ION, NCCC, and Pfizer Meeting Announcements

The following information has been received by ANCO.

****ION MEETING****
ION Web Event: A Novel Approach to Improving Outcomes in MBC

ION programs are created with the needs of our members in mind. There is an upcoming ION Web cast that may be of special interest to you:

A Novel Approach to Improving Outcomes in MBC

This event will take place on Thursday October 16, 2008 at 2 pm EDT. The speaker will be William Gradishar, M.D., from Northwestern University Medical School. All ION members, including physicians, nurses, practice administrators, and other clinical staff, are welcome to attend.

Topics of discussion will focus on Abraxane and efficacy, response rates, higher dose delivery, convenient dosing, and convenient administration vs. solvent-based paclitaxel.

You can register for this event on the WEB (at https://www.iononline.com/login.aspx?msg=2&linkback=%2fMeetingManager%2fconfRegistration.aspx%3fevent_id%3d572) or by FAX (at http://image.ipnonline-email.com/lib/ff021071716705/d/1/101408%20abraxis%20web.pdf) . We hope you find this program educational, and we look forward to bringing you more valuable programs in the future.

To register, you must be logged into www.iononline.com. For login assistance, please contact member services at 1-888-536-7697 Ext:6847 or memberid@iononline.com.


****NCCC MEETING****
Cancer Survivorship Conference: "Now What? The New Normal of Cancer Survivorship after Treatment"
November 8, 2008 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
UCSF Mission Bay Conference Ctr., San Francisco
Admission is free.

Presented by the Northern California Cancer Center, this conference is for cancer survivors (all disease sites), family, friends, and medical professionals. The morning general session will include: transitioning to a primary care physician; medical issues ( fatigue, "chemobrain," joint pain); psychosocial issues (living with uncertainty, dating, depression, intimacy, communications); survivor stories. Afternoon breakout sessions will address: nutrition and lifestyle changes; genetic risk; family and caregiving matters; financial issues (e.g. employment, life and health insurance, estate planning); treatment side effects; sexual function (fertility, intimacy, communication); and integrative medicine. Speakers represent Marin Cancer Institute, Kaiser, Palo Alto Medical Fndn., Stanford, and UCSF; two cancer survivors will also participate. CEUs available for RN, MFT, LCSW.

Visit http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=162724&CFID=11040346&CFTOKEN=76933568 for more information.

Contact: education@nccc.org or 888-315-5988


****PFIZER MEETING****
Pfizer Oncology cordially invites you to attend Integrating Clinical Pathways into Oncology Practice with Linda Bosserman, M.D., F.A.C.P. This clinical dinner education meeting takes place November 13th at 6:30PM at the Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason Street, San Francisco (415-394-1111).

Please FAX your RSVP to Advanced Health Media at (866) 600-5828.

If you have any questions or would like to RSVP by phone, please call Advanced Health Media at
(800) 292-6204 using Meeting ID#EZ008266 (5130523). Thank you!