium/Trajectum and Lobby

15:30-17:00

Plenary session 2

15:30-17:00

Palliative care (Room: Auditorium 1)

Chair:
Prof. dr. Saskia Teunissen, oncologynurse and healthcarescientist, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Introduction:
There are many developments in patient care in the palliative phase. In this session, we have chosen to highlight themes and values related to quality of life that receive less attention in psychosocial oncological literature.

Specifically addressed will be: 1) the generalist perspective of primary care (Gert Huysmans) on psychosocial issues threatening quality of life; 2) the reality of communication between hospital professionals and patients in the (outpatient) clinic setting and the need for improvement from a quality of life perspective (Sita de Vries); 3) a new approach to dealing with experiences of loss, (delayed) grief, and utilizing sources of strength to support quality of life (Carlo Leget and Mai-Britt Guldin).

Plenary speakers:

Part 1: a doctor and a nurse

  1. The role of the GP in psycho-social care issues in palliative care patients at home - Dr. Gert Huysmans, general practitioner/palliative care specialist, AZ Klina Brasschaat, Belgium
  2. Buildingblocks to improve communication between clinical professionals and (poli)clinical patients in de palliative phase. Results of a series of qualitative and quantitative studies. - Sita de Vries, oncologynurse and nursescientist, PhD student (funded by Jonker Driessen Foundation), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Part 2: an ethicist and a psychologist/psychotherapist

  1. A new approach of Grief and Values in Life
    Dual presentation by the founders of the International Center for Grief and Existential Values
    - Prof. dr. Carlo Leget, care ethicist, University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht, the Netherlands
    - Dr. Mai-Britt Guldin, authorised psychologist, certified specialist in psychotherapy and supervision, and senior researcher Institute for Public Health, Aarhus University, Denmark

Despite the vast developments in research on loss and grief, dominant grief models fall short in reflecting the comprehensive issues grieving persons are facing. Three causes seem to be at play: grief is usually understood to be connected to death and other types of loss are under-researched; most of the research is done from the field of psychology and on pathological forms of grief, hardly integrating research from other disciplines; and the existential suffering related to grief is not recognized or insufficiently integrated in the dominant models. In this duo presentation, we propose an integrated process model (IPM) of loss and grief, distinguishing five dimensions of grief: physical, emotional, cognitive, social, and spiritual (https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2023.2272960). The integrated process model integrates therapies, tools, and models within different scientific theories and paradigms to connect disciplines and professions. The comprehensive and existential understanding of loss and grief has relevance for research, clinical settings and community support.

Including the following awards:

  • Noemi Fisman Award for Lifetime Clinical Excellence
    Helen Greally
  • Jimmie Holland Memorial Award
    Lea Baider

17:00-17:30

Zing voor je leven

The ‘Zing voor je leven’ choir will provide a musical end performance for the first day of the IPOS 2024 congress.

More details of the choir can be found here: Zingen voor je Leven - Kanker in Beeld

17:30-18:30

IPOS Journal reception / 40 years IPOS society reception

17:30-18:00

Postervisit 2
Poster programme
Room: Praetorium/Trajectum and Lobby