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International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners
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Vol 19, No. 3 September 2017
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Message from the President
Dear
As always our Enewsletter connects us with our colleagues from around the world and informs us through stories and the meetings we attend. Another opportunity to connect and inform is at our annual Symposium taking place in China for the first time in our history. Dates are
April 11-13, 2017 and the venue is the Kerry Hotel Pudong, conveniently located in the heart of Shanghai's business district.
Another first for ISOPP is the presentation of two Masterclasses led by experts on the topics of Safe Handling and Supportive Care. These take place immediately following the Symposium on April 14
. That is three and a half days of leading edge education to advance your oncology pharmacy knowledge!
The local host is the Shanghai Anti-Cancer Association (SACA) and its members are ready to welcome you. So submit an abstract and come experience China's warm and generous hospitality!
Are you attending an oncology pharmacy meeting in the next few months? If yes, plan on submitting your story and/or meeting update with photos for the December Enewsletter. The deadline to submit to
newsletter@isopp.org
is November 25th.
In the meantime, enjoy the stories and meeting update articles submitted by your fellow members and included in this edition. And many thanks to Evelyn Handel, our Newsletter Editor, for all her hard work in collecting and compiling the newsletter.
Sincerely Harbans
Harbans Dhillon
ISOPP President
PS If you missed reading July's Staying in Touch Enews or any other issue this year, visit the
Staying in Touch archive page
on ISOPP's website to catch up. A reminder too, that past editions of the Newsletter are also available on ISOPP's website on the
Newsletter page
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Oncology Around the World
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Dr. Jung-woo Chae is receiving his young investigator award from MASCC |
By Alex Chan, National University of Singapore, Singapore
The 2017 MASCC/ISOO Annual Meeting on Supportive Care in Cancer was held in Washington, DC, from June 22-24, 2017. There were a total of 961 delegates at the meeting, representing 53 countries. The meeting featured five pre-conference Study Group workshops, plenary sessions on financial toxicity, immunotherapy side effects and precision medicine. There were also 25 parallel sessions of various topics in cancer supportive care and survivorship.
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By Manit Saeteaw, Faculty of pharmaceutical sciences, Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand
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Speakers of oncology preconference workshop (from left: Mr. Manit Saeteaw, Dr. Rizka Andalusia, A/Prof Alexandre Chan and Dr. Jung-woo Chae)
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Asian Conference on Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) is an annual conference where Asian pharmacists can exchange and share many aspects of clinical pharmacy. This conference has been hosted by many Asian countries. Indonesia organized the 17th ACCP in Yogyakarta this year during 28-30 July 2017. It was a great occasion for celebrating 20 years of ACCP. The conference theme "Unity in Diversity and the Standardization of Clinical Pharmacy Services" emphasized the diversity of pharmacy services in different countries and how to integrate standard practice guidelines to strengthen pharmacy practice. There were numerous oral and poster research presentations that introduced applying standard practice guideline and integrating local wisdom toward patient-centered care. The scientific program was packed with a number of up-to-date sessions such as "Enhancing and amalgamating medication therapy management through cross-cultural unification and teamwork" and offered 6 preconference workshops (including oncology) for those who would like to improve clinical skills.
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By Evelyn Handel, National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Willow Grove, PA, United States
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Evelyn Handel presenting at the Australasian ISOPP
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The 2017 Australasian ISOPP Symposium was held in Melbourne, Australia from August 26-27th, 2017 at St. Vincent's Hospital. The educational sessions were very timely and informative, and included updates in multiple tumor types including non-small cell lung cancer presented by Assoc Prof Tom John, gynaecological oncology by Dr. Geraldine Goss, leukemia by Dr. Jake Shortt, myeloma/amyloidosis by Dr. Simon Gibbs, brain tumors by Assoc Prof Hui Gan, and breast and colorectal cancer screening by Dr. Shirley Wong and Dr. Suzanne Kosmider. Another central topic was good clinical governance in cancer care as well as an overview of the role of electronic systems and clinical practice guidelines in improving patient care, with presentations by Prof David Currow, Jim Siderov, Evelyn Handel, Thu Vo, Kaitrin Souphan, Michelle Hong, Sarah Kouw, and Julia Shingleton. Additional "hot topics" that were covered included medical cannabis presented by Dr. Grace Walpole, and chemotherapy-induced alopecia and immunotherapy/targeted therapy-associated skin toxicities presented by Dr. Milan Anadkat.
