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The first online conference for breast cancer survivors—SURVIVA 2018: an innovative information tool

Authors: Fadime Cenik, Michaela Steinhart, Mohammad Keilani, Richard Crevenna

Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer | Issue 8/2019

Abstract

Purpose

The implementation of a new online conference tool, with the goal of providing competent answers, information, and support from experts in their fields, about diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation in breast cancer patients.

Methods

The implementation process and data of the first online conference are described.

Results

Following the idea and initiative of a breast cancer survivor, and under the umbrella of a leading oncologist in breast cancer treatment, and with the cooperation of further leading experts in the fields, plus their therapeutic teams, the new online conference SURVIVA 2018 was implemented as an innovative platform—free of charge, online, and with easy and anonymous access—to provide breast cancer survivors with in-depth information and help from the leading Austrian experts in their fields. This first online conference for German-speaking breast cancer survivors is an innovative and modern concept, which seems to have been very well accepted.

Conclusion

This concept could also be of interest to survivors of other cancer entities.

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Title: The first online conference for breast cancer survivors—SURVIVA 2018: an innovative information tool
Authors: Fadime Cenik
Michaela Steinhart
Mohammad Keilani
Richard Crevenna
Publication date: 01-08-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
Published in: Supportive Care in Cancer / Issue 8/2019
Print ISSN: 0941-4355
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7339
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-019-04810-4

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