SIO Europe Meeting to Discuss Enlargement Program

SIO Europe strategic meeting

Participants: SIO Europe’s members and representatives of Portugal, Czech Republic and Balkan countries.

WORKSHOPS: Shiatsu; Neuraltherapy; Acupuncture; Homeopathy; Cannabis; Vit. C high doses; Mistletoe; Integrative Oncology in Palliative care and Hospice; Osteopathy; Veterinary; Aesthetic treatment in cancer patients

Pre-conference parallel workshops

1. BRIDGING HUMAN AND VETERINARY MEDICINE: A NEW FRONTIER IN INTEGRATIVE ONCOLOGY (Dr. Benvenuti / Dr.ssa Fiorentini)
2. SHIATSU IN ONCOLOGY PAIN TREATMENT TECHNIQUE (Dr. Torchia)
3. EVIDENCE BASED HOMEOPATHY WITHIN INTEGRATIVE ONCOLOGY: STATE OF THE ART (Dr. Marino)
4. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN INTEGRATIVE ONCOLOGY (Dr.ssa Ligabue)
5. CHEMO-INDUCED NEUROPATHIES (Dr.ssa Ligabue)

Registration and accommodation

Conference logistics

Opening of the congress

Institutional authorities and Congress Presidents

Institutional authorities, Congress Presidents, ESMO President (invited), AIOM President (invited), President of the Rome Medical Association, AIRO President (invited), ESTRO President (invited).

Keynote lecture: Medicine of the future

Keynote lecture · ESMO President, AIOM President, SIO President

Break

Coffee break

TCIM, Anthroposophy, Medicinal Herbs and Precision Medicine

Gender medicine in integrative oncology

Personalized therapy

Integrative oncology guidelines and information

• Integrative oncology guidelines
• Selected scientific information
• Risks and effects about false information

Integrative oncology during chemotherapy, radiotherapy, immunotherapy and targeted therapies: challenge of paradigm

Plenary session – Systemic treatments and integrative oncology

Nutrition: in prevention, in treatment, in secondary prevention + fasting methods

Parallel session – Nutrition and fasting

Exercise and physical activities in oncology: manual therapies and rehabilitation, mind-body therapies

Parallel session – Exercise and rehabilitation

Acupuncture: research in oncology

Parallel session – Acupuncture

The role of the nurse in oncology and integrative oncology

Parallel session – Nursing

Prevention medicine: prevention and in-treatment support through to survivorship and living well with cancer

Parallel session – Prevention and survivorship

Session to be defined

Parallel session – TBD

Break

Coffee break

Integration Models

International experiences in Integrative Oncology

• Italy (Tuscany, Emilia Romagna, Marche, Basilicata)
• Germany
• Switzerland
• France
• Israel
• England

Fasting methods. Sarcopenia in cancer patients

Parallel session – Nutrition and muscle mass

Exercise and physical activities in oncology: yoga, shiatsu, osteopathy, reflexology systems

Parallel session – Exercise and mind-body techniques

Hyperthermia in Oncology

Parallel session – Hyperthermia

Liquid Biopsy: news for treatment cancer

Parallel session – Liquid biopsy

Herbal Medicine and Mushroom in integrative treatment

Parallel session – Herbal and mushroom therapies

Precision Medicine: Scientific reality

Parallel session – Precision medicine

Lunch

Lunch break

Microbiota and cancer (14:30–15:30)

Eight key disciplines of European Integrative Oncology (16:00–18:30)

• Anthroposophic Medicine
• Ayurvedic Medicine
• Classical Homeopathy
• Clinical Hypnosis
• Mind Body Medicine
• Integrative Nursing
• Phytotherapy
• TCM / Acupuncture

Research methodology in Integrative Oncology

Traditional & innovative methods · Funding · Quality criteria in IO

Psycho-oncology & Coaching (14:30–15:30) · Homeopathy and cancer (16:00–18:00)

Parallel session – Psycho-oncology · Homeopathy

Pharmacological approach in integrative treatment

Oncology focus: ovarian, lung, gastrointestinal, head & neck diseases

Educational models, contents and methods in Integrative Oncology

Models potentially transferable to other countries

Models of integration of Integrative Medicine and Oncology

Learning from palliative care and supportive care · Integrative Oncology in Hospice

Art, Dance and Expressive Arts

Parallel session – Expressive arts in oncology

AI and Integrative Oncology · Round Table & Closure

Plenary morning session