Psycho-Oncology News from Around the World
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20th World Congress of Psychosomatic Medicine
Organized by the International College of Psychosomatic Medicine ICPM
the 20th World Congress of Psychosomatic Medicine will be held in Turin, Italy, September 23-26, 2009. The Congress will consist of lectures that update significant topics in psychosomatic medicine, symposia, interactive clinical cases onferences, workshops, and poster sessions. It is a unique opportunity to venture off the beaten path of exclusive reliance on biomedicine as the only approach to health care and to broaden clinical perspectives.
For more information visit www.icpm2009.com or see the congress
flyer for details.
UICC Announces its 2008 Congress Website! The International Union against Cancer is happy to inform you that the official website
for its 2008 Congress, scheduled for 27 - 31 August 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland, has been activated and can be visited at the following address: www.uicc-congress08.org.
Preliminary information about the congress programme, registration, exhibition, sponsorship and scholarships is available. Participants will be able to register for the congress and make their hotel reservations online from September 2007 onward. The abstract submission procedure will be
open from
1 December 2007 to 28 March 2008.
ISBM and JSBM Announce the 10th International Congress on Behavioural Medicine, 27 - 30 August 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. For more information and to submit an abstract, visit the Congress website at www.icbm2008.jp.
International Union Against Cancer Launches New Companion Website
The International Union Against Cancer recently launched a companion website, The
Global Cancer Control Community, an online community for
health care professionals and researchers working in the area of cancer prevention
and control.
IPOS and ESO Release Additional Online Lectures!
IPOS and the European School of Oncology (ESO) are proud to announce that additional
lectures have now been added to the online Multilingual Core Curriculum in
Psycho-Oncology. The new topics include family, bereavement, palliative care
and ethics. All four new lectures are currently only available in English,
but translated versions will be posted in the near future. See the IPOS
Online Education web page for further details!
INSPIRE booklets are now available!
Coping with Lung Cancer: Emotional Support and Help
For Patients
For Caregivers
A Physicians Guide
IPOS
and Roche Partner to INSPIRE Awareness of Psycho-Oncology
IPOS is pleased to announce its partnership with Hoffmann-La Roche to help
raise awareness globally of the value and benefits of psycho-oncology. Today,
IPOS and Roche have announced their first joint global initiative, INSPIRE – a
new program to help lung cancer patients and their caregivers to better manage
their disease and improve their quality of life. More information is provided
in this
press
release.
Online 2008 Membership Renewal is available NOW!
To renew your membership dues online, you must log
into the IPOS Members-Only website. If you have lost or forgotten
your login information, please contact IPOS Headquarters at info@ipos-society.org.
Online renewals can be submitted using Visa, Master Card or American Express and are processed securely through Authorize.Net. If
you prefer to pay your dues via check or if you simply do not wish to renew
online, please contact IPOS Headquarters at info@ipos-society.org to receive
a PDF dues invoice via e-mail. All 2007 IPOS members who have not paid their
2008 membership dues by 31 December
2007 will be sent a hard copy dues invoice via first-class mail.
IPOS invites bids on the location of future World Congresses! See
the Meetings page for more information.
UICC announces a Global Call to Stop Cervical Cancer. Read more...
Online Psycho-Oncology Lectures Now Available in JAPANESE
IPOS is now hosting several psycho-oncology online lectures
in Japanese. The translated lectures are a combination of
offerings from the IPOS/ESO
Core Curriculum of Psycho-Oncology and webcasts taken from the
library
of
the American
Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS). IPOS is currently
featuring webcasts translated into Japanese with
the generous support of GlaxoSmithKline
Japan and the Japan
Psycho-Oncology Society. To view webcasts in
Japanese, click
here.
IPOS Membership Benefits Include Membership in the World Psychiatric
Association's Psycho-Oncology Group
IPOS members can join the Psycho-Oncology Group of the
World Psychiatric Association (WPA) at no additional cost.
You must complete the application to join the WPA group
found on the IPOS Membership Application web page at http://www.ipos-society.org/about/membership/application.htm and
return the completed application to IPOS President and
WPA
Psycho-Oncology Group Chair Luigi Grassi MD in order
to take advantage of this offer.
