7th Congress

Bonds at the heart of care

STPO's seventh congress, devoted to the quality of bonds along the cancer pathway: between caregivers and patients, relatives and patients, and each person with themselves. Lectures, round tables, workshops, testimonies, exhibitions and screenings of STPO films.

18 & 19 September 2026Hôtel Sheraton, Tunis

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Programme

Lectures, round tables, and workshops.

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Friday 18 September 2026 - Workshops

  1. 10h00–12h00

    Workshop

    • Workshop 1 - Stoma care (Coloplast)Dr Souhaib Atri · Dr Amine Sebei · Dr Houcine Maghrebi · Dr Selma Kacem

  2. 14h00–16h00

    Parallel workshops

    • Workshop 2 - Escape Room: 120 minutes in a patient's shoesDr Faten Ellouze · Dr Rahma Damak · Dr Khedija Meddeb
    • Workshop 3 - When bonds weaken: managing complex situations along the care pathwayMr Julien Guérin · Dr Sana Masmoudi · Dr Montasser Kacem
    • Workshop 4 - Family and the systemic approachDr Aymen Lahmer · Dr Wissal Cherif · Dr Malek Hajri

  3. 16h00–16h30

    Coffee break

  4. 16h30–18h30

    Parallel workshops

    • Workshop 5 - When the bond hinders the care relationship: around palliative-phase situationsDr Sarah Dauchy
    • Workshop 6 - “Being” for one's well-beingDr Souhail Bannour
    • Workshop 7 - Beyond treatments: the art of communicating with a child with cancer and their familyDr Zeineb Abbes · Dr Faten Fdhila

Saturday 19 September 2026

  1. 09h00–10h30

    Session 1 - The caregiver–patient bond: communicating, containing, supporting

    ChairsDr Hamouda Boussen · Dr Mohamed Jouni · Dr Monia Hechiche · Dr Mejda Cheour · Dr Rym Ghachem · Dr Khalil Mahjoubi

    • 09h00–09h15Kairos vs Chronos: weaving the bond between the ills that weigh and the words that sootheDr Faten Ellouze
    • 09h15–09h25STPO capsule - “The Voices that Heal” project · Invisible bonds: patient trajectories, care trajectoriesDr Sana Masmoudi · Dr Montasser Kacem · Dr Hinda Rais
    • 09h25–09h40The voices that heal: from patients' experience to tools for better supportDr Salma Kacem · Dr Sana Masmoudi
    • 09h40–09h55The bond as first care, toward medical sobrietyDr Patrice Guex
    • 09h55–10h10Bonds at the heart of care: good-practice benchmarks in psycho-oncology - STPO 2026 recommendationsDr Rahma Damak · au nom du groupe de travail STPO
    • 10h10–10h30Discussion

  2. 10h30–11h00

    Coffee break

  3. 11h00–11h15

    Opening of the congress

    Dr Sana Masmoudi

  4. 11h15–12h45

    Session 2 - The patient–relatives–caregivers bond: building the alliance without erasing the ill person

    ChairsDr Raja Labben · Dr Khaled Rahal · Dr Karim Ben Hammouda · Dr Leila Ben Fatma · Dr Leila Mnif · Dr Mouna Ayedi

    • 11h15–11h30From multidisciplinary care to the patient pathway: feedback from neuro-oncologyMr Julien Guérin (Psychologue, Président de la SFFPO, France)
    • 11h30–11h45A first psycho-oncology consultation experience in SfaxDr Farah Cherif
    • 11h45–12h05Telling the illness, carrying the ill person: beliefs and family solidarities in the Tunisian contextMr Mohamed Jouili (Sociologue, FSHS, Tunis)
    • 12h05–12h25Debate - Should everything always be told to the patient? Between law, ethics and clinical reality
    • 12h05–12h15The difficulties and realities on the groundDr Yousra Ben Mrad
    • 12h10–12h25What the law saysDr Mohamed Allouche · Dr Syrine Manoubi
    • 12h25–12h45Discussion

  5. 13h00–14h30

    Lunch

  6. 14h30–15h40

    Session 3 - The bond with oneself and the body

    ChairsDr Zoubeir Ben Safta · Dr Ramzi Nouira · Dr Tarek Ben Dhiab · Dr Rym Rafrafi · Dr Nesrine Chraiet · Dr Mehdi Balti

    • 14h30–14h50When the somatic symptom persists…Dr Sarah Dauchy
    • 14h50–15h30Transformed body, wounded body, reconstructed body
    • 14h50–15h05Breast reconstructionDr Yasmine Fertani
    • 15h05–15h15Living with a stomaDr Amine Makni
    • 15h15–15h30Sexuality and intimacy after cancerDr Wassila Najjar
    • 15h30–15h40Discussion

  7. 15h40–17h30

    Session 4 - Psycho-oncology: between culture, art and innovation

    ChairsDr Sana Masmoudi · Dr Montasser Kacem · Dr Chaker Mili · Dr Hinda Rais · Dr Lotfi Kochbati · Dr Jamel Ben Hassouna

    • 15h40–16h00Debate - Artificial intelligence in the service of bonds in health: opportunities and challengesDr Olfa Jaidane
    • Discussion
    • 16h00–16h15Screening of the documentary “Alexandre Roubtzoff in Tunisia”
    • 16h15–16h30Let's Play together: STPO–Philadelphia winning quiz
    • 16h30–17h15Weaving our bonds through theatre: 45 minutes to laugh and let goMr Hamdi Hadda
    • 17h15–17h30Best poster prize — juryDr Faten Ellouze · Dr Jarboui Slim · Dr Kalfallah Mehdi · Dr Ameur Frikha · Dr Olfa Jaidane · Dr Zeineb Naimi

  8. 17h30–18h00

    Closing gathering - raffle · Coffee break - Stand visits

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