ISOPP CAPhO Symposium 2025
Supportive Care Masterclass
Supportive Care Masterclass
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Monday, April 7, 2025, 13:30-17:30
Victoria Conference Centre
Available to ISOPP members
The Supportive Care Master Class is designed for pharmacists who are interested to learn about the evidenced-based supportive care strategies for managing toxicities that are associated with cancer and anticancer treatments. For each topic, speakers will provide clinical cases to demonstrate how toxicities can be prevented and treated using both pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies.
Using case studies, review and discuss:
- Management of SACT-induced nausea and vomiting
- Management of myelosuppression
- Prevention of extravasation and hypersensitivity reactions
- Management of oncologic emergencies
Program (subject to change)
- Welcome and Introductions
- Management of SACT-induced nausea and vomiting
- Management of myelosuppression
- Break
- Prevention of extravasation and hypersensitivity reactions
- Management of oncologic emergencies
- Closing Remarks
Facilitator
- Kofi Boamah Mensah, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Presenters
- Netty Cracknell, Principle Pharmacist, Operations – Genesis Care, UK
- Nick Duncan, UHB NHS Foundation Trust, UK
- Evelyn Handel, National Comprehensive Cancer Network, USA
- Irene Weru, Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
Expert Support Tutors
- Himanshu Patel, Methapharm Inc, Canada
- Tiffany Chan, Great Western Hospital, UK