Sleepless in Seattle. The international cancer education conference

摘要

Sleepless in Seattle [1] was not only a highly successful romantic comedy film (1993) but also the phrase that best captures the spirit of the recently completed International Cancer Education Conference co-organized by the American Association for Cancer Education (AACE), the Cancer Patient Education Network (CPEN), and the European Association for Cancer Education (EACE). It was a meeting filled with activity, engaging conversation, and even some sightseeing, leaving participants a bit bleary eyed by the end of the week. In the movie Sam Baldwin moves to Seattle with his young son to start a new life after his wife dies from cancer. Like aspects of the movie, we too were focused on living with cancer. A myriad of presentations were proffered in a variety of settings all focused on educational aspects of cancer.