Achievements
1st Open Lecture for Citizens; Kick off Symposium
Supportive care to improve cancer patients' QOL
Time & Date: 13:00-16:30, Saturday, February 2, 2013
Venue: Kitasato Lecture Hall, Keio University
- Open Lecture for Citizens: Live a full life, live by your own values
~It would be a nice to be interdependent~
- Moderator: Hideyuki Saya, MD. PhD, Professor
- Division of Gene Regulation, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, School of Medicine, Keio University
- Instructor: Kenichi Tobisu, Special adviser for cancer treatment, St. Luke's International Hospital, former president of Shizuoka Cancer Center
- Symposium: Aiming at integrated approach to supportive care
- Moderator: Hiroko Komatsu
- (Professor, Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care, & Coordinator of the Professional Training Plan in Cancer Medicine, Graduate School of Health Management, Keio University)
- 1. Approach in palliative care
- Tetsuya Iijima (Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Yamanashi)
- 2. Approach to mental care
- Takashi Hosaka (Chief Physician, Psycho-Oncology Department, St. Luke's International Hospital)
- 3. Approach in rehabilitation
- Tetsuya Tuji (Associate professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Keio University)
- 4. Approach to oral care
- Takeshi Nomura (Instructor, Oral medicine, Tokyo Dental Collage)
- 5. Approach in nursing
- Satuki Kubo (Associate professor, Clinical Nursing, School of Nursing, Kitasato University)
- 6. Approach in pharmacy
- Ken Kaneko (Assistant supervisor, Pharmaceutical Department, Keio University Hospital)
This 'open lecture for citizens; Kick off Symposium' was held so that all the cancer professionals could strive to contributions to promote cancer patients' QOL.
This symposium aims at exchanging opinions among professionals in cancer medicine about current status and issues surrounding supportive care and facilitating the understanding and awareness of supportive care for the QOL improvement of patients and their families living with diseases, as well as deepening the understanding about supportive care among citizens.