CTOS 14th Annual Meeting
November 13–15, 2008
Nurse and Allied Health Professionals Meeting


9:00 am

Introduction and Welcome
Lin Russell Chair
9:05 – 9:25am

Collaborative Management of Sarcoma Patients in 2008: Integrating improvements in care  from novel therapies to development of new resources

Author:  Amy S Potter
Author’s Institution:  Dana Farber Cancer Institution, Boston, MA, United States
9:25 – 9:45am

The Keyworker’s Role in Supporting Patients with Sacral Chordomas Through Surgery

Authors:  Esther Reilly and Tracy Moran
Authors’ Institution:  The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
9:45 – 10:05am

Delivering Terminal Care in an Acute Surgical Sarcoma Centre: The Nurse’s Perspective

Authors:  Julie Bennett and Lisa Hall
Authors’ Institution:  The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
10:05 – 10:35am Guest Lecture
10:35 – 10:50am

Examining One Sarcoma Centre’s Experience with Successful Recruitment to Randomized, Placebo Controlled Clinical Trials

Author:  Amy S Potter
Author’s Institution: 1 Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, Unites States; 2 Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States
10:50 – 11:20am

Examining One Sarcoma Centre’s Experience with Successful Recruitment to Randomized, Placebo Controlled Clinical Trials

Author:  Amy S Potter
Author ’s Institution: 1 Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, Unites States; 2 Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States
10:50 – 11:20am

Care of the International Paedatric Patient and Family – The Puerto Rico Patient Assistance Program

Author:  Sara Swainn, RN 1
Author’s Institution:  Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Children’s Hospital, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

11:20 – 11:35am  

A Retrospective Study Comparing Initial GP Data on Two Week Wait Referrals with Clinical Review and Imaging at a Specialist Centre

Authors:  Lin Russell and Luan Suckling
Authors’ Institution:  The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
11:35 – 11:50am 

The use of Non Invasive Growing Prosthesis in Failed Allograft Surgery

Author:  Chris Henry
Author’s Institution:  The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

11:50 – 12:05pm

Nurse Led Clinics in Sarcoma Care

Author:  Julie Woodford
Author’s Institution:  The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust