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NaPPOCON 2025: translating evidence into meaningful clinical practice in paediatric psycho-oncology—reflections from the First National Paediatric Psycho-Oncology Conference, 1–2 August 2025, Bangalore, India

30 Jan 2026
Lakshmi R Varma, Krishna Gayathri Alakkal Rajesh, Sunil Bhat, Rhea Daruvala

The National Paediatric Psycho Oncology Conference 2025 was the first such conference to be conducted in India with an exclusive focus on paediatric psycho-oncology. The conference brought together a multidisciplinary faculty coupled with participants from various specialities, including paediatric oncologists, surgical oncologists, radiation oncologists, nutritionists, nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers and trained psycho oncologists. This 2-day programme began with a hands-on skill-building workshop, followed by a day full of evidence-based, clinically applicable and research-rooted topics and discussions specific to various aspects of paediatric psycho-oncology. The added objective of focusing on applicability in low- and middle-income settings, while keeping cultural relevance in mindaided in making the discussions specific to the Indian context.

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