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Educational opportunities relevant to cancer care are presented in this feature. Nurses and other health professionals are invited to submit notices of symposia, workshops, and continuing education offerings to: Carol Reed Ash, Editor, CANCER NURSING, J. Hillis Miller Health Center, P.O. Box 100187, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0187. Academic programs leading to advanced degrees in cancer nursing will be listed at the request of the sponsoring agency or institution. Selection of items for review will be based on their relevance to cancer care and the availability of space. Items must be submitted at least four months prior to the program date.

 

Meetings

INTERNATIONAL

EUROPE

Austria

21st Congress: European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)

Dates: November 1-5, 1996

 

Location: Vienna, Austria, Austria Center, Am Hubertusdamm 6, 1220 Vienna

 

Contact: ESMO Congress Secretariat, Via Soldino 22, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland, Tel: ++41 91 795 3170, Fax: ++41 91 795 3172

 

Portugal

10th International Meeting of Gynaecological Oncology

Sponsored by: European Society of Gynaecological Oncology

 

Dates: April 26-May 2, 1997

 

Location: Coimbra, Portugal: Auditorium of Hospitals da Universidade de Coimbra

 

Contact: Secretariat, 10th International Meeting of Gynaecological Oncology, ESGO 10,% Prof. Carlos F. de Oliveira, Servico de Ginecologia, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Praceta Prof. Mota Pinto, 3049 Coimbra Codex-Portugal, Tel: (351)(39) 400-400 Ext. = 10312 or 10336, Fax: (351)(39) 721-478

 

Switzerland

8th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Sponsored by: 8th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

 

Dates: Sunday, May 25 to Wednesday, May 28, 1997

 

Location: Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, Switzerland

 

Contact: Administrative Secretariat, 8th ECCMID '97,% AKM Congress Service Clarastrasse 57, Post Office Box, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland, Tel: (41 61) 691 51 11; Fax: (41 61) 691 81 89

 

ASIA

Malaysia

13th Asia Pacific Cancer Conference

Sponsored by: Asia Pacific Cancer Conference

 

Dates: November 18-22, 1996

 

Location: Penang, Malaysia

 

Contact: Secretariat, A2.27 Komtar, 10,000 Penang, Malaysia, Fax:(60 4) 2618691

 

UNITED STATES

Arizona

ASCO: Fall Educational Conference

Sponsored by: ASCO

 

Dates: November 8-10, 1996

 

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

 

Contact: ASCO, 435 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1717, Chicago, IL 60611, Fax: (312) 644-8557

 

Oncology Nursing Society Fall Institute Meeting

Sponsored by: Oncology Nursing Society

 

Dates: November 8-10, 1996

 

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

 

Contact: ONS, 501 Holiday Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15220-2749, Fax:(412) 921-6565.

 

California

88th Annual Meeting AACR

Sponsored by: AACR

 

Dates: April 12-16, 1997

 

Location: San Diego, CA

 

Contact: AACR, Public Ledger Building, Suite 816, 620 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, Fax: (215) 440-9313

 

Florida

4th National Conference on Cancer Nursing Research

Sponsored by: American Cancer Society in cooperation with the Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses and the Oncology Nursing Society

 

Dates: January 23-25, 1997

 

Location: Panama City, Florida

 

Contact: ACS, (404) 329-7616

 

Louisiana

22nd Annual Congress Oncology Nursing Society

Sponsored by: Oncology Nursing Society

 

Dates: May 1-4, 1997

 

Location: New Orleans, LA

 

Contact: P. Moore, ONS, 501 Holiday Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15220, Fax: (412) 921-6565

 

New York

Innovative Cancer Therapy for Tomorrow

Sponsored by: Division of Neoplastic Diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

 

Dates: November 6-8, 1996

 

Location: New York, NY

 

Contact: Division of Neoplastic Diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1178, One Gustave Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, Fax: (212) 996-5787

 

Third World Congress of Psycho-Oncology "Global Psycho-Oncology in the Next Millenium"

Sponsored by: World Congress

 

Dates: October 4-6, 1996

 

Location: New York Vista Hotel

 

Contact: Congress Secretariat, Imedex USA, Inc., 1060 Cambridge Square Suite D, Alpharetta, Georgia 30201-USA, Tel: (404) 751-7332, Fax: (404) 751-7334, E-mail: [email protected]

 

South Carolina

Second Annual Psychosocial Conference, "Loss: A Common Thread Through the Cancer Experience"

Sponsored by: Office of Continuing Medical Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine

 

Dates: October 11, 1996

 

Location: South Carolina State Museum, 301 Gervais St, Columbia, SC 29203

 

Contact: Susan Pearson, Office of Continuing Medical Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, 15 Richland Medical Park, Columbia, SC 29203 (803) 434-4211

 

Washington, DC

Ninth Annual Oncology Nursing Conference

Location: Washington, DC

 

Contact: Contemporary Forums, 11900 Silvergate Drive, Dept. PR, Dublin, CA 94568, Tel: (510) 828-7100, Ext. 0. Fax: (510) 828-2121