Focusing on issues that patients and their families encounter as treatment ends and life beyond cancer begins, this year’s conference will present the latest information on support, therapy, and quality living throughout the continuum of cancer care. Topics include: creating and sustaining survivorship care plans, advances in research and interventions, sexuality in cancer survivors, living with cancer in West Virginia, and CAMC Cancer Center’s Project ECHO initiative. This one day conference is designed for all physicians of all specialties, pharmacists, nurses, and radiologic technologists. Objectives By attending this conference, participants should be able to • Describe the unintentional consequences of cancer therapy • Describe the impact of cancer in West Virginia • Explain survivorship issues in pediatric cancer patients after treatment ends • Discuss how Project ECHO can connect primary care providers to oncology specialists to support WV cancer survivors • Demonstrate how cancer diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship can affect patients emotionally and list ways to support patients throughout the continuum • Describe LGBTQ considerations in cancer screening and survivorship • Explain new guidelines for cancer survivorship • Recall treatment strategies for VTE in cancer patients • Discuss current applications and innovations of genetic sequencing for cancer cells

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