Symposium Schedule

25th Annual Symposium
Society of Gynecologic Nurse Oncologists
March 26-29, 2008
"Full Circle"
Omni Interlocken Resort -- Denver, Colorado

Wednesday March 26

Registration 12:30 - 2:00 PM

Pre-Symposium 2:00 - 6:00 PM

Welcome 2:00 - 2:15 PM

2:15 - 3:00
Surgical Modalities in the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer

3:00 - 3:15 Break with Refreshments

3:15 - 4:00
Chemotherapy Treatment in Ovarian Cancer

4:00 - 4:45
Quality of Life

5:00 - 5:45
Practice Pearls

5:45 - 6:00
Evaluation

25th Annual SGNO Symposium

Registration 6:00 - 6:30 PM

The 25th Annual SGNO Symposium’s “Full Circle” Opening Gala

6:30 - 7:15
Reflections on 25 years of Gynecologic Cancer Treatment

7:15 - 8:00
25 years of change

8:00 - 9:00
Snacks and refreshments

Thursday March 27

Registration and Continental Breakfast 7:00 - 8:00 AM

8:00 - 8:15
Welcome to the 25th Annual Symposium of SGNO, “Full Circle”

8:15 - 9:00
Endometrial Cancer

9:00 - 9:45
Paula Major Lectureship:
Making a Difference Caring for the Geriatric Oncology Patient

9:45 - 10:00
Break

10:00 - 11:00
Brachytherapy For Gynecologic Cancers

11:00 - 11:45
Surgery in the Patient with an Elevated BMI

11:45 - 1:00 PM
Business Lunch and SGNO Commitees

1:00 - 1:45 PM
When is Enough Enough…Asking our patients the “right”questions and treating symptoms

1:45 - 2:15
The HPV Vaccine

2:15 - 3:00
Radical Trachelectomy

3:00 - 3:15
Break

3:15 - 4:15
Understanding Targeted Therapies: A Review of Where We Have Been, A Look at the Agents and How They Work

4:15 - 4:45
Strategies to Improve Adherence to Oral Medications

4:45 - 5:00
Evaluations

Friday March 28

Registration and Continental Breakfast 7:00 - 8:00 AM

Welcome 8:00 - 8:15

8:15 - 9:00 AM
Drug resistant Assays

9:00 - 9:30
Patient Reported Experience with Lymphedema: A Pilot Study

9:30 - 10:00
Cervical Cancer – “Back to the Future"

10:00 - 10:15
Break

10:15 - 11:15
Sexuality in The Gynecologic Oncology Patient

11:15 - 12:00
Poster Presentations

1. Long term care of Women Following Pelvic Radiation
2. Survivor’s Debate: The past decade in Ovarian Cancer, Crossing the borders between the USA and Canada
3. Development of a Gynecologic Nursing Practice Group in Greater Cleveland
4. Improving patient satisfaction by creating a spa experience
5. Evaluation of Peripheral Neuropathy among gyn/onc patients receiving chemotherapy
6. Closing the gap for communication in health care
7. Optimizing patient preparation for platinum desensitization
8. Nurses Role in Cervical Cancer

Lunch 12:00 - 1:00 PM

1:00 - 1:45 PM
Soft Tissue Tumors of the Uterus: A review

1:45 - 2:30
“What’s In Your Genes?”

2:30 - 3:00
Using the Measles Virus in the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer

Evaluations 3:15 - 3:30

Saturday March 29

Registration and Continental Breakfast 7:30 - 8:30 AM

Welcome 8:30 - 8:45

8:45 - 9:30 AM
Hormone Replacement in Gynecologic Cancer Patients

9:30 - 10:30
Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: A panel discussion of implementing testing into your practice

10:30 - 11:15
The Genetics Connection: Empowering Patients

11:15 - 11:45
Surviorship

Lunch 11:45 - 1:00 PM

1:00 - 1:45 PM
Vulvar and Vaginal Cancers

1:45 - 2:45
Awards

2:45 - 3:00
Evaluations