Symptom Management: Hope on the Horizon Webinar

Watch a replay of this previously aired webinar

Wednesday, January 27, 2010
8-9pm EST / 7-8pm CST / 6-7pm MST/ 5-6pm PST

Dr. Barbara Murphy
Medical Oncologist and Director of the Cancer Supportive Care Program at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Improving colorectal cancer care by addressing some of the newest advances in the understanding and management of disease and treatment related side effects. The presenter will briefly define and provide strategies to manage side effects including: pain (different types of pain), neuropathy, skin rash, digestive (diarrhea, constipation, nausea and vomiting), fatigue, chemo brain and mouth sores.

Barbara A. Murphy, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Hematology/Oncology. She also serves as the Director of the Head and Neck Research Program and the Director of the Pain and Symptom Management Program at the Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Dr. Murphy chairs the Pain and Symptom Management Program Research Team, a multi-disciplinary group of investigators representing numerous schools, divisions and departments within Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The research team is dedicated to investigating symptom control, functional, psychiatric and quality of life issues facing cancer patients and their families. In addition, she serves as the Clinical Director for the Supportive Care Clinic which provides services for patients with challenging symptom control issues.  

Dr. Murphy is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Supportive Oncology and is on the Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Clinical Oncology. She has also served on numerous institutional and national committees including the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Committee on Cancer Related Fatigue 2007 and the Adult Cancer Committee, the American Society of Clinical Oncology Scientific Program Committee for Patient Supportive Care and the Head and Neck Cancer Steering Committee of the National Cancer Institute Previously-Untreated Locally Advanced Task Force.

This webinar is presented by the Colon Cancer Alliance in partnership with
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.

For more information or questions, contact the Colon Cancer Alliance's Program Director, Donna Quinlan

This educational webinar is funded by a grant from:

©2010 Colon Cancer Alliance

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