International and multidisciplinary expert meeting on
“New issues in Ethics and Oncology”
11.- 12. 05. 2012, Heidelberg
Program
Friday 11.05.2012
9.00-09.20
Words of welcome, introduction
Therapy, targeting and communication:
9.20-10.00
Communication is the key: can it be trained, taught and assessed?
Antonella Surbone, New York, Rome
10.00-10.40
The problem of changing therapeutic target with Erbitux and Avastin
as an example
Wolfgang U. Eckart, Heidelberg
10.40.-10.55
Coffee break
10.55-11.35
Empirical and ethical aspects of tumor-specific therapies in patients at an
advanced stage
Eva Winkler, Heidelberg.
11.35-12.15
Ethical criteria for treatment decisions in critically ill cancer patients, who are no
longer capable of giving consent.
Monika Bobbert, Beate Herrmann, Heidelberg
12.15-12.45
Ethical implications of terminally ill patients’ wishes to die: Why it is important to
understand the narratives
Kathrin Ohnsorge, Heike Gudat, Christoph Rehmann-Sutter
12.45-14.00
Lunch
Individualized Medicine: Genetic Diagnostics, biobanks and genomic analysis
14.00-14.40
Genetic testing in cancer therapy
Mats G. Hansson, Uppsala
14.40-15.20
Biobanks and genomic approaches to cancer research: Experiences from Iceland
about the problems of biobanks and genetic research
Vihjalmur Arnason, Reykjavik
15.20-15.50
15.50-16.10
Ethical aspects of individualized rectal cancer therapy: The relevance of
socioempirical findings regarding physicians' risk assessment
S. Wöhlke, A. Hessling, S. Schicktanz, Göttingen
Coffee break
Affordability of new forms of therapy in the field of tension between effectiveness
and efficiency
16.10-16.50
Is there rationing in cancer care?
Jan Schildmann, Bochum
16.50-17.30
Qualitative interview study on rationing debate and ethical analysis
Oliver Rauprich, Bochum
Nursing care in oncology
17.30-18.10
Ethical issues of oncology nursing (overview)
Doris Fölsch, Hallein (Austria)
18.10-18.50
Standards of Care in Oncology
Dr. Patrick Jahn, Halle
Dinner
Saturday, 12.05.2012
Vulnerable patient groups
9.00-9.40
Challenges in the care of homeless cancer patients
Frauke Ishorst-Witte, Hamburg
9.40-10.20
The care of cancer patients in view of human vulnerability
Prof. Dr. Hille Haker, Chicago
10.20-10.40
Coffee break
10.40-11.10
Duties of children? Ethical aspects of the well-being of minors who donate blood
stem cells to their siblings
Christina Schües, Lübeck
11.10-11.40
Children’s interests and rights between the doctor, the parents and the state
Christoph Schickhardt, Düsseldorf
11.40-13.00
Lunch
Fertility preservation
13.00-13.40
Medical and ethical issues of new forms of fertility preservation in cancer patients
Thomas Strowitzki, Heidelberg
13.40-14.20
Ethical and legal questions in the emerging field of oncofertility
Dorothy E. Roberts, Chicago
14.20-14.50
Discussion of a key-concept of ethics using the example of fertility preservation in
young cancer patients
Bettina Boettcher, Innsbruck
14.50-15.10
Coffee break
15.10-15.50
Ethical issues in geriatric oncology
Ulrich Wedding, Jena
Clinical cancer research: opportunities, risks, perspectives
15.50-16.30
Frequency and effects of conflicts of interest in clinical trials
Steven Joffe, Boston, Cambridge
16.30-17.10
Evidence and ethics in oncological trials
Wolf Dieter Ludwig, Berlin
17.10-17.50
Benefit-risk-assessment and informed consent from patients in clinical research.
Steven Joffe, Boston, Cambridge
17.50-18.00
Conclusions, conference`s end