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Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 31:459-468 (2001)
© 2001 Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research

Report of the Fourteenth International Symposium of the Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research: Pain Control, Palliative Medicine and Psycho-oncology

John Collins1, Naohito Shimoyama2, Eduardo Bruera3, Fumikazu Takeda4, Tadao Kakizoe2 and Takashi Sugimura2,+

1The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia, 2National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan, 3The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Texas, USA and 4Saitama Health Promotion Corporation, Saitama, Japan


   INTRODUCTION
 
The Fourteenth International Symposium of the Foundation for the Promotion of Cancer Research, entitled ‘Pain Control, Palliative Medicine and Psycho-oncology: Present Status and Future Direction’, was held in Tokyo on January 24–26, 2001. The Chairman of the organizing Committee was Dr Tadao Kakizoe, Director, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

The Symposium was opened by a welcoming address given by Dr Takashi Sugimura. Dr Sugimura noted the unique nature of this particular Symposium being entirely devoted to the supportive care of the oncology patient. Previous Symposia have been devoted largely to basic and clinical research pertaining to the types of cancer and the organs involved (1–3). The Symposium is an acknowledgment of the fact that since 1981, cancer has been the primary cause of death in Japan. Currently, one out of every three deaths in Japan is due to cancer.

Dr Kakizoe, in his keynote address, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   PAIN CONTROL AND PALLIATIVE MEDICINE
 
1. Pain
2. Dyspnea
3. Fatigue and Cachexia
4. Pain and Palliative Medicine for Children
5. Nursing Role In Palliative Care
6. Palliative Care System

   PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY
 
1. Depression and Anxiety
2. Psychosocial Factors and Survival
3. Patient–Doctor Communication
4. Genetic Counselling
5. Psychosocial Interventions for Cancer Patients

   SUMMARY
 

   Acknowledgments
 

   FOOTNOTES
 

   REFERENCES
 

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