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20
th Anniversary of the BOPA Conference
By Steve Williamson, Consultant Cancer Pharmacist and BOPA Chair, England, UK
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BOPA attendees ready to enjoy a session
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The 20th Anniversary Conference of the British Oncology Pharmacy Association was held in Glasgow over the weekend of 6th to 8th October. The conference was a great success, with well over 500 delegates and a packed clinical agenda.
The weather in Glasgow was good and we were warmly welcomed by the Provost (Lord Mayor) of the city. The theme of the conference was looking back and looking forward, with time to reflect on the changes in Oncology Pharmacy in the UK over the last 20 years as well as looking forward to future. We have a very active 'online participation' meeting via our twitter #BOPA17 which you can check out.
We were also proud to have organised a world record attempt to raise money for UK cancer charities and I'm pleased to report that BOPA is now the world record holder for 'most coins thrown into a bucket in one minute'. It was great to beat the record, not as easy as it sounds but the best bit was all our members joining in to do something fun and give back to cancer charities. We hope to have a full report on our meeting in future newsletter.
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ISOPP Business and News
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ISOPP 2018 Symposium
Be part of the
XVII International Symposium on Oncology Pharmacy Practice (ISOPP 2018) scientific program as a poster or platform presenter: S
ubmit your abstract(s) online by
Tuesday,
November 7, 2017.
The Symposium takes place April 11 to 13 at the
Kerry Hotel Pudong
located in the heart of Shanghai's business district. Two concurrent Masterclasses follow on April 14, 2018. Plan your visit early; there are many
reasons to attend
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Two masterclasses are scheduled on April 14, 2018 organized by ISOPP and the Shanghai Anti-Cancer Association (SACA)
. These full day practical workshops, specific to the needs of oncology pharmacy practitioners, will be facilitated by ISOPP leaders and oncology pharmacy experts.
Masterclass #1: Safe Handling
This masterclass will be a basic masterclass based on safe handling and facilities, equipment and ways to minimise exposure to hazardous drugs.
Masterclass #2: Supportive Care
This masterclass is the first part of a cancer supportive care masterclass series, with the goal to introduce the management of commonly encountered chemotherapy-induced toxicities in clinical practice, such as chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, myelosuppression and hypersensitivity.
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In case you missed the email, read the latest edition of the Staying in Touch Enews on the ISOPP website.
"Staying in Touch" is a communication from the ISOPP Secretariat to you, the member, who we serve. The purpose of the communication is to keep you informed of the work the ISOPP leadership is doing on your behalf, and complements the quarterly newsletter that you receive in March, June, September and December.
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Virtual Journal Club
Accessing JOPP is easy! Log in as a member, go to the JOPP Access page and click the Access JOPP button. You have instant access.
The
forty-third issue of the
Virtual Journal Club (VJC)
is available on the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners (ISOPP) website. To access it, visit the
Virtual Journal Club Surveys page
or follow the
direct link
to the survey.
"Association of hypertension and treatment outcomes in advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with bevacizumab or non-bevacizumab containing regimens" Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice Lily Z Yan, Emily V Dressler, and Val R Adams JOPP First Published 21 Feb 2017
Bevacizumab induced hypertension (HT) is suggested, in several studies and several tumour types, to be a good prognostic indicator showing improved response rates (RR) and overall survival (OS). However, maybe HT per se is the key to this improvement. The authors of this small, single-site chart review study in non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) set out to examine this premise. With the primary endpoint of improved RR in patients with any HT and two secondary endpoints. These being the effect of HT on OS in all patients and the effect of HT on overall RR in bevacizumab treated patients. The authors found HT per se did not improve RR nor did HT per se have any effect on OS. However, in the bevacizumab treated patients with HT, RR showed significant improvement as well as an improvement in survival duration. What is needed now is an international multi-centre study to accurately define the benefit. What a great opportunity for ISOPP members to collaborate in research!
- Define the mechanism of action of bevacizumab;
- Describe previous evidence supporting association of bevacizumab-induced hypertension with improved treatment outcomes in a variety of disease states; and
- Summarize evidence supporting association of bevacizumab-induced hypertension with treatment outcomes in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
As a reminder, ISOPP's Virtual Journal Club features online articles from the Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice (
JOPP
). Members are encouraged to read articles and then answer a series of multiple choice questions through the
Virtual Journal Club Surveys
.
After completing the questionnaire, a certificate will be emailed to you. Although not formally accredited for continuing medical education (CME) points, participation is equal to one hour of CME activity.
Members are also encouraged to use the Member Discussion Forum to stimulate discussion about articles they have read. Your
ISOPP membership
provides many great benefits and we are hopeful you will find the Virtual Journal Club another asset to your oncology pharmacy practice.
Regards
Felice Musicco
Website Work Group Key Lead
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