COURSE PROGRAMME

For the programme and further details regarding the Thyroid Cancer Course taking place on 11th December, please see here.

Session 1 Chair - Paul Nankivell
8:00 - 9:00	Registration
9:00 - 9:15	Welcome	Sat Parmar, Paul Pracy, René Leemans, Wojciech Golusiński
9:15 - 9:45	Keynote Speaker: General concepts in the management of head and neck cancer	Gouri Pantvaidya
9:45 - 10:05	State of the art imaging for head and neck cancer	TBC
10:05 - 10:35	Keynote Speaker: Optimising functional outcomes	Julia MacLean
10:35 - 11:00	Refreshments and exhibition
Session 2 Chair - Paul Nankivell
11:00 - 11:30	Advances in radiation oncology	TBC
11:30 - 12:00	Advances in systemic therapies and future developments	Kevin Harrington
12:00 - 12:30	Keynote Speaker: State of the art surgical reconstruction	Brett Miles
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch and exhibition
Session 3: Robotics Chair - Prav Praveen
13:30 - 13:50	Robotics in HNC	Laura Warner
13:50 - 14:10	Management of the unknown primary	René Leemans
14:10 - 14:30	Refreshments and exhibition
Session 4: Oropharynx Chair - René Leemans
14:30 - 15:00	Contemporary management of the oropharynx cancer	TBC
15:00 - 15:15	Current challenges in the oropharyngeal cancer management	Gouri Pantvaidya
15:15 - 17:15	Case discussions: Oropharyngeal Cancer	Kevin Harrington (moderator), Gouri Pantvaidya, Brett Miles, Julia MacLean, Christian Simon
17:15 - 17:30	Summary and future perspectives	Kevin Harrington
17:30	Close

Session 5: Oral cavity cancer Chair - Sat Parmar
8:00 - 8:30	Refreshments and exhibition
8:30 - 9:00	Contemporary management of oral cancer	Gouri Pantvaidya
9:00 - 9:15	Current challenges in oral cancer management	Clare Schilling
9:15 - 10:45	Case discussions: Oral cancer	Brett Miles (moderator), Camilla Dawson, Gouri Pantvaidya, Clare Schilling, Kevin Harrington
10:45 - 11:00	Summary and future perspectives	Brett Miles
11:00 - 11:30	Refreshments and exhibition
Session 6 Chair - Wojciech Golusiński
11:30 - 11:50	Head and neck paraganglioma	Paul Nankivell
11:50 - 12:20	Keynote Speaker: Treatment with re-irradiation	Vincent Gregoire
12:20 - 12:40	Management of lateral skull base cancers	Hannah Nieto
12:40 - 13:40	Lunch and exhibition
Session 7: Larynx & hypopharynx cancer Chair - Paul Pracy
13:40 - 14:00	Contemporary management of larynx & hypopharynx cancer	Ralph Gilbert
14:00 - 14:15	Current challenges in larynx & hypopharynx cancer management	Jonathan Fussey
14:15 - 15:45	Case discussions: Larynx & hypopharynx cancer	Christian Simon (moderator), Brett Miles, Cesare Piazza, Laura Warner
15:45 - 16:00	Summary and future perspectives	Christian Simon
16:00 - 16:30	Refreshments and exhibition
Session 8: Nasopharynx and skull base Chair - Jonathan Fussey
16:30 - 17:00	Nasopharyngeal cancer	TBC
17:00 - 17:30	Keynote Speaker: Contemporary management of anterior skull base tumours	TBC
17:30	Close
Course Dinner

Session 9: Salivary cancer Chair - René Leemans
9:00 - 9:30	Refreshments and exhibition
9:30 - 10:00	Keynote Speaker: Contemporary management of salivary gland cancer	Prav Praveen
10:00 - 10:15	Current challenges in salivary gland cancer management	Laura Warner
10:15 - 11:45	Case discussions: Salivary cancer	Laura Warner, Robert Metcalf, Vincent Gregoire, Paweł Golusiński
11:45 - 12:00	Summary and future perspectives	TBC
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch and exhibition
Session 10 Chair - Wojciech Golusiński
13:00 - 13:30	Complex reconstruction and principles in the salvage setting	Prav Praveen
13:30 - 13:45	State of the art prosthetics	Birmingham prosthetics team
13:45 - 14:15	Keynote Speaker: AI and machine learning in HNC	Christian Simon
14:15 - 14:45	Refreshments and exhibition
Session 11 Chair - Paul Nankivell
14:45 - 15:05	Frailty in head and neck cancer - Selection and functional impact	Camilla Dawson
15:05 - 15:35	Palliative care - What every clinician should consider	John Speakman
15:35 - 16:00	A look to the future of HNC treatment	Brett Miles
16:00	Closing comments and course end