ecancermedicalscience

Conference Report

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.

Related Articles

Charles M Balch, Ning Liao, Dennis S C Lam, Jeffrey N Weitzel, Rui-Hua Xu, Gerhardt Attard, Paul A Bunn, Alexander M M Eggermont, Jie He, Yuko Kitagawa, Soon Thye Lim, Eduardo Cazap, Bernard Esquivel, Xianqun Fan, Louis W C Chow, Edward S F Liu, Hector Martinez Said, John E Niederhuber, Isabel T Rubio, Ashraf Saad Zaghloul, Oscar G Arrieta, Riccardo A Audisio, Geerard L Beets, Felipe J F Coimbra, Jorge E Gallardo, Judy E Garber, Alessandro Gronchi, Volker Heinemann, Allison W Kurian, Miriam Mutebi, Masaki Mori, Funmi I Olopade, Piotr Rutkowski, Mansoor Saleh, William M Sanchez, Raymond Sawaya, John F Thompson, Gerald Tumusiime, Carlos S Vallejos, David C Whiteman, YiLong Wu, King-David T Yawe, Nayef Awad Al Zahrani, Odysseas Zoras, Banu K Arun, Carol J Fabian, Jeffrey E Gershenwald, William J Gradishar, Jin He, V Suzanne Kimberg, Ronald M K Lam, Victor H F Lee, Domenica Lorusso, Tony S K Mok, N D Perrier, Hope S Rugo, Cornelia Ulrich, Chandrakanth Are, J Vignat, I Soerjomataram
Pétiori G Laurence Touré, Stéphane Ipou, Ismael Kamara, Brahim Samuel Traoré, Bitty Adde Odo, Dion Aristide Gonce, Malan N’Guessan Prosper Mebiala, Gnonsian Estelle Gahie, Etobo Innocent Ahounou, Aka Rita, Kouamé Konan Yvon Kouassi, Moctar Touré, Innocent Adoubi, Gustave Koffi, Jean Marie Yeo Tenena, Roger Charles Joseph Delafosse
Josepmilly Del Valle Peña Colmenares, Wladimir José Villegas Rodríguez, Osama Bahsas Zaky, Carlos Eduardo Martínez, Douglas José Angulo Herrera
Ally H Mwanga, Jeanine Justiniano, Eric M Mbuguje, Balowa Musa, Deogratius B Mwanakulya, Andrew Swallow, Edith Kimambo, Eva Uiso, Swaleh Pazi, Latifa Rajab, Nashivai E Kivuyo, Larry Akoko, Azza Naif, Advera Ngaiza, Sara Nyagabona, Jerry Ndumbalo, Amos R Mwakigonja, Jim E Littlejohn, Seif Wibonela, Cameron E Gaskill
Bothello Mark Richard, Shilpa S Cholachagudda, Pankhudi Priya, Sidharth Totadri, Ranjini Srinivasan