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Full Course PROGRAMME


Please see the full course programme below. Please be aware that all programmes have been grouped together as follows:

  • Monday 8th December - Main Course Only 
  • Tuesday 9th December - Main Course and Functional Outcomes Programmes 
  • Wednesday 10th December - Main Course and Functional Outcomes Programmes 
  • Thursday 11th December - Thyroid Cancer Course Only 

Monday 8th December - Main Course Only

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

Tuesday 9th December - Main Course and Functional Outcomes

8:00 - 8:30Refreshments and Exhibition
Session 5: Oral Cavity Cancer
Chair - Sat Parmar
RoomFry Suite - Main Course 
8:30 - 9:00 Contemporary management of oral cancer
Gouri Pantvaidya
9:00 - 9:15Current challenges in oral cancer manager
Clare Schilling
9:15 - 10:45Case Discussions: Oral Cancer 
Brett Miles (Chair), Camilla Dawson, Gouri Pantvaidya, Clare Schilling, Kevin Harrington
10:45 - 11:00Summary and future perspectives
Brett Miles 
11:00 - 11:30Refreshments and Exhibition 
Session 6
RoomFry Suite - Main Course
Chair - Qojciech Golusinski
Pevsner Room - Functional Outcomes
11:30 - 11:50Head and Neck Pararganglioma
Paul Nankivell 
Keynote Speaker: TBC
What good looks like, oral cavity cancer care
11:50 - 12:20Keynote Speaker: Vincent Gregoire
Treatment with re-irradiation
Improving function following CRT and managing late effects
Jo Patterson
12:20 - 12:40Management of lateral skull base cancers
Hannah Nieto
Cultural competence in head and neck practice 
Nazrana Munsif
12:40 - 13:40Lunch and Exhibition 
Session 7: Larynx & Hypopharynx Cancer
Chair - Hannah Nieto
RoomFry Suite - Main Course
13:40 - 14:00Contemporary 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 (Chair), Brett Miles, Laura Warner, Cesare Piazza, Georgina Casswell
15:45 - 16:00Summary and future perspectives
Christian Simon 
16:00 - 16:30Refreshments and Exhibition 
Session 8: Nasopharynx and skull base
Chair - Jonathan Fussey

RoomFry Suite - Main Course 
16:30 - 17:00Nasopharyngeal Cancer
Georgina Casswell 
17:00 - 17:30Keynote Speaker: Piero Nicolai
Contemporary management of anterior skull base tumours 
17:30 Close
Course Dinner - Henry Wong, Chinese Restaurant, Harborne

Wednesday 10th December - Main Course and Functional Outcomes

9:00 - 9:30Refreshments and Exhibition
Session 9: Salivary Cancer
TimeFry Suite - Main CourseTimePevsner Room - Functional Outcomes 
9:30 - 10:00Keynote Speaker: Cesare Piazza
Contemporary management of salivary gland cancer
9:30 - 10:00
Keynote Speaker: Julia MacLean
Contemporary management of surgical voice restoration
10:00 - 10:15Current challenges in salivary gland cancer management
Laura Warner
10:00 - 10:20Current challenges in surgical voice restoration management
Margaret Coffey 
10:15 - 11:45Case discussions: Salivary Gland Cancer
Ralph Gilbert (Chair), Laura Warner, Robert Metcalf, Vincent Gregoire, Piero Nicolai, Paweł Golusiński
10:20 - 10:40Research update in surgical voice restoration-where next?
Freya Sparks
11:45 - 12:00Summary and future perspectives
Ralph Gilbert
10:40 - 11:55Case discussions: Surgical voice restoration
Camilla Dawson (Chair) Julia Maclean, Margaret Coffey, Jo Wheeler, Freya Sparks, Paul Pracy


11:55 - 12:00Summary and future perspectives
Camilla Dawson

12:00 - 13:00Lunch and Exhibitions
Session 10
Chair - Wojciech Golusiński 

RoomFry Suite - Main Course 
13:00 - 13:30
Complex reconstruction and principles in the salvage setting
Sat Parmar
13:30 - 13:45
State of the art prosthetics
Birmingham prosthetics team
13:45 - 14:15
Keynote Speaker: Christian Simon
AI and machine learning in HNC 
14:15 - 14:45 
Refreshments and Exhibition 
Session 11
Chair - Paul Nankivell

RoomFry Suite - Main Course
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

Thursday 11th December - Thyroid Cancer Course Only

RoomFry Suite
9:00 - 9:05Introduction to the course
Neil Sharma
9:05 - 9:25Management of thyroid cancer and lower risk cancers
Paul Nankivell
9:25 - 9:45Follow up for low-risk thyroid cancer/active surveillance/new guidelines
Kristien Boelaert 

Session 1: Advanced Thyroid Cancer
RoomFry Suite
9:45 - 10:05Extended Surgery
Speaker: TBC 
10:05 - 10:25Neo Adjuvant Treatment
Speaker: TBC
10:25 - 10:45
Post Surgery Treatment – Implications of trials (HiLo/IoN), when to use RI
Speaker: TBC
10:45 - 11:15
Panel Discussion
Chair - Neil Sharma
Speaker: TBC 
11:15 - 11:30 
Refreshment Break
Session 2: Recurrent Thyroid Cancer
RoomFry Suite 
11:30 - 11:50
Surgical Management of Recurrence including Investigations
Speaker: TBC 
11:50 - 12:10
TKIs and Trials Update
Speaker: TBC 
12:10 - 12:30
Panel Discussion
Chair – TBC
Speaker: TBC
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
Session 3: Medullary Thyroid Cancer and Genetics
RoomFry Suite 
13:30 - 13:50
Genetic Syndromes associated with Thyroid Cancer
Rebecca Igbokwe
13:50 - 14:10
Decision making in treatment for MTC and surgical approaches for advanced disease
Radu Mihai 
14:10 - 14:30 
Drug Options
Speaker: TBC 
14:30 - 15:00
Panel Discussion
Chair - Kristien Boealert
Rebecca Igbokwe, Radu Mihai
15:00 - 15:30
Refreshment break
15:30 - 16:30
Random Cases Panel
Chair - Neil Sharma
All Faculty
16:30
Close

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