Concurrent 6 | Advanced Practice

11am – 12.30pm AWST, 18 June 2026 ‐ 1 hour 30 mins

Concurrent sessions

Explore how advanced practice cancer nurses are leading innovative models of care across the cancer continuum. This session highlights nurse-led pathways, service redesign, and specialist roles driving improved access, coordination and patient-centred care across a range of tumour streams.

Time Abstract Title Presenter
11:00 – 11:15 Establish, expand, sustain: The advanced practice nurse in cancer care Ellen Heywood
11:15 – 11:30 From inpatient to outpatient: A CNC-led model optimising pancreatic cancer diagnostic care Jamila Adeva
11:30 – 11:45 Development of a melanoma nursing advanced practice pathway: A consensus-driven approach Sharon de Graves
11:45 – 12:00 Elevating the role of advanced practice nursing in the care of neuroendocrine tumour patients: Development of a NET nurse practitioner role Kate Wakelin
12:00 – 12:15 Innovating care pathways in head and neck cancer: A nurse-led concurrent chemoradiation clinic Debbie Farrell
12:15 – 12:30 Development of a specialist nursing model to support an integrated, holistic melanoma telehealth service across the care pathway Claire Kelly