MASCC

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What is Supportive Care?
Supportive care is the prevention and management
of the adverse effects of cancer and its
treatment across the entire continuum of a
patients illnessincluding the enhancement of
rehabilitation and survivorship
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Importance of Supportive Care

• Allows patients to tolerate active therapy more
  easily
• Alleviates symptoms and complications of cancer
• Reduces or prevents toxicities of treatment
• Supports communication with patients about their
  disease and prognosis
• Eases emotional burden of patients and care
  givers
• Helps cancer survivors with psychological and
  social problems

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The History of MASCC

• 1990 MASCC founded
• Joint venture by several international groups
  dating from the mid-1980s
• Jean Klastersky, MD, Belgium President
  2000-June,2006
• 1992 Journal begun, Supportive Care in Cancer
• - Hans-Jorg Senn, MD, Switzerland - Editor
• 1998 Began formal relationship with International
  Society of Oral Oncology (ISOO)
• Combined meetings

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The MASCC Mission

• Optimize supportive care in cancer patients
  worldwide
• Stimulate multi-disciplinary research
• Encourage international scientific exchange of
  information
• Expand professional expertise in supportive care
• Educate health care professionals worldwide in
  supportive care
• Serve as a resource for patients, families, and
  caregivers

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MASCC Multidisciplinary Membership

• Physicians (medical, surgical, radiation,
  oncologists and infectious disease specialists)
• Oncology Nurses
• Social workers
• Psychologists
• Dentists/oral oncology experts
• Pharmacists
• Others interested in supportive care

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MASCC Multinational In Scope

• Members from over 55 countries
• North America
• Europe
• South America
• Asia
• Australia
• Africa

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MASCC
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MASCC Partnerships and Relationships

• Alliance joint meetings with the International
  Society of Oral Oncology (ISOO)

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MASCC Partnerships and Relationships

• ISOO
• ONS
• ASCO
• ISOQOL
• NYLCA
• SIOG

• AOSW
• IAHPC
• ESMO
• ECCO
• EONS
• IASLC

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MASCC Activities Annual Symposia North America
or EuropeRecent symposia locations

• 2005 - Geneva, Switzerland
• 2004 - Miami, FL, USA
• 2003 - Berlin, Germany
• 2002 - Boston, MA, USA
• 2001 - Copenhagen, Denmark
• 2000 - Washington, DC, USA
• 1999 - Nice, France

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MASCC Activities Study Groups

• Facilitate research, exchange of ideas, and
  consensus guidelines for a specific area of
  supportive care
• Active Groups
• Antiemetics
• Fatigue
• Growth Factors
• Hemostasis
• Infection
• Mucositis
• Oral Care

• Outcomes healthcare economics
• Palliative Medicine
• Patient Professional Education
• Pediatrics
• Psychosocial
• Quality of life
• Rehabilitation

Recent multidisciplinary guideline conference or
publication
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MASCC Activities Web Site Initiatives

• Education Resource Centers 14 Live
• MASCC Antiemesis Tool (MAT)
• Perugia Antiemetic Guidelines Updates Reflected
• Mucositis Perspectives and Clinical Practice
  Guidelines
• Staying Current with Journal Publications in
  Supportive Care

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MASCC Activities

• Focused consensus meetings mucositis,
  antiemetics, febrile neutropenia
• Professional journal Supportive Care in Cancer
• News periodical Topics in Supportive Care in
  Oncology
• New website www.mascc.org
• Strategic planning

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MASCC Executive Board June2004 - June 2006

• President Matti Aapro, MD, Switzerland
• Vice-President/President Elect Paul Hesketh, MD,
  USA
• Secretary Jørn Herrstedt, MD, Denmark
• Treasurer Ronald Feld, MD, Canada
• Immediate Past President Richard Gralla, MD, USA

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MASCC Board of DirectorsJune 2004 - June 2006

• Andrea Bezjak, MD, Canada
• Sussanne Börjeson, RN, PhD, Sweden
• Eduardo Bruera, MD, USA
• Rebecca A. Clark-Snow, RN, USA
• Lawrence H. Einhorn, MD, USA
• Petra Feyer, MD, Germany
• Agnes Glaus, PhD, RN, Switzerland
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• Dorothy M K Keefe, MD, Australia 
• Douglas E. Peterson, DMD, PhD, USA
• Fausto Roila, MD, Italy
• Mark Schubert, DDS, MSD, USA
• Eoin Tiernan MD, Ireland
• Declan Walsh, MD, USA

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MASCC Membership
Join us!

• Contact Cindy Rittenberg
• Executive Director, Multinational Association of
  Supportive Care in Cancer
• 500 Rue St. Ann, Suite 223Metairie, LA 70005
  USAPhone 504-828-2184    Fax [phone]
     E-mail cindyrit_at_bellsouth.net
• Visit our website www.mascc.org

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