Scalp Cooling Summit
A forum for collaboration & idea generation
The world’s first Scalp Cooling Summit – where innovative global leaders in oncology and research shared their knowledge and understanding of precision side effect management, creating a platform where clinicians can learn, join conversations, and challenge themselves to advance the future of supportive cancer care and scalp cooling.
An international event hosted digitally on the 5th May 2022, the Summit will featured a series of talks, key note discussions and live dialogue dialogue – with the aim to inspire delegates to see the importance and potential of scalp cooling in individual symptom management, and provide them the tools to implement better scalp cooling in their practice.
Keynote Discussions
The Summit included discussions on:
BEYOND HAIR RETENTION
Scalp Cooling for Regrowth
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHEMOTHERAPY
-INDUCED PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY Cyrocompression Device
SCALP COOLING WITH ANTHRACYCLINES
Breaking Away from ‘Taxanes Only’
ONCODERMATOLOGIST PERSPECTIVE
Why Side Effect Management Should Be Preventative, Not Curative
ONCO-DERMATOLOGIST PERSPECTIVE
Why Side-Effect Management Should be Preventative, Not Curative
PERSISTENT ALOPECIA AND DOCETAXEL
Low Incidence, High Impact
Roundtables
The Summit included discussions on:
WHAT NEXT?
The Future of Scalp Cooling Trials and Research
CHEMOTHERAPY SIDE EFFECT MANAGEMENT FOR PATIENTS OF COLOR Why Equity Matters in Cancer Care
DO QUALITY OF LIFE MEASUREMENTS NEED TO EVOLVE
To Reflect the Impact of Hair Loss During Chemo?
PATIENT-CENTRED CARE
Beyond the Buzzword
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NURSING ROLE
In Scalp Cooling and Chemotherapy Side Effect Management
PREPARING PATIENTS AND MANAGING EXPECTATIONS
A Multidisciplinary Conversation
