The 2016 International Cancer Education Conference, organized by the American Association for Cancer Education (AACE) and the Cancer Patient Education Network (CPEN), accepted abstracts that emphasized cancer education curricula, programs and/or initiatives across the cancer continuum. Abstracts were required to relate to the conference theme, Promoting Cancer Education, Equity, and Precision Medicine Globally. Abstracts were categorized as either Research or Innovations in Cancer Education, and they were submitted in one of nine possible focal areas. Authors also had the opportunity to indicate up to five keywords for their submission from a list of over 60 options.
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Authors were required to choose only one focal area under which to submit their abstracts. If an abstract fit into multiple focal areas, authors were instructed to choose the one they thought fit the topic best and use the Keywords section to further categorize their abstracts.
- Diverse and Medically Underserved Populations: Best practices in cancer education for focused populations. Examples of special populations include ethnic or racial minorities, veterans, adolescents and young adults, geriatrics, LGBTQ and others.
- Genomics and Precision Medicine: Programs or research that educate patients and families on the complex genetic and molecular aspects of cancer screening, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care.
- Global Cancer Education and International Collaboration: Share effective cancer education approaches from throughout the world.
- Health Equity and Access to Healthcare: Disparities in the quality of health and access to healthcare across diverse populations. Educational Programs or research that focus on disparities in screening, presence of disease, health outcomes, or access to health care with a consideration of populations that may differ according to race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic and immigration status.
- Health Literacy and Communication across the Cancer Spectrum: Highlight culturally and linguistically appropriate pathways for effective cancer communication from prevention through end-of-life.
- Healthcare Professional Education: Including medical, nursing, pharmacy, social work, etc. trainees with an additional emphasis on supporting student development.
- Integrating Technologies and Multimedia into Cancer Education: Showcase developing, implementing and evaluating creative and innovative multimedia solutions to cancer education, including social media integration, e-learning modules, and more..
- Patient and/or Family Education: Program development, implementation and evaluation: successes, challenges, lessons learned.
- Survivorship and Psychosocial Oncology: Highlight research or innovative programs that educate patients and families on complex survivorship issues and psychosocial aspects of care.
Authors were required to categorize their abstracts as either research or innovations in cancer education; it could not be categorized as both.
- Research in Cancer Education, including research conducted in the field of cancer education. Submissions in this category must conform to the Research Abstract Criteria.
- Innovations in Cancer Education, including projects or programs developed to meet a specific need in cancer education at any point throughout the cancer continuum. Submissions in this category must conform to the Innovations Abstract Criteria.
Authors were required to choose at least one, and no more than five, keywords from the following list to further categorize their abstracts:
- Age Group: Geriatric
- Age Group: Pediatric
- Age Group: Young Adults
- Age Group: Other: ________________
- Cancer Prevention
- Cancer Screening
- Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting
- Clinical Trials
- Community
- Culture: African
- Culture: African-American
- Culture: Alaska Native/American Indian/Indigenous People
- Culture: Asian
- Culture: Asian-American
- Culture: Hispanic
- Culture: Middle Eastern
- Culture: Other: ________________
- End-of-Life
- General Oncology
- Genomics/Genetics
- Immuno-Oncology
- Health Disparities
- Health Equity
- Metastatic Cancer
- Palliative
- Patient & Community Education
- Policy
- Precision/Personalized/Individual Medicine
- Professionals
- Psychosocial Care
- Secondary Cancer
- Site/Type: B Cell Malignancies
- Site/Type: Breast Cancer
- Site/Type: Cervical/Uterine/Ovarian Cancer
- Site/Type: Colorectal Cancer
- Site/Type: Gastric Cancer
- Site/Type: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
- Site/Type: Genitourinary Cancer
- Site/Type: Glioblastoma
- Site/Type: Head & Neck Cancer
- Site/Type: Hematologic Malignancies
- Site/Type: Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Site/Type: Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
- Site/Type: Leukemia and Lymphoma
- Site/Type: Lung Cancer
- Site/Type: MDS
- Site/Type: Medical/Molecular Diagnosis
- Site/Type: Melanoma/Skin Cancer
- Site/Type: Multiple Myeloma
- Site/Type: Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
- Site/Type: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Site/Type: Ovarian Cancer
- Site/Type: Pancreatic Cancer
- Site/Type: Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Site/Type: Prostate/Testicular Cancer
- Site/Type: Renal Cell Carcinoma
- Site/Type: Sarcoma
- Site/Type: Solid Tumor
- Site/Type: Thyroid Cancer
- Site/Type: Other: ________________
- Smoking Cessation
- Special Population: Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transsexual
- Special Population: Prisoners
- Special Population: Under-represented Healthcare Professionals
- Special Population: Veterans
- Special Population: Other: ________________
- Supportive Care
- Survivorship
- Other: ________________
- Abstract Submission Opens: Late January 2016
- Abstract Submission Closes:
4 April 2016 11 April 2016
- Abstract Notifications Sent: early May 2016
- Late-Breaking Poster Abstract Submission Opens: mid-June 2016
- Final Program Posted: late June 2016
- Late-Breaking Poster Abstract Submission Closes: 1 August 2016
- Late-Breaking Poster Abstract Notifications Sent: late August 2016
- Oral Presentations Due to Conference Organizers: 22 August 2016
- Poster Presentations Due to Conference Organizers: 7 September 2016