Close collaboration between patients with cancer and survivors and oncologists/cancer researchers is the essence of Patient Centered Care in modern oncology.

During the 60th Oncology Congress of the Serbian Medical Society STEPUPIORS participants Dr Suzana Stojanovic-Rundic, radiation oncologist, Dr Milan Kocic, oncological surgeon, Dr Mladen Marinkovic, radiation oncologist, Dr Jelena Spasic, medical oncologist and Dr Marija Djordjic Crnogorac, molecular biologist, had useful discussions with patients and patient advocates at the Forum for Cancer Patients held on November 29, 2023. The covered topics included details on surgical treatment of colorectal cancer and colostomy, as well as radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy. A special section was dedicated to the logistics of patient flow within the Genetic Counseling for Hereditary Cancers Department at the Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia, covering genetic testing for the presence of Lynch Syndrome and other associated diseases.

For further information, please contact Dr Marija Djordjic Crnogorac and Dr Ana Krivokuca at geneticko.savetovanje.iors@ncrc.ac.rs