Unique Challenges in Caring for Teenagers & Young Adults with Cancer
Study day aimed at clinicians (nursing, medical and AHP) involved in the care of Teenagers & Young adults with cancer. The day will cover a diverse range of topics including an interactive patient panel to share their first-hand experiences of cancer as a young person.
Wed 30 Apr 2025
| Topic | Speaker(s) |
| 9-9.15am: Introduction | Dr Victoria Grandage (Consultant Adolescent Haematologist & UCLH TYA Cancer Clinical Lead) Lisa-Marie McMonagle (Teenage Cancer Trust Nurse Consultant) |
| 9.15-10.15am: Barriers to clinical trial access for TYA and how we can overcome these | Lorna Fern (Senior Research Fellow & Patient Engagement Lead, UCLH) Tara Searle (Senior Research Nurse & Team Lead for Paeds/TYA & Sarcoma, UCLH) |
| 10.15 – 11am: Fertility: pre-treatment and going into late effects | Dr Ephia Yasmin (Gynaecology Consultant & Clinical Lead for Gynaecology, UCLH) |
| 11-11.15am: coffee | |
| 11.15-12: EOL and communicating with the dying child/TYA | Dr Jane Neerkin (Consultant in Palliative Medicine, UCLH) Dan Harper (Palliative Care CNS, UCLH) |
| 12-1pm: MDT panel & patient vignettes | Consultants, CNS, ANP, YSC, AHPs |
| 1-1.30pm: Cardiac toxicity and late effects: benefits of a cardio-oncology service | Dr Arjun Ghosh (Consultant Cardiologist, Barts Heart Centre & UCLH) |
| 1.30pm: lunch | |
| 2.15 – 3pm: Patient panel - communicating with TYAs from the patient perspective (interview style) | Patient Panel Thomas Thorpe (TYA Outreach Youth Support Coordinator, UCLH) Andre Thomas (Youth Support Coordinator, UCLH) Jessica O’Brien (Young Adult Clinical Lead Nurse, UCLH) |
| 3-3.45pm: Prehab and rehab: why it matters | Rebecca OKeeffe (Paediatric Therapies Team Lead, RNOH) |
3.45-4.30pm: Transition: getting it right
| Emma Potter (Transition & Long Term Follow Up Nurse Practitioner, Royal Marsden)
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| 4.30pm: Conclusion to day – signpost to TYA AC study day to be held 7/5/25 | Emma Thistlethwayte (TYA ANP, UCLH) |
- Tutor:
- Contact: Emma Thistlethwayte
- Tel: 07966759219
- Email: e.thistlethwayte@nhs.net
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Please contact the course admins for any course related queries
Venue:
- UCLH Education Centre
- 250 Euston Road, London
- NW1 2PG