3ο Annual Conference
“Lung cancer in the spotlight
Everyday practice to optimal treatment”
Wednesday, November 29, 2023 – ATRAKTOS VENUE
The 3rd Annual FairLife Lung Cancer Care Conference, entitled “Lung cancer in the spotlight – Everyday practice to optimal treatment” will be held on November 29, 2023, 11.00 – 19.00 p.m. at the Atraktos venue, within FairLife L.C.C.’s activities for November, Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
Registration Page https://fairlifelcc.com/en/lung-cancer-in-the-spotlight/registration/
The hybrid conference will address both scientific and practical challenges of people impacted by lung cancer. We aim to provide information and raise awareness among the general public and representatives of the wider community and the State through engaging presentations delivered by medical scientists.
Sections’ topics will provide information on challenges and barriers as well as solutions – suggestions on prevention and early diagnosis, diagnosis, early stage and metastatic lung cancer, adjuvant therapies and lung cancer stigma.
The 3rd Annual FairLife Lung Cancer Care Conference hopes to reach patients, caregivers and family members impacted by lung cancer, healthcare professionals and scientific institutions, medical students, stakeholders and the wider public,
The conference will be coordinated by journalist Elena Papadimitriou.
More than 50 speakers and commentators – representatives of institutions from the scientific, academic and research community in Greece and abroad, representatives of the Greek Orthodox Church, the Greek State and patients as well as executives of the pharmaceutical industry – will participate in the conference. They are expected to discuss the current picture of lung cancer in Greece, the latest data and the next steps in the implementation of screening, the expectations after an early diagnosis, the treatment of metastatic disease in Greece, the quality of life of people living with lung cancer and the impact of the smoking stigma.
The event will be addressed by: Korina Pateli-Bell, President of FairLife Lung Cancer Care, Epiphanius, Bishop of Talantia, Representative of the Archdiocese of Athens, Marios Themistocleous, Deputy Minister of Health, Sotiris Tsiodras, Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, NKU, Athens, Dr. Karen Kelly (MD), CEO of IASLC, Professor Emeritus University of California, Davis, Dimitris Kontopidis, President of the European Lung Foundation and Ewelina Szmytke, Vice President of Lung Cancer Europe (LuCE).
Commenting on the upcoming conference, Korina Pateli Bell, President of FairLife L.C.C. stated: “2023 conference highlights the entire challenging lung cancer journey. We discuss diagnosis as well as living with lung cancer. Sadly, numbers remain discouraging in Greece but also globally. However, steps towards screening and advances in medicine do give us hope for improving this picture. We must stay on common ground, without restrictions or limits. There is no time to lose when it comes to lung cancer! “
The conference is under the auspices of: the Holy Archdiocese of Αthens, Hellenic Society of Medical Oncology (HeSMO), Hellenic Thoracic Society (HTS), Hellenic Association of Lung Cancer (HeALC), Hellenic Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons (HCTSS), Hellenic Society of Radiation Oncology (HESRO), ) Hellenic Radiological Society (HELRAD.), Hellenic Society of Pathological Anatomy (H.E.P.A.), Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research (H.F.C.R.), Hellenic Nurses’ Association (HNA), Hellenic Psychological Society (HPS). And of the European and international bodies, Global Lung Cancer Coalition (GLCC), International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), Lung Cancer Europe (LuCE), Lung Cancer Awareness Month Coalition (LCAM), European Lung Foundation (ELF), and the Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies (S.F.Ε.Ε) and PhRMA Innovation Forum (PIF).
Kindly supported by: MSD, Roche Hellas, AstraZeneca Greece, BMS Greece, Janssen-Cilag, PharmaServe-Lilly S.A.C.I., GSK.
Agenda https://fairlifelcc.com/en/lung-cancer-in-the-spotlight/agenda/
Simultaneous interpretation (Greek English) will be provided at the conference.
FairLife L.C.C.’s mission is to holistically support people impacted by lung cancer, aiming to improve their quality of life throughout their journey from diagnosis to treatment.
FairLife L.C.C. works:
– to raise public awareness about prevention and early diagnosis, so as to reduce mortality rates
– for the right to be informed about lung cancer
– to promote equal access to diagnostic methods, clinical trials and innovative treatments
– to indicate the need for psychological support for patients, their families and caregivers
– to eliminate lung cancer stigma related to smoking.
FairLife – Lung Cancer Care was founded in memory of Simon Bell, 57, who lost the battle with lung cancer in August 2020.
Communication Manager FairLife L.C.C.:
Nelly Kapsi
Napoleontos 18, 16675 Glyfada
Tel: 213 0165784
FairLine 111 57
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