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Sebastiano Mercadante: Updated announcement for the 13th edition of Mercadante and friends

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Jan 31, 2025, 15:49

Sebastiano Mercadante: Updated announcement for the 13th edition of Mercadante and friends

Sebastiano Mercadante, Director at La Maddalena Cancer Center – Level III Oncological Department, shared a post on LinkedIn:

“Updated announcement for the 13th edition of Mercadante and friends:

Women in palliative care.

See you all in Palermo for this unforgettable event! Few slots available for oral presentation. Don’t miss! See information in the flyer.

Your Seb.

La Maddalena S.p.A. – Dipartimento Oncologico di III Livello
MD Anderson Cancer Center
The Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC)

April 10th 2025

I SESSION

15.30 Registration
16.00 Opening ceremony – Introduction
16.10 ESAS and me, Eduardo Bruera Houston, USA
16:40 Cerimony of ‘Mercadante and friends award’
16.50. Neuropathic and nociplastic pains in cancer, Nadine Attal, Paris, France
17.30 p.m. The golden ring of palliative care, Sebastiano Mercadante, Palermo, Italy
18:10 Oral Presentations:

Palliating our colleagues: Strategies to enhance wellbeing, fulfillment and
resilience in our burned-out health care systems. Amy A. Case and Amy Gallagher/Buffalo, NY, USA
Psychological factors influencing attitudes towards euthanasia, assisted suicide and palliative care among medical students and intern physicians, Wojciech Leppert, Poznan, Poland-
Nondisclosure and the impact of symptom burden in Muslims with advanced cancer: A review of 5 symptom assessment tools, Mona Tareen, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

19:00 End of scientific session

April 11st 2025

II SESSION

09.00 Maternalism, Claudia Gamondi, Losanne, Switzerland
09.40 One (wo)man band, Yasmine Grassi, Palermo, Italy
10:20. Social pain, social care, Tania Piccione, Palermo, Italy
Break
11.30 Oral Cavity, Valeria Mercadante, London, UK
12.20 Artificial intelligence, Elena Giovanna Bignami, Parma, Italy
Lunch

III SESSION

15.00 New treatments for cachexia: ponsegromab study – Marie Fallon, Edinbourgh, UK
15.40 Opioids and opioids, Akhila Reddy, Houston, USA
16.10 Immunotherapy and analgesic therapy, Angela Santoni, Rome, Italy
Break
17.30 Oral presentations

Empowering Choices: guiding Patients in Advance Directives, María Mercedes Fajardo, Cali, Colombia
The Administrative Burden on Palliative Academic Palliative Care Physicians, Rida Khan, Houston, USA
Medical cannabis. Maria Luisa Viganò, Montreal, Canada

7.00 p.m. End of scientific session

April 12nd 2025

IV SESSION

9.00 Questions and answers. Eduardo Bruera & Sebastiano Mercadante, Houston, USA
10.00 Spirituality in different cultures, Asma El Azhari, Casablanca, Morocco
10.30 Oral presentation
Role of Integrative Oncology in Cancer Symptom Management, Narayanan Santhosshi, Houston, USA
Break
11.30 Reserve a room for constipation, Sebastiano Mercadante, Palermo, Italy
12.20 Oral presentations
Pain catastrophism and spirituality, Alessio Lo Cascio, Palermo, Italy
1.00 p.m. End of the meeting – Farewell to Mercadante and friends 2026.”

Sebastiano Mercadante: Updated announcement for the 13th edition of Mercadante and friends