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Saturday, November 1 | Sunday, November 2
CURE Patient & Survivor Forum
(*Denotes that session is repeated during another time block)
Saturday, November 1
7:00 – 9:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
7:00 – 8:00 a.m. *Healing Yoga (beginners’ mat class)
Lisa Holtby, MA
*Walking
Carolyn Scott Kortge
9:00 – 9:20 a.m. Opening Movement
Sherry Lebed Davis, CLMT
9:20 – 9:30 a.m. Welcome from CURE staff
  General Session
9:30 – 10:00 a.m. National Keynote: Long-Term and Late Effects (survivorship issues)
Noreen Aziz, MD
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Looking Back and Moving Forward: Where Are We With Cancer Treatment?
Marvin J. Stone, MD
10:30 – 11:00 a.m.

Morning Break and Exhibits

11:00 – 11:30 a.m. The Importance of Clinical Trials
Robert G. Mennel, MD
11:30 – 12:30 p.m. National Keynote: Pain Management
Lauren Shaiova, MD
12:30 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch: “One Mutant Cell”
Kathy LaTour
2:00 – 3:15 p.m. Medical Breakout Sessions
  Breast Cancer
  Colorectal Cancer
  Leukemia/Lymphoma/Myeloma
  Lung Cancer
  Ovarian Cancer
  Prostate Cancer
Other/Rare Cancers
  Young Adult Track: The Medical Side of Young Adult Treatment
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions (young adults to attend session of their choice)
  *Exercise, Fatigue, and Physical Recovery
Leslie J. Waltke, PT
  Integrative Medicine
Carolyn M. Matthews, MD
  Getting a Good Night's Sleep
Kathy Plakovic, RN, FNP, OCN
  Financial Assistance and Resources
Janice Phillips, PhD, RN, FAAN
  *Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles
Jody Pelusi, PhD, FN, AOCN
  Spirituality & Cancer
the Rev. Debra Jarvis
4:45 – 5:45 p.m. Breakout Sessions
  Massage Therapy for Cancer Patients
Kathy Plakovic, RN, FNP, OCN
  Spirited Walker
Carolyn Scott Kortge
  Living With Metastatic Disease
Jody Pelusi, PhD, FN, AOCN
  Pain Management: Discussion Group
Lauren Shaiova, MD
  Advocacy: Who, What, When, Where
Susan Leigh, RN
  *Intimacy and Sexuality
Debra Thaler-Demers, RN, OCN, PRN-C
  Young Adult Track: Roundtable Discussion
Heidi Adams, Brad Zebrack
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Meet the Authors Wine & Cheese Reception