Young SIOG Newsletter 1

Young SIOG Elections

Late 2020, we have welcomed our new chair Melissa Loh and this month we welcome the newly elected vice-chair Fabio Gomes. This recent election saw a very active participation of our members with only 9% of abstention.

The final election round for the remaining four (4) governance members is now open, so please check your emails and cast your votes before February 9, 2021.

The candidates are:

Janine Capobiango Martins (Brazil)
Marloes Derks (Netherlands)
Jessica Krok-Schoen (USA)
Alexandra Lewis (UK)
Gabor Liposits (Denmark)
Anna Mislang (Australia)
Prem Narasimhan (India)
Sukeshi Patel Arora (USA)
Mukul Roy (India)

NB: Please note that these elections are only open to Young SIOG members.

Aims

As an interest group within SIOG our overarching aims are:

To establish a collaborative network of young researchers and clinicians
To facilitate mentorship of young researchers by more experienced investigators in the field
To promote education and advocate for geriatric oncology in our institutions and countries

Our current initiatives include:

YSIOG publications
YSIOG virtual forum (3-monthly)
YSIOG Newsletter (3-monthly)
YSIOG on social media
YSIOG educational webinars
YSIOG online blog

You can connect and collaborate with the group in any of these activities through several platforms:

Meet the Members

Nina Rosa Neuendorff is an internist and hemato-oncologist working at the University Hospital in Essen (Germany), Department for Hematology and Stem-Cell Transplantation.

Before getting into medicine, she spent most of her life playing piano. Afterwards, she obtained her medical degree from the University in Marburg. After performing her MD thesis in basic science, she completed her internal medicine training at Charité University Hospital in Berlin and her hematology specialist training at Heidelberg University Hospital.

Her main areas of clinical and research interests include acute leukemia, aggressive lymphoma, and allogeneic stem-cell transplantation in older adults.

Thus, she is working on several projects in this field, including proxy-assisted sarcopenia screening in critically ill older adults, cardiac comorbidities during autologous stem-cell transplantation, and clonal hematopoiesis. Currently, she serves as a member of the Young SIOG governance.

SIOG 2021 Events

SIOG 2021 Advanced Course – Canberra, Australia - ON DEMAND LEARNING AVAILABLE

This first edition of SIOG 2021 Advanced Course in Geriatric Oncology has welcomed 74 participants from 14 countries and has constituted our first successful and memorable event of 2021.

If you missed this opportunity, it is not too late. Click here to purchase selected sessions from the course.

SIOG 2021 Webinar Series – Lymphoma (March 15)

This is the first webinar of this series and it is free of charge. Registration is required.

SIOG 2021 Advanced Course – Treviso, Italy (June 30 - July 3)

Applications for this course are already closed, but applications for the 2022 course will open in late 2021 / early 2022.

SIOG 2021 Annual Conference - Geneva, Switzerland (November 4-6)

The registrations and abstract submissions will open on World Cancer Day (February 4).

This year is still going to be challenging but we will meet in Geneva to celebrate SIOG’s family reunion and SIOG 20^th Anniversary. On this occasion, the Scientific Committee is preparing an engaging scientific programme which will include the well-known MDT sessions, the Rapid Fire Updates session and also compelling debates and Geriatric Assessment workshops amongst other sessions developed around the following tracks: solid tumours and basic science, hematologic malignancies and basic science, supportive and palliative care, geriatric assessment. Many field experts have already accepted to join us to deliver their talks to their peers.

Highlights

Priorities for the global advancement of care for older adults with cancer: an update of the SIOG priorities initiative - (read here)
Prevalence and follow-up of potentially inappropriate medication and potentially omitted medication in older patients with cancer – The PIM POM study - (read here)
Addition of chemotherapy to local therapy in women aged 70 years or older with triple-negative breast cancer: a propensity-matched analysis - (read here)
Development and Validation of a Risk Tool for Predicting Severe Toxicity in Older Adults Receiving Chemotherapy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer - (read here)
Association of Polypharmacy and Potentially Inappropriate Medications With Physical Functional Impairments in Older Adults With Cancer - (read here)
The underreporting of phase 3 chemo-therapeutic clinical trial data of older patients with cancer: a systematic review - (read here)

YSIOG Publications

The Young SIOG group continues the work to develop and publish collaborative papers across several topics within geriatric oncology.

Our ongoing YSIOG manuscripts are:

Biomarker-guided therapy – led by Konstantinos Christofyllakis
Epigenetics/Inflammation – led by Melissa Loh/Nikesha Gilmore
Surgical oncology – led by Lisa Cooper
ASH annual meeting perspectives – led by Maya Abdallah
SABCS annual meeting perspectives – led by Mina Sedrak

Our latest YSIOG publications were:

Perspectives on functional status in older adults with cancer. (read here)
Perspectives on geriatric oncology research presented at the 2020 ESMO Science Congress. (read here)
Transplant-ineligible newly diagnosed multiple myeloma: Current and future approaches to clinical care. (read here)

Several other papers have been published by the group (read here )

Opportunities

Find new collaborations

The Young SIOG continues to promote and disseminate a database of members enlisting their clinical and research interests. You can find colleagues to collaborate and also add/change your details directly here. Also, we will use this to send invitations that match your interests.

Write and raise awareness

If you are interested in contributing to our upcoming YSIOG educational webinars and YSIOG blog or if you are interested in leading or collaborating on scientific paper writing under the supervision of senior SIOG members in the field of geriatric oncology, please contact Melissa Loh (kahpoh_loh@urmc.rochester.edu).

Showcase your work and get peer support

If you would like to be featured in the ‘meet the member’ or showcase your research in the ‘research highlight’ section, please contact Fabio Gomes (fabio.gomes2@nhs.net).

If you wish to brainstorm an idea or a project with other YSIOG members and some senior mentors use our online YSIOG Forum and please contact Melissa Loh (kahpoh_loh@urmc.rochester.edu).

Stay safe and stay in touch!