Symposium

Emerging Science: Lifestyle Factors to Mitigate Cancer Related Cognitive Impairment 9580

Corresponding Presenter(s)

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  Melissa Brie, PsyD

  Neuropsychologist
  University of California, San Francisco
  Concord, CA, United States

  Slides

Presenter(s)

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  Arash Asher, MD

  Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  Cedars-Sinai
  Los Angeles, CA, United States
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  Christina Weyer Jamora, PhD, CBIST, RN

  Division Director, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Sciences
  UCSF
  San Francisco, CA, United States
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  Jessica Engle, D.O.

  Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Oncology
  Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
  washington, DC, United States

Non-Presenting Contributor(s)

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  Kathleen Van Dyk, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  UCLA - Semel Institute
  Los Angeles, California, United States

This symposia provides an interdisciplinary, evidence-based discussion from experts in the field of cognitive dysfunction in cancer. Presenters from oncology rehabilitation, neuropsychology, and occupational therapy will provide an overview on the role of lifestyle interventions that can be protective and mitigate symptoms of cancer related cognitive impairment (CRCI). Researchers studying the pathophysiology of CRCI have proposed the "accelerated aging hypothesis" which suggests chemotherapy and cancer treatment, as well as co-morbid health conditions, results in elevated inflammatory proteins and other processes resulting in accelerated brain aging. The symposia will review lifestyle factors that are believed to be contributing to accelerated aging and critically evaluate the current state of the evidence in optimizing these factors to treat CRCI. Lifestyle factors that will be reviewed in detail will include stress, social connection, exercise, sleep, and nutrition.

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, the participant will be able to describe 2 effects of stressors on CRCI and the current state of evidence in both prevention and symptom mitigation
• Upon completion, the participant will able to describe the mechanisms by which exercise may improve cancer-related cognitive impairment.
• Upon completion, the participant will be able to appreciate the role of sleep dysfunction and poor nutrition in the genesis of CRCI and become familiar with treatments being evaluated in clinical trials.
• Upon completion, the participant will be able to describe 2 effects of stressors on CRCI and the current state of evidence in both prevention and symptom mitigation