Impact of Mayo Clinic Symposia on cancer specific knowledge, quality of life, and symptom management among cancer patients using voluntary questionnaires.

Symposia: 8 hours of general sessions and 4-hour disease specific breakout.

Surveys conducted prior to and 3 months following the convention.

Improvement in 12 of 14 areas of self-reported knowledge (e.g., nutrition and management of stress and fatigue (p<0.001) but no significant symptomatic changes at 3 Months.