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Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Workshop." Institute of Medicine. 2007. Cancer in Elderly People: Workshop Proceedings. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11869.
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Appendix
Workshop Agenda

Institute of Medicine

National Cancer Policy Forum

The Keck Center of the National Academies

500 5th Street, NW

Keck 201

Washington, D.C. 20001

October 30, 2006

8:00 am

Monday, October 30, 2006, at the Keck Center, Room 201

Continental Breakfast

8:30 am

Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Approval of Minutes

ACS/IOM Breast Cancer and Smoking Workshop—Update and Approval

Discussion of Forum’s 3rd year

Updates—HIPAA, Biomarkers

March Meeting Agenda (Genetic Counseling, Molecular Imaging, Other?)

Sarcoma Referrals

Harold Moses and staff

9:20 am

Cancer in the Elderly—Introduction

Patricia Ganz and Betty Ferrell

9:30 am

The U.S. Demographic Imperative: Implications for Oncology Practice

Rosemary Yancik, National Institute of Aging

Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Workshop." Institute of Medicine. 2007. Cancer in Elderly People: Workshop Proceedings. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11869.
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10:10 am

Clinical and Delivery System Issues—Comorbidity and Quality of Care

Rebecca Silliman, Boston University

10:50 am

Break

11:00 am

Cancer Rehabilitation

Stephanie Studenski, University of Pittsburgh

11:40 am

Nursing Roles and Capacity

Deborah Boyle, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center

12:20 pm

Lunch

1:15 pm

Family Caregiving

Barbara Given, Michigan State

1:55 pm

End-of-Life Care

Kathleen Foley, Memorial Sloan-Kettering

2:35 pm

Economics of Cancer in the Elderly Population

Tina Shih, MD Anderson Cancer Center

3:15 pm

Research Issues

Ann O’Mara, NCI; Rosemary Yancik, NIA representative; Jerry Yates, American Cancer Society

4:00 pm

Concluding Remarks and Adjourn

Harold Moses

Suggested Citation:"Appendix: Workshop." Institute of Medicine. 2007. Cancer in Elderly People: Workshop Proceedings. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11869.
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A high proportion of cancer occurs primarily in older persons, and incidence of the major cancers is greater. This, combined with the expansion of an aging America, is bound to have far reaching effects on the nation's healthcare industry.

This summary of a workshop held in October 2006, reviews the various important implications of changing demographics and the cancer disease burden in the United States.

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