(Vienna, 14-09-2023) At the Cancer School run by the Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) Vienna of MedUni Vienna and University Hospital Vienna, patients, relatives and other interested parties can learn more about the disease and put their questions to the experts in person. It will start on 3 October 2023 with a number of new features and a hybrid programme in the 2023/24 "school year".
Cancer brings with it many questions: How does cancer develop? How do I read my findings? What therapies are available? What can I do myself? With the Cancer School, the CCC Vienna of MedUni Vienna and Vienna General Hospital offers a series of lectures for anyone who wants to know more about cancer. Participation is free of charge and is possible on site or online. "Competence and knowledge about one's own disease can help one to cope better, to understand better where the disease comes from, or to contribute something oneself," knows Shahrokh Shariat, Head of CCC Vienna and the University Department of Urology of MedUni Vienna and University Hospital Vienna.
Innovations at the start
The new "school year" at the Cancer School CCC Vienna begins on 3 October 2023 at 7 pm in the Jugendstil lecture theatre at MedUni Vienna (1090 Vienna, Spitalgasse 23) with the topic "Artificial Intelligence and Cancer" and shows where artificial intelligence (AI) is already in use today and where research into it is heading. This event takes place in cooperation with the Volkshochschulen (VHS). A new feature of the programme is that the lectures are now held once a month. This means that cancer patients, their relatives and professional groups who work with those affected have the opportunity to join the Cancer School throughout the year and expand their knowledge about the disease.
The format is also new. In addition to pure lectures, there will be more room for personal exchange and discussion. "Modern school is a joint acquisition of knowledge. In the Cancer School, too, we therefore work more closely with those affected," says Gabriela Kornek, Medical Director of the University Hospital Vienna and member of the management team of the Cancer School CCC Vienna. The new programme has been coordinated with the "Alliance of Oncological Patient:in Organisations" and the Cancer Aid and offers space for self-help and those affected. "Let's talk about cancer - it's helpful for coping with the disease," says Helga Thurnher, founder of the Alliance of Oncological Patient:organisations, in support of the Cancer School CCC Vienna. "A cancer diagnosis is a huge shock for most people. It is therefore all the more important to provide well-founded information on various topics that patients are confronted with in the context of or in addition to medical treatment, and at the same time to provide space for personal exchange. The new format of the Cancer School makes both possible and thus meets the needs and concerns of patients in a nutshell," says Gaby Schubert-Sonnbichler, Managing Director of Austrian Cancer Aid Vienna.
Info and registration
Participation is possible in person or online via livestream. Information can be found at www.cancerschool.at. Registration is necessary at: www.cancerschool.at or cancerschool@ccc.ac.at.