2020_02_25_MED_coe

350 students will meet quotation on February 27th, 28th and 29th at the 16th edition of the congress International Oncology Course for Students (COE)organized by the biosanitary Schools of the University of Navarra. The participants come from 17 universities in Spain and Germany, and attend programs of study in Medicine, Biology, Biochemistry , Nursing, Pharmacy, Nutrition, Master's Degree and doctorate.

The event, graduate "The journey of cancer: prevention, control and humanity", will delve into the therapeutic novelties and cutting-edge technology that combine in the research, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care of cancer from the scientific, human and social perspective, and with a marked approach multidisciplinary . 

Attendees will be able to listen, among others, to specialists such as Patricia Martín, oncologist at department of development of Medicines at high school Gustave Roussy (Paris), who will address advances in personalized oncology. Along the same lines will be the discussion paper on the latest milestones in cancer treatment, at position by Enriqueta Felip, vice-president of the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology and principal investigator of group of thoracic tumors and head and neck cancer at the Vall d'Hebron Hospital. For his part, Joaquín Arribas, director scientific research center Biomedical at network at area Cancer, will review the transnational research in this discipline.

In addition,José María Martín Moreno, advisor of the WHO Regional Office for Europe and director of the group EUROCAN+PLUS Cancer Prevention in Europe of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, will participate in the congress .

From nutrition for oncology patients to cancer-sniffing dogs

For this edition, the committee organizer has sought a more dynamic congress but without losing the essence of a university event. For this purpose they have designed 13 workshops, in partnership with specialists from the biomedical Schools of the University, the Simulation Center of the School of Medicine, the Hospital Complex of Navarra (CHN) and the Clínica Universidad de Navarra.

Among them is association de Cáncer y Detección Olfativa Canina (CDOC), from Valencia, which has dogs capable of diagnosing certain types of cancer such as prostate or lung cancer, whose effectiveness is beginning to be investigated in some scientific publications. In the workshop, the diagnostic method will be explained and a demonstration will be made with samples of oncology patients.

On the other hand, nutrition will be emphasized as a fundamental element in the treatment of the disease. Two chefs from the Basque Culinary Center will perform a showcooking in which they will prepare different food proposals appropriate for people with cancer, which will be accompanied by an explanation by an expert in nutrition. In addition, the handling of artificial nutrition in Oncology will be shown, as well as the material used in the daily life of patients. Both initiatives will take place on Thursday afternoon.

The other workshops will focus on research and scientific interest, communication or care in emergency scenarios, and oncological exploration and surgery.