conference 2025

OnkoObrazy (Onco-Images): The Space of Health
Culture – Wellness – Prevention

24 May 2025 | 11:00 – 16:00
Łomża, Hala Kultury, 6 Stary Rynek

Conference Program:

11:00 – Opening of the event and exhibitions (Foyer)
11:30 – 16:30 – Lectures (Main Hall)
11:00 – 16:00 – Prevention / Consultation / Information Stands (Foyer)
17:00 – Film screening: “Bez retuszu” (“Without Retouching”) (Main Hall)

WORKSHOPS:

9:30 – 11:30
“The Power of Silence” – Ceramics, fabric art, and paneurhythmia (meditation in movement) for women with cancer and their families; led by Ivayla Żiwkowa-Świtajewska (Gallery of Contemporary Art, Museum of Northern Mazovia in Łomża)

11:00 – 11:30
Physiotherapy Workshop: Demonstration exercises for women with breast cancer; led by Ewa Chrobak (Regional Hospital in Łomża)

EXHIBITIONS:

• Nowotwórczość (Onco-Creation) – At the Crossroads of Science and Art (microscopic images of cancer cells)
• The Power of Women

LECTURES:

Session 1

11:30 – 11:50 – Onkowiedza (Onco-Knowledge) (Białystok Oncology Centre)
11:50 – 12:10 – Dr Agnieszka Gdowicz-Kłosok (National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice) – “Terrifying Beauty. Nowotwórczość (Onco-Creation) – At the Crossroads of Science and Art”
12:10 – 12:30 – Katarzyna Wróblewska (Midwife’s Office “Bułka z Masłem”)
12:30 – 12:50 – Dr Magdalena Maksińska-Rybakiewicz (Regional Hospital in Łomża) – “Breast Screening and Prevention”
12:50 – 13:00 – Coffee break

Session 2

13:00 – 13:20 – Dr Marta Rożniata (Łomża Academy) – “Diet in Cancer Therapy”
13:20 – 13:40 – Małgorzata Kozłowska (Białystok Oncology Centre) – “Malnutrition in Cancer Treatment and Common Dietary Myths”
13:40 – 14:00 – Dr Milena Stachelska (Łomża Academy) – “The Role of Food Choices and Preparation Methods in Cancer Prevention”
14:00 – 14:20 – Paulina Hojdeczko (Project Health) – “Movement That Heals – Physical Activity During Cancer Treatment”
14:20 – 14:50 – Lunch break

Session 3

14:50 – 15:10 – Emilia Żelazna (Project Piękno & PMU) – “Medical Micropigmentation – Nipple and Areola Reconstruction”
15:10 – 15:30 – Ewelina Chilińska, MSc (Łomża Academy) – “Supportive Cosmetology in Oncology – The Role of Skin Therapy in Improving Quality of Life During and After Treatment”

Session 4

15:30 – 15:50 – Agnieszka Czubata (Psycho-oncologist)
15:50 – 16:10 – Barbara Porwoł (Łomża Amazons Association) – Testimony of Illness
16:10 – 16:30 – Katarzyna Zając-Malinowska

HEALTH, PREVENTION & INFORMATION STANDS:

1. NFZ (National Health Fund): Information on Ministry of Health and NFZ prevention programmes; educational materials and “With Health” magazine; promotion of the NFZ Academy portal, Prevention Wednesdays campaign, and the Internet Patient Account; healthy meal plans from the NFZ diet portal; issuing of European Health Insurance Cards.
2. ZUS (Social Insurance Institution)
3. Białystok Oncology Centre: Breast self-examination training
4. Łomża Amazons Association
5. Łomża Academy: Physiotherapy: Consultations, exercise guidance for women after mastectomy, lymphedema prevention Nursing: Advice on managing chemotherapy side effects
6. Eko Medical Tomasz Wysocki: Post-surgical lingerie, wigs, etc.
7. Saute Face & Body Care Studio – Edyta Cymek
8. Private Physiotherapy Practice – Katarzyna Danowska