Technology, Innovation, and Personalized Care in Head and Neck Cancer 2018 is a conference dedicated to new technologies and clinical advances in head and neck cancer treatment and head and neck endocrine surgery.
Technology, Innovation, and Personalized Care in Head and Neck Cancer 2018 covers topics such as:
- New staging system and how that integrates with each subsite in the head and neck
- The delivery of cancer care, future of clinical trials and quality metrics in the US
- The relevant mechanisms in immunotherapy as well as the role of immunotherapy in head and neck cancer treatment
- Up-to-date, guideline-specific cancer care and surveillance
- HPV-related oropharynx and unknown primary cancers and counsel patients on this disease
- Common benign and malignant salivary gland pathology, how to surgically approach complex salivary cancers, and specifically adenoid cystic carcinoma and metastatic salivary cancer
- Oral lesions
- Minimally-invasive surgical and non-surgical treatment options for oropharynx and larynx cancers, including immunotherapy
- Options for early laryngeal cancer management as well as salvage laryngectomy and voice rehabilitation
- Dental care and reconstruction in head and neck cancer patients
- The evaluation and treatment of benign and malignant thyroid diseases and large goiters, including the use of ultrasound in the clinic and novel robotic approaches
- The approach, decision-making, reconstruction, and outcomes in skull base surgery
- The diagnosis and localization of parathyroid tumors in the reoperative setting
- The nuances of molecular testing in papillary thyroid carcinoma
- Skin cancers from the early non-surgical phase up to aggressive local or metastatic disease and when to add in sentinel node biopsy in the workup of cutaneous malignancy
- Management of early thyroid cancer
- The role of multidisciplinary care and education for patients and caregivers undergoing multimodality treatment
Technology, Innovation, and Personalized Care in Head and Neck Cancer 2018 brings together:
- Endocrinologists
- General surgeons
- Radiation oncologists
- Medical oncologists
- Speech-language pathologists
- Advanced healthcare providers
